From our exclusive Pasadena Cat's Meow series. Founded in 1931, the Riviera Beach Fire Company celebrated its 65th anniversary in 1996. World Champions at International Rescue in 1964, they responded to fires, highway accidents, drowning, cave-ins, and train wrecks. Today’s team does this and much more. Their lives are even more at risk due to toxic chemicals and industrial accidents. Equipment is more refined than the 1960s which can better protect the courageous men, but they still put the community before themselves.