Code 3 1:64 Mack C Pumper 49: Detroit Fire Department

Detroit Fire Department On June 11, 1805, a blaze touched off in a stable by a spark from the pipe of a baker's helper, roared through the community of wooden buildings, leveling the century-old city of Detroit. The danger of fire was a constant concern for residents. An ordinance required every citizen to have a full water barrel and two buckets ready. An army of volunteer bucket, ax and battering-ram companies evolved as the boundaries of the city expanded. These volunteer fire companies were loosely knit clubs whose members loved to socialize and dress up in smart uniforms. The city provided hand-operated pumping engines but the firemen were responsible for everything else. In 1860, the city fathers hired Detroit's first paid fire fighters, an engineer, five horsemen, two drivers, and a foreman to operate the first steam fire engine. In 1907, the Detroit FD acquired the first motor fire engine in the world, a Packard. This eventually replaced the fire horses used at the time.

The Detroit Fire Department (DFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan.

The DFD operates 46 fire companies out of 34 fire stations located throughout the city, with a total sworn personnel complement of 1000 members with 821 firefighters in all ranks. It is headquartered at the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters on Third Street, which also houses police, emergency medical services, and additional services.

The DFD responds to approximately 165,000 emergency calls annually, with over 80% being medical emergencies and approximately 9,000 working structural fires. There were 4,741 structure fires in Detroit in 2014, compared with 2,736 in 2018, according to data. As a result, the city is now fighting an average of seven structure fires per day