Miami Fire-Rescue Department
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Established | July 17, 1898 |
Annual calls | 100,008 (2015) |
Employees | 783 (2014) |
Annual budget | $121,122,600 (2014) |
Staffing | Career |
Fire chief | Joseph Zahralban |
EMS level | ALS |
IAFF | 587 |
Facilities and equipment[2] | |
Divisions | 3 |
Stations | 15 |
Engines | 12 |
Trucks | 3 |
Quints | 3 |
Rescues | 25 |
HAZMAT | 1 |
USAR | 1 |
Fireboats | 2 |
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IAFF website |
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[]
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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 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), (2001), Hurricane Katrina (2005) and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[7]
Stations & Apparatus[]
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Fire Station Number | Station address | Engine Company or Foam Company | EMS Rescue Unit | Aerial Company or Quint Company | Other units |
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1 | 144 N.E. 5th St | Foam 1 | Rescue 1 Rescue 21 |
Aerial 1 | District Chief 1, HazMat 1 |
2 | 1901 N. Miami Ave | Engine 2 | Rescue 2 Rescue 22 |
Decon 2
Airbag 2 | |
3 | 1103 N.W. 7th St | Engine 3 | Rescue 3 Rescue 23 |
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4 | 1105 S.W. 2nd Ave | Engine 4 | Rescue 4 Rescue 24 Rescue16 |
Aerial 4 | Car 94 (EMS Battalion Captain) |
5 | 1200 N.W. 20th St | Engine 5 | Rescue 5 Rescue 25 |
Aerial 5 | Dive Team 5 |
6 | 701 N.W. 36th St | Engine 6 | Rescue 6 Rescue 26 |
Heavy Rescue 6 (TRT), District Chief 2, Car 95 (EMS Captain) | |
7 | 314 Beacom Blvd | Engine 7 | Rescue 7 Rescue 27 |
District Chief 3
MedCat, Decon 7 | |
8 | 2975 Oak Ave | Engine 8 | Rescue 8 Rescue 28 |
Quint 8 | Rehab 8 |
9 | 69 N.E. 62 St | Engine 9 | Rescue 9 Rescue 29 |
Aerial 9 | |
10 | 4101 N.W. 7th St | Rescue 10 Rescue 20 |
Quint 10 | ||
11 | 5920 W. Flagler St | Engine 11 | Rescue 11 Rescue 31 | ||
12 | 1455 N.W. 46th St | Engine 12 | Rescue 12 Rescue 30 |
Decon 12 | |
13 | 990 NE 79th St | Engine 13 | Rescue 13 | ||
14 | 2111 S.W. 19th St | Rescue 14 | |||
15 | Bayside Market Place | Marine Operations, Fireboat 1, Fireboat 2 |
References[]
- ^ "Adopted Budget Fiscal Year 2013-14" (PDF). City of Miami. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Statistics" (PDF). Miami Fire-Rescue Department. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ "A few firsts". Miami Fire-Rescue Department. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ a b c d Trebilcock, Michael. "Our History". Miami Fire-Rescue Department. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Task Force Locations". FEMA. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ "About Us". FL-TF2. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Deployment History". FL-TF2. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
External links[]
Coordinates: 25°46′43.43″N 80°11′28.59″W / 25.7787306°N 80.1912750°W
- Ambulance services in the United States
- Fire departments in Florida
- Government of Miami
- Medical and health organizations based in Florida
- 1898 establishments in Florida