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Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department

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Country
  
United States

City
  
Tempe

Annual calls
  
21,772 (2013)

State
  
Arizona

Established
  
1903

Employees
  
182 (2013)

The Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Tempe, Arizona. The TFMRD responded to 21,772 incidents during 2013, with 82% being for emergency medical services. The department protects an area of 40.5 square miles (105 km2), which includes Arizona State University, and services a population of just over 162,677 people. Additionally, the TFMRD has mutual aid agreements with 26 other fire departments in the Phoenix area.

In 2013, the department changed its name to Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department to "more accurately portray to the citizens the services that our organization provides to the community."

Stations & Apparatus

The department has 6 stations spread out across the city.

References

Tempe Fire Medical Rescue Department Wikipedia