Philadelphia Fire Department

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Philadelphia Fire Department is one of the oldest fire departments in the United States and provides fire fighting service within the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has served Philadelphia for nearly 265 years.

An organized volunteer firefighting service was launched on December 7, 1736, and served for nearly 135 years. In December 1870, in order to combat the continued growth of the city, a City Council passed an ordinance to create a professional fire department.

Contents 1 Operations 1.1 Fire Suppression 1.2 EMS 2 Rank insignia 3 Memorial 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Operations

[edit] Fire Suppression

• 39 Field Medic units
• 63 fire halls
• Fire Academy

• 60 pumpers
• 3 major crash vehicle - airport
• 2 rapid intervention vehicle - airport
• 29 ladders
• special service vehicles
• 3 fire boats/vessels

[edit] EMS

• 40 ambulances
• 80 paramdeics

[edit] Rank insignia

Commissioner	Deputy Commissioner	Executive Chief	Deputy Chief
Battalion Chief	Captain	Lieutenant

[edit] Memorial

The Philadelphia Fire Department Memorial is in Franklin Square.

[edit] See also

• Philadelphia Police Department
• City of Philadelphia

[edit] External links

• http://www.firemanshallmuseum.org/