[2] Istanbul Fire Department is also supported by 561 medical professionals, including EMTs and paramedics responsible for running the auxiliary ambulance service.

[3] After the Ottoman conquest, the city did not have any organized fire brigade for hundreds of years, causing even the smallest sparks to scdorch whole neighborhoods.

[4] With an edict released by Murad III on 12 March 1579, everyone was asked to possess barrels filled with water and ladders that can reach roofs at home.

[5] Ottomans first took fire prevention into consideration during Murad IV's reign by enacting restrictions against tobacco and coffee shops.

[6] After witnessing the development and efficiency of firefighting apparatus in France, he invented tulumba, a similar tool combining water tank and fire hose.

[6] Following its establishment, the Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha later allocated a headquarters and barracks for the odjak.

For a few years, Tulumbacılar existed at local level as commoners organized themselves to extinguish fires using some of the old tulumbas.

[7]The Istanbul Fire Department is established under two directorates and three brigades:[2] In 2022, the department commenced efforts to establish five Heavy Urban Search & Rescue Teams after an amendment to the Municipal Fire Code that allows one US&R team for each 3 million population.

The team is composed of 10 trainers and 10 search and rescue dogs, of which 5 are eligible to work in debris scenes.