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Palm Beach County Fire Rescue
Operational area
Country United States
State Florida
County Palm Beach
Agency overview[1]
EstablishedOctober 1st 1984
Annual calls139,000 (2017)
Employees1,514
Annual budget$383 million (2017)
StaffingCareer
Fire chiefMike Mackey
EMS levelALS
IAFF2928
MottoWhen seconds count, count on us! [2]
Facilities and equipment[1]
Battalions8
Stations49
Engines43 ALS
Quints6 ALS
Squads2 (Special Ops)
Rescues54 ALS
Tenders4
HAZMAT2 (Special Ops)
USAR2 (Special Ops)
Airport crash5
Wildland19
Helicopters2
Light and air1
Website
Official website
IAFF website

The Palm Beach County Fire Rescue provides fire protection, emergency medical services, ALS transport and hazardous materials mitigation for unincorporated parts of Palm Beach County, Florida and 19 cities under contract.[3]

The department is responsible for 1,813 square miles (4,700 km2), providing services to almost 900,000 residents throughout the county.[4] Along with the unincorporated areas of the county, PBCFR provides services for Belle Glade, Cloud Lake, Glen Ridge, Haverhill, Juno Beach, Jupiter, Lake Clarke Shores, Lake Park, Lake Worth, Lantana, Manalapan, Pahokee, Palm Springs, Royal Palm Beach, South Bay, South Palm Beach and Wellington.[5]

Operations

Engine 28

Combat Operations, Structure and Staffing

The department is made up of 7 battalions which contain anywhere from 3 to 9 fire stations. The battalions are numbered as follows:

  • Battalion 1: 7 stations: serving the north county area (Jupiter, Lake Park, Jupiter Farms etc.)
  • Battalion 2: 9 stations: serving the western county area (Royal Palm Beach, Wellington, Loxahatchee, etc.),
  • Battalion 3: 7 stations: serving Lake Worth, Lantana, Manalapan, South Palm Beach, Lake Clarke Shores etc.
  • Battalion 4: 8 stations: serving suburban Boynton Beach, Suburban Delray Beach.
  • Battalion 5: 7 stations: serving suburban Boca Raton including Boca West, Loggers Run, Mission Bay.
  • Battalion 7: 3 stations: serving the Glades area including Pahokee, Canal Point, Belle Glade, South Bay, US27 from Broward to Hendry County lines, John Stretch Park, several sugar mills and agricultural areas, Lake Okeechobee.
  • Battalion 9 (Special Operations)- 4 stations: Station 19, Station 34, PBIA, and Trauma Hawk.
  • Battalion 10: 6 stations: serving Westgtate, Palm Springs, Haverhill, Cloud Lake unincorporated Palm Beach County areas such as Century Village West Palm

Each Battalion is overseen by District Chiefs, who oversee all 3 shifts in their respective Battalions. At the shift level, each Battalion is supervised by a Battalion Chief and an EMS Captain.

Special Operations

The department has two special operations apparatus, which are located at stations 19 and 34. These multipurpose units function as heavy rescues, HazMats, USAR and rescue squads. Each of the Special Operations teams house an Engine, Rescue, and Heavy Rescue, and are responsible for hazardous materials incidents, dive rescue, confined space rescue and high angle rescue.[6] Members are also trained on Trench Rescue, Structural Collapse Rescue, and Vehicle Machinery Rescue (VMR). They also assist the Sheriff's Office's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team.[7] The units also function as mobile command center on extended operations. Station 34 also houses the Special Operations Battalion Chief, Special Operations EMS Captain, and TRT 34 (Heavy Rescue Equipment vehicle).

Airport Operations

The PBCFR is responsible for providing aircraft rescue and firefighting for the Palm Beach International Airport, one the 50 busiest airports in the United States. The station which is located near the center of the airport grounds, is home to 13 pieces of specialized fire fighting equipment.[8]

These apparatus include:

Trauma Hawk

The Palm Beach County Fire Rescue partners with the Palm Beach County Health Care District to operate the Trauma Hawk Aero-Medical Program.[13] The Trauma Hawk program, established in November 1990, replaced the use of Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office helicopters to medevac critically injured patients to area hospitals.[13] At the Trauma Hawk Station, located at the south west corner of Palm Beach International Airport, the department has two Sikorsky S-76C helos.[14] The air ambulances are identically equipped and can carry two patients each and up to four medical attendants if needed.[14] Each helicopter is staffed with a pilot, a registered nurse (RN) and a paramedic. The nurses and paramedics are Palm Beach County Fire Rescue employees while the pilots are Health Care District employees.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b "FY2014 Fact Sheet" (PDF). Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Palm Beach County Fire Rescue". Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  3. ^ "About Us". Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. ^ http://discover.pbcgov.org/pbcfr/PDF/FactSheet.pdf
  5. ^ "Area's Served". Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Apparatus List". Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Special Operations". Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Station 81". Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Air Stair 1". Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Dragon 1". Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Foam 81". Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Support 81". Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  13. ^ a b c "Trauma Hawk". Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Station Trauma Hawk". Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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