Tempe honors Hispanic firefighters from the San Pablo community with commemorative patch

As a part of Hispanic Heritage Month, the city of Tempe is putting a spotlight on volunteer firefighters from the San Pablo community.

The Hispanic settlement at the base of Hayden Butte was practically erased by the 1950s.

Darrell Duty is interim chief of Tempe Fire Medical Rescue. He says current members of the Tempe Fire Department can wear a special hat with a patch honoring those early firefighters…

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