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The African American Firefighter Museum in Los Angeles opened in 1997. Black firemen have served LA for more than 100 years, starting with Sam Haskins, who was hired in 1892 and killed while responding to a fire in 1895, according to the museum's website.

The museum is touted "as the first and so far the only free standing African American Firefighter Museum in the United States."

"Our beloved historian, 92 year old retired firefighter Arnett Hartsfield, is our most cherished volunteer. As a Los Angeles Firefighter during the 1940s and 50’s he lead the integration of the Los Angeles Fire Department. As a graduate of U.S.C.’s law school, he and his fellow firemen known as the Stentorians, the NAACP and the local community, were instrumental in successfully integrating the LAFD."

The museum is located at the historic Fire Station #30, which was one of two segregated firehouses in Los Angeles between 1924 and 1955.