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First City Fire Department

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First City Fire Department

August 20, 2026

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El Paso’s volunteer fire department was founded in 1882, with its first headquarters in a blacksmith shop on E. Overland Avenue. By 1890, the department had raised enough money to purchase its first equipment, a hand-drawn hose reel…

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