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County | Lackawanna |
Address | 518 Mulberry St, Scranton, Pa 18510 (Fire Headquarters) |
Agency overview | |
Established | May 4, 1901 |
Annual calls | ~3000 |
Employees | Approximately 142 Firefighters and Fire Officers |
Staffing | Career |
Superintendent | John Judge IV |
IAFF | Local 60 |
Motto | "Scranton's Bravest" |
Facilities and equipment | |
Divisions | 2 |
Stations | 7 Operational, 2 Closed |
Engines | 5 Active, 5 Reserve |
Trucks | 2 Active, 1 Reserve |
Rescues | 1 Active, 1 Reserve |
HAZMAT | 1 Reserve |
USAR | PA Company 3 |
Wildland | 1 Reserve |
Rescue boats | 3 Reserve |
Light and air | 1 Reserve |
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The Scranton Fire Department (also known as the City of Scranton Bureau of Fire, SFD, Scranton Fire, and Station 50) provides fire protection, rescue services, hazardous materials mitigation, to the City of Scranton, Pennsylvania. [1] The department used volunteer fire companies throughout its history and was established as a career fire department on May 4, 1901. [2] The city maintained a combination of paid and volunteer firefighters from 1901 to 1907 when a full time department was established. [1] The Scranton Fire Department remains a full-time all career department today, with a total of about 142 professional firefighters and fire officers protecting the City of Scranton. Today, the Scranton Fire Department is the largest fire department in the Wyoming Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania. [2]
The City of Scranton utilized numerous volunteer fire companies from 1866 (The year Scranton incorporated as a city) onward until the local government formally enacted an ordinance authorizing a paid bureau of fire in 1901. On May 4, 1901, the City of Scranton Bureau of Fire was established. [2] This, however, did not remove volunteers from the City's fire responses, as the department continued to utilize volunteers in a paid/volunteer combination system until 1907. [1]
During a Typhoid epidemic in 1906, the Health Bureau was concerned about noise from audible fire sirens used to alert volunteers would disturb patients. In response to this, the Bureau of Fire added 25 permanent firefighters to its roster bolstering its paid staff and lessening the need for these audible fire siren systems. [2]
In 1911, the Bureau of Fire purchased its first motorized fire apparatus, a Chief's car. More apparatus would be motorized going forward until horse-drawn firefighting vehicles were phased out completely in 1923. [2]
The Scranton Fire Department began to maintain an ambulance service starting 1948. They were known as Car 20 (later known as Car 24) and Car 23. Two firefighters would staff the ambulance and respond to medical calls in the City. This would remain until 1988 when the ambulance service was discontinued. [3]
After years of going without a union, Scranton Firefighters organized under The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), Local 60. The Union lapsed its membership in the 1930s, again foregoing a union until 1940, when it rejoined under IAFF Local 669. This would remain until 2000 when the Union successfully won the right to use its original IAFF Local Union number. To this day Scranton Firefighters are represented by IAFF Local 60. [2]
The City of Scranton currently maintains 7 fire stations [4] which house all fire apparatus, firefighters, and offices for the fire department. This amounts to having 5 engine companies, 2 truck companies, a rescue company, and a command/chief car providing protection to the City of Scranton on a daily basis. The department also keeps specialty vehicles in reserve for use on specific incident types. Additionally, the city of Scranton keeps 4 engines, one rescue, one HAZMAT and one truck company in reserve in case additional fire protection service is needed or to swap out apparatus while the front line apparatus are maintained and repaired. [1] [4]
Station Name | Address | Neighborhood | Engine Company | Truck(Ladder)Company | Rescue Company | Specialized Unit | Additional Functions |
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Fire Department Headquarters | 518 Mulberry St, Scranton, PA 18510 | Central City | Engine Company No. 4 Engine Company No. 11 (Reserve) | Truck Company No. 2 | Assistant Chief Car 21 (Car 21) | Superintendent's Office Deputy Chief's Office Fire Investigation Office Fire Prevention Office | |
Rescue Co. 1 | 940 Wyoming Ave, Scranton PA 18509 | Green Ridge | Rescue Company No.1 | Haz-Mat Company No. 1 | Self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) repair and maintenance. | ||
Engine Co. 2 | 500 Gibbons St, Scranton, PA 18505 | South Side | Engine Company No. 2 Engine Company No. 1 (Reserve) | Fire hose repair and maintenance | |||
Truck Co. 4 | 1047 N Main Ave, Scranton, PA 18508 | North End | Engine Company No. 9 (Reserve) | Truck Company No. 4 Truck Company No.1 (Reserve) | Attack No. 1 (Brush) | ||
Engine Co. 7 | 1917 Luzerne St, Scranton, PA 18504 | West Side | Engine Company No. 7 Engine Company No. 14 (Reserve) | Fire helmet repair and maintenance | |||
Engine Co. 8 | 205 W Market St, Scranton, PA 18508 | North End | Engine Company No. 8 Engine Company No. 15 (Reserve) | Car 30 (Air Cascade) Fire Prevention Trailer | |||
Engine Co. 10 | 1900 E Mountain Rd, Scranton, PA 18505 | East Mountain | Engine Company No. 10 |
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