The Miramar Fire Rescue Operations Division oversees fire suppression and advanced life support (ALS) medical rescue for the four Fire Stations in Miramar. Three of these stations operate as engine companies and one operates as a ladder company. The stations may also function in dual roles such as hazardous materials or technical rescue. All engine and ladder companies operate as Advanced Life Support (ALS) companies that are staffed with firefighter/paramedics and a complete complement of ALS equipment and medications. These engine/ladder companies help shorten the time that it takes start rendering ALS treatment to our citizens and visitors.
- Engine and Ladder Companies respond to calls in Miramar and render assistance (mutual aid) to surrounding communities including Pembroke Pines, Hollywood, Miami-Dade County, Pembroke Park and Broward County. These companies respond to a variety of calls for service that include building, vehicle, boat, aircraft fires, vehicle accidents, fuel leaks, electrical hazards, transportation and construction accidents, technical rescues, illnesses, injuries and public service calls.
- Training - Firefighters, firefighter/paramedics and paramedics undergo constant training to maintain a high degree of expertise and constantly have access to the latest technology and equipment.
Dive Rescue - The Miramar Fire rescue Department has rescue divers on duty twenty-four hours per day. Rescue divers are skilled in underwater rescue, primarily associated with submerged vehicles. The dive rescue team has 54 members. All 54 members are certified by Dive Rescue International as public safety dive rescue technicians. The Department conducts training classes to certify divers for numerous agencies in the south Florida area.
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Shift Structure - Miramar Fire Rescue operates on a traditional twenty-four
hours on duty, forty-eight hours off duty three platoon system, employing 140 combat and administrative support personnel to provide services including fire, rescue, hazardous materials, technical rescue, communications, training, fire prevention and public assistance.
- Entry-level rank structure begins at firefighter/paramedic level .Advancements to driver/
engineer, lieutenant, captain, division or battalion captain, battalion chief, division chief, and chief. All division personnel are trained as emergency medical technicians (EMT) or paramedics (P/M). Most members of the department however, including all new personnel hired since 1989, are trained as to the paramedic level. Further advanced training includes hazardous materials (HazMat) awareness, incident command rope and confined space rescue. Many members have trained in other rescue disciplines such as building collapse, trench rescue, concrete cutting and breeching and advanced vehicle extrication. The department encourages all nationally accepted levels of training for fire and rescue personnel. Our goal is safety through education and customer satisfaction.
- Division chief Chris Armstrong
954-602-4861- carmstrong@ci.miramar.fl.us