Detroit Fire Department
| Operational area | |
|---|---|
| Country |
 United States
|
| State |
 Michigan
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| City |
 Detroit
|
| Agency overview | |
| Established | 1860 |
| Annual calls | ~165,000 (~9,000 Fires) |
| Employees | 1000+ |
| Staffing | Career |
| Commissioner | Eric Jones |
| EMS level | ALS, BLS, and MFR |
| IAFF | Local 344 |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Divisions | 1 |
| Battalions | 8 |
| Stations | 34 |
| Engines | 27 |
| Trucks | 15 |
| Squads | 6 |
| Ambulances | 22 |
| HAZMAT | 1 |
| Airport crash | 2 |
| Fireboats | 1 |
| Website | |
| IAFF Local 344 | |
The Detroit Fire Department (DFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the City of Detroit, Michigan, United States.
The Detroit Fire Department operates 48 fire companies out of 34 fire stations located throughout the city, with a total sworn personnel complement of 830 firefighters in all ranks. It is headquartered at the Detroit Public Safety Headquarters on Third Street, which also houses police, EMS, and additional services.
The Detroit Fire Department responds to approximately 165,000 emergency calls annually, with over 80% being medical emergencies and approximately 9,000 working structural fires.
From 2011 to December 31, 2013, the Detroit Fire Department was led by Fire Commissioner Donald R. Austin, a former member of the Los Angeles Fire Department and a Detroit native. Under Mayor Dave Bing, Austin had come to Detroit in May 2011 on the difficult mission to bring change to the Detroit Fire Department. He resigned in November 2013 due to changes in city administration.
The new mayor of Detroit, Mike Duggan, named Jonathan Jackson, a 25-year veteran of the department, and a Second Deputy Fire Commissioner under Austin, as the Interim Fire Commissioner on December 23, 2013. Craig Dougherty, a former member of Engine 50 on the city's East Side and Fire Chief under Austin, became a Second Deputy Commissioner under Jackson. The administration was rounded out by Deputy Commissioner Edsel Jenkins, C.P.A., Second Deputy Commissioner Sydney Zack, LL.M., and Second Deputy Commissioner Orlando Gregory.
By the end of March 2014, Commissioner Jackson resigned due to a life-threatening neural disease. On April 8, 2014, Deputy Commissioner Edsel Jenkins was named as the new Executive Fire Commissioner. He resigned in October 2015, and was succeeded in office by Eric Jones.
As of January 2011, in an effort to reduce costs, the city of Detroit was considering privatizing the Fire Department's EMS Division.
Budget cuts led to the Chief of Department closing a total of 10 Engine and 4 Ladder Companies, effective July 4, 2012. Also 200 firefighters and officers were to be demoted and around 150 laid off initially, with more than 100 to be re-hired as funds were to become available. In addition to the 14 permanently closed companies, a number of units were placed out of service ("browned out") on a daily basis. As a consequence, the standard response to a structural fire was reduced by one engine to 2 engines, 1 ladder, 1 squad and 1 chief.
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