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                                                The Borden’s Explosion

                                                    December 11, 1983

                                                        By Bob…

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Remembering District Chief Lonnie L. Franklin

Killed in The Line of Duty January 4, 1983





When I close my eyes and think about it, it is hard to imagine that 28 years have passed since the tragic morning of January 4, 1983 when District Chief Lonnie Franklin was killed while enroute to an arson fire on Dowling near Drew in the Third Ward. Chief Franklin was a brother-in-law to the Jahnke HFD family (Roe, Claude,Val, and Duke) and uncle to our late fallen brothers Steve and… Continue

Simple Solutions Enhance Safety and Operations in Houston

by

Robert G. Parry



After nearly thirty years of responding to alarms in both a small, paid combination department and a large urban city, I look back at the dramatic changes I have witnessed over the past decades. The safety and accountability of our members, while enroute, returning, or operating at an emergency incident, have… Continue