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A DCFD fire engine in December 2005. DCFD Engine Company #23 (Foggy Bottom Firehouse) DCFD Engine 7. On January 13, 1803, District of Columbia passed its first law about fire control, requiring the owner of each building in the district to provide at least one leather firefighting bucket per story or pay a $1 fine per missing bucket.
3. The history of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, which grew gradually as volunteer companies formed between 1770 and 1860, then more rapidly with the addition of paid members starting in 1864 and the transition to a fully paid department in 1871, has been marked in recent years by various controversies ...
Engine Company No. 4 predated the establishment of the DCFD and was founded on February 21, 1870. It was originally known as “S. J. Bowen Engine 4,” but dropped the name after 1874. After the segregation of the Department in 1919, Engine No. 4 became the first all-black fire company in the District on April 3, 1919.
Kenneth B. Ellerbe. Ellerbe speaking in Washington in 2013. Kenneth B. Ellerbe (April 10, 1960 – February 27, 2022) was an American firefighter who served as the fire chief of the District of Columbia Fire & EMS Department from January 1, 2011 to July 2, 2014. He was chosen by mayor-elect Vincent C. Gray in December 2010.
Engine Company 17. / 38.93417°N 76.98972°W / 38.93417; -76.98972. Engine Company No. 17 also known as Chemical Company No. 4 and the Brookland Firehouse, is a historic firehouse located at 1227 Monroe Street, NE, Washington, D.C. [2] It was constructed in 1902 and housed an early “chemical company” which fought fires in outlying ...
7,000 US gallons (26,000 L) / min. (during DCFD service) [4] The John H. Glenn Jr. is a fireboat stationed on the Potomac and Anacostia rivers in Washington, D.C. [3] Her bow was reinforced in 1984, allowing her to also serve as an icebreaker during the winter. The vessel served the New York City Fire Department for her first fifteen years ...
In 1980, Engine company 25 was the busiest company in the District with 2,533 alarms. In 1981, Firehouse magazine published “A Firehouse Exclusive”. An informal survey to compare alarm responses of fire departments throughout the United States and Canada. Engine Company 25 was ranked tenth overall for run responses with 2,695 alarms.
Engine Company 26 (Washington, D.C.) / 38.92472°N 76.98667°W / 38.92472; -76.98667. Engine Company 26 in the Northeast quadrant of Washington, D.C., USA, is a historic firehouse located at 1340 Rhode Island Avenue on the border between Brentwood and Brookland. The building was listed by the National Register of Historic Places in May ...