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  • Feature Story

    America’s Black Firefighters: A Legacy of Courage Under Fire

    February 21, 2025

    In honor of Black History Month, Team Rubicon recognizes America’s Black firefighters who overcame prejudice and systemic racism to protect their communities.

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    Feature Story

    A Legacy of Service and Integrity

    February 3, 2025

    In honor of Black History Month, Team Rubicon recognizes Julius Becton Jr., a decorated veteran and the first Black director of FEMA, for his contributions to the field of emergency management.

  • Feature Story

    A Legacy of Survival and Selflessness

    February 7, 2022

    In honor of Black History Month, Team Rubicon recognizes Jabbar Gibson, a 20-year-old who rescued a busload of evacuees from New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

  • Feature Story

    The Ambulance Service That Made the Modern EMS

    February 10, 2025

    Founded in a predominantly Black neighborhood and staffed entirely by Black paramedics, the Freedom House Ambulance Service set the standard for ambulance services and helped establish the training program and procedures for modern EMS systems.

  • Reflection

    For Love of Selma

    March 16, 2023

    A Greyshirt and avid student of the Civil Rights Movement history reflects on responding to the January 2023 tornadoes in Selma.

  • Juneteenth celebrants with volunteers

    Feature Story

    Working With Purpose, With No Delay

    June 18, 2024

    A Los Angeles mudslide survivor finds America in the volunteers who came to help.

  • Operations

    Disaster Relief Volunteers Take on Tornadoes in Alabama and Georgia

    January 30, 2023

    Greyshirts hit the ground in Griffin, GA, and Selma, AL, in response to January’s devastating early-season twisters.

  • Feature Story

    The Special Effects of Veterans Serving Veterans

    November 9, 2022

    For disaster survivors who are veterans, help that comes from a fellow veteran can be easier to accept. For the volunteers, it can be extra special to give.

  • Reflection

    MREs, Tarping, and Meeting a Superhero in Puerto Rico

    May 5, 2022

    When Hurricanes Maria and Irma hit her homeland, a Team Rubicon volunteer stepped up for her first disaster relief deployment. Then, her mother arrived.

  • Feature Story

    With Pride, Selma Soldiers On

    February 24, 2022

    The city instrumental to civil rights in America continues to fight for its legacy and its future.