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]

Not to be confused with Miami-Dade 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	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	16
Engines	12
Trucks	3
Quints	3
Rescues	26
HAZMAT	1
USAR	1
Fireboats	2
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

Main article: Urban Search and Rescue Florida 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 or Foam Company	EMS Rescue Unit	Aerial or Quint Company	Other units
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
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		Technical Rescue Team 6, District Chief 2 Car 95 (EMS Captain)
7	314 Beacom Blvd	Engine 7	Rescue 7 Rescue 27		District Chief 3 Decon 7
8	2975 Oak Ave	Engine 8	Rescue 8 Rescue 28	Quint 8	Rehab 8
9	69 N.E. 62 St	Foam 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
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

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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