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The Philadelphia Fire Department provides firefighting and emergency medical services (EMS). Dial 911

One of the oldest fire departments in the United States, the Philadelphia Fire Department began as the volunteer Union Fire Company, established on Dec. 7, 1736. After 134 years, the City Council decided the growing city needed a professional fire department, and passed a December 1870 ordinance to create one. The department began service as a fully paid city department on March 15, 1871. Today, t

he Philadelphia Fire Department provides firefighting and emergency medical services (EMS) for the nation's 6th-largest city.

08/03/2026

Daily totals for Friday, July 31 & Saturday, August 1:

7/31:
🚑: 840 EMS incidents
🚒: 166 fire incidents
🔥: 1 working fire

8/1
🚑: 870 EMS incidents
🚒: 168 fire incidents
🔥: 1 working fire

08/01/2026

Daily totals for Thursday, July 30:
🚑: 723 EMS incidents
🚒: 147 fire incidents
🔥: 2 working fires

07/31/2026

Our Fire Prevention and Recruitment Units are out at the Office of Public Safety Community Family Fun Day at Lighthouse Field in North Philly today. Thanks to these future cadets for stopping by!

07/30/2026

Daily totals for Wednesday, July 29:
🚑: 729 EMS incidents
🚒: 165 fire incidents
🔥: 1 working fires

07/29/2026

Daily totals for Tuesday, July 28:
🚑: 738 EMS incidents
🚒: 151 fire incidents
🔥: 2 working fires

07/28/2026

Daily totals for Monday, July 27:
🚑: 826 EMS incidents
🚒: 134 fire incidents
🔥: 2 working fires

07/26/2026

Daily totals for Friday, July 24 & Saturday, July 25:

7/24
🚑: 861 EMS incidents
🚒: 214 fire incidents
🔥: 1 working fire

7/25
🚑: 828 EMS incidents
🚒: 178 fire incidents
🔥: 7 working fires

07/24/2026

Daily totals for Thursday, July 23:
🚑: 864 EMS incidents
🚒: 212 fire incidents
🔥: 3 working fires

07/23/2026

Daily totals for Wednesday, July 22:
🚑: 747 EMS incidents
🚒: 159 fire incidents

07/22/2026

🚑A warm welcome to the new EMS fellows from Jefferson Health – Einstein and Penn Medicine who joined us this month as part of their year-long subspecialty training. The doctors will work with our medical directors and providers to support EMS operations and get experience with hands-on prehospital care.

(L-R) Omead Ghodsi (Jefferson-Einstein fellow), Ravi Pandya (Jefferson-Einstein fellow), Alex Yang (Associate EMS Medical Director), Crawford Mechem (Chief Medical Director), Olivia Lohman (Penn fellow), Patrick Deal (Associate EMS Medical Director), Alvin Wang (Deputy EMS Medical Director), Ryan Overberger (Deputy EMS Medical Director)

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Philadelphia, PA

Telephone

+12156861382

Website

http://phila.gov/fire

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