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The largest single municipal volunteer fire department in the United States is located in Pasadena, Texas. Pasadena borders Houston to the southeast, and has a population of over 150,000. The Pasadena Fire Department includes over 190 active firefighters plus 45 semi-active firefighters. The department responds to approximately 2000+ alarms per year within the city of Pasadena, including rescue calls and hazardous materials incidents. The department also provides mutual aid fire protection in conjunction with Ellington Field, Johnson Space Center, The University of Houston - Clear Lake and for about 1,500 homes in the city of Taylor Lake Village.
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What is the busiest fire station in America?
Los Angeles Fire Department, Fire Station #9. Skidrow
Busiest Volunteer fire department in US?
kentland is one of the busiest
What is the busiest volunteer fire department in North Carolina?
The Alaska State Fire Department (ASFD).
What is the busiest fire department per firefighter?
City of Miami Fire-Rescue has almost always been the busiest fire department in the nation in calls per firefighter. For those who need an explanation that means you take the total number of calls for the calendar year and divide it by the number of firefighters. That's the average # of calls each firefighter goes on. Miami is an extremely busy department with a lean amount of firefighters and paramedics. The City of Miami (NOT Miami Dade county) is consistently the busiest department in the nation in calls per firefighter.
What was the first fire department in America?
Union Fire Company in Philadelphia.[1]
What is the busiest highway in the US?
The Katy freeway in Houston, TX is the busiest in USA. Hwy 401 in Toronto ONtario is the busiest in North America.
Where are the 2 busiest airports in America?
Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta is the busiest, followed by Chicago O'Hare.
What is the busiest fire truck in the nation?
Engine 50 in Detroit
What famous American started the first library and volunteer fire department in America?
Ben Franklin
What is the busiest season in Central America?
When winter approaches other countries ,that's when Central America is busy.
Busiest fire station?
The Tokyo fire department is the largest in the world, with 17,993 employees and a budget of US$2 billion (244 billion yen for fiscal year 2001.) Some 1,839 pieces of apparatus, including 20 firefighting motorcycles, are housed in 80 fire stations throughout Tokyo, which is composed of 23 wards, called "ku," 24 surrounding cities, 3 towns, and a village. Source: NFPA Journal, May/Jun 2002 by Laitinen, Denise
How did the fire department react to the great fire of London?
The Great Fire of London was in 1666 and there was no fire department at that time.
