Miami Fire-Rescue Department should not be confused with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department.
City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue | |
Moto: | "Excellence through Service" |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | Miami |
Established: | July 17, 1898 |
Annual Calls: | 102,364 |
Employees: | 907 |
Annual Budget: | $183,314,000 |
Staffing: | Career |
Chief: | Robert Hevia |
Firstresponderblsorals: | ALS |
Iaff: | 587 |
Reference1: | [1] |
Divisions: | 3 |
Stations: | 16 |
Engines: | 13 |
Ladders: | 4 |
Quints: | 2 |
Rescues: | 26 |
Hazmat: | 1 |
Usar: | 1 |
Fireboats: | 2 |
Reference2: | [2] |
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]
See 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.[4] The task force is a 210-member organization deploying teams of seventy rescue workers, search dogs, physicians and structural engineers who travel with of equipment to assist in major disasters.[5] Some of their notable deployments include Hurricane Opal (1995), September 11 attacks at the WTC (2001), Hurricane Katrina (2005) and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[6]
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 | |||
4 | 1105 S.W. 2nd Ave | Engine 4 | Rescue 4 Rescue 24 | 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 3MedCat, 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 |