The Seattle Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Seattle, Washington, United States. The department is responsible for an area of , including of waterfront, with a population of 713,700. There is a total of 1,065 employees with 981 uniformed personnel and 84 civilian employees.

History The Seattle Fire Department started as a volunteer fire department that was taken over by the City of Seattle on April 11, 1884. On June 6, 1889, the Great Seattle Fire broke out and destroyed over of the city. Insurance investigators charged the city with not having adequately trained firefighters to provide protection for the residents. As a result, the Seattle Fire Department was officially established on October 17, 1889, as a paid professional department.

The Seattle Fire Department is contracted with American Medical Response for basic life support transport.

Fire stations and apparatus , the department operates out of 34 fire stations spread across the city.

Fire Station Number LocationAddressEngine CompanyLadder CompanyAid or Medic UnitsSpecial UnitsChief or Supervisor Units 2 Belltown 2320 4th Ave. Engine 2Ladder 4Aid 2 Aid 4 (Staffed Part Time)Mobile Integrated Health Unit 2 (H2) 3 Fishermen's Terminal 1735 W Thurman St. Fireboat 1

Fireboat Chief Seattle (FB3) 5 Waterfront 925 Alaskan Way Engine 5 Engine 4 transport unit Fireboat Leschi (FB4)

Fireboat 2

Rescue Boat 5 6 Central District 405 M L King Jr. Way. S Engine 6Ladder 3 8 Queen Anne 110 Lee St. Engine 8Ladder 6 9 Fremont 3829 Linden Ave. N Engine 9 10 International District 400 S Washington St. Engine 10Ladder 1Aid 5 Aid 10Hazardous Materials Unit 1 (HAZ1) Air Unit 10 (AIR10)Staff & Incident Command System (ICS) Support Unit 10 (STAF10) 11 Highland Park 1514 SW Holden St. Engine 11 Medic/Aid 84 (Reserve Medic/Aid Unit) 13 Beacon Hill 3601 Beacon Ave. S Engine 13 Battalion Chief 5 14 SoDo 3224 4th Ave. S Rescue 1Aid 14Squad 14 16 Greenlake 6846 Oswego Pl. NE Engine 16 17 University District 1050 NE 50th St. Engine 17Ladder 9Medic 17 Battalion Chief 6 18 Ballard 1521 NW Market St. Engine 18Ladder 8Medic 18Hose & Foam Unit 18 (HOSE18) Battalion Chief 4 20 Interbay 2800 15th Ave. W Engine 20 21 Greenwood 7304 Greenwood Ave. N Engine 21 Mass Casualty Incident Unit 1 (MCI1) 22 Montlake 901 E Roanoke St. Engine 22 Aid 86 (Reserve Medic/Aid Unit)Comm 1 (COM1) 24 Bitter Lake 401 N 130th St. Engine 24 Air Unit 240 (AIR240) 25 Capitol Hill 1300 E Pine St. Engine 25Ladder 10Aid 25Mobile Ventilation Unit 1 (MVU1) Energy Response Unit 1 (ENERGY1)

Power/ Unit 25 (P25) Battalion Chief 2 26 South Park 800 S Cloverdale St. Engine 26 Medic 26Mobile Air Compressor 260 (AIR260) 27 Georgetown 1000 S Myrtle St. Engine 27 Decontamination Unit 1 (DECON1)

Rehabilitation Unit 1 (REHAB1) 28 Rainier Valley 5968 Rainier Ave. S Engine 28Ladder 12Medic 28 Metropolitan Medical Strike Team 29 Admiral District 2139 Ferry Ave. SW Engine 29 30 Mount Baker 2931 S Mount Baker Blvd. Engine 30Mass Casualty Incident Unit 2 (MCI2) 31 Northgate 10503 Interlake Avenue North (Temporary Station- Interim location until new station is complete) Engine 31 Ladder 5 Medic 31 Aid 31 (Staffed Part Time) 32 West Seattle 3715 SW Alaska St. Engine 32Ladder 11Medic 32 Battalion Chief 7 33 Rainier Beach 9645 Renton Ave. S Engine 33 34 Madison Park 633 32nd Ave. E Engine 34Hose & Foam Unit 34 (HOSE34) 35 Crown Hill 8729 15th Ave. NW Engine 35 36 Harbor Island 3600 23rd Ave. SW Engine 36 Marine Unit 1 (MRN1)

Marine Unit 80 (Reserve Marine Unit) 37 High Point 7700 35th Ave. SW Engine 37Ladder 13 38 Laurelhurst 4004 NE 55th St. Engine 38 Engine 85 (Reserve Engine)Squad & Wildland Unit 40 (S40) 39 Lake City 2806 NE 127th St. Engine 39 Medical Ambulance Bus 1 (MAB1) 40 Wedgwood 9401 35th Ave. NE Engine 40 Engine 84 (Reserve Engine) 41 Magnolia 2416 34th Ave. W Engine 41 HMC Harborview Medical Center 325 9th Ave. Medic 1 Medic 10

Medic 80 (Reserve Medic Unit) Medic 5 (Reserve Medic Unit) Medic 44 & Medic 45 (EMS Supervisors) Battalion Chief 3 (EMS Battalion Chief) HQ Headquarters 301 2nd Ave. S Public Information Officer (PIO) Fire Marshal 5 (MAR5) Deputy Chief 1 (DEP1)

Safety Chief 2 (SAFT2)

Mobile Integrated Health Unit 1 (H1)

Mobile Integrated Health Unit 99 (H99)

Apparatus types and callsigns

Engine (E) Ladder (L) Aid Unit "Aid Car" - Basic Life Support (A) Air / Mobile Air Compressor Unit (AIR) Battalion Chief (B) Chaplain Unit (CHAP) Command, Control & Communication Unit (COM) Decontamination Unit (DECON) Deputy Chief of Operations (DEP) EMS/Paramedic Supervisor (M44 / M45) Fire Boat (FB) Rescue Boat (RB) Fire Chief (234) Assistant Chief of Operations (89) Fire Investigation Unit (FIU) / Fire Marshal (MAR) Hazardous Materials Unit (HAZ) Hose / Foam Wagon (HOSE) Marine Unit (MRN) Medic - Advanced Life Support (M) Medical Ambulance Bus (MAB) Metropolitan Medical Strike Team (MMST) Mobile Ventilation Unit (MVU) Mass Casualty Incident Unit (MCI) Power/ Unit (P) Public Information Officer (PIO) Reserve Aid - BLS Apparatus (All "80 Series" Designations) (A8_) Reserve Battalion Chiefs (B2_) Reserve Engine Apparatus (All "80 Series" Designations) (E8_) Reserve Ladder Apparatus (All "80 Series" Designations) (L8_) Reserve Medic - ALS Apparatus (All "80 Series" Designations) (M8_) Reserve Heavy Rescue Apparatus (All "80 Series" Designations) (R8_) Seattle Police Harbor Patrol Boat (Responds with Seattle Fire Department for most marine incidents) (PTRL) Squad & Wildland Unit (S) Staff & Incident Command System (ICS) Support Unit (STAF) Safety Chief (SAFT) Heavy Rescue Unit (R) Rehabilitation (REHAB)

Notable incidents

Great Seattle Fire

On June 6, 1889, the Great Seattle Fire broke out in a cabinet shop located at the corner of 1st Avenue and Madison Street. The flames spread rapidly and the small volunteer department was unable to slow the fire with the town's small water systems. By the time the fire was extinguished, of homes and businesses had been destroyed.

Pang warehouse fire On January 5, 1995, the Mary Pang's Food Products warehouse burned in the International District. Four firefighters died when the floor of the warehouse collapsed. It was later determined that the fire was set by Martin Pang, the son of the owner. Seattle's Fallen Firefighters Memorial was built to remember the four who perished.

In popular culture

In the 1965 film, The Slender Thread, starring Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft, the Seattle Fire Department dispatch center, as well as the interior of Fire Station # 2 are shown and Aid Unit 2 is seen responding to a report of a suicide attempt. In 1979, in the Emergency! TV series' movie-of-the-week "Most Deadly Passage", the main characters visit Seattle for a ride-along with Medic One. During the episode, a rescue is completed at the Kingdome, a skydiver leaps from the top of the Space Needle, and a fueling error causes a ferry to catch on fire in Elliott Bay. In 1985, the department released a cartoon film on fire safety, named The House on the Hill. The 2018 ABC television series Station 19, a spin-off of the Seattle-set medical drama Grey's Anatomy, is set in the department. In G.I. Joe, the Lifeline character is a paramedic with the SFD.

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References

External links Third Rail, newspaper of Seattle Fire Fighter's Union Local 27, from the Labor Press Project