Houston Fire Department
City Directory

This document is intended to contain the actual contents of the City of Houston, City Directory. In keeping with the historical value of the documents the original text is transcribed here including typographical errors contained in the original documents.

1866 to 1894-1895 are the listing of the volunteer fire department. 1895 was the first year of the paid Houston Fire Department.

The 1913-1914 City Directory was the last year that all the personnel in the department were listed by station.

The 1915-1916 to 1929-1930 listed all the stations in the city and only the officers of each station.

1931 to 1932 directories up until about the mid 1930’s listed only the stations and the personnel of the HFD headquarters.

Transcribed by Julie Karen Jackson – March-2003
Researched by Scott Mellott-March 2003