fire news
Portland Remembers City Hall Fire of 1908 (1/23/2008)
Tomorrow, City officials and the Portland Fire Department will remember the courageous efforts undertaken by Portland firemen and employees to preserve City Hall on the 100th anniversary of the infamous fire. The fire, which started at 2:23 AM, January 24, 1908, destroyed City Hall and caused estimated damage of approximately $600,000.
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Fire Academy Class of 2007 Graduates (1/11/2008)
This weekend, the Portland Fire Department (PFD) celebrates the graduation of eighteen new firefighters known as class 2007-18. Their graduation follows a rigorous and intense twenty-six week training in advanced firefighting and life support medical training.
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Emergency Kit For Your Vehicle (10/23/2007)
Is your car ready for winter?
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Maine Disaster Aid Tops $7.2 Million For April Nor'easter (6/28/2007)
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - More than $7.2 million in assistance has been approved for Maine following the severe storms and flooding resulting from an April Nor'easter. Residents affected by the storm have less than two weeks to apply for assistance before the
July 9 deadline.
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We are a proud team of dedicated professionals on the front line since 1768.
Our mission is to deliver emergency services to the City of Portland and protect its well being through preparedness, prevention and education.
STRENGTHENING A REMARKABLE CITY
Portland is a small city of about 30 square
miles, set on a peninsula overlooking Casco Bay, with a nighttime population of
about 68,000 that swells to over 150,000 during the day. The PFD protects a
diverse community that contains a major Seaport, an International Jetport, large
industrial companies, a large area of residential multi unit dwellings that
consist of numerous tightly packed three to five story apartment houses, and 2
major highways.
Portland currently staffs the apparatus as follows:
- Engines 1,4,5,6,7
(Fireboat), Ladder 4 (Quint), and Engine 11 with 3 firefighter crews
- Engine 9 with a 3
firefighter crew, 1 Paramedic
- Ladder 1,6, 3 (Quint)
with 4 firefighter
crews
- Rescue 1 with a 2
firefighter crew
- Air Rescue with a 4
firefighter crew
- Medcu 3,4,5 with 2
Paramedics each
- Car 10 with 1
Paramedic Lieutenant
- Car 2 with the Duty
Deputy
Chief
