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Memphis Fire Department

Operational area
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
City	Memphis
Agency overview
Established	1846
Employees	1789 (2015)
Annual budget	$194,552,786 (2023)
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Gina Sweat
EMS level	ALS
IAFF	1784
Facilities and equipment
Divisions	2
Battalions	12
Stations	58
Engines	56
Trucks	21
Quints	4
Squads	8
Rescues	3
Airport crash	3
Wildland	6
Fireboats	1
Rescue boats	4
Website
Official website
IAFF website

Memphis Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Memphis, Tennessee.

History

The Memphis Fire Department got its start in 1846 when the first independent fire company was formed. It wasn't until 1859 when the department had its first fire chief. In 1966 the department started to provide ambulance service with 6,561 calls in the first year alone. The history and artifacts of the department are displayed at the Fire Museum of Memphis.

A replacement to Station 5 started construction in the summer 2020 and was opened in fall 2021. The new station is located at 400 Adams, and houses the firefighting equipment from the old station. Command staff headquarters was moved into a separate building on Avery.

Stations and apparatus

Below is a list of all Memphis Fire Department fire stations and apparatus.

References

1. "2015 Budget" (PDF). Memphis TN Finance. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
2. "Fire Station Locations". Memphis Fire Services. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
3. ^ Equipment Location Chart, Memphis Fire Department, 1 September 2013
4. ^ "History". Memphis Fire Services. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
5. Bailey, Tom (21 February 2020). "Construction of Fire Station No. 5 will start chain of projects". Memphis Local, Sports, Business & Food News | Daily Memphian. Archived from the original on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
6. Pierre, Jeremy (2021-10-15). "Memphis Fire Department opens new fire station Downtown". FOX13 News Memphis. Archived from the original on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
7. "New Memphis Fire Station opens downtown". localmemphis.com. October 14, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-07.

External links

• Official Website
• Unofficial Website
• "Memphis Fire Scanner".
• "Fire Services". Division Spotlight. City of Memphis. Archived from the original on September 29, 2006. Retrieved September 18, 2006.

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