Philadelphia County (PA)

Philadelphia F.D. Sta. Locations

• HQ - 240 Spring Garden St. (aka County Route 2006) @ N. 3rd St.
• Fire Academy - 5200 Pennypack St. between State Rd. & Dead End (Training Grounds sit at the Dead End)
• Philadelphia Second Alarmers - 2900 Roberts Ave. (aka County Route 4009) @ Baker Center Dr.

Division 1/Battalion 1

• Engine 1/Ladder 5/Medic 35 -
  • Current Sta. - 711-723 S. Broad St. (aka State Route 611) @ Kenilworth St.
  • Former Engine 1 - 725-729 S. Broad St. (aka State Route 611) @ Fitzwater St.
  • Former Ladder 5 - 717 S. 20th St. @ Pemberton St.
• Engine 3 -
  • Current Sta. - 210-222 Washington Ave. @ E. Moyamensing Ave. (Bays face Moyamensing Ave.)
  • Former Sta. - 117-121 Queen St. between S. Hancock St. & S. Howard St.
• Engine 10/Medic 27/Battalion 1 -
  • Current Sta. - 1357 S. 12th St. @ Reed St. (Formerly housed Ladder 11)
  • Former Engine 10 -
    • 1507-1509 E. Moyamensing Ave. between Dickinson St. & Greenwich St.
    • 808-810 Morris St. between S. 8th St. & S. 9th St.
• Engine 24/Medic 14 - 1200 S. 20th St. @ Point Breeze Ave.
• Engine 53/Ladder 27/Medic 43 - 2100 S. 4th St. @ (414-416) Snyder Ave. (Bays face Snyder Ave.)
• Engine 60/Ladder 19/Medic 37 - 2301 S. 24th St. across from Fitzgerald St.

Police Unit Numbers

Philadelphia Police Unit Numbers

Patrol Units: (“X” = one or two digit district #)

• CO “X” = District Captain (ex: “C.O. Twenty-two’)
• “X” Command = Lieutenant (ex: “Five Command”
• “X” A, B, C, D = Sergeants (ex: “Fifteen Andy” or “thirty-nine Charlie”)
• “X” E, F = Operations Room Supervisors (Corporals)
• “X” Operations or “Ops” is the district operations room
• “X” 0 _ = Prisoner Wagons <two person units> (ex: “Fourteen 0 one”)
• “X” 1_ = Patrol Units in PSA (Police Service Area) 1 (ex: “nineteen eleven”)
• “X” 2_ = Patrol Units in PSA 2 (ex: “two twenty two”)
• “X” 3_ = Patrol Units in PSA 3
• “X” 4_ = Patrol Units in PSA 4
• "X" S_ = Safe Streets Units (ex: "19 Sam One")
  
• “X” Tom _ = District Tactical Units (ex: “Eight Tom Two”)
  

Detective Units: (“X” Division number)

• D”X”_ _ (D, Division number + two digits)
• For example D200 units are North West Detective Division, so “Dan two ten” would be a NWDD detective.
  

Other Units:

• A= Accident Investigation (AID)
• C, Car, CI, & I = Command Staff (“Car One” = Police Commissioner)
• G= Garage (tow trucks)
• H= Highway Patrol
• K= K-9
• L= Crime Lab
• N= Narcotics
• NS= Neighborhood Services
• S1_ _= SWAT
• T= Traffic
• Tac Air = Aviation (helicopter)
• X= Expressway Patrol
  

A letter + number + A, B, C or D is a unit supervisor (Ex: “Sam One Andy” = SWAT Sergeant & “Highway Two Barney” = Highway Patrol Sergeant)

Philadelphia Police Districts

Current as of 22JAN2011

This is a map of the current Philadelphia Police districts.

A few districts have been absorbed by others.

The old 23rd is now part of the 22nd. The old 4th is now part of the 3rd. The old 92nd is now part of the 16th.

Common Police Codes

1037 = DUI
1038 = Incident report
5292 = Deceased person
NAT = necessary action taken
RTF = Report to follow
UNF = Unfounded

Philadelphia Prison System Facilities

Alternative and Special Detention (ASD)
Cannery - Work Release (Cannery)
Curran Fromhold Correctional Facility (CFCF)
Detention Center - Intake (DC)
Holmesburg Prison (Holmesburg) (Closed except for overflow use)
House of Correction (HOC)
Philadelphia Industrial Correction Center - Female Unit (PICC)
Riverside Correctional Facility (RCF)

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