Oldest paid Fire Department in the United States

*Cincinnati, OH 4/1/1853 Cincinnati's Fire Department Government
*St. Louis, MO 9/14/1857 St Louis Fire Department
*Louisville, KY 6/1/1858 Louisville Division of Fire, Historic Firehouses of Louisville
*Chicago, IL 8/2/1858
*Richmond, VA 10/25/1858
*Memphis, TN 1859
*Indianapolis, IN 10/1859 Indianapolis Fire Department
*Baltimore, MD 12/1859
*Detroit, MI 1860
*Nashville, TN 7/24/1860
*Dayton, OH 1864
*District of Columbia 5/19/1864
*Covington, KY 7/7/1864
* FDNY 6/24/1865
*San Francisco, CA 4/3/1866
*Philadelphia, PA 12/1870
*Norfolk, VA 12/15/1871
*Denver, CO 12/1880
*Tacoma, WA 1880
*Charleston, SC 1/1/1882
*Atlanta, GA 1882
*Spokane, WA 1884
*Los Angeles, VA 1/12/1886
*Jacksonville, FL 7/15/1886
*Evansville, IN 1888
*San Diego, CA 8/15/1889
*New Orleans, LA 12/15/1891
*Salem, OR 1893
*Seattle, WA 1894
*Houston, TX 1895
*Tampa, FL 5/10/1895
 
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