Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service
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Current Fire Chief: Carl J. Harper

First (Full Time) Fire Chief: Ferdinand Neville

Total Firefighters: 648 (respond from Thirty-one (31) Fire Stations and Four (4) Battalions)

First Line Equipment :

Number of Engines (pumpers):27

Number of Quints: 2

Number of Brontos: 2

Number of Rescue Units: 16

 

Special equipment:

Hazardous Material Units: 1

Heavy Rescue Units: 1

Air Units: 2

Decon Units: 2

Brush Trucks: 2

 

General:

BFRS: Established in 1872

Oldest Fire Station: Station 19; built 1928
Station 11; built 2005

 
 
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