Laredo, TX, United States
Laredo Fire Department. The first Laredo fire company was organized in 1883. It was known as the Gate City Volunteer Fire Department and initially was comprised of only two men, O. P. Reid and Mauricio "Frenchy" Didieu. Reid and Didieu worked with two independent hose carts and only nine miles of wa
ter pipe in the city. They eventually took on more men and acquired a steam engine, but without city support the endeavor did not survive. Major fires during a period of city growth in the 1890s made
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