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{{Infobox organization |name=Pensacola Fire Department|image=|formation=[[1898]]|type=Fire protection|location=475 East [[Strong Street]]|leader_title= Fire Chief|leader_name=[[Ginny Cranor]] |executive=|board=|staff= |budget=$9,600,300 (FY 2018) |website=[https://www.cityofpensacola.com/711/Pensacola-Fire-Department]}}The '''Pensacola Fire Department''' is the fire protection arm of department for the [[City of Pensacola]]. The current [[Pensacola Fire Department Chief|Fire Chief]] is [[Frank EdwardsGinny Cranor]]. The department maintains six fire stations and is comprised of six engine companies, two ladder companies, and two Aircraft Rescue Firefighting units.

===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 formal volunteer firefighting brigade was formed in [[1821]] when Florida was transferred to the United States.  ====Germania Fire Company====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. ===Formation of paid department===Volunteers continued to be the only means of fire protection until [[January 1]], [[1898]], when the city established a full-time department of paid firefightersunder Chief [[John Baker]]. ==Stations== ===Station 1===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.  ===Station 2===Station 2 is located at 4132 North [[Davis Highway]]. Station 2 houses Engine 2 and Rescue 34. ===Station 3===Station 3 is located at 2750 [[Summit Boulevard]]. Station 3 houses Engine 3. ===Station 4===Station 4 is located at 1 North [[Q Street]]. Station 4 houses Engine 4, Reserve Engine 101, Reserve Ladder 116, and the fireboat. ===Station 6===Station 6 is located at 6550 North [[9th Avenue]]. Station 6 houses Engine 6 and Ladder 16. ===Station 7===Station 7 is located at [[Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport]].

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