St. Louis Fire Department

St. Louis Fire Department
"Justifiably Proud"
Operational area
Country  United States
State  Missouri
City St. Louis
Agency overview[1][2]
Established September 14, 1857 (1857-09-14)
Annual calls 63,388 fire 78,000 ems (2014)
Employees

776 (2015)

  • 785 - Uniformed
  • 45 - Civilian
Annual budget $57,468,076 (2015)
Staffing Career
Commissioner Dennis Jenkerson
IAFF 73
Facilities and equipment[3]
Battalions 8
Stations 36
Engines 9
Trucks 22
Tillers 0
Squads 2
Ambulances 12
HAZMAT 3
Fireboats 4
Rescue boats 2
Website
Official website
IAFF website

The St. Louis Fire Department(STLFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of St. Louis, Missouri. The department is also the second oldest paid fire department in the United States.[4][5] The STLFD is responsible for 62.5 square miles (162 km2) and has a population of approximately 321,000 with a daytime population over 1 million and with events going on.[1] The department is a division of the St. Louis Department of Public Safety.

Departmental History

The first organized fire department in St. Louis was created in 1822, had several volunteer fire department in the area. An ordinance was passed to purchase the equipment, which primarily consisted of leather buckets. When the alarm sounded, members of the department would fetch their bucket and rush to scene.[6] On September 14, 1857 the department transitioned to an all paid department. St. Louis Fire Department is the second oldest fire department, only second to Cincinnati.[7]

Specialized Units

In addition to fire suppression and emergency medical services, the St. Louis Fire Department also has specialized units which include:

[8]

Ranks of the STLFD

Typical rank insignia In the St. Louis Fire Department.

In the St. Louis Fire Department, helmet colors often denote a fire fighter's rank or position. In general, white helmets denote chief officers, while red helmets may denote company officers, but the specific meaning of a helmet's color or style varies from region to region and department to department. The rank of an officer in St. Louis Fire Department is most commonly denoted by a number of speaking trumpets, a reference to a megaphone like device used in the early days of the fire service, although typically called "bugle" in today's parlance. Ranks proceed from one (lieutenant) to five (fire chief) bugles.

Firefighter
no bugles
 Engineer/Technician/Sergeant
3 Chevrons
 Lieutenant
1 bugle
Captain
2 either traditionally side by side
or less usually crossed bugles
 Battalion Chief/District Chief
2 either side by side
or more traditionally crossed bugles
 Division Chief or Assistant /Deputy Asst.

Chief/Commissioner

3 crossed bugles
Deputy Fire Chief/Commissioner
4 crossed bugles
 Fire Chief/Commissioner
5 crossed bugles

Fireboats

Jack Buck patrols the Mississippi during Fair Saint Louis

As of 2013 there are four small fireboats operated in St. Louis.[9] The largest two are named.[10][11] The 27 feet (8.2 m) Jack Buck was commissioned in 2003 and the 44 feet (13 m) Stan Musial in 2013.

Stations and apparatus

As of May 2016, below is a complete listing of all Fire Station and Apparatus Locations in the city of St. Louis according to Battalion District.[12][13]

Station Address Neighborhood Engine Truck Medic Special Chief Battalion
1 2910 S. Jefferson Avenue Benton ParkEngine 1 Rescue Squad 1, Collapse Rescue unit 2
2 314 S. Tucker BlvdDowntown Engine 2 Tower 2 Medic 2 Transport Bus 888 Battalion 802 2
4 4425 S. Compton AvenueDutchtown Quint 4 Battalion 8044
5 2123 North Market Street St. Louis Place Hook & Ladder 1Medic 5 Battalion 8011
6 5747 Manchester Avenue Cheltenham Quint 6 Marine Unit 1 3
7 2600 LaSalle StreetGate District Quint 7 Deputy Chief 810 2
8 1501 Salisbury Street Hyde Park Engine 8 1
9 814 LaBeaume Avenue Near North Riverfront Quint 9 Medic 9 1
10 4161 Kennerly Avenue The Ville Quint 10Medic 10 1
11 2224 S. 7th Street Kosciusko Quint 11 Foam Truck 2, Marine Unit 2
Marine Unit 3, Marine Unit 4		 2
12 5214 W. Florissant Avenue Mark Twain Quint 12 6
13 1400 Shawmut Place Hamilton Heights Quint 13 Medic 13 5
14 3523 Magnolia Avenue Tower Grove East Quint 14 Medic 14 4
17 3238 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd Grand Center Quint 17 1
19 6624 Morgan Ford Road Boulevard Heights Quint 19 4
20 5600 Prescott Avenue North Riverfront Quint 20 Foam Truck 1 Battalion 806 6
22 1229 McCausland Avenue Hi-Pointe Quint 22 3
23 6500 Michigan Avenue CarondeletEngine 23 Medic 23Foam Truck 3 4
24 5245 Natural Bridge Avenue Mark Twain/I-70 Industrial Engine 24 6
26 4520 Margaretta Avenue Penrose Engine 26 Medic 26 6
27 5435 Partridge Avenue Walnut Park East Quint 27 6
28 4810 Enright Avenue Fountain ParkEngine 28 H&L 5 HatMat 1, HazMat 2Battalion 805 5
29 200 S. Vandeventer Avenue Midtown Quint 29 Rescue Squad 2, Foam Truck 4 5
30 541 DeBaliviere Avenue Skinker DeBaliviere Quint 30 5
31 4408 Donovan Avenue St. Louis HillsEngine 31 Medic 31 3
32 3500 S. Grand Tower Grove EastEngine 32 Medic 32 4
33 8300 N. Broadway Baden Quint 33 Medic 33 6
34 8227 S. Broadway Patch Quint 34 4
35 5450 Arsenal Street Southwest Garden Quint 35 Medic 35 Battalion 8033
36 5000 S. Kingshighway Blvd Princeton Heights Quint 36 3
Airport Fire

Lambert-St. Louis International Airport

Notable Incidents

Great Fire of 1849

Main article: St. Louis Fire (1849)

On May 17 at 9:00 p.m. an enormous fire broke out in the heart of St. Louis.[14] A steamboat named "The White Cloud" sitting on Cherry Street was on fire. The Fire Department, which at that time consisted of 9 hand engines and hose reels, responded to the scene. The moorings holding the boat broke and the steamer floated down stream setting 22 other steamers on fire as it went.[14]

The flames leaped from building to building sweeping everything on the levee for four blocks.[14] The Firemen, after fighting for over eight hours, were completely exhausted. The entire business portion of the city appeared lost. In a last ditch effort to save the city, six buildings were spread with explosive powder and blown up. When the fire was finally contained after 11 hours, 430 buildings were destroyed, 23 steamboats along with over a dozen other boats were lost and 3 people had died including a Fire Captain.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "About". St. Louis Fire Department. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 Budget" (PDF). St. Louis. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fire Suppression". St. Louis Fire Department. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "St. Louis Fire Department". St. Louis Fire Department. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  5. ↑ https://stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/public-safety/fire/
  6. ↑ "Volunteer Department". St. Louis Fire Department. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "History". St. Louis Fire Department. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "History". St. Louis Fire Department. Retrieved 27 Nov 2016.
  9. ↑ Brett Blume (2012-05-24). "New Rescue Boats To Patrol St. Louis Riverfront". CBS News. Archived from the original on 2012-06-03. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
  10. ↑ "St. Louis Fire Department names newest marine unit "The Stan Musial"". Fox News. 2013-09-29. Archived from the original on 2013-09-30. The St. Louis Fire Department bought the boat, because of the growth of the St. Louis inland ports, which is now the third largest port in the United States.
  11. ↑ Bob Hamilton (2013-09-29). "St. Louis Fire Department Getting New Boat". CBS News. Archived from the original on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2013-09-30. It can pump up to 7,000 gallons of water or fire-suppressing foam per minute and can fight fires even while it’s moving.
  12. ↑ "Station Locations". St. Louis Fire Department. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  13. ↑ https://stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/public-safety/fire/firehouse-locations.cfm
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Great Fire". St. Louis Fire Department. Retrieved 26 May 2015.

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