Dallas Black Firefighters Association

06/15/2026

🚨 SHIRT PICKUP ALERT! 🚨

The wait is over! The Heritage Tee and Juneteenth T-Shirt preorders have arrived and are ready for pickup.

📍 Dallas Black Firefighters Association House
1830 Park Row Ave

📅 Pickup Dates:
• Monday, June 15
• Tuesday, June 16
• Thursday, June 18

⏰ Time:
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Missed the preorder? We’ve got you covered! Limited extra shirts will be available for purchase at our Juneteenth Block Party on Saturday, June 20.

These shirts represent our history, our culture, and the legacy of those who paved the way. Grab yours and wear it with pride as we celebrate freedom, unity, and community.

🔥 Heritage Tee
🔥 Freedom Through Fire Juneteenth Tee

Tag a friend who ordered theirs and let them know it’s pickup time!

06/13/2026

🔥 JUST ADDED TO THE JUNETEENTH BLOCK PARTY! 🔥

Get ready to step, slide, and celebrate because we’re excited to welcome TightenUpWithTiff as our Special Guest Step & Line Dance Instructor! 💃🏾✨

Tiff will be bringing the energy, the moves, and the fun as we celebrate freedom, culture, and community at this year’s Juneteenth Block Party.

📅 June 20, 2026
⏰ House Opens at 12:00 PM Class start a 15:00
📍 Association House – 1830 Park Row Ave

Enjoy:
🎶 DJ Ant D
💃🏾 Step & Line Dancing With TIFF
🌮 Food Trucks - Snappy Catfish
🎲 Games Dominos, Spades, And Fire House Marbles
🎉 Great Vibes

Grab your friends, wear your Juneteenth colors, and come ready to dance!

04/27/2026

News clip from the Dallas Carter mentorship.

Spectrum News 1 Texas

04/24/2026

03/22/2026

Help us support these young ladies!! If you have a formal dress that you’re not going to wear, donate it to us, “Crowned by Fire”, we will gladly take it off your hands. If you don’t have a dress, we will also be accepting donations. Help us to be a blessing in these young ladies lives!!

03/02/2026

🧑🏿‍🚒🧑🏾‍🚒🧑🏽‍🚒Legacy & Location Tie-In (Park Row Ave Spotlight)

Park Row Ave just got adopted.

On March 3rd at 10:00 AM, we’re officially unveiling our Adopt-A-Spot sign at 1830 Park Row Ave.

The Dallas Black Firefighters Association remains committed to protecting, serving, and beautifying the very neighborhoods we respond to every day.

Because community care isn’t an event — it’s a lifestyle. 🌱🔥

02/05/2026

Black History Month Spotlight 🔥🚒

Honoring Joseph Winters (1816–1916) — an abolitionist and inventor whose innovations helped transform firefighter safety and rescue operations.

Joseph Winters revolutionized how firefighters reached people trapped in tall buildings through his groundbreaking designs:

🪜 Wagon-Mounted Fire Escape Ladder (1878)
Winters patented a folding ladder mounted directly onto fire wagons. Before this invention, firefighters had to manually carry and position heavy ladders—costing valuable rescue time.

🏢 Building Escape Adaptations
He later developed and patented ladder systems that could be permanently attached to buildings, allowing for faster and safer emergency escapes.

⭐ Lasting Legacy
Winters’ innovative designs helped lay the foundation for the modern hook and ladder fire truck, forever changing fire rescue operations and improving firefighter and civilian safety.

We honor his innovation, courage, and contributions that continue to save lives today. 🖤

02/03/2026

Black History Month Spotlight 🚑✊🏾

In honor of , the Dallas Black Firefighters Association is highlighting Black trailblazers who shaped emergency management and disaster response—starting with the legendary Freedom House Ambulance Service.

Founded in 1967 in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, Freedom House didn’t just respond to emergencies—they changed EMS forever. At a time when ambulance care was limited and trust in emergency services was low, Freedom House recruited and trained members of the community to become the world’s first paramedics.

With a groundbreaking 32-week training program designed alongside Dr. Peter Safar (the “Father of CPR”), these medics delivered advanced, life-saving care before patients ever reached the hospital—something unheard of at the time.
📊 In their first year alone:
• 5,800 calls answered
• 4,600 patients transported
• 200 lives saved

Despite facing racism and systemic barriers, their compassion, skill, and speed set a new national standard. Their training model became the blueprint for EMS programs across the United States.

Though Freedom House was shut down in 1975, its legacy lives on in every paramedic trained today. By raising the standard of care in their own community, these Black pioneers raised it for everyone.

We honor their courage. We honor their impact. We honor their legacy. 🖤

02/03/2026

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Joseph R. Winters wasn’t just an inventor—he was a visionary. A Black pioneer whose genius saved lives, yet history tried to erase him. Discover the man who ...