SFD Station 19

Seattle Fire Department Station 19 is part of the Seattle Fire Department. It was established in 1908. Its captain was Pruitt Herrera until he stepped down and was replaced by Robert Sullivan, then Maya Bishop, then Sean Beckett, and Andy Herrera, and eventually again by Maya Bishop. The station is located three blocks away from Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

Notable Staff

Current

• Captain Maya DeLuca-Bishop
• Pruitt Arike Miller-Warren
• Maritza Zamora
• Matthew Richards

Former

• Captain Pruitt Herrera (returned temporarily as interim Captain) (deceased)
• Fire Chief Lucas Ripley (interim Captain) (deceased)
• Rigo Vasquez (deceased)
• Emmett Dixon (quit)
• Dean Miller (deceased)
• Jack Gibson (injured out)
• Lieutenant Theo Ruiz (quit)
• Charlie Irwin
• Ken Reese
• Captain Andy Herrera (promoted to Fire Chief of the entire Seattle Fire Department)
• Lieutenant Robert Sullivan
• Travis Montgomery (quit)
• Victoria Hughes (quit)
• Ben Warren (quit)
• Sean Beckett
• Firefighter Cutler
• Firefighter Larsson
• Firefighter Kline
• Firefighter Wiggins
• Russell^[source?]
• Butler^[source?]
• Bennett^[source?]

Notes and Trivia

• The exterior images of the station are from the real Station 20 of the Seattle Fire Department. The set has been modeled after that building to some extent, as has the station's logo. The real station has no pole, while the Station 19 set does for entertainment value.^[source?]
• There is no real Station 19 in Seattle, which is part of the reason that the number 19 was chosen for the station on the show. Stacy McKee, the show creator, also tweeted that she oddly likes the number 19, further attributing to the choice.^[source?]
• The station is a legend in the Seattle Fire Department. It has the best stats of the department, has a great crew, and deals with great calls.
• The station's response time is 5 minutes on a bad day with 3 minutes as the record time. According to Victoria, they set the bar for the whole Seattle Fire Department.
• Pruitt Arike Miller-Warren was born there.
• The address of the station is 28 E. Union Street, Seattle, Washington 98115.
• There is a policy at the station of the rookie doing the laundry.
• The firefighters make up a rotation of who's cooking for the rest.^[source?]
• This firehouse has five vehicles at its disposal, with only the first three ones listed below primarily seen on the show:
  • E19: Engine Company 19, a team that works on a fire engine staffed by firefighters. The apparatus is equipped with a wide variety of firefighting equipment, basic rescue and medical equipment, and other tools that firefighters need to respond to fires or other emergency incidents.
  • L19: Ladder Company 19, a team that works on an aerial ladder truck larger than Engine 19. The ladder truck apparatus is equipped with an aerial ladder and a wide variety of specialized rescue equipment and basic medical equipment along with other tools firefighters need to respond to fires and other emergency incidents. The Ladder truck apparatus is a tractor-drawn aerial ladder truck, also known as a tiller.
  • A19: Aid Car 19, an ambulance equipped primarily for medical purposes, including patient transport. It is equipped with a variety of medical equipment and tools that are used to provide emergency medical care on scene. In Seattle, all firefighters are also trained Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs).
  • EMS19: Emergency Medical Services Response Unit 19. This unit is a smaller vehicle which responds to medical calls without the capacity to transport patients. This vehicle has specialized equipment that the Medical personnel use during emergency medical services incidents in the field.
  • Chief's vehicle: A regular car meant to be used exclusively by the station's Captain (or visiting higher-ranking members within the Seattle Fire Department).
• In real life, the Seattle Fire Department has two types of ambulances as part of Medic One's two-tiered response system unique to Western Washington. Aid cars are staffed by Firefighter EMTs and provide Basic Life Support (BLS) care, while Medic units are staffed by non-firefighter paramedics and provide Advanced Life Support (ALS) care. Both are capable of transport, but Medic units transport more often.^[source?]

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