Organization
The Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers supervises and commands the entire Philadelphia Fire Department. There are also three Deputy Fire Commissioners that supervise and command the following Bureaus/Divisions of the PFD: Operations, Technical Services, and Administrative Services.
The Deputy Fire Commissioner of Operations commands the PFD's Fire Suppression and Special Operations Divisions, the Fire Academy, the PFD's Safety Office, the Aviation Operations Division, the Emergency Medical Services Administration and Units, and the EMS Regional Office.
The Deputy Fire Commissioner of Technical Servies commands the PFD's Fire Communications, Fire Prevention, Fire Code, Fire Marshal, and Technical Support Divisions.
The Deputy Fire Commissioner of Administrative Services commands the PFD's Fiscal, Human Resources, Information Technology, Information Services, Computer Services, and Facilities Maintenance Divisions.
New Deputy Commissioner position soon to be announced for the Title of: Deputy Commissioner For EMS Operations
- When announced it will be the first Deputy Commissioner for EMS Operations in the Philadelphia history
- This new position when filled will oversee all EMS assignments, events, money, and respones to fires when need or LODD's
- This new position is in place to fix EMS problems and increase EMS management.
- He or she will Directly report to the Fire Commissioner
- This new position may be filled by late 2013 or the latest early 2014
Note: For the Deputy Commissioner of Operations he or she WILL NOT manage any EMS Operations and the EMS Regional Office only Fire Operations when the new EMS position is filled.
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