Miami 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]

Miami Fire-Rescue Department
"Excellence through Service"
Operational area
Country United States
State Florida
City Miami
Agency overview[1]
EstablishedJuly 17, 1898
Annual calls100,008 (2015)
Employees783 (2014)
Annual budget$121,122,600 (2014)
StaffingCareer
Fire chiefJoseph Zahralban
EMS levelALS
IAFF587
Facilities and equipment[2]
Divisions3
Stations16
Engines12
Trucks3
Quints3
Rescues25
HAZMAT1
USAR1
Fireboats2
Website
Official website
IAFF website

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 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), September 11 attack at the WTC (2001), Hurricane Katrina (2005) and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[7]

Stations & Apparatus

Fire truck
Fire boat
Fire Station Number Station address Engine Company or Foam Company EMS Rescue Unit Aerial Company or Quint Company Other units
1 144 N.E. 5th StFoam 1Rescue 1
Rescue 21
Aerial 1District Chief 1, HazMat 1
2 1901 N. Miami AveEngine 2Rescue 2
Rescue 22
Decon 2

Airbag 2

3 1103 N.W. 7th StEngine 3Rescue 3
Rescue 23
4 1105 S.W. 2nd AveEngine 4Rescue 4
Rescue 24

Rescue16

Aerial 4Car 94 (EMS Battalion Captain)
5 1200 N.W. 20th StEngine 5Rescue 5
Rescue 25
Aerial 5Dive Team 5
6 701 N.W. 36th StEngine 6Rescue 6
Rescue 26
Heavy Rescue 6 (TRT), District Chief 2, Car 95 (EMS Captain)
7 314 Beacom BlvdEngine 7Rescue 7
Rescue 27
District Chief 3

MedCat, Decon 7

8 2975 Oak AveEngine 8Rescue 8
Rescue 28
Quint 8Rehab 8
9 69 N.E. 62 StEngine 9Rescue 9
Rescue 29
Aerial 9
10 4101 N.W. 7th StRescue 10
Rescue 20
Quint 10
11 5920 W. Flagler StEngine 11Rescue 11 Rescue 31
12 1455 N.W. 46th StEngine 12Rescue 12
Rescue 30
Decon 12
13 990 NE 79th StEngine 13 Rescue 13
14 2111 S.W. 19th St Rescue 14
15 Bayside Market Place Marine Operations, Fireboat 1, Fireboat 2

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. Trebilcock, Michael. "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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