Welcome
Welcome to the online home of the Philadelphia Fire Department's Squad 47. Located in the Gray's Ferry Section of South Philadelphia, Squad 47 serves as one of the special operations units of the Philadelphia Fire Department.
Grays Ferry is a neighborhood in South Philadelphia bounded (roughly) by 25th Street on the east, the Schuylkill River on the west, Vare Avenue on the south, and Grays Ferry Avenue on the north. The section of this neighborhood west of 34th Street is also known as The Forgotten Bottom. Grays Ferry shares borders with Southwest Center City to the North, Point Breeze to the East, and Girard Estate to the South. Gray’s Ferry is across from where the Mill Creek debouches at about 43rd street.
Grays Ferry is a neighborhood in transition. Many blocks are blighted by abandoned properties, drugs and gang violence while other blocks are well maintained and fully occupied by many working class citizens. Due to the diversity within our first due local Squad 47’s responses can be challenging at times. On any given tour Squad 47 responds to a myriad of incidents varying from medical runs where we care for the elderly to random acts of gang violence, to first due structure fires and Special Operations / Technical Rescue assignments.
The men of Squad 47 proudly welcome you to their new website and kindly ask you to be patient as we continue to build the best website possible for our guests.
