Philadelphia Fire Department

Philadelphia Fire Department

InfoboxFireDepartment
name = Philadelphia Fire Department

motto =
established = 1870
staffing = Career
strength =
stations = 63
engines = 60
trucks = 29
squads = 2
rescues = 1
EMSunits = 45
FirstResponderBLSorALS = BLS & ALS
chief =
commissioner = Lloyd Ayers
The Philadelphia Fire Department provides firefighting service within the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

One of the oldest fire departments in the United States, the PFD began as the volunteer Union Fire Company on December 7, 1736. After 134 years, the City Council decided the growing city needed a professional fire department, and passed a December 1870 ordinance to create one.

The department also claims one of the busiest Emergency medical services (EMS) systems in the country, handling 260,955 responses in 2006. Its Advanced Life Support (ALS) unit, Medic 2, had the most yearly responses in the country in 2006, making 9,368 calls.Fact|date=October 2007 However, Medic 39 was technically busier, having responded to 5,198 calls while only being in service 12 hours a day.

Operations

Fire Suppression

* 45 Field Medic units
* 63 fire halls
* Fire Academy

* 60 ENGINES
* 3 major crash vehicle - airport
* 2 rapid intervention vehicle - airport
* 29 LADDERS
* special service vehicles
* 3 fire boats/vessels
* 1 Heavy Rescue
* 2 SOC Squad Companies

EMS

* 45 ambulances (28 full time, 17 part time)
* 222 paramedics

Apparatus Locations

Engine CompanyLadder CompanyFirehouse Location
Engine 1Snorkel 5711-23 South Broad Street
Engine 2Ladder 32426-32 North 2nd Street
Engine 3200-10 Washington Avenue
Engine 5Ladder 64221-29 Market Street
Engine 6Ladder 16 2601 Belgrade Street
Engine 7Ladder 103798 Kensington Avenue
Squirt 8Snorkel 2101-15 North 4th Street
Squirt 9Ladder 216900 Germantown Avenue
Engine 10Ladder 111357 South 12th Street
Engine 116th and South St
Engine 124447 Main Street
Engine 13Ladder 11541-47 Parrish Street
Engine 14Ladder 151652-54 Foulkrod Street
Engine 161517-19 Belmont Avenue
Foam 188205 Roosevelt Boulevard
Engine 19Ladder 8300 E. Chelten Avenue
Engine 20Ladder 23133 N. 10th Street
Engine 22Ladder 313270 Comly Road
Engine 241200 S. 20th Street
Engine 252931 Boudinot Street
Engine 271901-15 Oxford Street
Engine 282520 E. Ontario Street
Engine 29400-08 W. Girard Avenue
Foam 334750 Richmond Street
Engine 341301-07 N. 28th Street
Engine 35Ladder 254208-52 Ridge Avenue
Engine 36Ladder 207818 Frankford Avenue
Engine 37101 W. Highland Avenue
Squirt 384960 Longshore Avenue
Engine 39Ladder 306630 Ridge Avenue
Engine 40Ladder 46438 Woodland Avenue
Engine 41Ladder 241201 N. 61st Street
Squirt 43Ladder 92108-14 Market Street
Engine 443420 Haverford Avenue
Engine 45Ladder 142401 N. 26th Street
Engine 469197 Frankford Avenue
Squad 473023-45 Grays Ferry Avenue
Engine 492600 S. 13th Street
Engine 50Ladder 121325 W. Cambria Street
Engine 51Ladder 295931 Old York Road
Engine 524501 Van Kirk Street
Engine 53Ladder 27414-16 Snyder Avenue
Engine 54 1913 N. 63rd Street
Squirt 55Ladder 224000 N. Front Street
Engine 56832 Rhawn Street
Squirt 575559 Chestnut Street
Engine 58812 Hendrix Street
Engine 59Ladder 182207 W. Hunting Park Avenue
Foam 60Ladder 192301 S. 24th Street
Engine 615334 Rising Sun Avenue
Engine 62Ladder 349845 Bustleton Avenue
Engine 631210 Oak Lane Avenue
Engine 646000 Rising Sun Avenue
Engine 667720 Ridge Avenue
Engine 68Ladder 13801 S. 52nd Street
Quint 698201 Tinicum Avenue
Engine 704800 Langdon Street
Engine 71Snorkel 281900 Cottman Avenue
Squad 721127-29 W. Louden Street
Engine 737515 Ogontz Avenue


Rank insignia

Memorial

The Philadelphia Fire Department Memorial is in Franklin Square.

ee also

* Philadelphia Police Department
* City of Philadelphia

External links

* [http://webapps-test.phila.gov/fire/index.asp Official site ]
* http://www.firemanshallmuseum.org/


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