We operate out of fourteen fire stations with two new stations that are planned to be built within the next year. We have fourteen engine companies, four ladder companies, three squad units that responds to ALS calls, three battalion chiefs per shift, with three rotating shifts, a haz-mat team, tactical rescue and swift water team. My ladder company runs structure fire calls, extrication, and we are part of the swift water and tactical rescue teams; we also have high and low angle equipment on each ladder company. Last year my company ran over 1,300 calls. I come from a multi-company station located on the Westside of the City of Durham. We cover Duke University, North Carolina School of Math and Science, many shopping malls, two major hospitals, and many residential and commercial businesses. Station 2 has an Engine, Ladder, Squad and Battalion Chief, with a total of 12 personnel per shift assigned to station # 2. We work 24 hours on, 24 hours off unit we complete a 5 day cycle then we have a 6 day break. We work a total of 10 days a month. Listed below is information about the City of Durham Fire Department, I hope that you will enjoy the web-site. I hope that we can trade fire patches, please e-mail me for a trade at firecaptain1@aol.com .
http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/dfd/
http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/ENGINE7/homepage.html