Detroit Fire Department - Organized in 1860
Fact Sheet
Administration
Donald R. Austin, Executive Fire Commissioner
Edsel Jenkins, Deputy Fire Commissioner
Charleta McInnis, 2nd Deputy Commissioner
Sydney Zack, 2nd Deputy Commissioner
Divisions
• Administration
• Firefighting
• Fire Marshall
• Community Relations
• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Apparatus
• Communications
• Medical
• Research and Development
• Training Academy
Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Budget: $186.4 million
Area of responsibility: 139 sq. miles
Personnel:
Fire suppression: 985
Annual responses:
Fire: 30,000
Fires fought: 7,000
Physical plant:
Fire stations: 44
Average age of fire stations: 80.7 years
Other facilities: 5
Response units:
Engine companies: 38
Ladder companies: 22
Squads: 6
EMS Medics: 24
Chiefs: 8
Other units: 11
