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((Short description|Fire rescue department of Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.))
((Use mdy dates|date=February 2023))
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((Infobox fire department
| name                   =Atlanta Fire Rescue Department
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| subdivision_name1      = ((flagcountry|Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia))
| subdivision_type2      = [[Lists of populated places in the United States|City]]
| subdivision_name2      = ((flagicon image|Flag_of_Atlanta.svg)) [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]]
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| reference1         = <ref name=budget>((cite web|title=2015 Adopted Budget|url=http://www.atlantaga.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=16263|website=City of Atlanta|access-date=9 May 2015))</ref>
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| annual calls       = 87,320 ((small|(2014)))
| annual budget      = $144,419,459 ((small|(2024))) 
| employees          = 1,125 ((small|(2015)))
| staffing           = Career
| chief              = Rod Smith
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The '''Atlanta Fire Rescue Department''' is the fire department of the City of Atlanta and provides [[fire protection]] and first responder [[emergency medical services]] to the city of [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref name=about>((cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.atlantaga.gov/index.aspx?page=187|website=Atlanta Fire Rescue Department|access-date=9 May 2015))</ref> The department is responsible for an area of ((convert|132.6|sqmi|sqkm)) with over 519,000 residents.<ref name=about/> As of January 21, 2021, the Fire Chief is Rod Smith.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/city-of-atlanta-names-rod-smith-new-fire-chief|title=City of Atlanta names Rod Smith new fire chief|website=www.fox5atlanta.com))</ref>

==History==
The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department got its start in February 1848 when residents were ordered to have fire buckets ready in their homes. It wasn't until three years later, after several major fires, that the Georgia Legislature approved a bill that authorized the formation of Atlanta Fire Company No. 1, which went into service on March 25, 1851.<ref name=history>((cite web|title=History|url=http://www.atlantaga.gov/index.aspx?page=1012|website=Atlanta Fire Rescue Department|access-date=14 July 2015))</ref>

==Stations and apparatus==
((More citations needed section|date=January 2016))
The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department currently operates out of 34 [[fire stations]], located throughout the city of Atlanta, organized into 7 Battalions, including an Airport Battalion commanding 5 Fire Stations that serve the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Below is a list of all of the fire station locations in the city.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.atlantaga.gov/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=3248 |title=Fire Station and NPU Locations |access-date=2012-06-24))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.atlantaga.gov/index.aspx?page=221 |title=Fire Station and NPU Locations |access-date=2016-01-24))</ref>
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Fire Station Number 
! Neighborhood
! Engine Company 
! Truck Company 
! Special Unit 
! Chief Units 
! Battalion
|-
!1
|[[Castleberry Hill]]|| Engine 1* || Tiller Truck 1 || Decon. Unit 1, Air Unit 7, Air Shuttle Unit || Division Chief 1 || 3 
|-
!2
|[[Lakewood Heights, Atlanta|Lakewood Heights]]|| Engine 2* || Tiller Truck 2 || Decon. Unit 2, Air Bag Unit 2 || || 1
|-
!3
|[[North Buckhead]]|| Engine 3 || || Mobile Command Unit || || 6 
|-
!5
|[[Westside, Atlanta|Westside]]|| Engine 5* || || || Battalion Chief 4 || 4 
|-
!4
|[[Old Fourth Ward]]|| Engine 6* || || Squad 4 || || 5 
|-
!7
|West End|| Engine 7* || || EMS-2* || || 4
|- 
!8
|Hills Park|| Engine 8 || || || Battalion Chief 2 || 2 
|-
!9
|[[Adamsville, Atlanta|Adamsville]]|| Engine 9* || || || || 4 
|-
!10
| [[Grant Park, Atlanta|Grant Park]]||Engine 10 || Tiller Truck 10 || || Battalion Chief 5 || 5 
|-
!11
| [[Atlantic Station, Atlanta|Atlantic Station]]||Engine 11 || Tower 11 || Mini-Pumper 11, Swift Water/Dive Rescue Unit || || 3 
|-
!12
|[[Edgewood, Atlanta|Edgewood]] || Engine 12 || Tiller Truck 12 || || || 5 
|-
!13
|[[East Atlanta]]|| Engine 13* || ||Mass Decon Unit
| || 5 
|-
!14
|[[Oakland City, Atlanta|Oakland City]]|| Engine 14 || Tiller Truck 14 || || || 1 
|-
!15
|[[Midtown Atlanta|Midtown]]|| Engine 15* || Tiller Truck 15 || || Battalion Chief 3 || 3
|-
!16
|[[Washington Park, Atlanta|Washington Park]]|| Engine 16* || Tiller Truck 16 || || || 2 
|-
!17
|[[Westview, Atlanta|Westview]]|| Engine 17* || || GSAR 61 Collapse Rig|| || 4 
|-
!18
|[[Kirkwood, Atlanta|Kirkwood]]|| Engine 18 || || || || 5
|-
!19
|Virginia-Highland|| Engine 19 || || || || 3 
|-
!20
|[[Capitol View Manor]]|| Engine 20 || || || || 1 
|-
!21
|[[Buckhead Forest]]|| Engine 21* || Tiller Truck 21 || Air Bag Unit 21, G.S.A.R. Unit 6 || Battalion Chief 6 || 6 
|-
!22
|[[Grove Park, Atlanta|Grove Park]]|| Engine 22 || || || || 2 
|-
!23
|[[Berkeley Park, Atlanta|Berkeley Park]]|| Engine 23* || || Mini-Pumper 23 || || 3 
|-
!24
|[[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Hartsfield–Jackson Airport]]|| Engine 24 (ARFF)|| Tiller Truck 47 || ARFF 1, ARFF 2, Squad 24, Mini pump 51, med 4 || || 7 
|-
!25
|[[Cascade Heights]]|| Engine 25 || Truck 25 || || || 4 
|-
!26
| Westminster || Engine 26* || Truck 26 || || || 6 
|-
!27
|Chastain Park|| Engine 27 || || Hose Tender 27 || || 6 
|-
!28
|[[Riverside, Atlanta|Riverside]]|| Engine 28 || || Foam 28, || || 2
|-
!29
|[[Piedmont Heights, Atlanta|Piedmont Heights]]|| Engine 29 || Truck 29 || || || 6
|-
!30
|Glenrose Heights|| Engine 30* || || || Battalion Chief 1 || 1 
|-
!31
|Ben Hill|| Engine 31 || Truck 31 || || || 4 
|-
!32
|[[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Hartsfield–Jackson Airport]]|| Engine 32 (ARFF) || || Med 1, ARFF 3, ARFF4, Mini Pump 44 || || 7
|-
!33
|[[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Hartsfield–Jackson Airport]]|| || || ARFF 5, ARFF 6, EMS 3*, Foam 1, Foam Tanker 7, Med 5, reserve ambu || || 7 
|-
!34
|Poole Creek||Engine 34 || || Mobile Ambulance Bus 1, antique light truck || || 1 
|-
!35
|[[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Hartsfield–Jackson Airport]]|| Engine 35 (ARFF) || || Med. Unit 2, ARFF 7, ARFF 8, ARFF Reserve|| Battalion Chief 7 || 7 
|-
!38
|Brookview Heights|| Engine 38* || Tiller Truck 38 || || || 2 
|-
!40
|[[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport|Hartsfield–Jackson Airport]]|| Engine 40 (ARFF) || Truck 41 (ARFF Quint) || Med 3, ARFF 9, ARFF 10, Mini Pump 50, Stair Unit 48, Hazmat 2 || || 7 
|}

=== Former stations ===

* [[Fire Station No. 6 (Atlanta)|Fire Station No. 6]], a [[contributing property]] of the [[NRHP]]-listed [[Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park]]
* [[Fire Station No. 11 (Atlanta)|Fire Station No. 11]], [[NRHP]]-listed

==Notable incidents==

===Great Atlanta fire===
((Main|Great Atlanta fire of 1917))
The [[Great Atlanta fire of 1917]] broke out in the [[Old Fourth Ward]] around 12:30 pm on May 21, 1917.<ref name=wabe>((cite news|last1=Watts|first1=Gabbie|title=Old Fourth Ward Remembers Great Atlanta Fire Of 1917|url=http://wabe.org/post/old-fourth-ward-remembers-great-atlanta-fire-1917|access-date=13 July 2015|agency=WABE|date=30 April 2015))</ref> At the time of the fire, the department had simple horse-drawn [[fire apparatus]] and the city's [[fire hydrant]]s were running with low pressure. It is unclear just how the fire started, but it was fueled by hot temperatures and strong winds.<ref name=wabe/> After nearly 10 hours, ((convert|300|acres)) had burned, destroying 1,900 structures and displacing over 10,000 people. Damages were estimated at $5 million, ($((Inflation|US|5|1917)) million when adjusted for inflation).<ref name=wabe/>

===Winecoff Hotel fire===
((Main|Winecoff Hotel fire))

The [[Winecoff Hotel fire]], which occurred on December 7, 1946, was the deadliest hotel fire in United States history, killing 119 hotel occupants, including the hotel's owners.<ref name=winecoff>((cite web|title=Tragedy In The South: The Winecoff Hotel Fire of 1946|url=http://www.winecoffhotelfire.com/|website=The Winecoff Hotel Fire|access-date=13 July 2015))</ref> The [[Winecoff Hotel]] had been advertised as "absolutely fireproof." While the hotel's steel structure was indeed protected against the effects of fire, the hotel's interior finishes were combustible, and the building's exit arrangements consisted of a single stairway serving all fifteen floors.<ref name=winecoff/> All of the hotel's occupants above the fire's origin on the third floor were trapped, and the fire's survivors either were rescued from upper-story windows or jumped into nets held by firemen.

===Fire Station No. 16===
((Main|Fire Station No. 16 (Atlanta, Georgia)))
During the civil rights movement, members of the African-American community pressured the Mayor and City Council of Atlanta to integrate the city's fire department. In 1962, Mayor [[Ivan Allen Jr.]] authorized the first hiring of sixteen African American firemen. On April 1, 1963, after completing training, they were housed at Fire Station No. 16, as stations were not yet integrated. Located in 1048 Simpson Rd. (now Joseph E. Boone Blvd.), the station was built upon the former property of Theodore "Tiger" Flowers, the world's first African American middleweight champion. Continuing the efforts to diversify the fire department, Mayor [[Maynard Jackson]] ordered the hiring of seven African-American women to serve as firefighters in 1977.<ref>((cite web|last1=Seibert|first1=David|title=Fire Station No. 16|url=http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/fulton/fire-station-no.-16|website=GeorgiaInfo: an Online Georgia Almanac|publisher=Digital Library of Georgia|access-date=18 November 2016))</ref>

===Bluffton University bus accident===
((Main|Bluffton University bus accident))
The [[Bluffton University bus accident]] was an automobile crash that occurred during the early morning hours of March 2, 2007, on [[Interstate 75 (Georgia)|Interstate 75]] in Atlanta. A chartered motorcoach was carrying 33 members of the [[Bluffton University]] baseball team when at about 5:38&nbsp;am EST, the bus rolled off of an overpass killing seven and injuring 29 others. The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department was the primary agency on scene for the crash.

== References ==

((Reflist|2))

==External links==
* ((Official website))
* [http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/landingpage/collection/CamFire Steve B. Campbell Atlanta Fire Department Photographs, 1882-1972] from the [[Atlanta History Center]]
*((YouTube|naGUcoCLHsY|Lunch and Learn: A Brief History of the Atlanta Fire Department, Atlanta fire chief Joe Tolbert|link=no))

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