These are just some of the possible emergency incidents that occur in St. Petersburg on any given day. Although we cannot prevent these emergencies, we can take steps to lessen their impact on individual citizens and the community as a whole. The division is responsible for the staffing, training, equipment, and supplies necessary to provide protection to the citizens and the community. Staffed with 325 professional firefighters, the Operations Division protects more than 250,000 customers across 60 square miles of St. Petersburg and at the same time staffs and operates 13 fire stations.
The Operations Division provides emergency response and intervention to fire and emergency incidents through the 911 answering point. In the year 2006 fire units responded to 6,445 emergency calls for service including:
In addition to emergency responses, the 325 personnel assigned to operations perform other duties including:
