St Louis Fire Department
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| "Justifiably Proud" | |
| Operational area | |
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| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Missouri
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| City |
 St. Louis
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| Agency overview | |
| Established | September 14, 1857 |
| Annual calls | 63,388 fire 78,000 ems (2014) |
| Employees | 757 (2017)
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| Annual budget | $59,650,921 (2017) |
| Staffing | Career |
| Commissioner | Dennis Jenkerson |
| IAFF | 73 |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Battalions | 8 |
| Stations | 32 |
| 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. The STLFD is responsible for 62.5 square miles (162 km2) and has a population of approximately 319,294 with a daytime population over 1 million and with events going on. The department is a division of the St. Louis Department of Public Safety.
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. 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.
In addition to fire suppression and emergency medical services, the St. Louis Fire Department also has specialized units which include:
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.
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As of 2013 there are four small fireboats operated in St. Louis. The largest two are named. The 27 feet (8.2 m) Jack Buck was commissioned in 2003 and the 44 feet (13 m) Stan Musial in 2013.
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