Atlanta Fire Rescue Department

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The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department provides fire protection and emergency first-aid medical services to the city of Atlanta, Georgia. The Department is responsible for an area of ​​132.6 square miles (343 km ² ) with over 519,000 inhabitants. The current Chief Fire Officer is Randall Slaughter

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Histori

The Atlanta Fire Department began operations in February 1848 when residents were ordered to prepare a fire bucket at their home. It was not until three years later, after several major fires, that the Georgian Legislature approved a bill authorizing the formation of the Atlanta Fire Firm. 1, which began operations on March 25, 1851.

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Stations and equipment

The Atlanta Fire Department currently operates from 34 fire stations, located throughout Atlanta, organized into 7 Battalions, including the Airport Battalion ordering 5 Fire Stations serving Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Below is a list of all the locations of fire stations in the city.

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The famous incident

Nice Atlanta Fire

The 1917 Great Atlanta fire broke out in the Fourth Old Ward at about 12:30 on May 21, 1917. At the time of the fire, the department had a simple fire extinguisher and the city's fire hydrant was running under low pressure.. It is not clear how the fire started, but was triggered by the heat and high winds. After nearly 10 hours, 300 acres (120 ha) have been burned, destroyed 1,900 buildings and moved more than 10,000 people. Damage is estimated at $ 5 million, ($ 96 million when adjusted for inflation).

Fire Winecoff Hotel

The Winecoff Fire Hotel, which occurred on December 7, 1946, was the deadliest hotel fire in US history, killing 119 hotel residents, including hotel owners. The Winecoff Hotel has been advertised as "completely fireproof." While the steel structure of the hotel is completely sheltered from the fire effect, the interior finishing of the hotel is flammable, and the exit setting consists of a single staircase that serves all fifteen floors. All the inhabitants of the hotel above the origin of fire on the third floor were trapped, and survivors of the fire were rescued from the upstairs window or jumped into the net held by the firemen.

Fire Station No. 16

During the civil rights movement, members of the African-American community pressured the Mayor and Atlanta City Council to integrate city fire brigades. In 1962, Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. officially employed the first sixteen African American firefighters. On April 1, 1963, after completing the training, they were stationed at Fire Station no. 16, because the station has not been integrated. Located at 1048 Simpson Rd. (now Joseph E. Boone Blvd.), the station is built on former Theodore "Tiger" Flowers, the first African American middle-class champion in the world. Continuing the efforts of fire diversification, Maynard Mayor Jackson ordered the employ of seven African-American women to serve as firefighters in 1977.

Bluffton University bus accident

The Bluffton University bus accident was a car accident that occurred in the early hours of the morning of March 2, 2007, at Interstate 75 in Atlanta. Rented motorcoach brought 33 members of the Bluffton University baseball team when at about 5:38 am EST, the bus slid off a bridge that killed seven people and injured 29 others. The Atlanta Fire Department is the main agent on the scene for the accident.

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References

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External links

• Steve B. Campbell Photo of the Atlanta Fire Department, 1882-1972 from Atlanta History Center

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