miami fire-rescue department miami fire-rescue department the miami fire-rescue department, also referred to as the city of miami department of fire-rescue, provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of miami, florida. the department is notable for being the first in the nation to equip all apparatus with two-way radios as well as being the first to use fog nozzles. not to be confused with miami-dade fire rescue department. miami fire-rescue department"excellence through service"operational areacountry united statesstate floridacity miamiagency overviewestablishedjuly 17, 1898annual calls100,008 (2015)employees783 (2014)annual budget$121,122,600 (2014)staffingcareerfire chiefjoseph zahralbanems levelalsiaff587facilities and equipmentdivisions3stations15engines12trucks3quints3rescues25hazmat1usar1fireboats2websiteofficial websiteiaff website usar task force 2 the miami fire-rescue department is the sponsoring agency for usar task force 2, one of the two fema urban search and rescue task forces in the state of florida. the task force is a 210-member organization deploying teams of seventy rescue workers, search dogs, physicians and structural engineers who travel with 50,000 pounds (23,000 kg) of equipment to assist in major disasters. some of their notable deployments include hurricane opal (1995), september 11 attack at the wtc (2001), hurricane katrina (2005) and the 2010 haiti earthquake. stations & apparatus fire truck fire boat fire station number station address engine company or foam company ems rescue unit aerial company or quint company other units 1 144 n.e. 5th stfoam 1rescue 1 rescue 21aerial 1district chief 1, hazmat 1 2 1901 n. miami aveengine 2rescue 2rescue 22decon 2 airbag 2 3 1103 n.w. 7th stengine 3rescue 3rescue 23 4 1105 s.w. 2nd aveengine 4rescue 4rescue 24 rescue16 aerial 4car 94 (ems battalion captain) 5 1200 n.w. 20th stengine 5rescue 5rescue 25aerial 5dive team 5 6 701 n.w. 36th stengine 6rescue 6rescue 26heavy rescue 6 (trt), district chief 2, car 95 (ems captain) 7 314 beacom blvdengine 7rescue 7rescue 27district chief 3 medcat, decon 7 8 2975 oak aveengine 8rescue 8rescue 28quint 8rehab 8 9 69 n.e. 62 stengine 9rescue 9rescue 29aerial 9 10 4101 n.w. 7th strescue 10rescue 20quint 10 11 5920 w. flagler stengine 11rescue 11 rescue 31 12 1455 n.w. 46th stengine 12rescue 12rescue 30decon 12 13 990 ne 79th stengine 13 rescue 13 14 2111 s.w. 19th st rescue 14 15 bayside market place marine operations, fireboat 1, fireboat 2