FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN NY STATE

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NY STATE FIRE DEPARTMENTS THREAD DIRECTORY

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1 ALBANY
1 BINGHAMTON
1 PLATTSBURGH
1 SYRACUSE
1 WATERTOWN
1 BUFFALO
2 NIAGARA FALLS
2 NIAGARA FALLS ARS
2 BUFFALO NIAGARA INTL AIRPORT
2 ROCHESTER
2 ROCHESTER PROTECTIVES
2 GREATER ROCHESTER INTL AIRPORT
2 CORNING
3 CORNING JOINT FIRE DISTRICT
3 NORWICH
3 YONKERS
3 JAMESTOWN
3 CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY
3 LONG BEACH
4 UTICA
4 WHITE PLAINS
4 NEW ROCHELLE
5 SCHENECTADY
5 RYE
6 TROY
6 WATERVLIET
6 WATERVLIET ARSENAL
7 COHOES
7 OGDENSBERG
7 PEEKSVILLE


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Albany Fire Department



The mission of the Albany Fire Department is to provide protection of life, property, and the environment from the effects of fire, medical emergencies, and hazards in the safest, most efficient manner possible.

Overview​

The City of Albany Fire Department was organized on June 1, 1867 as a Career Fire Department.
The Albany Department of Fire and Emergency Services is a 260 member career Fire Department comprised of:

• Command Staff
• 2 Battalions
• 8 Engine Companies (including 1 Paramedic Engine Company)
• 4 Ladder Companies
• 1 Heavy Rescue Company
• 3 Paramedic Rescue Companies
• Training and Safety
• Fire Prevention and Investigation

Joseph W. Gregory​

Chief of Department

"All Hazards" Fire Department​

The Albany Fire Department is considered an "All Hazards" Fire Department. In addition to fire response, Albany Firefighters respond to Medical Emergencies, Hazardous Materials Incidents, Technical Rescue and Maritime Emergencies. The Albany Fire Department also provides Fire Investigation and Prevention, as well as Community Education.
The Albany Fire Department is the primary provider for Emergency Medical Services within the City of Albany. It operates as a two-tier response system with "Basic Life Support" provided by Engine, Ladder, and Heavy Rescue companies, while "Advanced Life Support" is primarily provided by 3 Paramedic Rescue Companies and 1 Paramedic Engine Company. All Front Line Companies are equipped to provide "Advanced Life Support".

Firefighters assigned to line companies work a 24 hour shift with a 4 platoon system.

Companies and Apparatus​

The Albany Fire Department is comprised of:

• 2 Battalions
• 8 Engine Companies
• 4 Ladder Companies
• 3 Paramedic Companies
• 1 Heavy Rescue

Engines and Ladders are typically staffed with an Officer and 3 firefighters, Paramedic Companies are staffed with a Paramedic Officer and a Paramedic Firefighter. The Heavy Rescue is typically staffed with an Officer and 5 firefighters.

Firehouses​

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services operates under a $36 million budget. To carry out the functions of a modern fire department members are stationed at 8 "firehouses" throughout the city. These houses are strategically located throughout the 27 square miles of the City of Albany.
In each of these firehouses are housed Engines, Aerial Ladders, Paramedic Companies, or the Heavy Rescue. Engines and Ladders are typically staffed with an Officer and 3 firefighters, Paramedic Companies are staffed with a Paramedic Officer and a Paramedic Firefighter. The Heavy Rescue is typically staffed with an Officer and 5 firefighters.

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Engine 1 - "The Pride of Midtown"​

Engine 1 is located at the point of Western and Washington Avenues. It currently houses Engine 1 and Rescue 1. This building was erected in 1892.

This structure was refurbished in the late 1930's and again in 1992.

Engine 1's quarters is home to both Engine 1 and Rescue 1.

Arbor Hill Firehouse​

The Arbor Hill House is located at the corner of Manning Boulevard and Lark Drive. This building was dedicated July 12, 1990.

It is currently the quarters for Engine 2, Truck 2, Rescue 2 and the Rescue Squad.

Engine Four - "The Pine Bush"​

The Pine Bush Station was opened in September of 1977 and is quarters for Engine 4. This structure received some refurbishing in 1991 with the replacement of carpeting, tile flooring, new furniture and a new kitchen.

Engine 4 is a "Single Company House" which serves the State University of New York (SUNY) Campus and the Pine Bush area of the City.

South End Firehouse​

The South End House was opened April 30, 1991. This station is located at Morton Avenue and South Pearl Street and houses Engine 5, Ladder 1 and a Battalion Chief.

This building also houses the Department's supply room on the apparatus level and is the home of the Albany Fire Department Headquarters on the second floor, Broad Street side of the building.

Engine 7 - "West Hill"​

Engine 7 is located at Clinton Avenue and Ontario Streets. This firehouse was opened in the latter part of 1874 and is the oldest building currently in use by the Department.

As with Engine 1's quarters, this building was refurbished in the late 1930's. The quarters underwent extensive renovations in 1998.

"West Hill" is a "Single Company House" and is the home of a pumper, Engine 7.

 

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ALBANY FIRE DEPARTMENT

Delaware Avenue - "the Big House"​

This ornate structure was built in 1912 at Delaware Avenue and Marshall Street. This building received some remodeling in the late 1930's. However, these quarters were extensively remodeled in 1991.

"The Big House" is the quarters of Engine 9, Rescue 9, and Truck 4.

Brevator Station​

The Brevator Street Station was opened on September 22, 1988. This building is the quarters of Paramedic Engine 10, Truck 3, and the 2nd Battalion Chief.

New Scotland Avenue​

Engine 11 is located at the corner of New Scotland Avenue and Maplewood Street. This building was constructed in 1926 and opened in April 1927.

During 1990 this building underwent rehabilitation throughout. At this time an updated was added.

This is a "Single Company House" and is home to a pumper, Engine 11.

Companies and Apparatus | Albany, NY

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HISTORY

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Fire Chief Warren Abriel Jr. On The History Of The Albany Fire Department

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Albany, N.Y., fire department

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AFD TRAINING

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AFD LODDs

1892 - 4 FFs KILLED - MILL EXPLOSION

Theodore J. Abriel Sr.​

Posted June 9th, 2014


Submitted by his Wife

Theodore J. Abriel
Albany Fire Department – New York
Classification:Career
‘Rank: Acting Lieutenant
Date of Death: February 19‚ 2007
Age: 44

Theodore J. Abriel‚ 44‚ died in the line of duty on Monday‚ February 19‚ 2007. Ted spent twenty years with the Albany Fire Department and last served as acting Lieutenant of the Rescue Squad. He was a dedicated public servant and had tremendous passion for being a fire fighter and member of the Albany Fire Department Family. Ted‚ like his father‚ Battalion Chief Warren Abriel‚ comes from several generations of Albany fire fighters spanning over two hundred years‚ as do his brothers Deputy Chief Warren Abriel Jr. and retired Captain Henry Abriel.

More than just a firefighter‚ Ted had a passion for his family and friends. He is survived by his wife‚ Linda and four children‚ Christopher‚ Matthew‚ Theodore Jr. and his beloved daughter Erin. He spent countless weekends coaching baseball and watching his three boys play in football games. He was an avid NY Giants football fan‚ known to travel to as many games as he could. He was known as the ‘party’ of his neighborhood‚ always including everyone for weekend barbeques. Hundreds came at Christmas time to view his Holiday light display. Ted will be forever in our hearts and prayers. His memory will never be forgotten. We will always remember to follow the rainbow; he will be waiting on the other side.

Submitted by a Co-Worker and Friend

Ted had just completed 20 years with the fire department. He was a member of the city’s Rescue Squad and the leader of the department’s Honor Guard.

Ted was operating at a high-rise apartment building when he was stricken. He had completed‚ as he always did‚ his assignment of climbing 6 stories and searching the fire apartment with his partner.

He is survived by his wife and children‚ his older brother‚ Deputy Chief Warren Abriel Jr.‚ Captain Henry Abriel and numerous other loving family and friends. He is predeceased by his father‚ Deputy Chief Warren Abriel Sr.

Ted led fund raising efforts for widows and survivors of fallen FDNY brothers after 911. He raised funds for a slain Albany Police Lieutenant.

I am told Ted always aspired to be an Albany Fire Fighter and was often seen carrying the Fire Chief’s Handbook in high school.

His death is a great loss to me‚ the Fire Department and the City of Albany.

Howard R. Schmitt Sr.​

Posted June 9th, 2014

Submitted by his daughter

Joined the AFD in April of 1959. Served in Naval Reserves until 1963. Was son of FF Frederick Schmitt‚ who died in the line of duty when my dad was only 9 mos. of age.

My dad left behind a wife (married since 1958) Reba‚ daughters Mary (and spouse Scott); Peg (and spouse Larry); Susan; son Howard‚ Jr. and spouse Maryann. Two grandchildren‚ Samantha Schmitt and Charles Caplette.

This year is the 10th anniversary of dad’s death‚ and we want to say that we love and miss him – and think of him every day.

Joseph J. McNally​

David D. Duncan Jr.​

Frank J. Nerney​

Posted June 9th, 2014

Submitted by his daughter

Lieutenant Nerney was a member of the Albany Fire Department. He was stationed at Ladder 4 at the time of his death. His death occurred at an arson fire on Delaware Avenue in Albany‚ NY.

He was also a member of the Shaker Road-Loudonville Volunteer Fire Department where he was Chief at the time of his death.

Survivors include: Wife – Joan Nerney (deceased March 24‚ 1994); Son – Francis J. Nerney‚ Jr. (currently serving as a Captain with the Albany Fire Department); Daughter – Patricia Leonardo; Son – Timothy F. Nerney (serving as a volunteer firefighter with the Shaker Road Loudonville Volunteer Fire Department); and five grandchildren – Alyson Nerney‚ Michael Leonardo‚ Ryan Nerney‚ Matthew Leonardo and Shaun Leonardo.

Growing up‚ we were always amazed that no matter where we went‚ Dad would always run into someone that he knew. He always had a funny joke or story to tell.

Frank’s father‚ also Francis‚ was a member of Albany Protectives. His brother John also was a member of the Albany Fire Department.

Frank’s son‚ Francis J. Nerney‚ now serves as a Deputy Chief with the Albany Fire Department.

 

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Engine Four - "The Pine Bush"​

The Pine Bush Station was opened in September of 1977 and is quarters for Engine 4. This structure received some refurbishing in 1991 with the replacement of carpeting, tile flooring, new furniture and a new kitchen.

Engine 4 is a "Single Company House" which serves the State University of New York (SUNY) Campus and the Pine Bush area of the City.

Engine 4 is 1st Due to my brothers Apartment Complex

Let me tell you she's not a beauty but she must get the job done lol

 

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BINGHAMTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

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The Binghamton Fire Department (BFD) with 117 members, protects the City of Binghamton and its 47,000 residences within an 11.5 square mile boundary. The BFD operates out of five stations throughout the City and consists of two Engine Companies, one Tower Ladder, two Quints, and a Special Operations Division consisting of the dedicated Heavy Rescue Squad and the HazMat Team staffed by trained personnel from Quint 3. The Squad is responsible for river rescues, high and low angle rescue, elevator rescues, and confined space rescue. The HazMat team works and trains closely with the Broome County HazMat Team and responds to calls involving hazardous materials not just in the city but also county wide. The BFD also operates a foam trailer as part of the New York State Foam Response Task Force.

The Chief of the Fire Department is in command of the overall department. One Deputy Chief and three Assistant Chiefs are the Shift Commanders (Duty Chiefs) and have command of one each of the four Groups that staff the apparatus. The Groups work a 24-hour shift with 72 hours off in-between shifts.

The BFD also has The James M. Sullivan Training Center where members of the BFD and other surrounding Fire Departments are trained as probationary Fire Fighters. Crews that are on duty regularly train and attend Fire and EMS classes at the Training Center. The JMS Training Center is staffed by an Assistant Chief Training Instructor and the Captain of the EMS Division. Fleet Maintenance with a full-time Fleet Mechanic is also on the grounds of the JMS Training Center.

The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division operates an Advanced Life Support Ambulance and 5 dedicated Medic Cars that respond to all EMS calls in the City. All of the Members of the BFD are New York State (NYS) Emergency Medical Technicians with 48 members currently trained as NYS Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedics (EMT-P). Anyone who is hired by the BFD is now required to become a NYS EMT-P within a certain amount of time. The Fire Ambulance is staffed by one EMT and one Paramedic, all members take turns working the ambulance. The Medic Cars are staffed by the personnel working at each station.

The Fire Prevention Division consists of the Fire Marshal, one Captain, and two Lieutenants who are Fire Investigators and Code Enforcement Officials. Fire Prevention is responsible for finding the cause and origin of all fires in the City of Binghamton, fire safety education, commercial building inspections, and the enforcement of the New York State Fire Code. Members of Fire Prevention are required attend yearly in-service classes to maintain their certifications for Fire Investigations and Code Enforcement.

The City of Binghamton Fire Department is proud to have an Insurance Services Organization (ISO) Class 1 rating.




Alan Gardiner
Acting Fire Chief



MISSION STATEMENT

We will provide the City of Binghamton and its citizens with Firefighter/EMT's and Firefighter/Paramedics trained to the highest and most progressive level of skill, to protect and serve our community with the utmost professionalism.
FIRE STATIONS

The Binghamton Fire Bureau operates out of five fire stations.


EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS)

The EMS Division provides training, supplies, record keeping and support to the men and women of the Binghamton Fire Department. The fire department operates both basic life support (BLS) first response services from our five fire stations and advanced life support (ALS) transport at the Paramedic level using our ambulance located at Fire Headquarters.
In 2019 the Binghamton Fire Department responded to nearly 8,200 EMS calls and transported around 3,000 patients to area hospitals.
The EMS office ensures that members receive all necessary training and retain their various certifications that allow them to operate in a medical capacity. Members are either Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) or Paramedics. We also ensure that all state and local mandates are met or exceeded.
The EMS office is given a budget to work with every year and all necessary medical supplies are procured using these funds. A necessary stock of medical equipment must be kept on hand in order to keep units in service and ready to respond to any emergency. The EMS division also acts as a liaison between the fire department and the community, hospitals, physicians and state and local EMS agencies.


SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION

Special Operations​

All manners of land and water rescue are used such as:

• High-angle rope rescue
• Low-angle rope rescue
• Confined-space rescue
• Building collapse
• Vehicle extrication
• Water rescue
• Swift Water rescue
• Ice rescue
• Hazardous Materials full-service response

TRAINING DIVISION & FIRE ACADEMY

Training​

The Training Division provides preparation on how firefighters should best respond to a wide variety of possible emergency incidents. The goal of the Training Division is to properly prepare every firefighter to respond with instinctive knowledge and expertise.
The training schedule ranges from daily drills, half-day training sessions with other stations, all-day specialty training and certification courses. In order to maintain the high standards of the Binghamton Fire Department, firefighters must learn and excel in many areas, including firefighting, search and rescue, emergency medicine, vehicle extrication, swift water rescue, trench collapse rescue, confined space rescue and hazardous materials.

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BINGHAMTON FIRE DEPARTMENT


WEBSITES

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NewYorkStateFire.com - Binghamton Fire Department station and apparatus information

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BFD HISTORY

In 1813 the State Legislature authorized the formation of a fire department, however, no steps were taken until May 3, 1834 when a legislative act authorized the Trustees of the Village of Binghamton to establish and organize fire and hook and ladder companies of not more than sixteen members each. The Village of Binghamton was incorporated to City status by the State Legislature in 1867 and the Fire Department became the Fire Department of the City of Binghamton on April 23, 1869.

In the early 1900's, the City started to take over the various fire companies that the volunteers had manned and the first paid firefighters were hired. On October 1, 1911 the fire department became fully paid with a complement of 91 officers and firefighters. In 1920, thirty more firefighters were hired to the force. The first motorized apparatus was purchased in 1910 and was a Cadillac for the Chief of Department. The last horses were retired from service in 1922.


Today, the department is comprised of a staff of one hundred nineteen career firefighters and three civilian employees operating out of five fire stations and a training facility. In 2020, the Fire Department responded to 10155 calls for service. In 2011, the original Binghamton Fire Department Squad Company 1, a 1929 Larabee built here in Hillcrest, was donated back to the fire department by the VanHart family.

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Miscellaneous - Binghamton Clothing Co. Fire, July 22, 1913​

Factory Workers, Trapped, Leap or Burn to Death
When Single Stairway is Blocked by Flames
Utica, NY Herald Dispatch, July 23, 1913
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The worst fire in the history of Binghamton [Broome Co., NY] broke out yesterday afternoon shortly before 3 o'clock in the plant of the Binghamton Clothing Company at No. 17-18 Wall Street. One hundred and twenty-five employees, mostly women and girls, were trapped. Of these 41 were known to have escaped and three are suffering from severe injuries; 16 charred bodies which will probably never be identified are in the morgue. Twenty-two operatives of the factory have been reported missing by their relatives. A conservative estimate places the total number of deaths at about 50. The known dead are: Nellie Connor, Mary Cregan, Sidney Dimmick, Mrs Thomas Doran, Miss Fulmer, Mrs. Nellie Geason, Louis Hartwell, Louise Hartmann, John Schermerhorn, Mrs. Edwin White. The total estimated damage by Fire and water in the buildings and stock of five concerns is estimated at $207.000. A greater part is covered by insurance. The post office is partly burned although the walls of the building were left intact. In addition to the loss of the Binghamton Clothing Company severe losses were sustained by Sinon O'Neil the McKallor Drug Company and the Link Piano Company.

The holocaust, the immensity of which is growing hourly, came close upon three alarms sounded from various parts of the city between 11 and 3 o'clock. Assistant Chief Eldredge and Company No. 2 were engaged in extinguishing a small fire on Highland avenue when the alarm from the Binghamton clothing Company was sounded.

The immense loss of life is believed to be due not to the construction of the building, but to the fact that the employees, believing that one of the frequent fire drills was being held, made little effort to flee the building. Many returned to the dressing rooms on the upper floor for clothing and pocketbooks and were caught in a seething floor of flames. Women and girls, too weak to go farther, dropped exhausted on a fire escape at the rear of the building and literally roasted to death, their burning bodies slowly dropping into the furnace below. A veritable rain of human flesh fell from the windows on the [?] side of the building. The intensity of the heat which prevented the firemen from getting within fighting range of the building until rescue was too late made impossible the recovery of many bodies.

Only the hardest and most efficient work on the part of the Fire Department prevented the spread of the flames to business blocks lining Water street between Court and Henry. In the building occupied by the McKallor Drug Company was a large amount of highly explosive chemicals. Iron doors and shutters prevented the fire from reaching this building.

Inscribed on the roll of fame which will stand forever in the memory of the city are the names of Nellie Connor and Sidney Dimmick, who stood at their posts until the last, watching the lines that went hurriedly past them. Their turn came but it was too late. And it is written "Died at their Post." Valuable assistance was rendered by the visiting Erie firemen who were assembled in convention and by the Lesstershire Fire Department, whish was summoned as soon as the intensity of the fire was realized. ....No exact estimate of the known dead or of the persons known to have been in the factory at the time of the fire can be obtained, owing to the loss of the list of employees which was in the company's safe and now lies buried beneath the mass of debris. This statement is on the authority of Reed S. .Freeman president of the Binghamton Clothing Company and K.J. Lawrence, bookkeeper of the concern.

It was just 20 minutes before 2 o'clock when Jared Orr of No. 103 Walnut street, who was employed in the Binghamton Overall Factory on the third floor, went down to the ground floor of the building and sauntered over toward the elevator shaft. The machines were humming busily and in the spot where the fire was to break forth there was nothing of interest. He turned back and returned to work on the third floor. There was apparently nothing on the first floor according to his story, which was in the least out of the ordinary. .... Five minutes from the time Orr had made his rounds of the first floor of the overall factory the entire building was a mass of flames. Mrs. Read B. Freeman, the wife of the president of the concern attempted to call Central Fire Station but says that she was unable to get connections. James Hoyt, who was walking along Water street at the time turned in the box and in a moment the first relay of the department was at the scene. The entire building supposed to be of fairly fireproof construction was seething in flames and the prostrate forms of women huddled together on the fire escapes gave the department the first indication of the terrible loss of life that was to ensue.

Before the companies had been on the scene a minute the heat had become so intense that it was almost impossible to get within 150 feet of the building. Bodies came hurtling through the air from the windows of the entire four floors of the building and lay mangled on the earth. A perfect rain of human flesh came from the south side and from the rear of the building. Within five minutes after the first alarm of fire had sounded there was not a living being inside or within 100 feet at the Binghamton Overall Factory. The loss of life had been as sudden as it was terrific.

There were just two questions which every man and woman in the seething crowd that passed upon the fire stricken territory for blocks wanted answered. How did the fire start? Why was it that in a four-story building which was almost completely isolated from surrounding structures there should have been such a terrific loss of life? Why hadn't the 134 girls that were on the payroll of the concern on Saturday night been able to get out?

Reed B. Freeman, president of the company, said later in the day that fire drills had been inaugurated in the factory some time ago, and that they had been held at regular intervals with great success. The entire force of employees had always made their exit to safety in a comparatively short time and there had seemed little danger that life would be lost in case of fire. The tremendous loss of life was due to just one thing--the girls in the Binghamton Overall Factory yesterday afternoon believed that the gong, which in reality announced the coming of the holocaust was the signal for another fire drill. They remembered the fire drills of the past and they thought that there was plenty of time to get down into the street.

Burned Victims Remains Interred
Armenia NY Times, Aug. 2, 1913

Binghamton--Upon the shoulders of exempt firemen and policemen, the twenty-one caskets containing the unidentified dead from the Binghamton Clothing Company fire, were borne to their last resting place in Spring Forest cemetery Sunday afternoon after a public funeral. It was the most impressive and mournful occasion in the history of the southern tier since Daniel S. Dickson, sage, orator, the friend of Lincoln and leader of the northern "war Democrats" was buried in the same cemetery many years ago.

The line of plain, black caskets, each completely covered with flowers, reached from the main entrance of the cemetery to the plot set apart for them. During the march of the coffin bearers, the thousands of persons in and about the cemetery were silent, and stood with bared heads. Only occasionally was the silence broken by the groans of those in sorrow or the sobbing of women. So many families had been affected by the disaster, either through the ties of blood or friendship, that it seemed as it most of those present were directly concerned. The graves were made in a circle for the erection of a monument later. The burial was preceded by a most impressive memorial service in Stone Opera House where the leaders of religious denominations, civic officials, head of fraternities, relatives and friends of the deceased and the public generally took part.

Miscellaneous - Binghamton Clothing Co. Fire, July 22, 1913

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BINGHAMTON FIRE DEPARTMENT


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Binghamton NY Fire Department Rescue 1 Responding Code 3 With Wail!

Binghamton NY Fire Department Rescue 1 quickly cleaning off of a medical with medic 1, and swiftly responds to a building fire! Enjoy!

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FIRE STATION UPGRADES




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PLATTSBURGH FIRE DEPARTMENT

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The City of Plattsburgh is protected by a Career Fire Department established in 1902. The Fire Department provides and continually trains in Fire Suppression, Advanced Life Support and Basic Life Support Emergency Medical Services, Confined Space, Vehicle Extrication, and Hazardous Material Emergency Mitigation.The Fire Department provides these services to the citizens and guests of the City of Plattsburgh 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. The Fire Department operates out of 2 Fire Stations. Fire Station 1 is located at 65 Cornelia Street. Station 1 houses 1 Fire Engine, a 102' Truck Tower Ladder and 2 Ambulances. Fire Station 2 is located on 7 South Platt Street. Station 2 houses 1 Front line Fire Engine and 1 Reserve Fire Engine. These Fire Stations allow personnel to arrive on scene to a critical emergency rapidly.




Scott Lawliss
Fire Chief



PFD FIRE STATIONS

Plattsburgh City Fire Department Station 1
65 Cornelia Street
Plattsburgh, New York, 12901

Fire Station 1 - 65 Cornelia Street​

Built 1939
Technical Rescue 280- 2018 LGS PA trailerAmbulance 281 - 2008 Ford E-350 / MedTecEngine 283 - 2012 Pierce Impel (1750/750/50AFFF)Utility 285 - 2016 Ford F-350 XLT 4x4Ambulance 286 - 2016 Ford F-450 4x4 / DemersUtility 288 - 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4x4Truck 289 - 2016 Ferrara Inferno (2000/250/100' rear-mount platform)NY State Foam Task Force 15-10 - 2015 Craftsman Trailer / Combat Support Products / National Foam (2x 330gal. AFFF-AR B Foam)Antique - 1931 American LaFrance200 Series Metropolitan (1000/150)

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Fire Station 2 - 7 South Platt Street​

Built 1957
Engine 282 - 2004 Pierce Enforcer (1750/500/30A/30B)Engine 284 - 1999 Pierce Saber(1500/500/30B)

Retired Apparatus​

1991 Freightliner FL 60 / MedTec ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 286)1992 Grumman / HME platform (1500/300/102' rear-mount) (Ex-Ladder Tower 289) (Sold to Eubank Volunteer Fire Department)1997 Chevrolet S-10 utility (Ex-Utility 285)2003 Ford E-350 / PL Customambulance (Ex-Ambulance 287)

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PFD HISTORY




The City Fire Department was first established in 1902 and is shown here with their very first "fire truck," a 1915 American LaFrance. This photo was taken in front of "Fire Station No. 1," once located downtown across from Trinity Park. The station was known locally as "Horicon Hall" because it was originally the home of the "Horicon Engine and Hose Company." The name came from a fire engine that was purchased by the village in 1858 and served the citizens of Plattsburgh for over 50 years!! The station building itself, built in the 1860s, initially served as Plattsburgh's Town Hall and was still in use into the 1940s. Modifications over the years allowed the aging structure to accommodate early fire trucks. Although talk was briefly raised of preserving the structure as a museum, it was ultimately demolished in the late 60s. The site of the old station is now a parking lot, however, the building next door (background) still survives today as a barber shop and hair salon, and on the far right is the rear of the present day.


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PLATTSBURGH AREA FIRE DEPARTMENTS

DISTRICT 3 FIRE DEPARTMENT

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SOUTH PLATTSBURGH FIRE DEPARTMENT

South Plattsburgh Fire Department

South Plattsburgh Fire Department

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SYRACUSE FIRE DEPARTMENT Syracuse Fire Department (New York)​ Overview​ The Syracuse Fire Department has an ISO Class 1 rating. Department Profile​ The Syracuse Fire Department (SFD) is the fifth largest fire department in the U.S. state of New York and is currently comprised of the following units: 11 Fire Stations 9 Engine Companies 9 Mini Companies (Second Pieces to Engine Companies) 5 Truck Companies 4 95' mid-mount platform 1 110' rear-mount ladder 1 Rescue Company 1 Squad Company 2 Ambulances 3 District Chiefs 1 Duty Deputy (Shift Commander) 1 Medic unit Fire Chief​ ​ Fire Chief Michael Monds ​ History​ Syracuse FD took over ARFF service at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport on Dec. 1, 2003. Prior to this fire and rescue operations had been under the Department of Aviation. (NYDOT) In 2014, with the closure of the 174th Attack Wing Fire Department, Syracuse FD took over the provision of services to Hancock Air National Guard Base. On July 1, 2022 the 174th Attack Wing Fire Department took over responsibility for fire and rescue operations at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport and Hancock Air National Guard Base from Syracuse Fire Department. The majority of apparatus and the station were owned by the Airport Authority and were transferred to the 174th AW for their use. ​ Apparatus Roster​ All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons. Fire Station 1 - 900 South State Street (Downtown)​ Engine 1 - 2017 Spartan Sirius / Smeal (2000/500/50F/50' Tele-Squrt) Mini 1 - 2022 Chevrolet Tahoe Squad 1 - 2019 Ford F-350 4x4 / Knapheide Community Service Van 1 - 2010 Ford F-350 / Supreme 12' dry goods body Spare Community Service Van 1 - 2001 Union City Body Co. Step Van (Ex-Hazmat 4, ex-Car 607) Spare Squad 1 - 2016 Ford F-350 4x4 / Knapheide (Ex-Squad 1) Spare Mini 1 - 2016 Ford F-350 / Astoria Body Recall Truck 1 - 2006 SutphenSP95 (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (SN#HS-4145) (Ex-Truck 1, ex-Truck 2) ​ Fire Station 2 - 2300 Lodi Street​ Engine 2 - 2021 Spartan ERV Gladiator EMFD (2000/500/50F/50' Tele-Squrt) Mini 2 - 2021 Ford F-350 / Stonewell Bodies Truck 2 - 2021 Sutphen Monarch SP95 (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (SN#HS-6768) Spare Truck 2- 2014 Sutphen Monarch SP95 (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (Ex-Truck 2) ​ Fire Station 3 - 808 Bellevue Avenue (West Side)​ Engine 3 - 2019 Spartan ERV Gladiator Classic EMFD (2000/500/50F/50' Tele-Squrt) Mini 3 - 2022 Chevrolet Tahoe Spare Truck 3 - 2010 Sutphen Monarch SP95 (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (SN#HS-5891) (Ex-Truck 3, ex-Truck 4) Ambulance 3 - 2014 Ford E-450 / Wheeled Coach Citimedic Ambulance 4- 2019 Ford F-450 / Wheeled Coach Citimedic ​ Fire Station 5 - 114 North Geddes Street (West Side)​ Engine 5 - 2017 Spartan Sirius / Smeal (2000/500/50A/50B/50' Tele-Squrt) Mini 5/Hazmat 2 - 2018 Ford F-550 4x4 / Stonewell Bodies Truck 3 - 2018 Sutphen Monarch SP-95 (100/300/95' mid-mount platform) (SN#HS-6064) Haz-Mat 1 - 2011 Sutphen Monarch 24" RR / SVI 26' walk-in Hazmat 4 - 2017 National Foam bulk foam trailer (500/1500) Car 2 - 2022 Chevrolet Tahoe Spare Mini 5/Hazmat 2- 2012 Ford F-350 4x4 / Brand FX (Ex-Mini 5) ​ Fire Station 6 - 601 South West Street (Downtown)​ Spare Rescue 1 - 2012 Sutphen Monarch 24" RR / SVI 26' (Ex-Rescue 1) (replacing Rescue 1) Rescue 3 (Collapse Rescue Lumber Unit) - 2007 International / Morgan box truck Car 702-708 (Duty Chief) - 2017 Chevrolet Tahoe (Rotates depending on day of week, weekends their is only one.) Spare Car 6(District Chief) - 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe (Ex-Car 3) ​ Fire Station 8 - 2412 South Salina Street (South Side)​ Engine 8 - 2018 Spartan Sirius / Smeal (2000/500/50F 50' Tele-Squrt) Truck 8 - 2018 Sutphen Monarch SP95 (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (SN#HS-6063) Mini 8 - 2019 Ford F-350 4x4 / Stonewell Bodies Car 3 - 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4 Spare Engine 8 - 2013 KME Predator (2000/500/50F 50' Tele-Squrt) (Ex-Engine 1, ex-Engine 9, ex-Engine 17) Recall Engine 8 - 2010 Sutphen Monarch (2000/500/50F) (Ex-Engine 3) Spare Mini 8- 2016 Ford F-350 4x4 / Brand FX (Ex-Mini 8) Fire Station 9 - 400 Shuart Avenue (North Side)​ Car 4 - 2019 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4 Engine 9 - 2019 Spartan ERV Gladiator Classic EMFD (2000/500/50F/50' Tele-Squrt) Ladder 4 - 2018 Spartan ERV Gladiator Classic EMFD (-/-/110' LTC rear-mount) Mini 9 - 2018 Ford F-350 4x4 / Astoria Recall Engine 9 Spare Car 9(District Chief) - 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe (Ex-Car 4) ​ Fire Station 10 - 2030 East Genesee Street (East Side)​ Truck 5 - 2021 Sutphen Monarch SP95 (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (SN#HS-6769) Engine 10 - 2021 Spartan ERV Gladiator Classic EMFD (2000/500/50F/50' Tele-Squrt) Mini 10 - 2019 Ford F-350 4x4 / Astoria Spare Engine 10 - 2011 Sutphen Monarch 2000/500/50 (Ex-Engine 10) Spare Truck 10- 2016 Sutphen Monarch SP95 (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (SN#HS-4797) (Ex-Truck 5) ​ Fire Station 12 - 400 West Genesee Street (West Side)​ 401 - 2022 Chevy Equinox 402 - 2022 Chevy Equinox Medic 1 - 2019 Chevrolet Tahoe (Ex Mini 3) Medical Response Unit 1 - 1989 Kurbmaster / Saulsbury (Ex-Haz-Mat 1) (Ex-Station 4) Car 612 - 2020 Chevrolet Express 3500 Spare Car 512- 2017 Ford E-350 ​ Fire Station 17 - 2317 Burnet Avenue (Eastwood)​ Engine 17 - 2021 Spartan ERV Gladiator Classic EMFD (2000/500/50F 50' Tele-Squrt) Mini 17 - 2019 Chevy Tahoe Spare Mini 17-2012 Ford F-350 / Astoria Body (Ex-Mini 9, ex-Mini-17) ​ Fire Station 18 - 3714 Midland Avenue (Valley)​ Engine 18 - 2014 KME (2000/500/50' Fire-Stix boom) (Ex-Engine 2) Mini 18 - 2016 Ford F-350 4x4 / Astoria Body (Ex-Mini 3) Spare Engine 18 - 2010 Sutphen Monarch 2000/500/50F) (Ex-Engine 18, ex-Engine 7) Spare Mini 18-2016 Ford F-350 / Astoria Body (Ex-Mini 18, ex-Mini-1, ex-Mini-7) ​ Training Division - 312 State Fair Boulevard (Lakefront)​ Training Engine 1 - 1999 Spartan Gladiator / Saulsbury (2000/500/50' Tele-Squrt) (Ex-Engine 10) Training Engine 3 - 1999 Spartan Gladiator / Saulsbury (2000/500/50' Tele-Squrt) 602 -603 -604 -605 -606 - 2017 Ford F-350 607 - 2008 Ford F-350/ Supreme box truck 608 - 2016 Ford F-350 609 - 2012 Ford F-350 / Reading (Ex-Mini 10) 610 - 2010 Ford E-350 620 - 2010 Ford F-350 / Altec bucket 620B - 2010 Ford E-350 624 - 2004 Ford F-350 fuel supply tender (Ex-Station 4) 625 - 2006 Ford E-350 630 - 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 631- 2010 Chevrolet Silverado ​ Station Unknown​ Hazmat 3 - 1992 International 4900 / Sutphen (250/300) (Ex-Mini 2) (Ex-Station 4) Decon. Unit 1 - 2003 ACSI45' Hazmat Decon trailer (Ex-Station 4) ​ On Order​ 3 - 2022 Pierce Enforcer pumper (2000/500/55' Sky-Boom)Sutphen Monarch 2 door / SVI 26' walk-in rescue ​

 

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SYRACUSE FIRE DEPARTMENT

The Syracuse Fire Department is committed to providing the highest level public safety services for our community through an all-hazards approach. We protect lives and property through fire suppression, emergency medical response, disaster management, fire prevention, and public education. We protect a 25 square mile area with a population of 144,000 that grows during daytime hours. Currently over 350 firefighters staff the department and answer over 21,000 alarms a year. The Syracuse Fire Department is one of less than 300 fire departments in the country to hold an ISO Class 1 rating.


Station Locations

The Syracuse Fire Department has 11 fire stations which house 9 Engine Companies, 6 Truck Companies, Airport Rescue as well as Rescue Company and Haz-Mat. All addresses in the city of Syracuse are less than 2 miles away from a Firehouse. This ensures an average response time of less than 4 minutes anywhere in the city.

The station locations are as follows:

STATION 1 900 S. State Street
STATION 2 2300 Lodi Street
STATION 3 808 Bellevue Ave.
STATION 4 Syracuse Hancock International Airport
STATION 5 114 N. Geddes Street
STATION 6 601 S. West Street
STATION 8 2412 S. Salina Street
STATION 9 400 Shuart Ave.
STATION 10 2030 E. Genesee Street
STATION 17 2317 Burnet Ave.
STATION 18 3714 Midland Ave.

Training

The Syracuse Fire Department Training Division is responsible for the following training and related programs for the Syracuse Fire Department. All training conducted meets or exceeds current state and federal requirements.

Training of Recruit Firefighters
Minimum Company Standards evaluations
Officer Training
Driver Training
EMS Training
Audio-Visual support
Specification writing
Research and Development
Procurement and distribution of all tools and equipment and related repairs as required
In-service Training Program
Field Training Officer Program

The training facility, located at 312 State Fair Boulevard, has a modern classroom for 20 firefighters, a five story training tower, separate smoke house, 2 story live fire house with temperature monitoring equipment, and a roof simulator for cutting holes. The large grounds can be used for many other fire exercises including driver training.

The Training Division is also responsible for the inventory, inspection, and testing of all fire department SCBA's, hose, and portable extinguisher.

 

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Established as a paid department in 1877 (consisting of four steamers, one hook & ladder, and one chemical wagon), the Syracuse Fire Department now operates 17 fire companies out of 11 fire stations, protecting a 25-square-mile area with a population of over 140,000 that grows significantly during daytime hours. The department provides fire protection and prevention services to four major hospitals, many downtown office buildings, Hancock International Airport, Interstates 81 and 690, as well as Syracuse University and the Carrier Dome.


The Syracuse Fire Fighters Association, Local 280 of the International Association of Fire Fighters, formed on March 12, 1928 to represent the uniformed members of the fire department. When the Taylor Law passed in 1967, Local 280 became the recognized employee organization for uniformed firefighters, fire officers, and district chief officers, and in 1993 Local 280 became the recognized employee organization for the Deputy Chiefs of Fire bargaining unit. Local 280 negotiates collectively with the City of Syracuse in the determination of the terms and conditions of employment, and the administration of grievances arising thereunder for each of the bargaining units represented.

Currently, the members of the Syracuse Fire Fighters Association fill the ranks of the Syracuse Fire Department and provide fire suppression & rescue, EMS, HAZ-MAT response, High-angle rescue, Confined Space Rescue, Airport Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF), and full fire prevention, inspection, and education services to the citizens of Syracuse and its visitors. Current staffing is 393 uniformed members, operating 9 Engine Companies, 5 Truck Company, 1 Heavy Rescue Company, 1 Squad Company, and an Airport Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) Company. Additionally, our members fill the ranks of the Fire Prevention Bureau, Fire Investigation Unit, Training Division, EMS Division, Communications Division, and supervisory positions in the Maintenance Division.

The Syracuse Fire Department answers over 21,000 alarms annually, of which over 1,000 are fires.

 

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RESCUE 1

A Look at Syracuse Rescue 1 - FirefighterNation: Fire Rescue - Firefighting News and Community

A brief overview of the company.

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Throwback Thursday: One of Syracuse's 'worst fires' kills 7 in 1981​

Jul. 07, 2016



Members of the Syracuse Fire Department rescue and squad companies show their dejection on July 6, 1981 as they sit on the curb across from 411 Howard Street after being ordered from the burning building. Seated, from left are Don Lough, Dan Milicich and Jan Stowell. In the center background is Joe Singleton, and to his right is Tim Wood. Seven people died in the fire started by Lee Mark Hanks.


(Mike Okoniewski / Post-Standard)

"It's the worst fire of its kind I've ever seen," Syracuse Fire Chief Thomas Hanlon said of the fire at 411 Howard Street on July 6, 1981.

The next day, the Post-Standard called it the third worst fire in the city's history.


Seven members of a city family, including a pregnant woman and two children, were killed as flames raced through their home in less than hour while they slept.

Killed in the blaze were Walter Allen, 63; his wife, Martha, 55; their children, Leonard Allen, 31, Patricia Hanks, 23 and Nancy Allen,12; a 5 year-old grandson, Francis Allen; and Charles Nitzke, 60 a relative by marriage.

The seven bodies were found on the second floor of the century-old two-story dwelling more than an hour after the fire was first reported.


Fire Chief Hanlon said rescue personnel tried to enter the home but were driven back by the intensity of the flames and the dense smoke.

Hanlon said the fire began on the front porch of the home and quickly spread.




One of the victims is carried from the scene of a fatal fire at 411 Howard Street on July 6, 1981, as Mayor Lee Alexander watches.

Friends and neighbors were shocked by the tragedy.

A neighbor called them "nice folks" and "friendly."

Sister Gloria, a social worker from St. Vincent DePaul and St. John the Evangelist churches said, "They were very close knit and very protective of each other."

To Fire Chief Hanlon the fire was suspicious from the beginning.

Lee Mark Hanks, 21 and married to Patricia Hanks for about a year, was charged with seven counts of murder and one count of arson. It was the single highest number of murder counts in the city's recent history.




Lee Mark Hanks, 21, center, is charged with seven counts of second degree murder and one count of second degree arson in connection with the fire on July 6, 1981 at 411 Howard Street.


Hanks set fire to a couch on the front porch with a disposable plastic lighter. Police Chief Thomas Sardino said there was evidence of a flammable liquid being used.

Police at first did not believe Hanks was a suspect, but after five hours of questioning he was charged.

Hanks originally claimed he had just arrived at the home after being at his mother's house just moments before the first fire truck pulled up. Later, he changed his story to falling asleep with a cigarette while on the front porch.

Eventually he confessed to the crimes.

He came home from drinking beer at a park with his brother and some friends, and became angry when the door was locked.

"I set the fire because I was mad at Patricia didn't wake up and let me in the house. I have been locked out of the house before and I didn't want to stay on the porch last night."

He started the fire with a cigarette lighter and then watched it spread from across the street.

He became frightened as the fire grew, and he walked around the Northeast side neighborhood until police and fire units arrived. He could not report the fire himself because he "didn't have a dime."

In his confession, he knew his family was in the house when he set it on fire. He wrote, "I knew they were in there. I knew this because the outer door was unlocked, but the inside was bolted shut. When nobody is home, the outside door is locked."

He pleaded guilty on October 23, 1981.

At his sentencing in December, Hanks showed no remorse. After being sentenced to 20 years to life, he told reporters as he was being led away, "I had my reasons."

He has a parole hearing in March, 2017.

Throwback Thursday: One of city's 'worst fires,' kills 7

Lee Mark Hanks set fire to a couch on the front porch of a house, killing seven.

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What burned: Impactful fires from Syracuse's past

Since its founding, Syracuse has witnessed many tragic fires.

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SFD LODDs

Forty-five Syracuse firefighters have made the supreme sacrifice and perished in the line of duty.

The Collins Block Fire​

On February 3rd 1939, a fire broke out in the Collins Block on East Genesee Street between the State Tower and Courier Buildings. The flames had been brought under control when part of the building suddenly collapsed, trapping several firemen who were on the third floor of the building under the rubble. A total of nine firemen died as a result, making it the deadliest fire in Syracuse Fire Department history. Every year on the anniversary of the Collins Block Fire, a ceremony is held in Fayette Firefighters Memorial Park to honor all of the firemen killed in the line of duty while serving the citizens of Syracuse since 1841.

The AP wire reported the following:

“Police and fire department officials said the cause of the blaze which was discovered at 1:50 A.M., was uncertain. Scores of fire companies, called out by a general alarm, poured streams of water into the building for 45 minutes before the flames were brought under control. Collapse of the roof occurred at about 4 A.M. as firemen poked through the smoke-filled upper floors.”

This Month in History: The Collins Block Fire

This Month in History: The Collins Block Fire, the deadliest incident in Syracuse Fire Department history.

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FIREHOUSE

NY Fire Department Honors Fallen 40 Years Later​

April 10, 2018
The Syracuse Fire Department on Monday marked 40 years since four of its firefighters were killed in a house fire on University Ave.
By Sarah Moses Buckshot

Syracuse Fire Department



Syracuse, NY, firefighters Stanley Duda, Michael Petragnani, Frank Porpiglio, Jr. and Robert Shuler died battling a blaze on University Ave. on April 9, 1978.

April 9 — SYRACUSE, NY — A tragedy 40 years ago taught lessons that Syracuse firefighters will never forget.
In 1978, four firefighters were killed in a three-story Victorian home that had been turned into 10 student apartments near Syracuse University. The hazards in the building played a key role in the firefighters' deaths, said Syracuse Fire Fighters Local 280 President Paul Motondo.
Stanley Duda, Michael Petragnani, Frank Porpiglio, Jr., and Robert Shuler died in the blaze at 701 University Ave. on April 9, 1978.

"Each and every firefighter who has come along since this tragedy owes these men a significant debt of gratitude," Motondo said. "Our safety is a result of the legacy they left behind and that should always be remembered."

Syracuse firefighters, local officials and families of the four men gathered Monday morning to honor the fallen heroes.
Motondo said their deaths inspired change and taught valuable lessons.

A candle was blamed for starting the fire at the home. The firefighters were conducting search and rescue operations inside the home when a hidden sprinkler system caused an impenetrable wall of heat and steam, which cut off their escape.

"This tragedy exposed a local and national problem about non-sanctioned student housing," Motondo said.
Since that day, there has been major code changes in non-sanctioned housing and adjustments to firefighting operations.
"That means we all learned valuable lessons," he said Monday morning to a crowded room at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel & Conference Center, which is short walk from the site of the fire.

Syracuse Fire Chief Michael Monds said the stories of the heroic actions of these four men have been passed down to firefighters over the last four decades.

"They sacrificed that night," Monds said.

Monds said the recent fatal fire in Syracuse on Fitch Street where two firefighters were injured rescuing residents who were trapped is a reminder of firefighters' bravery and sacrifice.

"The incident last Thursday on Fitch Street really brought everything back home on how dangerous our jobs are, the actions that firefighters take to try to save lives and put their own lives on line," Monds said.

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WATERTOWN FIRE DEPARTMENT


The Fire Department is a career department staffed with 70 full time personnel working a four platoon system. Operations are conducted from three stations located throughout the City in order to provide adequate response to emergencies. There is a minimum of fifteen personnel on duty for each platoon manning 3 engine companies, 1 aerial platform truck, and a shift commander position.

The department has two additional engines and one additional truck in unmanned reserve statues providing services to our 9.3 square mile City. In 2017, it responded to 4,406 calls for assistance.

A Captain and a Firefighter are assigned to the Code Enforcement Bureau. These persons have additional training in code enforcement. The fire safety program to educate both adults and children of the community is overseen by the Municipal Training Officer. To request a station tour or school visit, please call (315) 785-7800.

The MTO, which is staffed by a Battalion Fire Chief, also is responsible for the overall training mission of department personnel. This individual has received special training to conduct classes and certify the participants.

The fire department provides the following services:

*Fire Prevention *Fire Suppression *BLS medical services (non-transport) *Vehicle extrication *Fire investigation *Special rescue services (structural collapse, rope rescue, confined space rescue, water and ice rescue) *Hazardous materials response in conjunction with Jefferson County

The Insurance Services Organization (ISO) has rated our community a 2 on a scale of 1 thru 9 with a rating of 1 being the highest rating available.





Fire Chief Matthew Timmerman


Number of Stations: 3

Fire Station 1 - 224 South Massey Street​

Engine 1 - 2016 Spartan ERV Metro Star (1750/750)
Truck 1 - 2004 Pierce Dash (2000/300/100' rear-mount platform)
Rescue 1 - 2008 American LaFrance Eagle walk-around
Truck 2 - 1986 E-One Hurricane (-/-/85' rear-mount platform)
Chief 3 - 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4
Engine 4 - 1996 HME 1871P / Ferrara (1500/750)

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Fire Station 2 - 906 State Street​

Engine 2 - 2006 Pierce Enforcer (1500/750)
Engine 5 - 2000 E-One Cyclone TC (1500/750)

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Fire Station 3 - 638 Mill Street​

Engine 3 - 2007 Pierce Enforcer (1500/750)

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Watertown Firefighters Benevolent | Watertown NY

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BUFFALO FIRE DEPARTMENT

The Buffalo Fire Department provides fire protection and first responder emergency medical services to the city of Buffalo, New York. The department serves a population of 278,349 people in a geographic area of 40.38 square miles (104.6 km2)

The Buffalo Fire Department (BFD) is the second largest fire department in the US state of New York and currently is comprised of the following units:

• 19 Firehouses
• 19 Engine Companies
• 9 Truck Companies,
  • 5 93' mid-mount platforms
  • 3 100' rear-mount platforms
  • 1 103' rear-mount ladder
• 1 Rescue Company
• 1 Haz-Mat Company
• 1 Marine Company
• 4 Battalion Chiefs
• 1 Division Chief (Tour Commander)
• 1 Safety Battalion (Duty Days)
• 1 EMS/Accountability Officer (Lieutenant)
• 1 Safety Lieutenant

Commissioner William Renaldo​

Fire Commissioner Renaldo is a 30 year veteran of the Buffalo Fire Department and a former Buffalo Fire Battalion Chief, employed from 1982-2012. He served on active duty in the United States Army for four years (1975-1979), before serving in the United States Army Reserve until 2014. During his tenure as Battalion Chief, he distinguished himself with hard work, dedication to duty and a strong record of performing complex emergency service and administrative work with a broad range of responsibilities from the direction of emergency operations, to review of administrative reports and payroll to ensure accuracy and completeness, to the coordination of overall training, including all aspects of emergency response, disaster planning and fire prevention and education.During his military career, Renaldo has received numerous individual awards and decorations for meritorious acts of bravery, including a Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Combat Action Badge (CAB), Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and many more. Renaldo has a B.S. in Criminal Justice, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Public Management from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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Old firehouses in Buffalo, NY. A photo collection of all the remaining historic fire stations still found in Buffalo.

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Disbanded fire companies​

There have been multiple fire companies disbanded throughout the history of the Buffalo Fire Department due to budget cuts or department reorganization.

• Engine 5 – Emsile & Bristol (torn down)
• Engine 6 – Originally located at 700 Seneca St then moved to Smith & Fulton (torn down)
• Engine 7 – Lower Terrace & Evans St. (torn down)
• Engine 7 - Buffalo Niagara International Airport ( Taken over by NFTA )
• Engine 8 – Chicago St. torn down E-8 relocated to L-8
• Engine 9 – 707 Washington St. – disbanded 1978
• Engine 10 – 30 Ganson St. – disbanded 2003
• Engine 11 – 1195 Niagara St.
• Engine 12 – 132 Ellicott St. – disbanded December 1, 1954
• Engine 13 – 195 Court St. – disbanded July 1, 1994
• Engine 14 – William St. & Casey St. (torn down)
• Engine 15 – Original house torn down at Amherst & Thompson 64 Amherst St.
• Engine 16 – 1420 Main St. / 1229 Jefferson Ave. – disbanded 2002
• Engine 17 – Rhode Island & Chenango (parking lot of current E-37)
• Engine 18 – 1032 Fillmore Ave. – disbanded/reinstated 1982 – disbanded permanently 2002
• Engine 24 – 110 Leroy Ave.
• Engine 27 – 33 Johnson St. (torn down) – disbanded 1978 to form Rescue 1
• Engine 29 (Marine unit) – 315 Ganson St. (torn down)
• Engine 30 – Original quarters South Park and Whitfield. Moved to Ladder 10's quarters at Southside and Mesmer, then moved to 517 Southside Pkwy. disbanded/reinstated 1982 – disbanded permanently 1994
• Ladder 1 – 707 Washington St. disbanded 1994
• Ladder 3 – 303 Spring St. (torn down)
• Ladder 8 – Original house on Chicago St still standing 315 Ganson St. – disbanded 1976
• Ladder 9 – 376 Virginia St. – disbanded March 2004
• Ladder 11 – 636 Fillmore Ave.
• Ladder 12 – 395 Amherst St.
• Ladder 16 – 939 Abbott Rd. – disbanded 1976
• Rescue 2 – Rhode Island & Chenango St. disbanded 1994
• Rescue 3 – 33 Johnson St. Was a two-piece company with Engine 27, not a company, Engine 27 was closed to establish Rescue 1
• B41 (Battalion 1) – 132 Ellicott St. – now the Safety Chief, operates out of 195 Court, responds to 2nd alarm or greater
• B42 (Battalion 2) – 707 Washington St. – now the Training Bureau Chief, operates out of Buffalo Fire Training Academy on Broadway in Cheektowaga
• B45 (Battalion 5) – 273 Kehr St.
• South Division Chief – 700 Seneca St.

Squads were Second Piece to Host Engine Co.

• Squad 1 – 132 Ellicott St.
• Squad 2 – 517 Southside Pkwy.
• Squad 3 – 33 Johnson St., was Heavy Rescue 3, With E27 E27 disbanded to create Rescue 1
• Squad 4 – 2025 Bailey Ave.
• Squad 5 – 500 Rhode Island St.
• Squad 6 – 110 Leroy Ave.
• Squad 7 – 64 Amherst St.
• Squad 8 – 700 Seneca St.
• Squad 9 – 707 Washington St.
• Squad 10 – 1032 Fillmore Ave.
• Squad 11 – 310 Jersey St.
• Quad 6 – 131 Southside Pkwy.
• Chemical 5 – 166 Cleveland Ave.
• Water Tower 1 – 195 Court St.
• Water Tower 2 – 195 Court St.

BFD HISTORY

History​

The Buffalo Fire Department had its origins from the old volunteer fire companies with names like Pioneer, Neptune, Fillmore, Clinton, Rescue, Citizen's, Defiance, Eagle, Taylor and many others that had protected the emerging city.As the demand for fire protection increased, the increase of population, the department was converted to a paid career department on July 1, 1880. The Buffalo Fire Department, like many other northern cities, had a heavy concentration of Irish firefighters. This continues today with a large presence of Irish-American firefighters within the ranks. Also, high concentrations of Italian, German, Polish, and African-Americans are present in the department as well.

The Buffalo Fire Department at one time consisted of 38 engine companies, 16 ladder companies, 2 snorkels, 2 heavy rescue companies, 11 squad companies, 3 fireboats, and multiple support units. In the past, The Buffalo Fire Department was separated into two divisions (North and South), which were further divided into seven battalions. The Fire Department currently consists of one division which is separated into four battalions, and further separated into 4 platoons. Each platoon works 2 night shifts which are from 1700-0800 hrs and 2 day shifts which are from 0800-1700 hrs.

The beginning of the downsizing of the fire department began in the 1970s. In 1978, Squad companies were all disbanded. Squad companies were two manned light rescues (small station wagons)utilized for first aid calls, now known as EMS calls. Squad 3 was a full sized rescue vehicle which was quartered with Engine 27 on Johnson Street. Engine 27 would crossman the Squad 3 and respond with that apparatus if not on the 1st alarm. If Engine 27 was assigned on the 1st Alarm, the squad would not respond. Engine 27 was closed in 1978, and hence Rescue Company 1 was established and became the BFD's first fully staffed Heavy Rescue Company. On January 1, 1978, Rescue Company 2 was formed and quartered at Engine 37, Ladder 4 quarters, known as "The Big House". Rescue 2 responded to all 1st Alarm assignments within their response district and to all 2nd Alarms in the city. Rescue 2 was phased out and closed July 1, 1994 due to budget restrictions. The closure of numerous frontline companies as well as eliminating Chief's Aids, disbanding 1st, 2nd,& 5th Battalion, etc.; was due to downsizing of the fire department which continued until 2006 with the closing of Engine 24 on Leroy Street and the realignment of several firehouses to more strategic locations.

The Buffalo Fire Department, like many other older cities, had a vast array of street call boxes. At one time the city had a network of over 1,000 call boxes tied into the Alarm Office. While it no longer has that many, the Fire Department Communications Division still maintains a smaller network of street boxes across the city. The Buffalo Police Department stopped using their street boxes many years ago.


Until 1981, the Buffalo Fire Department also included the Buffalo Niagara International Airport crash-fire-rescue unit, designated Engine 7. That unit was transferred to the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority in July of that year when the Greater Buffalo International Airport was turned over by the City of Buffalo to the control of the NFTA. Since that time Crash Fire Rescue has been a separate paid fire department.

At one time, the city also had a volunteer auxiliary corps which operated four pumpers and were under the direction of an Auxiliary Chief (CD-9). It was known as the Buffalo Auxiliary Fire Corps. They responded on 3rd Alarm Fires and greater, and assisted with such tasks as stretching hoselines, brand patrol and picking up hose lines.They were a welcome sight back in the 60's and 70's when the B.F.D. responded to almost 100 Multiple alarms a year. They were especially welcomed in the bitterness of Buffalo's notorious winters, where they would pack frozen hose onto the hose tender. This would give the active members who worked the fire a well-deserved rehab downtime.It traced its roots to the World War II era and Civil Defense hype of the 1950s and 1960s but has since fallen out of use with the BFD. The decision to let the "C.D.'s " fade out was made by the senior members of the B.A.F.C., who decided to support the Local 282 members, who have battled the city with firehouse closings and at times, the uncertainty of lay-offs. The Corps. came under the direction of the Erie County Department of Fire Safety until the early 1990s when the City of Buffalo took them over under Mayor Griffin. The city received Federal funding for the Auxiliaries until their disbanding. There had been minor talk of reinventing the old "red helmets" with the Department of Homeland Security, but this did not occur. With the risks of insurance liabilities, the funding costs of personal protective equipment, as well as the use of reserve apparatus had proved cost prohibitive. For many years, some auxiliary members manned the Canteen Truck (F-76), which was quartered at Fire Headquarters, and is called in on all 2nd Alarms and greater to provide refreshments to the firefighters.

On the evening of December 27, 1983 a warehouse at the intersection of North Division and Grosvenor Streets was the scene of the worst disaster and loss of life in the history of the Buffalo Fire Department. The warehouse had contained an illegal 500 gallon propane tank whose valve was broken off while it was moved and the building was in the process of being evacuated. The propane gas started to leak, eventually reaching an open flame. The tank exploded, killing all five firefighters assigned to Ladder 5 and two civilians; it also damaged a dozen city blocks and caused millions of dollars of damage in fire equipment. There is now a memorial at fire call box 191 at the intersection of where the tragedy occurred. Each year on December 27, at 2020 hrs, the Fire Department rings out the alarm 1-9-1 to honor the five brave firefighters of Ladder 5.

The Buffalo Fire Department has also raced to the aid of its Canadian neighbors on several occasions. On April 4, 1904, the City of Toronto, Ontario was in the midst of a massive conflagration, known as the Great Toronto Fire. When the call for help went out, Buffalo firefighters were quick to react. Engines 12 & 13 boarded express trains to Toronto along with the fireboat tender. On October 7, 1960, a massive fire at the Maple Leaf Milling facility in Port Colborne threatened the entire downtown core. The Fireboat Edward M. Cotter along with the crew of Engine 8 were sent to assist in the conflagration and helped save the City of Port Colborne. On August 19, 2004, a young man in Port Colborne was cutting anchor chain in the hold of a large ship when he became entrapped. The decision was made to call a Heavy Rescue Company in to assist. When the Port Colborne firefighters were told Toronto Fire's HUSAR Unit would take over two hours to reach them, the call to Buffalo was made. Within 35 minutes of the initial call for assistance, Rescue 1, HazMat 1, and B-41 were on scene. Needless to say, the story had a positive outcome.

The rich history and tradition of the Buffalo Fire Department continue on. Presently, the Buffalo Fire Department operates out of 19 firehouses. The oldest active firehouse is Engine 19's quarters which are over 120 years old. The newest quarters, Engine 23, opened in 2010. The near future will see new firehouses constructed to replace older, inefficient stations as well as renovations to existing firehouses throughout the city.

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Apparatus​

The Buffalo Fire Department has recently begun a multi-million dollar replacement of the entire fleet of fire apparatus. Engine Companies 1, 2, 3, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 have all received new American LaFrance Eagle Pumpers with more ordered. Ladders 2, 5, 6, 7, and 14 have received new American LaFrance Eagle Ladders. Ladders 2 and 6 received 100' rear mount towers, Ladders 6, 7, and 14 received 93' midship mounted towers with Ladder 6's current rearmount tower to go to Ladder 10, and Ladder 14's Spartan rearmount tower going to Ladder 4. and Ladder 5 received a rear mount 100' Aerial. Rescue 1 was also replaced with a new American LaFrance custom rescue truck paid for by Homeland Security CBRNE funds. The Department ordered four new Crimson apparatus in 2010 with Ladder 13 first receiving a 103 foot rearmount demonstrator. Later, Engines 4 and 25 received new Crimson Gladiator Pumpers and Ladder 13 upgraded its truck with a new 93 foot Midmount Tower. The last three companies, Engines 22, 33, and Ladder 15 should be upgraded sometime next year. The Arson Investigation Unit recently received a new CBRNE explosives detection vehicle also paid for by Homeland Security funds. As well, All Chiefs and the EMS Lieutenant received new Chevrolet Suburban vehicles . The department also received 5 new utility pickups, two hazmat trailers, one EMS Support Trailer, as well as new thermal cameras, bunker gear, etc. Former Fire Commissioner Lombardo had utilized grant writing more unlike previous administrations. In June 2009, the Buffalo Fire Department which had applied for a UASI (Urban Area Security Initiative) grant was awarded funds for a new, smaller and more agile fireboat. This fireboat will also be used as a regional tool. Also to note that Engine 20 (Fireboat) was called into service in June 2009 for two days to provide pump operations to a large warehouse fire located on the old Republic Steel grounds in South Buffalo.


Buffalo Fire currently operates 19 Engine Companies, 9 Ladder Companies, 1 Heavy Rescue, 1 Collapse/Technical Rescue, 1 Haz-Mat/Command Unit and 1 Fireboat. In addition, a fleet of 8 reserve engines, 2 reserve ladders, and 1 reserve rescue are at the department's disposal. The Fire Department has dozens of support vehicles for Arson, Commissioners, Chiefs, Communications, Repair Shop,

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Buffalo Fire Alarms/Signals​

The Buffalo Fire Department's Alarm Office is operated out of 332 Ellicott Street in Downtown Buffalo. The Alarm Office is staffed mostly by civilian dispatchers now, as the department has attempted to phase out uniformed firefighters in the alarm office. The Alarm Office is also home to the Communications Division and Radio Repair of the Buffalo Fire Department. These personnel are also civilians, who manage not just the communications for the fire department, but also the police, public works, ambulance dispatch, etc. The Buffalo Fire Department used to send alarms as the FDNY still does in box format. The gong would strike out the call box number. If it was a working fire or an additional alarm was requested, the gong would strike out the box number, and then a 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, or a 6-6 for a General Alarm. A General Alarm is all apparatus in the city, the recall of off duty platoons, and the implementation of mutual aid plans with suburban departments. The Larkin Warehouse Fire of the 1950s was the only General Alarm in the BFD's history. Today, the Buffalo Fire Department transmits alarms in tone form. Two short tones signify an EMS Call, three short tones signify a Still Alarm or Preliminary Signal. Three long tones signify an Alarm of Fire and four long tones signify a HazMat response. The Alarm Office is supposed to move into new offices at the new Public Safety Campus Building in Downtown Buffalo sometime in the near future.

General Calls:

Preliminary Signal: Automated alarm activation 2 Engines, 1 Ladder, Battalion Chief

Still Alarm: Investigations, Rubbish,Auto fire etc. 1 Engine and/or 1 Ladder

EMS Call: 1 Engine or 1 Ladder

Motor Vehicle Accident: 1 Engine, 1 Ladder

Thruway Assignment: MVA on Thruway or 198/33 Expressways 1 Engine, 1 Ladder, Rescue 1, Battalion Chief

School Bus Accident: 1 Engine, 1 Ladder, Battalion Chief, F-20, and S.M.A.R.T. (Upon request only)

Elevator Assignment: Alarm of elevator stuck with people trapped 1 Engine, 1 Ladder, Rescue 1, Battalion Chief

Collapse Assignment: Building/industrial accident 1 Engine, 1 Ladder, Rescue 1, Collapse Rescue, Battalion Chief, B-56 (Division Chief), and B-41 (Safety Chief)

Structure Fire (Alarm of Fire): 3 Engines, 3 Ladders, (1 Ladder acts as the FAST),Rescue 1, Battalion Chief, B-56 (Division Chief), F-20 (EMS Officer & Accountability), Mobile Air Unit (F-7, F-8, or F-9), and F-11 (Fire Marshal).

2nd Alarm or "Greater Alarm": 3 Engines, 2 Ladders, Battalion Chief, B-41 (Safety Chief), and Canteen Truck F-76. B-55 (Operations Chief), Deputy Commissioners, and Fire Commissioner are notified.

3rd Alarm: 3 Engines, 2 Ladders, and a Battalion Chief.

General Alarm: All active companies, Off Duty personnel, and reserve apparatus -Note, the only call in BFD history to go to a general alarm was the 1954 Larkin Building fire.

Level 1 HazMat Response: Engine 3, HazMat 1, Rescue 1, 1 Engine, 2 Ladders, Mobile Air Unit (F-7, F-8, or F-9), F-16 (HazMat Captain), B-41 (Safety Chief), Battalion Chief, F-20, Division Chief B-56.

Buffalo Fire Radio Channels​

Channel 1: 424.225 (Fire Dispatch)
Channel 2: 424.350 (Fire Ground)
Channel 3: 423.900 (HazMat Low Portables)

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