Miami Fire-Rescue Department

Miami Fire-Rescue Department
"Excellence through Service"
Operational area
Country  United States
State  Florida
City Miami
Agency overview[1]
Established July 17, 1898
Annual calls 96,100 (2013)
Employees 783 (2014)
Annual budget $121,122,600 (2014)
Staffing Career
Fire chief Maurice Kemp
EMS level ALS
IAFF 587
Facilities and equipment[2]
Battalions 3
Stations 14
Engines 10
Platforms 3
Quints 3
Rescues 1
Ambulances 24
HAZMAT 1
USAR 1
Website
Official website
IAFF website
Not to be confused with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department.

The Miami Fire-Rescue Department, also referred to as the City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue, provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Miami, Florida. The department is notable for being the first in the nation to equip all apparatus with two-way radios as well as being the first to use fog nozzles.[3]

History

The Miami Fire-Rescue Department was formally created on July 17, 1898 when five men gathered in a Miami bar to remedy, what they saw as, the outrageous cost of fire insurance in the city.[4] At the time, the premiums in Miami were the highest in the nation, with annual rates at eight percent of a structure’s value. This was largely due to the fact that the city, constructed of all wood, had no fire service. In an effort to reduce the cost of insurance, the men agreed to form the volunteer Miami Fire-Rescue Department.[4]

In June of 1969, the department became the first in the United States to successfully revive a patient in the field through defibrillation.[4] By using radio transmission of an EKG, as well as radio contact with doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University of Miami School of Medicine, the firefighters were able to administer a shock to the patient who was revived from a lifeless state. Three years later, the department became the first in the nation to use military anti-shock trousers (MAST), inflatable pants that force blood from the legs of a patient in hemorrhagic shock to the more vital regions of the body.[4]

USAR Task Force 2

The Miami Fire-Rescue Department is the sponsoring agency for USAR Task Force 2, one of the two FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state of Florida.[5] The task force is a 210 member organization deploying teams of seventy rescue workers, search dogs, physicians and structural engineers who travel with 50,000 pounds (23,000 kg) of equipment to assist in major disasters.[6] Some of their notable deployments include Hurricane Opal (1995), Hurricane Katrina (2005) and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[7]

Stations & Apparatus

City Engine EMS Truck Other
1 144 N.E. 5th St Rescue 1
Rescue 21		Aerial 1 Battalion 1, HazMat 1
2 1901 N. Miami Ave Engine 2Rescue 2
Rescue 22
3 1103 N.W. 7th St Engine 3Rescue 3
4 1105 S.W. 2nd Ave Engine 4Rescue 4
Rescue 24		Aerial 4
5 1200 N.W. 20th St Engine 5Rescue 5
Rescue 25		Aerial 5Dive Team
6 701 N.W. 36th St Engine 6Rescue 6
Rescue 26		 Heavy Rescue, Battalion 2
7 314 Beacom BlvdEngine 7Rescue 7
Rescue 27		 Battalion 3
8 2975 Oak Ave Engine 8Rescue 8
Rescue 28		Quint 8
9 69 N.E. 62 StEngine 9Rescue 9
Rescue 29		Quint 9
10 4101 N.W. 7th St Rescue 10
Rescue 20		Quint 10
11 5920 W. Flagler St Engine 11Rescue 11
12 1455 N.W. 46th StEngine 12Rescue 12
Rescue 30
13 8260 N.E. 2nd Ave Rescue 13
14 2111 S.W. 19th St Rescue 14

References

  1. ↑ "Adopted Budget Fiscal Year 2013-14" (PDF). City of Miami. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Statistics" (PDF). Miami Fire-Rescue Department. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "A few firsts.". Miami Fire-Rescue Department. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Our History". Miami Fire-Rescue Department. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Task Force Locations". FEMA. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "About Us". FL-TF2. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Deployment History". FL-TF2. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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Coordinates: 25°46′43.43″N 80°11′28.59″W / 25.7787306°N 80.1912750°W