page_title: Youngstown Fire Department
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Youngstown Fire Department / History
caption_attribution_description: Description: English: Burning house and fire engines at Youngstown, Ohio, USA Deutsch: Brennendes Haus und Feuerwehrwagen in Youngstown, Ohio, USA I certify that I took this picture and release it with attribution required.
context_page_description: The Youngstown Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Youngstown, Ohio. The department is responsible for 34 square miles with a population of 64,734 people as of the 2014-2018 American Community Survey. The daytime population expands to 75,917 people. The department currently has 122 members.
context_section_description: Established in 1868 as the all-volunteer Governor Tod Engine Company, the department has grown over the years. In 1891, the volunteer department was disbanded as the city grew and the need for a full-time force of career firefighters became evident. By 1955, the department had grown to operate from 15 fire stations, but this would last only 15 years. By the early 1970s, with the steel industry on its way out of Youngstown, the department began to close companies. First were Fire Station's #4 and #11. Others would follow, including Station's 5, 7, 8, 10, 13, and 14.
  The Youngstown Fire Department led all cities of similar size in arson fires in 2012. Youngstown has had problems with vacant structure fires for several decades. The Youngstown Fire Department had over 400 structure fires in 2014.
caption: The Youngstown Fire Department fighting an arson fire on the city's North Side.
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