Austin Fire Department

The Austin Fire Department provides fire protection and first-response emergency medical services to the city of Austin, Texas. The Austin Fire Department is the fourth largest fire department (by number of personnel) in the state of Texas.[3] In total, the department is responsible for an area of 272 square miles (700 km²) and services a population of 885,400 (2013 estimate), the 11^th largest city by population in the United States.[4]

Austin Fire Department

Operational area
Country	United States
State	Texas
City	Austin
Agency overview[1]
Established	1841
Annual calls	86,641 (2013)
Employees	1,129 (2014)
Annual budget	$171,913,918 (2014)
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Joel Baker
IAFF	975
Facilities and equipment[2]
Battalions	8
Stations	50
Engines	47
Trucks	3
Platforms	3
Quints	10
Rescues	4
Ambulances	0
USAR	1
Airport crash	4
Rescue boats	5
Website
Official website
IAFF official

Headquarters

Fire Station locations of the Austin Fire Department

History

The Austin Fire Department was started in 1841 when the first fire protection organization was sanctioned by the city council consisting of a seven-man fire protection group.[5] It was not until 1858 that the city would have a properly organized, skilled and equipped department.

Stations and apparatus

Fire Station Number	Address	Year Built [5]	Engine Company	Quint Company,Tower Ladder Company Or Ladder Company	Command Unit	Special Unit
1	401 East 5th St	1938	Engine 1 Engine 13	Quint 1	Shift Commander	USAR 1
2	506 W. MLK Boulevard	1932	Engine 2		Battalion 1
3	201 West 30th Street	1957	Engine 3	Quint 3
4	1000 Blanco Street	1905	Engine 4
5	1201 Webberville Road	1969	Engine 5			Brush Truck 5
6	1705 South Congress Avenue	1932	Engine 6
7	201 Chicon Street	1940	Engine 7
8	8989 Research Boulevard	1972	Engine 8	Tower Ladder 8	Battalion 3
9	4301 Speedway	1929	Engine 9
10	3009 Windsor Road	1938	Engine 10
11	1611 Kinney Avenue	1949	Engine 11
12	2109 Hancock Drive	1949	Engine 12
14	4305 Airport Boulevard	1952	Engine 14		Battalion 6	Rescue 14, Hazmat 1, Hazmat 2, CBRNE Lab, Spill 14, Hazmat 14
15	829 Airport Boulevard	1953	Engine 15			Brush Truck 15
16	7000 Reese Lane	1957	Engine 16
17	4128 South 1st Street	1990	Engine 17	Quint 17	Battalion 4
18	6311 Berkman Drive	1965	Engine 18	Quint 18
19	5211 Balcones Drive	1967		Quint 19
20	6601 Manchaca Road	1974	Engine 20			Rescue 20
21	4201 Spicewood Springs Road	1974	Engine 21			Brush Truck 21
22	5309 East Riverside Drive	1975	Engine 22	Ladder 22
23	1330 East Rundberg Lane	1978	Engine 23
24	5811 Nuckles Crossing	1980	Engine 24			Brush Truck 24
25	5228 Duval Road	1980	Engine 25
26	6702 Wentworth Drive	1982	Engine 26			Brush Truck 26
27	5401 McCarty Lane	1985		Quint 27	Battalion 8
28	2410 Parmer Lane	1987	Engine 28			Rescue 28
29	3704 Deer Lane	1987	Engine 29
30	1021 W. Braker Lane	1987	Engine 30
31	5507 Ranch Rd 2222	1988	Engine 31			Rescue 31 Boat 31, Hazmat 31
32	2804 Montebello Road	1988	Engine 32
33	9409 Bluegrass Drive	1988	Engine 33
34	10041 Lake Creek Parkway	1998		Quint 34	Battalion 2
35	5500 Burleson Road	1995	Engine 35		Battalion 5	Smoke Buster 35
36	400 Ralph Ablanedo	1997	Engine 36	Tower Ladder 36
37	8660 Highway 71 West	1999	Engine 37			Brush Truck 37
38	10111 Anderson Mill Road	1999	Engine 38
39	7701 River Place Boulevard	1999	Engine 39			Brush Truck 39
40	12711 Harrisglenn Blvd	2001	Engine 40	Quint 40	Battalion 7
41	11205 Harris Branch Pkwy	1998	Engine 41			Brush Truck 41
42	2434 Cardinal Loop		Engine 42	Quint 42		Brush Truck 42
43	11401 Escarpment Blvd	2005	Engine 43
44	11612 Four Iron Dr	2005		Quint 44
45	9421 Spectrum Blvd		Engine 45			Brush Truck 45
46	12010 Brodie Lane		Engine 46			Brush Truck 46
47	4200 City Park Rd		Engine 47
48	14312 Hunters Bend Rd		Engine 48			Brush Truck 48
49	11112 Old San Antonio Rd	2019	Engine 49			Brush Truck 49
Austin–Bergstrom Airport					AFR 5,	Crash 3, Crash 4, Crash 6, Crash 8

See also

• Austin Central Fire Station 1
• Buford Tower

References

1. "2014/15 Approved Budget" (PDF). City of Austin Texas. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
2. "Stations". Austin Fire Department. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
3. "Regulated departments by size". Texas Commission on Fire Protection. Texas Commission on Fire Protection. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
4. "•Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places over 50,000, Ranked by July 1, 2013 Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013". 2013 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. May 2013. Archived from the original (CSV) on 2020-02-12. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
5. "Austin Fire Department Historical Highlights" (PDF). Austin Fire Department. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

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