Country United States City Prescott Annual calls 8737 (2012) Phone +1 641-335-2553 Truck 2 Hazmat 1 | State Arizona Established 1885 Staffing Career Founded 1885 Number of employees 92 Stations 5 | |
Address 206 6th Ave, Prescott, IA 50859, USA | ||
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The Prescott Fire Department is the municipal fire department for the city of Prescott, Arizona. Additionally, the PFD provides aircraft rescue and firefighting for the Prescott Municipal Airport. Founded in 1885, it is the oldest fire department in the State of Arizona. With a coverage area of 41.5 square miles (107 km2) and serving a population 39,843, the PDF consists of 92 career personnel, split among five fire stations.
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History
Prior to 1884 Prescott had no water system for fire protection, so wells were sunk at the four corners of the courthouse plaza and double acting hand pumps were installed. In 1884 the water system was installed and the Prescott Volunteer Fire Department was started with a single hose company using a two-wheeled cart hand drawn with 600 feet (180 m) of 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) hose. In 1954 the then four separate volunteer companies were merged into one and named Prescott Fire Department.
Granite Mountain Hotshots
The Granite Mountain Hotshots were a group within the department whose mission was to fight wildfires. Founded in 2002 as a fuels mitigation crew, it transitioned to a handcrew (Type 2 I/A) in 2004, and ultimately to a hotshot crew in 2008. The crew had their own fire station, station 7, where equipment was housed including two 10-person crew carriers.
Yarnell Fire fatalities
On June 30, 2013, 19 members of the group were killed fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire. The fatalities were members of the group, which consisted of twenty members, of which only one survived. The firefighters had apparently deployed fire shelters, but not all of the bodies were found inside them. According to the National Fire Protection Association, it was the greatest loss of life for firefighters in a wildfire since 1933, the deadliest wildfire of any kind since 1991, and the greatest loss of firefighters in the United States since the September 11 attacks. Vice President Joe Biden attended the memorial and stated eloquently "all men are created equal and then some become firefighters"