11 Facts About Vulcan Blazers

Vulcan Blazers, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is an African-American fraternal organization representing more than 300 full-time professional fire fighters and paramedics.

The purpose of the Vulcan Blazers is to service the community-at-large including social issues, schools, agencies, private and corporate entities and to mentor youth in fire service careers.

Vulcan Blazers was later promoted to Chief of the BCFD by Mayor Curt Schmoke in 1992.

In 1971 four members of the Vulcan Blazers, supported by the organization, brought a racial discrimination lawsuit in the Baltimore Federal Court against the BCFD.

Vulcan Blazers ordered affected African-American firefighters be given promotions after years of bias by BFCD against them.

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The Vulcan Blazers again applied for and was granted an exemption from the federal income tax requirement.

In 2007, following disagreements over promotions made at the Fire Academy with the Chief of department, the Vulcan Blazers publicly called for his replacement by civil authorities.

Vulcan Blazers was supported in this suit by the Blazers who complained to the US Justice Department which rebuffed the request to join the suit.

The Vulcan Blazers have sued over low minority hiring and systemic bias and a similar lawsuit filed by minority police officers in 2009 against the City of Baltimore resulted in a $4.

Vulcan Blazers was trapped for hours before an off-duty firefighter saw his car outside the now quieted fire and called for help.

Vulcan Blazers was a member of the BFCD class of 1973 that resulted as ordered by the court to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by the Vulcan Blazers alleging racial discrimination in hiring and promotion.