Editing Milford, Connecticut (section)

==Emergency services==

===Fire Department===

[[Image:Milford-CT-Fire-Station.jpg|thumb|Fire Headquarters (Station 1)]]
The city of Milford is protected 24/7, 365 by the 114 paid, full-time firefighters of the city of Milford Fire Department – ISO Class 1. The department currently operates out of four fire stations located throughout the city, under the command of a Battalion Chief and a Shift Commander. The Milford Fire Department is one of only two fire departments in the state of Connecticut to maintain an ISO Class 1 rating. The current{{when|date=June 2012}} Fire Chief is Douglas Edo.<ref>{{cite web|author=City of Milford, CT |url=http://www.ci.milford.ct.us/public_documents/milfordct_fire/fire |title=City of Milford, CT - Milford Fire Department |publisher=Ci.milford.ct.us |date=May 8, 2013 |access-date=May 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520051712/http://www.ci.milford.ct.us/public_documents/milfordct_fire/fire |archive-date=May 20, 2013 }}</ref>

====Fire station locations and apparatus====

Below is a complete listing of all fire station locations and apparatus in the city of Milford.<ref>{{cite web|author=City of Milford, CT |url=http://www.ci.milford.ct.us/public_documents/milfordct_fire/FireStations |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121225001946/http://www.ci.milford.ct.us/public_documents/milfordct_fire/FireStations |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 25, 2012 |title=City of Milford, CT - Fire Stations |publisher=Ci.milford.ct.us |date=February 28, 2013 |access-date=May 19, 2013 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none"
|- valign="bottom"
! Engine company
! Truck company
! Rescue ambulance
! Special unit
! Command unit
! Address
|-
| Squad 1 (rescue pumper)|| ||  Medic 1, Medic 2 || Squad 1a || Car 4 (Shift Commander), Car 5 (Battalion Chief) || 72 New Haven Ave.
|-
| Quint 3, Engine 4 || || || Haz-Mat. 1, Dive Rescue Unit || || 349 Naugatuck Ave.
|-
| Quint 5, Engine 6 || || || Rescue 234(Collapse Unit), Utility 3|| || 980 New Haven Ave.
|-
| Engine 7 || ||  Medic 3  || || || 55 Wheelers Farms Rd.
|-
| || || ||Special Services Canteen Unit || || 3 Charles Street
|}
The Milford Fire Department also operates one reserve engine. Engine 8 (Reserve) is located at Semans Lane. The Canteen Unit is operated out of a garage at 3 Charles Street.

In 2021 Milford Fire department Removed Tower 1 from service and put in another full time Medic unit (Medic 3), one of the only towns to operate without a Tower Ladder.

===Police department===
As of April 4, 2014, the Milford Police Department became one of 28 of Connecticut's 106 police departments accredited by the state of Connecticut.<ref>{{cite web|title=ACCREDITED POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN CONNECTICUT|url=https://www.cga.ct.gov/2014/rpt/pdf/2014-R-0115.pdf|website=www.cga.ct.gov|publisher=Office of Legislative Research (CT)|access-date=June 20, 2017}}</ref> Divisions and units include Detective Division, Special Investigations Unit, Identification Bureau and Narcotics & Vice Squad, Crime Prevention Unit, Training Unit/Recruit Academy and Marine Patrol / Dive Team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Divisions and Units|url=http://www.ci.milford.ct.us/police-department/pages/divisions-units|website=City of Milford|publisher=Virtual Towns & Schools Website|access-date=June 20, 2017}}</ref> The current chief of Milford Police is Keith L Mello<ref>{{cite web|title=Chief of Police - Keith L. Mello|url=http://www.ci.milford.ct.us/police-department/pages/chief-of-police-keith-l-mello|website=City of Milford, Connecticut|publisher=Virtual Towns & Schools Website|access-date=June 20, 2017}}</ref>