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History of Waco Fire Department
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The new Station 1 opens on Washington Avenue in 1892, replacing the Franklin Street location.
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A group of firefighters in the 1800s.
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A.M. Prescott served as Waco Fire Department's fire chief from 1886 to 1915.
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Built on 115 N. 12th St. This is the only fire station from the volunteer days that's still standing.
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Engine Co. 5 was established in the 1700 block of Clay in 1908.
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Station 4 is located at S. 5th Street and James Avenue, established in 1893.
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Engine 6 Waco Fire established on June 1, 1910. It was built at N. 18th Street and Bosque Boulevard.
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Engine Co. 7 establishes Feb. 27, 1913.
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Firefighter N.H. Kendrick of Engine Co. 1 dies at the age of 25. He was crushed between two fire trucks as Baylor Engine Co. 4 skidded on wet pavement and collided with Engine Co. 1. Three other firefighters were injured
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Station 8 opens in 1921 on North 9th Street.
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Drill training began with the construction of New Station 2 at 1016 Columbus Ave.; this will become Central Fire Station.
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Elite Cafe Fire during 1960.
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Waco Fire Department, dated between 1940 to 1959.
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Lee Harrington Sr. becomes new (fifth) fire chief in 1945.
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Waco Fire responding to house fire, dated between 1940 to 1959.
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Capt. Robert (Bob) D. Brandon dies at the age of 56. He collapsed from a heart attack while responding to a house fire on 2620 Alexander Ave.
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Waco Fire Department responds to a fire, dated between 1960s to 1970s.
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Firefighter Jimmy Fox of Engine Co. 5 dies at the age of 21. Two days after he completed his six-month probationary period, he responded to a smoldering silo filled with sawdust at 2420 Jackson Ave. and was buried alive where he later suffocated.
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A 10-year-old boy needed rescuing at the 1400 block of Webster Avenue where a drainpipe emptied into the Brazos River on June 5, 1981.
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Robert Mercer Jr., the seventh fire chief for Waco Fire, stands with firefighters at Station 2.
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Ten units from Waco Fire spent the afternoon into the late evening fighting the fire that consumed Cox's Dept. Store at Austin Avenue and North Seventh Street on July 5, 1987.
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Two Union Pacific freight trains collided near the south Waco industrial district, killing a train crew member and injuring five railroad workers and a firefighter on Aug. 8, 1989.
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Jon Fasana was the eighth fire chief for Waco Fire.
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Waco Fire conducted multiple rescues using the snorkel aerial truck on April 11, 1997 after a fire broke out at Lake Air Apartments.
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Arsonist Kevin Wayne Williams sets fire to his former workplace, Oriental Rug. Two Waco firefighters were trapped after the building collapsed. Firefighter Toby Craig was pinned down by the roof. Both firefighters were rescued by the department.
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Imperial Wood Works Fire happened on April 29, 1999.
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Gregory Summers becomes 11th fire chief for Waco Fire in 2020.
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Waco Fire offering medical assistance.
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Fire at Masonic Lodge Waco
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The Waco Fire Department in the late 1800s.
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The Waco Fire Department replaced horse-drawn carriages with motorized vehicles by 1917.
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In nine days, Waco Fire receives over 1,200 calls, including 31 structure fires during the historic snow storm of 2021.
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City council approved a new fire boat and equipment to create the dive team during August of 2018. This is an image of the fire department rescuing an individual.
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Waco Fire Department wears different colored helmets to distinguish their ranking.
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One of the images shared by Waco Fire showing a house fire at night.
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Waco Fire Station 1 on Peach Street.
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The new Station 1 opens on Washington Avenue in 1892, replacing the Franklin Street location.
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