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The Portsmouth Fire Department provides Fire Protection, Advanced Life Support Ambulance, Fire Prevention, Hazardous Materials Response, and Special Rescue Services to the seacoast community of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The department provides these services through a compliment of forty-two Firefighters, twelve Fire Officers, three Chief Officers, one Fire Inspector, an Executive Assistant, and a part-time Administrative Assistant. The types of emergency and community service requests primarily consist of medical and traumatic injury responses, motor vehicle accidents, structure and vehicle fires, fire alarm activations and services related to weather emergencies such as flooding, lightning strikes and power lines down. The department is also an integral component of the city's emergency management resource.

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General Information

 

• Firefighters Honored
  
  
• Portsmouth Recognized as a NH HeartSafe Community
  
  
• Portsmouth Fire Department Overview of Activity - 2012 Calendar Year
  
  
• 2011 E-One Rescue Pumper
  
  
• Event / Situation: Nine Members of the Department Receive Unit Citation
  
  
• Officer Promotions
  
  
• Emergency Recall Notices
  
  
• Portsmouth District 2 Fire Station listed in the Fire Chief Magazine for the 2010 Station Style Design Awards as a notable career fire station
  
  
  
• Years of Service Recognition
  
  
• Emergency Management Center (EOC)
  
  
• Fire Permit Information
  
  
• Becoming a Member of the Portsmouth Fire Department