Surprise Fire-Medical Department - (623) 222-5000

For more about the City of Surprise Fire Department visit: www.surpriseaz.gov/fire.

The Surprise Fire Department, all volunteer, was originally organized in 1960. The Town of Surprise was incorporated into a 1 square mile area bordered by El Mirage Road on the East, Bell Road on the North, Dysart Road on the West and Greenway Road on the South.

The original volunteers responded from the Town Hall on Grand Ave. When there was a fire, the Police Department dispatcher would set off a Civil Defense siren alerting volunteer firefighters. The siren would wale and the volunteers would report to the Town Hall/Fire Station and take the fire engine to the scene. This occurred until 1986 when the Fire Department hired full-time personnel and became radio dispatched.

As of today, Surprise is a mid-sized all hazard fire department with 7 fire stations, 126 employees and a new 5000+ square foot Administration building which includes a training auditorium with capacity for 70 individuals. Surprise Fire delivers service, 10,000 + times a year, to over 100,000 residents in an 80+ square mile City.

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