Austin Fire Department

Austin Fire Department

Operational area
Country	United States
State	Texas
City	Austin
Agency overview [1]
Established	September 25, 1859;165 years ago (1859-09-25) [2]
Annual calls	109,280 (2022)
Employees	1,257 (2022)
Annual budget	$219M (2022)
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Joel G. Baker
EMS level	BLS
IAFF	975
Facilities and equipment [3]
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

Headquarters

Fire station locations of the 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. ^[4] 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. ^[5]

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. ^[6] It was not until 1858 that the city would have a properly organized, skilled and equipped department.

Stations and apparatus

Fire station Number	Address	Engine Company	Ladder Company	Command Units	Special Units
1	401 E. 5th St	Engine 1 Engine 13	Ladder 1	Shift Commander
2	506 W. MLK Blvd	Engine 2		Battalion Chief 1
3	201 W. 30th St	Engine 3	Quint 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	Ladder 8	Battalion Chief 3	BC Temp at 21
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
16	7000 Reese Ln	Engine 16
17	4128 S. 1st St	Engine 17	Ladder 17
18	6311 Berkman Dr	Engine 18	Ladder 18
19	5211 Balcones Dr		Truck 19
20	6601 Manchaca Rd	Engine 20			Rescue 20
21	4201 Spicewood Springs Rd	Engine 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	Truck 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			Brush Truck 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 Tender 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	Brush Truck 50
51	5410 W. US Hwy 290		Quint 51	Battalion Chief 8
52	4601 Westlake Dr	Engine 52
53	9400 Capital View Dr	Engine 53
54	9804 N FM 620
Austin–Bergstrom Airport				AFR 5	Crash 3, Crash 4, Crash 6, Crash 8

AFD Ranks

• Austin Fire Chief
• Assistant Chief
• Division Chief
• Battalion Chief
• Fire Captain
• Lieutenant
• Fire Specialist (driver)
• Firefighter
• Probationary Firefighter

See also

• Austin Central Fire Station 1
• Buford Tower

References

1. "2014/15 Approved Budget" (PDF). City of Austin Texas. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 5, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
2. "About | AustinTexas.gov". www.austintexas.gov. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
3. "Stations". Austin Fire Department. Archived from the original on May 19, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
4. "Regulated departments by size". Texas Commission on Fire Protection. Texas Commission on Fire Protection. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
5. "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 February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
6. "Austin Fire Department Historical Highlights" (PDF). Austin Fire Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.

External links

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