The Charlotte Fire Department provides fire suppression, emergency medical services, technical rescue services, hazardous materials mitigation, disaster response, code enforcement, fire investigations, and public education for the city of Charlotte, North Carolina. The department is responsible for an area of approximately 312 square miles (810 km2) with a day population of two million and a night population of 885,000. The Charlotte Fire Department was officially formed in 1875, although fire services existed in the area for decades before that. From Wikipedia
