page_title: Fort Worth Fire Department
section_title: 1920s and '30s
hierarchical_section_title: Fort Worth Fire Department / History / 1920s and '30s
caption_attribution_description: English: FORT WORTH FIRE STATION 10 CIRCA 1910
context_page_description: The Fort Worth Fire Department provides fire protection and first responder emergency medical services to the city of Fort Worth, Texas.
context_section_description: During the 1920s and 1930s the department continued to expand along with the city. A new downtown headquarters and signal station at 1000 Cherry Street, designed by Wyatt C. Hedrick, began operation in December of 1930. The department unionized in 1935. The union began pressing for a minimum wage law and in 1937 the Texas legislature passed the desired legislation. This put a strain on the already depleted city coffers, and the city was only able to pay about 75% of the minimum wage. The union sued for back pay, but the fire chief declared he was unable to back the lawsuit.
caption: Men and Apparatus in front of Station 10 in Fort Worth circa 1910
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