Chicago Fire Department

The Chicago Fire Department (CFD) is responsible for providing fire suppression services along with specialized technical rescue response services. The CFD also has specialized hazardous materials response services and emergency medical services within the City of Chicago, Illinois. The CFD is the third largest municipal fire department in the United States after the New York City Fire Department and Cal Fire. It is also one of the oldest major organized fire departments in the nation. It has a wide variety of general purpose and specialty vehicles, tools and equipment to provide these services. The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Local is Local 2.

Chicago Fire Department (CFD)

Operational area
Country	United States
State	Illinois
City	Chicago
Coordinates	41°49′50″N 87°37′26″W
Agency overview
Established	August 2, 1858; 167 years ago (1858-08-02)[1]
Annual calls	888,110 (2018)[2]
Employees	5,173 (2017)[2]
Commissioner	Annette Nance-Holt [3]
EMS level	Advanced Life Support (ALS) & Basic Life Support (BLS)
IAFF	IAFF Local 2
Motto	"We're There When You Need Us"
Facilities and equipment
Divisions	5 Fire Districts
Battalions	25 Battalions (24 Firefighting Battalions and a Special Operations Battalion)
Stations	98 Firehouses
Engines	96 Engine Companies
Trucks	61 Truck Companies
Squads	4 Squad Companies
Ambulances	80 Advanced Life Support (ALS) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Ambulance Units
HAZMAT	2 Hazardous Materials Response Units
USAR	2 Urban Search And Rescue Units
Airport crash	10 Airport Crash Trucks
Helicopters	2 Helicopter Units
Fireboats	2 Fireboats
Website
www.chicago.gov/fire
www.iaff-local2.org

Chicago firefighters responding to a call on Michigan Ave. wearing pre-2006 turnout gear.

The Chicago Fire Department receives over 500,000 emergency calls annually, most of which are medical calls.

On television

NBC calls it Chicago Wednesdays, as it shows Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago PD (in that order) on Wednesday evenings. On occasion, they will all share the same story line to where one show ends showing the handoff to the next show.