The Tallahassee Fire Department provides

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and Advanced life support first-response

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to the city of

Tallahassee Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2020, the population ...

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and Leon County. The department dates back to 1902, when the first fire department was established by the city. However, some fire protection service existed before that; in 1872 the Colored Hook and Ladder Company responded to the fire which destroyed Lincoln Academy, after the white company, citing "insufficient hoses", refused to respond.Julianne Hare, ''Historic Frenchtown. Heart and Heritage in Tallahassee'', Columbia, S.C., History Press, 2006, , p. 53. Today TFD has 16 Fire stations serving approximately incorporated and unincorporated land in Tallahassee as well as parts of Leon County with over 278,000 residents. The department is staffed by 267 certified firefighters and responds to over 30,000 incidents annually.

Stations and apparatus

The TFD has 16 stations spread out across the city and split into 3 battalions.

Historical photo gallery

Tallahassee Fire Department rc00703.jpg, Tallahassee's first hook and ladder (1900-1919). Tallahassee Fire Department n042253.jpg, Chief Pinkney Coe on fire hose wagon. Tallahassee Fire Department rc03441.jpg, Fire hose wagon outside of the station. Tallahassee Fire Department pr11459.jpg, Fire truck #1 outside Adams Street station (1916).

References

{{Authority control Fire departments in Florida Organizations based in Tallahassee, Florida Government of Tallahassee, Florida 1902 establishments in Florida