Louisville's First Black Firefighters Louisville Fire Department Feb 25, 2026 Feb 25, 2026 Updated Feb 25, 2026 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In 1923, these eight men became Louisville's first Black firefighters. Louisville Fire Department As featured on +4 Louisville’s 1st Black firefighters in the 1920s paved the way for generations Their impact lives on, in every station and shift within a department that now employs more than 500 firefighters. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Forecast Radar Weather Bryce Jones' Monday evening forecast Poll Most Popular Articles Videos ArticlesShelby County teacher arrested at school on 40 child sexual abuse material charges14 people hospitalized after school bus carrying 28 students crashes, overturns in Bullitt CountyIndiana teen sentenced to decades in prison for raping 7-year-old on school busLouisville woman accused of driving drunk with 2 children in vehicle in southern IndianaLMPD officer injured after car pulls in front of cruiser, causing crash on Dixie Highway5 men arrested after online child sex offender sting operation in southern Indiana2 arrested in connection with shooting that injured woman in Louisville's Fern Creek neighborhoodMosquitoes carrying West Nile virus found in 9 more Louisville neighborhoodsCrews respond after large fire breaks out at Jeffersonville homeSuspects in 2023 fatal shooting near Shively to plead guilty to manslaughter Videos
+4 Louisville’s 1st Black firefighters in the 1920s paved the way for generations Their impact lives on, in every station and shift within a department that now employs more than 500 firefighters.
