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| + | The '''Pensacola Fire Department''' is the fire protection arm of the [[City of Pensacola]]. The current [[Pensacola Fire Department Chief|Fire Chief]] is [[Frank Edwards]]. |
| − | |name=Pensacola Fire Department
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| − | |formation=[[1898]]
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| − | |type=Fire protection
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| − | |location=475 East [[Strong Street]]
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| − | |leader_title= Fire Chief
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| − | |leader_name=[[Ginny Cranor]]
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| − | |budget=$9,600,300 (FY 2018)
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| − | |website=[https://www.cityofpensacola.com/711/Pensacola-Fire-Department]
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| − | The '''Pensacola Fire Department''' is the fire department for the [[City of Pensacola]]. The current Fire Chief is [[Ginny Cranor]]. | |
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| − | The department maintains six fire stations and is comprised of six engine companies, two ladder companies, and two Aircraft Rescue Firefighting units.
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| | ==History== | | ==History== |
| − | ===Volunteer era===
| + | Fire service in Pensacola dates back to [[1810]], when Spanish officials imported two fire engines, fifty leather buckets, hoses and nozzles from a British firm. A volunteer firefighting brigade was formed in [[1821]] when Florida was transferred to the United States. Volunteers continued to be the only means of fire protection until [[January 1]], [[1898]], when the city established a full-time department of paid firefighters. |
| − | Fire service in Pensacola dates back to [[1810]], when Spanish officials imported two fire engines, fifty leather buckets, hoses and nozzles from a British firm. A formal volunteer firefighting brigade was formed in [[1821]] when Florida was transferred to the United States. | |
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| − | ====Germania Fire Company====
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| − | The '''Germania Steam Fire Engine and Hose Company''' was formed in [[1870]] and was headquarted at [[17 East Zaragoza Street]]. In [[1888]], the Germania Company merged with two other fire companies to form the '''Fire Association of Pensacola''', a city-run volunteer association.
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| − | ===Formation of paid department===
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| − | Volunteers continued to be the only means of fire protection until [[January 1]], [[1898]], when the city established a full-time department of paid firefighters under Chief [[John Baker]]. | |
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| − | ==Stations==
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| − | ===Station 1===
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| − | Station 1 is located at 400 East [[Cervantes Street]], in front of the department's administrative offices at 475 East [[Strong Street]]. Station 1 is home to Engine 1, Engine 5, Ladder 11, a rescue boat, and the Battalion Chief. Station 1 also has an antique fire engine sitting amongst the modern apparatuses.
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| − | ===Station 2===
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| − | Station 2 is located at 4132 North [[Davis Highway]]. Station 2 houses Engine 2 and Rescue 34.
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| − | ===Station 3===
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| − | Station 3 is located at 2750 [[Summit Boulevard]]. Station 3 houses Engine 3.
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| − | ===Station 4===
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| − | Station 4 is located at 1 North [[Q Street]]. Station 4 houses Engine 4, Reserve Engine 101, Reserve Ladder 116, and the fireboat.
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| − | ===Station 6===
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| − | Station 6 is located at 6550 North [[9th Avenue]]. Station 6 houses Engine 6 and Ladder 16.
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| − | ===Station 7===
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| − | Station 7 is located at [[Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport]].
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| − | ==Images==
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| − | Image:JohnCampbell-firefighter-1888.jpg|"John Campbell". [[1888]].
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| − | Image:JohnBaker-FireChief-1901.jpg|Chief John Baker. [[1901]].
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| − | Image:PFD-wagon.jpg|PFD fire wagon in front of station. Circa [[1900]]s.
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| − | Image:PFD-wagon2.jpg|PFD wagon at [[Jackson Street|Jackson]] and [[de Villiers Street]]s, [[1909]].
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| − | Image:PFD-1911-1.jpg|PFD firefighters outside station, [[1911]]
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| − | Image:PFD-1911-2.jpg|PFD firefighters outside station, [[1911]]
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| − | Image:PFD-1911-3.jpg|PFD firefighters with ladder truck, [[1911]]
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| − | Image:PFDGarden1903.jpg|Firefighters outside of station on East [[Garden Street]], [[1903]]. Though long since disused by the Fire Department, this building is still extant.
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| − | </gallery>
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| − | *[http://www.cityofpensacola.com | City of Pensacola website] | + | *[http://www.cityofpensacola.com/live/fire.asp City of Pensacola website] |
| − | *[http://www.pensacolafire.com | Fire Department
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| | [[Category:City of Pensacola|Fire Department]] [[Category:Fire departments]] | | [[Category:City of Pensacola|Fire Department]] [[Category:Fire departments]] |
