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Founded in 1884, the Hazard Fire Department protects the city from two stations with full-time and paid on-call firefighters.
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EmergencyCall 911 for any fire or medical emergency.
About the department
Founded in 1884, the Hazard Fire Department has a long tradition of service to the City of Hazard. The department holds an ISO rating of four and protects roughly 7,000 full-time residents and close to 30,000 people during workday business hours.
The department operates from two stations, one in downtown Hazard and one near Hazard ARH Hospital. The average response time for an engine or EMT to a call inside the city limits is four minutes.
By the numbers
| Firefighters | 46 total: 17 full-time and 29 paid on-call |
| Medical training | 7 paramedics and 22 Emergency Medical Technicians |
| Instructors | 6 State Fire Rescue Instructors and 11 certified in-house Fire Instructors |
| Apparatus | 3 engines, 2 ladder trucks, 3 rescue vehicles, 1 haz-mat unit, 1 command unit |
| ISO rating | Class 4 |
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