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Firefighters live and work as a family. Today our fire family went to visit one of our own, retired Firefighter Bill Browne, who is currently undergoing treatment at University of Cincinnati Medical Center for job-related cancer. Bill is in isolation and can’t receive visitors, but that didn’t stop our firefighters who gathered below his window in a show of support. Please join us in sending positive thoughts to Bill during his treatment and recovery.
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For those that are interested, dispatch totals for CFD Truck Companies and the ARFF for 2025-
Truck 35- 3252 Truck 19- 3119 Truck 24- 3071 Truck 3- 3067 -- The real Truck 1 Truck 29- 3010 Truck 32- 2879 Truck 20- 2847 Truck 2- 2781 Truck 23- 2673 Truck 31- 2091 Truck 17- 1782 Truck 18- 615 ARFF 18- 14 (Information obtained 1/8/26 from CentralSquare CAD Web Browser) **Added piece of CFD history- Since 1853 there have only been 4 truck (ladder) companies that have been disbanded; 29 engine (hose/pumper/steam) companies have been disbanded during the same period. |
For those that are interested, dispatch totals for CFD Engine Companies, Heavy Rescue Companies, District Chiefs, and the Safety Officer for 2025-
Engine 24- 6014 Engine 35- 5600 Engine 3- 4501 Engine 2- 4481 Engine 32- 4439 Engine 23- 4400 Engine 19- 4211 Engine 20- 3881 Engine 5- 3830 Engine 29- 3792 Engine 51- 3740 Engine 14- 3389 (E14B- 102) Engine 17- 3039 Engine 12- 2886 Engine 38- 2805 Engine 31- 2713 Engine 34- 2596 Engine 49- 2518 Engine 9- 2314 Engine 8- 2258 Engine 21- 2098 Engine 46- 1736 Engine 7- 1503 Engine 18- 793 Engine 37- 754 Engine 50- 600 Heavy Rescue 14- 1795 Heavy Rescue 9- 1263 D3- 946 D1- 852 D2- 704 D4- 654 D5- 11 (Disbanded/Pilot) SO2- 1708 (Information obtained 1/8/26 from CentralSquare CAD Web Browser) |
For those that are interested, dispatched incidents for CFD EMS Transport Units for 2025-
House/Assignment Medic Ambulance Total 2 4445 1 4446 3 4975 180 5155 9 3863 422 4285 12 3504 1386 4890 17 3786 362 4148 19 5199 446 5645 21* 1102 57 1159 23 4680 289 4969 24 4740 0 4740 29 4558 679 5237 32* * 2759 534 3293 35 4531 0 4531 235*** 720 97 817 38* 1553 369 1922 46 4313 0 4313 51 3630 0 3630 *Peak Demand Unit in-service daily 10:00-22:00 **Peak Demand Unit 1/1/25-11/8/25, staffed 24-hours beginning 11/9/2025 ***Peak Demand 235 moved to 21’s House (Designated as a “Medic” when staffed with at least 1 paramedic, designated as an “Ambulance” when staffed only with EMT’s) |
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Stetson Zelch. St Louis fire house #28
“I just stopped in to have somebody to talk to, I know this place doors are open”
This is Doc. He stops by once in a while, retired with 35 years on the job on the north side, came on in 1967. I don’t know a ton about him and never spoke with him much until yesterday. He came in and just wanted to hangout for a while. I sat and talked shop with him for an hour while he drank coffee. Everything from fires, medical calls, church, babies and marriages. He wanted to know all about my family, where I was from and what brought me here. A Vietnam veteran, a preacher since 1976, and married 28 years until he lost his wife in the tornado when their house came down. Since then he said doesn’t have many people to talk to.
When he told me that is when it hit me. That’s what makes this different than any other job. The guy hasn’t been on the job since 2002 but he knew he could walk in and be greeted like he just came off shift this morning. A cup of coffee, a chair and breakfast offered to him. When a run came out and the crews had to leave he stayed there and finished his coffee, nobody ran him out. He wasn’t treated like a visitor, he was treated like he belonged here. You don’t get that anywhere else or any other gig. When you retire at a normal job; everyone forgets you, what you did, and what you were apart of. Not here. Not in firehouses.
Don’t forget about these guys after their last shift. Don’t treat them like visitors.
“I just stopped in to have somebody to talk to, I know this place doors are open”
This is Doc. He stops by once in a while, retired with 35 years on the job on the north side, came on in 1967. I don’t know a ton about him and never spoke with him much until yesterday. He came in and just wanted to hangout for a while. I sat and talked shop with him for an hour while he drank coffee. Everything from fires, medical calls, church, babies and marriages. He wanted to know all about my family, where I was from and what brought me here. A Vietnam veteran, a preacher since 1976, and married 28 years until he lost his wife in the tornado when their house came down. Since then he said doesn’t have many people to talk to.
When he told me that is when it hit me. That’s what makes this different than any other job. The guy hasn’t been on the job since 2002 but he knew he could walk in and be greeted like he just came off shift this morning. A cup of coffee, a chair and breakfast offered to him. When a run came out and the crews had to leave he stayed there and finished his coffee, nobody ran him out. He wasn’t treated like a visitor, he was treated like he belonged here. You don’t get that anywhere else or any other gig. When you retire at a normal job; everyone forgets you, what you did, and what you were apart of. Not here. Not in firehouses.
Don’t forget about these guys after their last shift. Don’t treat them like visitors.
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