Volunteer FD Reunion
This file appears in: Spokane Fire Station No. 6: A Burning Issue: Diversifying the Spokane Fire Department
25 year reunion for the Spokane Falls Fire Department. Joe Hagen, pictured first row (seated), all the way to the left, was the first black firefighter with the Spokane Fire Department. Photo Courtesy of Spokane Public Library, Ned M. Barnes Northwest Room, Spokane, WA.
This file appears in: Spokane Fire Station No. 6: A Burning Issue: Diversifying the Spokane Fire Department
Spokane Fire Station No. 6: A Burning Issue: Diversifying the Spokane Fire Department
Black Spokanites served as firefighters from the frontier periods. However, integrating women into the force would take much longer.