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Operational area | |
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Country | United States |
State | Texas |
City | Austin |
Agency overview [1] | |
Established | 1841 |
Annual calls | 109,280 (2022) |
Employees | 1,257 (2022) |
Annual budget | $219M (2022) |
Staffing | Career |
Fire chief | Joel Baker |
EMS level | BLS |
IAFF | 975 |
Facilities and equipment [2] | |
Battalions | 8 Battalions |
Stations | 53 Fire Stations |
Engines | 47 Engine Companies |
Trucks | 8 Truck Companies |
Quints | 5 Quint Companies |
Rescues | 4 Rescue Companies |
USAR | 1 Urban Search and Rescue Unit |
Airport crash | 4 Crash Trucks |
Rescue boats | 5 Rescue Boats |
Website | |
Official website | |
IAFF official |
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 11th largest city by population in the United States. [4]
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.
Fire station Number | Address | Engine Company | Ladder Company | Command Units | Special Units |
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1 | 401 E. 5th St | Engine 1 Engine 13 | Ladder 1 | USAR 1 | |
2 | 506 W. MLK Blvd | Engine 2 | Battalion Chief 1 | ||
3 | 201 W. 30th St | Engine 3 | Ladder 3 | ||
4 | 1000 Blanco St | Engine 4 | |||
5 | 1201 Webberville Rd | Engine 5 | |||
6 | 1705 S. Congress Ave | Engine 6 | |||
7 | 201 Chicon St | Engine 7 | |||
8 | 8989 Research Blvd | Engine 8 | Tower Ladder 8 | Battalion Chief 3 | |
9 | 4301 Speedway | Engine 9 | |||
10 | 3009 Windsor Rd | Engine 10 | |||
11 | 1611 Kinney Ave | Engine 11 | |||
12 | 2109 Hancock Dr | Engine 12 | |||
14 | 4305 Airport Blvd | Engine 14 | Battalion Chief 6 | Rescue 14, Hazmat 1, Hazmat 2, CBRNE Lab, Spill 14, Hazmat 14 | |
15 | 829 Airport Blvd | Engine 15 | Brush Truck 15 | ||
16 | 7000 Reese Ln | Engine 16 | |||
17 | 4128 S. 1st St | Engine 17 | Ladder 17 | Shift Commander | |
18 | 6311 Berkman Dr | Engine 18 | Ladder 18 | ||
19 | 5211 Balcones Dr | Quint 19 | |||
20 | 6601 Manchaca Rd | Engine 20 | Rescue 20 | ||
21 | 4201 Spicewood Springs Rd | Engine 21 | Brush Truck 21 | ||
22 | 5309 E. Riverside Dr | Engine 22 | Ladder 22 | ||
23 | 1330 E. Rundberg Ln | Engine 23 | Battalion Chief 7 | ||
24 | 5811 Nuckols Crossing Rd | Engine 24 | Brush Truck 24 | ||
25 | 5228 Duval Rd | Engine 25 | |||
26 | 6702 Wentworth Dr | Engine 26 | Brush Truck 26 | ||
27 | 5401 McCarty Ln | Engine 27 | |||
28 | 2410 W. Parmer Ln | Engine 28 | Rescue 28 | ||
29 | 3625 Davis Ln | Engine 29 | |||
30 | 1021 W. Braker Ln | Engine 30 | |||
31 | 5507 Ranch Rd 2222 | Engine 31 | Rescue 31 Boat 31, Hazmat 31 | ||
32 | 2804 Montebello Rd | Engine 32 | |||
33 | 9409 Bluegrass Dr | Engine 33 | |||
34 | 10041 Lake Creek Pkwy | Quint 34 | Battalion Chief 2 | ||
35 | 5500 Burleson Rd | Engine 35 | Battalion Chief 4 | Smoke Buster 35 | |
36 | 400 Ralph Ablanedo Dr | Engine 36 | Tower Ladder 36 | ||
37 | 8660 W. SH 71 | Engine 37 | Brush Truck 37 | ||
38 | 10111 Anderson Mill Rd | Engine 38 | |||
39 | 7701 River Place Blvd | Engine 39 | Brush Truck 39 | ||
40 | 12711 Harrisglenn Blvd | Engine 40 | Ladder 40 | ||
41 | 11205 Harris Branch Pkwy | Engine 41 | Brush Truck 41 | ||
42 | 2434 Cardinal Lp | Engine 42 | Brush Truck 42 | ||
43 | 11401 Escarpment Blvd | Engine 43 | |||
44 | 11612 Four Iron Dr | Quint 44 | |||
45 | 9421 Spectrum Blvd | Engine 45 | Brush Truck 45 | ||
46 | 12010 Brodie Ln | 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 | Engine 49 | Brush Truck 49 | ||
50 | 7019 Elroy Rd | Engine 50 | Quint 50 | Battalion Chief 5 | |
51 | 5410 W. US Hwy 290 | Quint 51 | Battalion Chief 8 | ||
52 | 4601 Westlake Dr | Engine 52 | |||
53 | 9400 Capital View Dr | Engine 53 | Brush Truck 53 | ||
54 | 9804 N FM 620 | Dec 2024 | |||
Austin–Bergstrom Airport | AFR 5 | Crash 3, Crash 4, Crash 6, Crash 8 |
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