Had to post this for the times I wrote about their driving and other things down here. I have to mention this doesn't include the fender benders that don't require medical help.
Miami-Dade firehouse is smokin'! It's busiest in North America
Jose Pagliery
Miami Herald
7:14 AM EDT, August 3, 2009
MIAMI - The firefighters who hop every day into the lime green truck at Miami-Dade County's Station 19 were the busiest in North America last year.
According to Firehouse magazine, which listed the fire stations in North America that responded to the most calls in 2008, the station at 650 NW 131st St. beat all others by a long shot.
Firefighters at the station responded to 5,328 emergency calls last year, an average of one call every hour and a half -- all day, every day. Those calls included house fires, medical emergencies and traffic accidents.
``If you're a person who really enjoys the job, 19 is the station where you want to be,'' said firefighter Stephen Martell.
The second-busiest station -- in Chicago -- was 600 calls behind.
But having the busiest fire station on the continent wasn't a complete surprise. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue is the seventh-largest department in the country. It responded to 233,080 emergency calls last year, making it the eighth-busiest department in North America.