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| Operational area | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| City |  Chicago |
| Coordinates | 41°49′50″N 87°37′26″W / 41.83056°N 87.62389°WCoordinates: 41°49′50″N 87°37′26″W / 41.83056°N 87.62389°W |
| Agency overview | |
| Established | August 2, 1858 |
| Annual calls | 888,110 (2018) |
| Employees | 5,173 (2017) |
| Commissioner | Annette Nance-Holt |
| EMS level | Advanced Life Support (ALS) & Basic Life Support (BLS) |
| IAFF | IAFF Local 2 |
| Motto | "We're There When You Need Us" |
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| Divisions | 5 Fire Districts |
| Battalions | 25 Battalions (24 Firefighting Battalions and a Special Operations Battalion) |
| Stations | 98 Firehouses |
| Engines | 96 Engine Companies |
| Trucks | 61 Truck Companies |
| Squads | 4 Squad Companies |
| Ambulances | 80 Advanced Life Support (ALS) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Ambulance Units |
| HAZMAT | 2 Hazardous Materials Response Units |
| USAR | 2 Urban Search And Rescue Units |
| Airport crash | 10 Airport Crash Trucks |
| Helicopters | 2 Helicopter Units |
| Fireboats | 2 Fireboats |
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The Chicago Fire Department (CFD) is responsible for providing fire suppression services along with specialized technical rescue response services. The CFD also has specialized hazardous materials response services and emergency medical services within the City of Chicago, Illinois. The CFD is the third largest municipal fire department in the United States after the New York City Fire Department and Cal Fire. It is also one of the oldest major organized fire departments in the nation. It has a wide variety of general purpose and specialty vehicles, tools and equipment to provide these services. The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) Local is Local 2.
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