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Hose company

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a company of men appointed to bring and manage hose in the extinguishing of fires.

See also: Hose



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Blacks were not going to challenge white fire companies through integration, but despite, or because of, de facto discrimination, several "persons of color" caused quite a stir among the fire companies when they elected Derrick Johnson president and Joseph Allen secretary of the African Fire Association (AFA) with the intent of organizing the first black fire and hose company in the city.
About 25 firefighters from Danielson, East Brooklyn, Moosup and Williamsville, as well as the Atwood Fire Hose Company, fought the fire, according to a spokesman at the Quinebaug Valley Dispatch Center.
Byline: Robert H Merrill MEMBERS of the Citizens' Hose Company Band in Smyrna, Delaware, congratulate the City of Coventry Corps of Drums for 60 years of musical excellence.
 
 
 
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