{"id":22927,"date":"2025-05-03T03:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T03:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/denver-oldest-serving-fire-station-home-to-first-black-firefighters\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T03:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T03:42:44","slug":"denver-oldest-serving-fire-station-home-to-first-black-firefighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/denver-oldest-serving-fire-station-home-to-first-black-firefighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver oldest serving fire station home to first Black firefighters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>It&#8217;s known to those who served there as the &#8220;Pride of the Points.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Denver Fire Station 3. The oldest Denver firehouse still in service, built in 1931.<\/p>\n<p>And the only station where <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/sidney-frelow-black-firefighter-crash-1930s-denver-fire-station-three-research-effort\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Black firefighters were assigned<\/a><\/span> until the Denver Fire Department desegregated in 1957.<\/p>\n<p>Today the children of these earliest public servants have a deep appreciation for Station 3&#8217;s commitment to excellence, and the pride that came in serving Denver&#8217;s Five Points community.<\/p>\n<p>Beatrice Griffin is the daughter of Firefighter Sidney Frelow, who served in the late 1930s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/02\/02\/41a5e700-880b-4f33-873b-f3c06b0a33eb\/thumbnail\/620x488\/e4d1f79316ab29bc835b2d1cc262f2df\/charles-cousins.jpg?v=7c5acc180b39394767372ab4e02619ce#\" alt=\"charles-cousins.jpg \" height=\"488\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/02\/02\/41a5e700-880b-4f33-873b-f3c06b0a33eb\/thumbnail\/620x488\/e4d1f79316ab29bc835b2d1cc262f2df\/charles-cousins.jpg?v=7c5acc180b39394767372ab4e02619ce 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/02\/02\/41a5e700-880b-4f33-873b-f3c06b0a33eb\/thumbnail\/1240x976\/2289d38a66464e3e4795cd3678ccdc30\/charles-cousins.jpg?v=7c5acc180b39394767372ab4e02619ce 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Firefighter Charles Cousins in the 1940s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Cousins Family<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;This was a very prestigious job for a man to have and he took great pride in it, it became more than just a job, it was a career and a lifestyle,&#8221; said Griffin. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Firefighter Charles Cousins&#8217; daughter is retired pediatrician Dr. Renee Cousins King.\u00a0 She said, &#8220;He used to say everybody loves a firefighter. And that&#8217;s a good feeling to have when you&#8217;re out in the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/02\/02\/515df141-e780-4410-ac1a-6dbe41b7d94e\/thumbnail\/620x348\/56c1e8ef764f84eb8d29d6c808cf8e2a\/nathan-biffle-and-team.jpg?v=7c5acc180b39394767372ab4e02619ce#\" alt=\"nathan-biffle-and-team.jpg \" height=\"348\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/02\/02\/515df141-e780-4410-ac1a-6dbe41b7d94e\/thumbnail\/620x348\/56c1e8ef764f84eb8d29d6c808cf8e2a\/nathan-biffle-and-team.jpg?v=7c5acc180b39394767372ab4e02619ce 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/02\/02\/515df141-e780-4410-ac1a-6dbe41b7d94e\/thumbnail\/1240x696\/610a755f47e0bdb89f6c7525253f77be\/nathan-biffle-and-team.jpg?v=7c5acc180b39394767372ab4e02619ce 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Captain Nathan Biffle at left with the firefighters of Station 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Denver Firefighter&#8217;s Museum<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The standards set here at Station 3, while the &#8220;Pride of the Points&#8221;, their impact extended across Denver.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Captain Nathan Biffle was the commander here and he was reputed to be one of the best captains in the city,&#8221; said Cousins King. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No nonsense, an excellent teacher, he had excellent command presence.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Serving the community meant clearing racial hurdles. \u00a0And sometimes entailed paying the highest price in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result of the aggressiveness of the African American firefighters, several of them were killed in the St. James fire in 1895,&#8221; said retired Denver Fire Chief Rod Juniel. &#8220;There have been contributions from the Black community in the fire service for many many years, over a hundred years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Juniel had to go to court to be admitted the Denver Fire Department in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Civil servants tried to block his path &#8211; even though he&#8217;d passed the test to join.\u00a0 Juniel rose through the ranks to become Denver&#8217;s first Black fire chief.<\/p>\n<p>Juniel said, &#8220;Our history is decorated with a lot of heroic efforts, but I think there&#8217;s some areas that we need to continue to address and make sure that we&#8217;re able to serve this community in an equitable way.&#8221; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/02\/02\/6e1bd17f-5230-403e-b153-5146df796956\/thumbnail\/620x349\/4e57f57642e9cb95e7c1191d4a26904c\/station-3-roster-1929.png?v=7c5acc180b39394767372ab4e02619ce#\" alt=\"station-3-roster-1929.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/02\/02\/6e1bd17f-5230-403e-b153-5146df796956\/thumbnail\/620x349\/4e57f57642e9cb95e7c1191d4a26904c\/station-3-roster-1929.png?v=7c5acc180b39394767372ab4e02619ce 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A roster of Station 3 firefighters from 1929.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Denver Firefighter&#8217;s Museum<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/sidney-frelow-black-firefighter-crash-1930s-denver-fire-station-three-research-effort\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Research effort aims to correct the record on 1930s Denver fire engine crash, experience of surviving Black firefighter<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/search\/author\/anna-alejo\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Anna  Alejo<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Anna Alejo is CBS News Colorado&#8217;s Executive Producer of Community Impact. 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