- 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 AyersThe Philadelphia Fire Department provides firefighting service within the city ofPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania .One of the oldest fire departments in the
United States , the PFD began as the volunteerUnion Fire Company onDecember 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. ItsAdvanced 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 CompaniesEMS
* 45 ambulances (28 full time, 17 part time)
* 222 paramedicsApparatus Locations
Engine Company Ladder Company Firehouse Location Engine 1 Snorkel 5 711-23 South Broad Street Engine 2 Ladder 3 2426-32 North 2nd Street Engine 3 200-10 Washington Avenue Engine 5 Ladder 6 4221-29 Market Street Engine 6 Ladder 16 2601 Belgrade Street Engine 7 Ladder 10 3798 Kensington Avenue Squirt 8 Snorkel 2 101-15 North 4th Street Squirt 9 Ladder 21 6900 Germantown Avenue Engine 10 Ladder 11 1357 South 12th Street Engine 11 6th and South St Engine 12 4447 Main Street Engine 13 Ladder 1 1541-47 Parrish Street Engine 14 Ladder 15 1652-54 Foulkrod Street Engine 16 1517-19 Belmont Avenue Foam 18 8205 Roosevelt Boulevard Engine 19 Ladder 8 300 E. Chelten Avenue Engine 20 Ladder 23 133 N. 10th Street Engine 22 Ladder 31 3270 Comly Road Engine 24 1200 S. 20th Street Engine 25 2931 Boudinot Street Engine 27 1901-15 Oxford Street Engine 28 2520 E. Ontario Street Engine 29 400-08 W. Girard Avenue Foam 33 4750 Richmond Street Engine 34 1301-07 N. 28th Street Engine 35 Ladder 25 4208-52 Ridge Avenue Engine 36 Ladder 20 7818 Frankford Avenue Engine 37 101 W. Highland Avenue Squirt 38 4960 Longshore Avenue Engine 39 Ladder 30 6630 Ridge Avenue Engine 40 Ladder 4 6438 Woodland Avenue Engine 41 Ladder 24 1201 N. 61st Street Squirt 43 Ladder 9 2108-14 Market Street Engine 44 3420 Haverford Avenue Engine 45 Ladder 14 2401 N. 26th Street Engine 46 9197 Frankford Avenue Squad 47 3023-45 Grays Ferry Avenue Engine 49 2600 S. 13th Street Engine 50 Ladder 12 1325 W. Cambria Street Engine 51 Ladder 29 5931 Old York Road Engine 52 4501 Van Kirk Street Engine 53 Ladder 27 414-16 Snyder Avenue Engine 54 1913 N. 63rd Street Squirt 55 Ladder 22 4000 N. Front Street Engine 56 832 Rhawn Street Squirt 57 5559 Chestnut Street Engine 58 812 Hendrix Street Engine 59 Ladder 18 2207 W. Hunting Park Avenue Foam 60 Ladder 19 2301 S. 24th Street Engine 61 5334 Rising Sun Avenue Engine 62 Ladder 34 9845 Bustleton Avenue Engine 63 1210 Oak Lane Avenue Engine 64 6000 Rising Sun Avenue Engine 66 7720 Ridge Avenue Engine 68 Ladder 13 801 S. 52nd Street Quint 69 8201 Tinicum Avenue Engine 70 4800 Langdon Street Engine 71 Snorkel 28 1900 Cottman Avenue Squad 72 1127-29 W. Louden Street Engine 73 7515 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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