# Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department

The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department (MDFR) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the unincorporated parts of Miami-Dade County, Florida, along with 30 municipalities located within the county. In all the department is responsible for 1,883 square miles (4,880 km$^2$) of land.
The R. David Paulison Fire Rescue Headquarters is located in Doral.

## Air Rescue

Four helicopters are housed at MDFR fire stations located at Miami Executive Airport and Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport.

## Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) Task Force 1

The Miami-Dade Fire Department is the founding member of one of Florida's two FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force. Florida Task Force 1 (FL-TF1) is available to respond to natural or man-made disasters around the county and world and assist with search and rescue, medical support, damage assessment and communications.

## Stations and Apparatus

The MDFR has 71 stations split up in 14 battalions. There are 2 additional stations under construction and one in a location to be determined.
| Fire Station # | City | Engine Company | Ladder Company | EMS Rescue Unit | Other units |
| 1 | Miami Lakes | Engine 1 | | Rescue 1 | Battalion 14 |
| 2 | Miami | Engine 2 | | Rescue 2 Rescue 202 | Battalion 5 |
| 3 | Miami | Engine 3 | | Rescue 3 | *Red units for 9/11 tribute* |
| 4 | Coral Reef | | Ladder 4 | Rescue 4 | Battalion 9 |
| 5 | Princeton | Engine 5 | | Rescue 5 | |
| 6 | Modello | Engine 6 | | Rescue 6 Rescue 71 | EMS 6 |
| 7 | West Little River | Engine 7 | | Rescue 7 | |
| 8 | Aventura | Engine 8 | | Rescue 8 | Battalion 2 |
| 9 | Kendall | Engine 9 | | Rescue 9 | |
| 10 | Sunny Isles Beach | Engine 10 | | Rescue 10 | |
| 11 | Miami Gardens | Engine 11 | | Rescue 11 | Battalion 4 |
| 12 | Miami International Airport | Engine 12 | | Rescue 12 | Battalion 6, ARFF Foam 1, 2, & 3 Terminal EMS Carts |
| 13 | Miami | | Ladder 13 | Rescue 13 | Air Truck 13 South Maintenance Yard Coms/Ops support vehicles |
| 14 | South Miami | Engine 14 | | Rescue 14 | Battalion 8 |
| 15 | Key Biscayne | | | Rescue 15 | RHIB 15 |
| 16 | Homestead | Engine 16 | | Rescue 16 Rescue 72 | Battalion 10 Tanker 13 |
| 17 | Virginia Gardens | Engine 17 | | Rescue 17 | HazMat Support 17 |
| 18 | North Miami-Central | Ladder 18 | | Rescue 18 | |
| 19 | North Miami-West | Platform 19 | TRT Engine 19 | Rescue 19 | |
| 20 | North Miami-East | Engine 20 | | Rescue 20 | Battalion 3 |
| 21 | Miami | | Platform 21 | Rescue 21 | Battalion 1 Fire Boat 21 |
| 22 | North Miami | Rescue 22 | Platform 22 | | |
| 23 | Pinecrest | Engine 23 | | Rescue 23 | Venom 1 Unit |
| 24 | Miami Executive Airport | | | | Foam 24 Air Rescue South |
| 25 | Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport | | | | Foam 25 Air Rescue North |
| 26 | Opa-Locka | | Platform 26 | Rescue 26 | |
| 27 | North Bay Village | Engine 27 | | Rescue 27 | |
| 28 | Hialeah Gardens | | | HazMat Rescue 28 | |
| 29 | Sweetwater | | Ladder 29 | Rescue 29 | Battalion 12 |
| 30 | Miami Shores | Engine 30 | | Rescue 30 | |
| 31 | North Miami Beach | | Ladder 31 | Rescue 31 | |
| 32 | North Miami Beach | Engine 32 | | Rescue 32 | |
| 33 | Aventura | | | Rescue 33 | EMS 33 |
| 34 | Cutler Ridge | | Platform 34 | Rescue 34 | South Operations Division Chief Rehab Canteen |
| 35 | Miami Springs | Engine 35 | | Rescue 35 | |
| 36 | Hammocks | | Ladder 36 | Rescue 36 | |
| 37 | Miami | Engine 37 | | Rescue 37 | |
| 38 | Miami Gardens | | Ladder 38 | Rescue 38 | |
| 39 | Port of Miami | | Ladder 39 | Rescue 39 | 1 RHIBs |
| 40 | West Miami | Engine 40 | | Rescue 40 | |
| 41 | Miami | | | Rescue 41 | |
| 42 | Fisher Island | | Platform 42 | Rescue 42 | |
| 43 | Richmond Heights | TRT Engine 43 | | Rescue 43 | EMS 43 RHIB |
| 44 | Palm Springs North | Engine 44 | | Rescue 44 | |
| 45 | Doral | Engine 45 | | | |
| 46 | Medley | | TRT Ladder 46 | | Collapse Truck |
| 47 | Westchester | Engine 47 | | Rescue 47 | |
| 48 | Fontainebleau | Engine 48 | | Rescue 48 | TRT Battalion 12 EMS 48 North Operations Division Chief |
| 49 | Pinecrest | | | Rescue 49 | |
| 50 | Perrine | Engine 50 | | Rescue 50 | |
| 51 | Miami Gardens | | Ladder 51 | Rescue 51 | EMS 51 |
| 52 | South Miami Heights | Tanker 52 | | Rescue 52 | |
| 53 | Miami | | Ladder 53 | Rescue 53 | |
| 54 | Opa Locka / Bunche Park | Engine 54 | | Rescue 54 | EMS Captain 54 |
| 55 | Saga Bay | Engine 55 | | Rescue 74 | RHIB 55 |
| 56 | West Kendall | HazMat Engine 56 | | Rescue 56 | |
| 57 | West Kendall | Engine 57 | | Rescue 57 | Battalion 13 |
| 58 | Tamiami | Engine 58 | | Rescue 58 | |
| 59 | Miami International Airport | | HazMat Platform 59 | | ARFF Foam 4, Quick Response Vehicle(QRV) 59, Airport Operations Division Chief |
| 60 | Redland | Tanker 60 | | | Airboat 1 |
| 61 | Miami | Engine 61 | | Rescue 61 | Airboat |
| 62 | Palmetto Bay | Engine 62 | | | |
| 63 | Miami | HazMat Engine 63 | | Rescue 63 | |
| 64 | Miami Lakes | | Ladder 64 | Rescue 64 | |
| 65 | Homestead | Engine 65 | | Rescue 65 | |
| 66 | Homestead | | Ladder 66 | Rescue 77 | |
| 67 | Arcola | | | | *In Construction* |
| 68 | Dolphin Mall | | | | *In Construction* |
| 69 | Doral | | | Rescue 69 | Squad 69 HazMat 69 “Heavy 1” (Rotator) HazMat Battalion 11 |
| 70 | Coconut Palm | Hazmat Engine 70 | | Rescue 70 | Battalion 7 |
| 72 | TBD | | | | |
| 73 | Port of Miami | | | | FireBoat 73 |
| 76 | Bay Harbor | Engine 76 | | Rescue 76 | |
| 78 | Eastern Shores | | | Rescue 78 | |