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- Patrick H. Raymond served as Chief Engineer of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Fire Department from 1871 to 1879, making him the first known Black Fire Chief in the U.S.. Born in 1831, Raymond was the son of man who had escaped slavery in Virginia by following Harriet Tubman’s Underground Railroad.
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Jan 6, 2021 · After his election that night to the post of Chief Engineer of the Cambridge Fire Department, Patrick H. Raymond became the first African American fire chief in the history of the United States.
Feb 9, 2022 · Patrick H. Raymond served as Chief Engineer of the Cambridge, Massachusetts Fire Department from 1871 to 1879, making him the first known Black Fire Chief in the U.S.. Born in 1831, Raymond was the son of man who had escaped slavery in Virginia by following Harriet Tubman’s Underground Railroad.
Feb 28, 2011 · Patrick H. Raymond, the first African American fire chief, was born in Philadelphia, the son of the Reverend John and Susan Raymond. His father, a runaway slave from Virginia who became a well-known abolitionist in New York City, was one of the early pastors of the African Meeting House in Boston.
Feb 11, 2011 · Patrick H. Raymond was appointed on January 5, 1871 as the first African American Fire Chief in the United States (Cambridge, MA). The International Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters was organized in Hartford, CT in 1970.
Patrick H. Raymond became a firefighter and eventually worked his way up to Fire Chief. Not only was he the first African American Fire Chief, but he fought hard for the firefighters in his department to be paid, making them career Firefighters and no longer volunteer.
Feb 1, 2021 · In that same vein, we celebrate Chief Engineer Patrick H. Raymond and Abu Baker, an Outdoor Afro Leader and firefighter for 17 years in the Oakland Fire Department in California. Raymond was the first African American fire chief in the United States.
Patrick Raymond, being the first African American Fire Chief in the country. After Raymond was replaced as chief in 1878, he continued as editor and business agent of the Cambridge...
