the first fire dept was Benjamin Franklin
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Las Vegas New Mexico Fire Department is one of the lowest PAID FIRE DEPARTMENTS in the United States! Starting salary is $7.50 an hour to start with an annual pay raise of .07 cents. Upon completion of the Fire Academy in Socorro N.M. a FIREFIGHTER will receive a 4% raise. After EMT-Basic licensure is obtained it is a mere 4%.
No, they are paid by the Department of Defense.
Benjamin Franklin is credited with starting the first lending library and first fire department in the US. He also invented bifocal glasses and an effective heating stove.
In 2001, a fire department in the US typically responded to a fire within an average of 5-7 minutes, which is equivalent to about 300-420 seconds.
kentland is one of the busiest
The Middletown Township Fire Department in New Jersey is the largest all-volunteer Fire Department in the country with 11 companies, its own fire academy and over 500 volunteer firefighters.
Carlsbad Fire Dept. For exellent service and quick resopnse.
New York Municipal is the largest in the US
Benjamin Franklin started the first fire department, the Union Fire Company, in Philadelphia in 1736. The volunteer company used bucket brigades at first, then they started using a horse drawn buggy with a fire pump and hoses on it.