Phoenix Fire Department

Phoenix Fire Department
Operational area

Country	United States
State	Arizona
City	Phoenix
Agency overview^[1]
Established	1886
Annual calls	171,975 (2013)
Employees	1,924
Annual budget	$297,953,000 (2013)
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Kara Kalkbrenner
EMS level	ALS
IAFF	493
Facilities and equipment^[1]
Battalions	8
Stations	58
Engines	65
Trucks	14
Ladders	14
Squads	3
Ambulances	36
Tenders	6
Airport crash	5
Wildland	15
Website
Official website
IAFF website

The Phoenix Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Phoenix, Arizona. The Department responded to 171,975 calls during 2013, with 88% being for emergency medical services.^[2] The Phoenix Fire Department currently protects 1,446,000 residents spread across an area of 519.6 square miles (1,346 km²).^[2]

History

The Phoenix Fire Department was established as a volunteer fire department on August 17, 1886 with the formation of Engine 1.^[3] In 1922 the department transitioned from volunteers to career members. From 1924 to 1947 the department created the A, B, and C shifts, which start and end every third day at 8:00 AM.^[3] In 1936 the Phoenix Fire Department joined the International Association of Firefighters and formed the union Local 493. The surrounding fire departments, Tempe, Glendale, and Peoria, are also part of Local 493.^[4]

USAR Task Force

Main article: Urban Search and Rescue Arizona Task Force 1

The Phoenix Fire Department is the sponsoring agency for the Arizona USAR Task Force, one of the 28 FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces spread across the country. Some of their notable deployments include Northridge earthquake (1994), Hurricane Katrina (2005) and Oso mudslide (2014).^[5]

Stations & Apparatus

Below is a complete listing of all Fire Station Locations in the city of Phoenix according to Battalion.^[6]

Battalion 1

	Address	Engine	Truck	EMS	Command	Special
1	323 N. 4th Ave	Engine 1 Engine 2	Ladder 1		Command Van 1, South Deputy Chief	Ladder Tender 1, High-Rise 1
3	1257 W. Pierce St	Engine 3		Rescue 3		Vent 3
4	1601 N. 3rd Ave	Engine 4	Ladder 4			HazMat 4, Ladder Tender 4
6	368 W. Apache St	Engine 6
8	1025 E. Polk St	Engine 8		Rescue 8	Car 957 (Special Ops Captain)	Squad 8, Support 8
9	330 E. Fairmont Ave	Engine 9	Ladder 9	Rescue 9	Battalion 1	Ladder Tender 9
61	1925 E. Indian School Rd	Engine 61		Rescue 61

Battalion 2

	Address	Engine	Truck	EMS	Wildland	Command	Special
5	1840 E. Cambridge Ave	Engine 5 Engine 905		Rescue 5
11	2727 E. Roosevelt St	Engine 11	Ladder 11	Rescue 11			Ladder Tender 11
12	4247 N. 32nd St	Engine 12	Ladder 12			Battalion 2	Ladder Tender 12, Support 12
13	2828 N. 47th Pl	Engine 13		Rescue 13
17	1531 E. Missouri Ave	Engine 17		Rescue 17
91	8444 N. Tatum Blvd	Engine 91			Brush 91
92	6519 E. Lincoln Dr	Engine 92			Brush 92, Tanker 92

Battalion 3

	Address	Engine	Truck	EMS	Command	Special
14	1330 N. 32nd Ave	Engine 14
15	4730 N. 43rd Ave	Engine 15		Rescue 15
24	2602 N. 43rd Ave	Engine 24	Ladder 24			Ladder Tender 24
25	4010 N. 63rd Ave	Engine 25 Engine 925		Rescue 25	Battalion 3	Squad 44
40	3838 N. 83rd Ave	Engine 40		Rescue 40
44	7117 W. McDowell Rd	Engine 44		Rescue 44		Foam 44
54	9820 W. Campbell Ave	Engine 54				Tanker 54, Foam 44
59	1111 S. 65th Ave	Engine 34		Rescue 34		Foam 34

Battalion 4

	Address	Engine	Truck	EMS	Wildland	Command	Special
33	2409 W. Cactus Rd	Engine 33	Ladder 33	Rescue 33	Brush 33		Ladder Tender 33
35	646 E. Paradise Ln	Engine 35 Engine 935		Rescue 35	Brush 35
36	21602 N. 9th Ave	Engine 36		Rescue 36	Brush 36		Tanker 36
41	2501 W. Morningside Dr	Engine 41	Ladder 41			Battalion 4	HazMat 41, Ladder Tender 41, Ranger 41
42	3246 W. Greenway Rd.	Engine 42		Rescue 42, Rescue 942
48	5230 W. Happy Valley Rd	Engine 48			Brush 48
50	20225 N. 35th Ave	Engine 50	Ladder 50	Rescue 50			Ladder Tender 50, Utility 50
56	3210 W. Canotia Pl	Engine 56			Brush 56		Tanker 56

Battalion 5

	Address	Engine	Truck	EMS	Wildland	Command	Special
21	1212 S. 27th Ave	Engine 21	Ladder 21	Rescue 21	Brush 21	Squad 21	CRUSH RESCUE 21 Ladder Tender 21
22	230 E. Roeser Rd	Engine 22	Ladder 22	Rescue 22	Brush 22	Squad 22	Ladder Tender 22 HAZMAT 22
23	4416 S. 32nd St	Engine 23	Ladder 23	Rescue 23	Brush 23	Squad 23	Tanker 23 Ladder Tender 23
28	7409 S. 16th St	Engine 28	Ladder 28	Rescue 28	Brush 28	Support 28	Hazmat 28
32	7620 S. 42nd Pl	Engine 32	Ladder 32	Rescue 32	Brush 32	Squad 32	HAZMAT 32
39	2276 W. Southern Ave	Engine 39	Ladder 39	Rescue 39	Brush 39	Squad 39	Hazmat 39
57	1708 W. Dobbins Rd	Engine 57	Ladder 57	Rescue 57	Brush 57	Battalion 5	Hazmat 57
58	4718 West Dobbins Rd	Engine 58	Ladder 58	Rescue 58	Brush 58	Squad 58	Tanker 58 Hose 58 Ladder Tender 58

Battalion 6

	Address	Engine	Truck	EMS	Wildland	Command	Special
27	12449 N. 32nd St	Engine 27		Rescue 27
31	5730 E. Thunderbird Rd	Engine 31		Rescue 31
37	16602 N. 40th St	Engine 37	Ladder 37				Ladder Tender 37
45	2545 E. Beardsley Rd	Engine 45		Rescue 45	Brush 45	Support 45
49	3750 E. Dynamite Blvd	Engine 49			Brush 49
52	21650 N. Tatum Blvd	Engine 52			Brush 52	Battalion 6	Tanker 52
72	33027 N. Cave Creek Rd	Engine 929					Squad 29

Battalion 7

	Address	Engine	Truck	EMS	Wildland	Command	Special
38	5002 E. Warner-Elliot Loop	Engine 38		Rescue 38			Hazmat 38
43	4110 E. Chandler Blvd	Engine 43	Ladder 43	Rescue 43		Battalion 7	Ladder Tender 43
46	15402 S. Marketplace Way	Engine 46			Brush 46

Battalion 8

	Address	Engine	Truck	EMS	Command	Special
7	403 E. Hatcher Rd	Engine 7		Rescue 7
10	2731 N. 24th Dr	Engine 10				Utility 10
18	5019 N. 23rd Ave	Engine 18 Engine 918		Rescue 18 Rescue 918
20	726 W. Glendale Ave	Engine 20	Ladder 20			Ladder Tender 20
26	3301 W. Rose Ln	Engine 26	Ladder 26	Rescue 26		Ladder Tender 26
30	2701 W. Belmont Ave	Engine 30 Engine 930		Rescue 30	Battalion 8 Command Van 30
60	2405 W. Townley Ave	Engine 910 Engine 960		Rescue 60

Battalion 19

	Address	Engine	EMS	Command	Special
16	1414 East Mohave	Engine 16	Rescue 16		Crisis Response 16
19	3547 E. Sky Harbor Blvd	Engine 19	Medical Support 19	Battalion 19	Foam 1, Foam 3, Attack 19, Squad 19
29	3949 E. Air Lane Wy	Engine 29	Rescue 29		Foam 2, Utility 29

References

1 2 "2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Phoenix Fire Department. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
1 2 "About Us". Phoenix Fire Department. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
1 2 "Phoenix Fire Department History". Phoenix Fire Department. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
↑ "About Us". Local 493. United Phoenix Firefighters. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
↑ "USAR". City of Phoenix. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
↑ "Fire Station Locations and Apparatus". Phoenix Fire Department. Retrieved 3 February 2015.

External links

Arizona Fire Departments

Counties	Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee La Paz Maricopa Mohave Navajo Pima Pinal Santa Cruz Yavapai Yuma

Cities	Chandler Flagstaff Gilbert Glendale Kingman Lake Havasu City Mesa Peoria Phoenix Prescott Scottsdale Sierra Vista Tempe Tucson Yuma

USAR Task Forces	Arizona Task Force 1

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