New Haven Fire Department
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The city of New Haven, Connecticut
is protected full-time by the 350 professional firefighters and paramedics of the City of New Haven Fire Department (NHFD). The NHFD operates out of ten fire stations, located throughout the city, and operates a front-line fire apparatus fleet of ten engines, four trucks, two squads, a Haz-Mat unit, a brush unit, a fireboat
, and two emergency units (ambulances), operating from two battalions, the East Battalion and the West Battalion. One well-known characteristic of the NHFD is the fact that all of the city's fire apparatus have been painted white since the early 1940s. The NHFD responds to about 20,000 emergency calls annually. The NHFD also has had the most Line of Duty Deaths(LODD's) of any paid or volunteer fire department in Connecticut.
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The NHFD also operates a total of five reserve engines (two in spare-Engine's 4A, 6A, 8A, 15A, & 17A), four reserve trucks (1A, 2A, 3A, & 4A), one reserve squad (2A), two reserve emergency units (1A & 2A), a reserve Haz-Mat unit, and a Reserve Incident Command Vehicles (Car 32A) that can be placed into service in place of the front-line units when one of the department's engines, trucks, squads, emergency units, or command vehicle is taken out of service. The reserve units are fully equipped to be put into service at any time, while the spare units are often used for training and back-ups to the reserve units, and normally must be equipped to be placed into service.
Connecticut
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is protected full-time by the 350 professional firefighters and paramedics of the City of New Haven Fire Department (NHFD). The NHFD operates out of ten fire stations, located throughout the city, and operates a front-line fire apparatus fleet of ten engines, four trucks, two squads, a Haz-Mat unit, a brush unit, a fireboat
Fireboat
A fireboat is a specialized watercraft and with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. The first fireboats, dating to the late 18th century, were tugboats, retrofitted with firefighting equipment....
, and two emergency units (ambulances), operating from two battalions, the East Battalion and the West Battalion. One well-known characteristic of the NHFD is the fact that all of the city's fire apparatus have been painted white since the early 1940s. The NHFD responds to about 20,000 emergency calls annually. The NHFD also has had the most Line of Duty Deaths(LODD's) of any paid or volunteer fire department in Connecticut.
Fire station locations and apparatus
| Engine Company | Truck Company | Special Unit | Battalion | Address | Neighborhood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine 4 | Truck 1 | Deputy Chief | 952 Grand Ave. | Downtown | |
| Engine 5(Quint) | Emergency Unit 1 | 824 Woodward Ave. | Annex | ||
| Engine 6 | Truck 4 | Command Unit | 125 Goffe St. | Dixwell/Newhall | |
| Engine 8 | Squad 1, Haz-Mat. 1 | 350 Whitney Ave. | East Rock | ||
| Engine 9 | Squad 2, LDH 1 | West Battalion Chief | 120 Ellsworth Ave. | Edgewood | |
| Engine 10 | Truck 3 | East Battalion Chief | 412 Lombard St. | Fair Haven | |
| Engine 11 | Truck 2 | Emergency Unit 2, Fireboat | 525 Howard Ave. | Hill | |
| Engine 15 | 105 Fountain St. | Westville | |||
| Engine 16 | 510 Lighthouse Rd. | Cove | |||
| Engine 17 | Brush Unit | E. Grand Ave. & Lenox St. | Fair Haven Heights |
Personnel profile
The New Haven Fire Department is made up of a full-time paid staff of approximately 350 firefighters, lieutenants, captains, and paramedics. The department is headed by a Chief of Department, two Assistant Chiefs (one each for operations and training), four Deputy Chiefs (one per shift), and eight battalion chiefs (two per shift). In addition to firefighting duties, the members of the NHFD are trained to provide first-responder emergency medical response as EMTs, hazardous materials incident response, high-angle rescue, below-grade/confined space/trench rescue, and SCUBAScuba diving
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Apparatus profile
The NHFD operates a total fire apparatus fleet of:- 10 Engines(Including 1 Quint)
- 4 Trucks(1 Tower Ladder, 1 Aerial Ladder, and 2 Tillers)
- 2 Squads
- 2 Emergency Units(Ambulances)
- 2 Battalions(Car's 33 & 34)
- 1 Deputy Chief(Car 32)
- 1 Haz-Mat. Unit
- 1 Haz-Mat. Support Unit/Decon. Supply Unit(Car 48)
- 1 State Mass Decontamination Trailer
- 1 State Decontamination Support Unit(Car 49)
- 1 Fireboat and Trailer
- 1 Mass Casualty Unit
- 1 Technical Rescue Trailer
- 1 Hose Wagon(5,000' of 5" Large Diameter Hose)
- 1 State Foam Trailer
- 1 Foam Unit(Car 43)
- 1 Air Supply Unit
- 1 Brush Unit(Car 47)
- 1 Arson/Fire Investigation Unit
- 1 Command Bus
- 1 Transport Bus
- 4 Apparatus Maintenance Units(Car's 51, 52, 53, & 53A)
- Numerous other special and support/staff units
The NHFD also operates a total of five reserve engines (two in spare-Engine's 4A, 6A, 8A, 15A, & 17A), four reserve trucks (1A, 2A, 3A, & 4A), one reserve squad (2A), two reserve emergency units (1A & 2A), a reserve Haz-Mat unit, and a Reserve Incident Command Vehicles (Car 32A) that can be placed into service in place of the front-line units when one of the department's engines, trucks, squads, emergency units, or command vehicle is taken out of service. The reserve units are fully equipped to be put into service at any time, while the spare units are often used for training and back-ups to the reserve units, and normally must be equipped to be placed into service.