About Meridian Fire Department
Meridian Fire Department is located in Meridian, Idaho in the heart of the Treasure Valley. Our Department was formed in 1908 and consisted only of volunteers. The Rural Fire District was organized in the early 1950’s. The two departments soon decided to combine forces and house their fire equipment in one station located in the center of the town. Meridian Fire Department hired its first full-time employee in 1977 serving as a Fire Marshal for the two districts. This individual was the only full-time employee until 1991 when the first paid firefighter was hired. The Meridian Fire Department has quickly transformed from a primarily all-volunteer department into a combination department with 54 full-time firefighters and 14 part-time on-call personnel.
Meridian Fire has also grown to 5 Fire Stations strategically located throughout the Meridian area. A Fire Education Safety Center was added in 2005 staffed by our Education Specialist. Then in 2007 a state of the art Training Tower was built providing numerous training opportunities for our personnel.
The Department is managed by a team of professionals that include a Fire Chief, Deputy Chief of Prevention, Deputy Chief of Operations, Deputy Chief of EMS, Fire Inspector, a Public Safety Education Specialist, and 2 Administrative Secretarial Staff.
The Meridian Fire Department responds to emergency calls in a 54 square mile jurisdiction. We serve a population of more than 80,000 residents. In 2008, our firefighters responded to 4,243 calls for service.
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