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Chicago Fire Department
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
About this department
Chicago Fire Department is a career department serving Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The U.S. Fire Administration registry lists 100 stations and about 4881 career firefighters.
The Chicago Fire Department (CFD) is a full-service, all-career municipal fire department providing fire suppression, emergency medical services at both ALS and BLS levels, hazardous materials response, technical rescue, and fire prevention across Chicago, IL. It is the largest fire department in the Midwest and the second-largest municipal fire department in the United States by sworn personnel. The Bureau of Operations alone fields more than 4,500 uniformed firefighters and paramedics, many of whom are cross-trained across multiple apparatus types.
- Type
- career
- Stations
- 100
- Career firefighters
- 4881
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