Houstonrsquo;s firefighting service began in 1838 with the founding of Protection Fire Company No. 1. As the city of Houston grew throughout the early and mid-19th century; volunteer companies formed and grew along with it. By 1895; city leaders decided to form the Houston Fire Department as a city department; culling the volunteer forces for men; stations; apparatus; and horses. The city grew in leaps and bounds; swallowing up neighborhoods; communities; and smaller cities along the way; with the fire department nipping at their heels. This brave force battled devastating fires throughout the years; most notably the Great Fifth Ward Fire in 1912; the 1943 Gulf Hotel Fire; the Woodway Square Apartment Conflagration in 1979 and the Southwest Inn Fire in 2013. What was once a smattering of volunteer fire brigades has grown into an imposing force of over 3;000 firefighters protecting over two million people in the fourth largest city in the United States.
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