page_title: Charlotte Fire Department
section_title: Stations and apparatus
hierarchical_section_title: Charlotte Fire Department / Stations and apparatus
caption_attribution_description: English: 2006 Oshkosh/Striker 3000
context_page_description: The Charlotte Fire Department provides fire suppression, emergency medical services, technical rescue, hazardous materials mitigation, disaster response, code enforcement, fire investigations, and public education for the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. The department is responsible for an area of approximately 300 square miles with a population of over 792,000. The Charlotte Fire Department was officially formed in 1875, although fire services existed in the area for decades before that.
context_section_description: As of May 2020 this is the current list of stations and apparatus for the department:
caption: Blaze 1 has an extending stick with a point nozzle called the snozzle.
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