when and where was the first fire department
Cincinnati Fire Department: First In The Nation On April 1, 1853, Cincinnati, Ohio, established the first professional and fully paid fire department in the United States. Miles Greenwood, co-inventor of the first practical steam fire engine, served as the department's first chief. One of the principal reasons for creation of a professional and fully paid fire department in Cincinnati was a fire that occurred in 1852 at Miles Greenwood's Eagle Ironworks.