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There are three divisions and 13 battalions in the department. Division 1 consists of 5 battalions and 23 fire stations while Division 2 has 4 battalions and 17 fire stations and Division 3 has 4 battalions and 21 fire stations. In November 2019, the Department announced plans to staff and reinstate four previously disbanded Engine Companies.
Engine Company No. 11 was a fire-engine company in Philadelphia. Established in 1871, it was Philadelphia's only all-black segregated company from 1919, and was desegregated in 1952. [1] In 1871, Philadelphia established its professional fire department, creating 22 fire companies, replacing about 90 volunteer companies.
Clarks Summit Fire Department, Station 4 [275] Covington Fire Department, Station 14 [276] Dalton Fire Company, Station 5 [277] Dunmore Fire Department, Station 6 [278] Eagle Hose Company No. 1 (Dickson City Borough), Station 23 [279] Elmhurst-Roaring Brook Fire Department, Station 15 [280] Eynon Hose Company No. 3, Station 33 [272]
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Union Fire Company, sometimes called Franklin's Bucket Brigade, was a volunteer fire department formed in Philadelphia in 1736 with the assistance of Benjamin Franklin. [1] It was the first firefighting organization in Philadelphia, [ 2 ] although it was followed within the year by establishment of the Fellowship Fire Company. [ 3 ]
When Joel Weinberg returned home after a shift, his family could gauge how difficult his day had been by the amount of soot caked on his white Philadelphia Fire Department lieutenant's shirt.
The Philadelphia Fire Department operates five fire stations in Center City: Engine 1, Ladder 5, Medic 35, Battalion 1 - 711 S. Broad St. Snorkel 2, Medic 44B, Battalion 4, Field Comm. Unit 1 - 101 N. 4th St. Engine 11, Medic 21 - 601 South St. Pipeline 20, Ladder 23, Medic 1 - 133 N. 10th St. Squirt 43, Ladder 9, Medic 7 - 2108 Market St.
The current rescue truck is 22 years old and beginning to require frequent maintenance.