New Orleans Fire Department
File:NewOrleansFireDepartmentLogo.png | |
Operational area | |
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Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
City | New Orleans |
Agency overview[1][2] | |
Established | December 15, 1851 |
Employees | 656 (2014) |
Annual budget | $96,378,884 (2014) |
Staffing | Career |
IAFF | 632 |
Facilities and equipment[3] | |
Battalions | 6 |
Stations | 33 |
Engines | 21 |
Trucks | 6 |
Quints | 1 |
Squads | 2 |
Rescues | 2 |
Tenders | 2 |
HAZMAT | 1 |
Airport crash | 4 |
Fireboats | 1 |
Rescue boats | 2 |
Website | |
Official website | |
IAFF website |
The New Orleans Fire Department provides fire protection and first responder emergency medical services to the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. The department serves 378,715 people living in a 350 square miles (910 km2) area, including 170 square miles (440 km2) of water.[4]
Contents
History
The NOFD got its start in April of 1829 when a group of men organized a volunteer fire department.[1] The volunteer organization was known as the Firemen's Charitable Association, a title that would remain for 62 years until the first paid fire-fighting force, the New Orleans Fire Department, came into existence on December 15, 1891. Chief Engineer Thomas O'Connor, the first leader of the volunteers, stayed on to become the first Chief of the New Orleans Fire Department.[1]
Stations and apparatus
As of May 2015[update], below is a complete listing of all fire station and apparatus locations in the city of New Orleans.
Neighborhood | Engine | Truck | Special | Chief | District | |
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Irish Channel | Squirt 1 | EMS Support Unit | 6 | [5] | ||
Central Business District | Rescue 2, Squad 2 | District 2 | 2 | [6] | ||
Eastern New Orleans | Squirt 4 | 4 | [7] | |||
Gentilly | Engine 6 | 3 | [8] | |||
Tremé | Rescue 7, Squad 7, HazMat | 2 | [9] | |||
Desire Area | Engine 8 | Water Tender 3 | 3 | [10] | ||
Faubourg Marigny | Engine 9 | 3 | [11] | |||
Eastern New Orleans | Engine 10 | 4 | [12] | |||
Gentilly | Engine 12 | 3 | [13] | |||
Lakeview | Engine 13 | 5 | [14] | |||
Central Business District | Squirt 14 | 2 | [15] | |||
Uptown | Engine 15 | 6 | [16] | |||
Central City | Squirt 16 | Ladder 8 | 2 | [17] | ||
Algiers | Engine 17 | 8 | [18] | |||
Lakeview | Engine 18 | 5 | [19] | |||
Algiers Point | Engine 20 | 8 | [20] | |||
St. Bernard | Squirt 21 | 5 | [21] | |||
Bywater | Quint 24 | 3 | [22] | |||
Carrollton | Engine 25 | Ladder 7 | 6 | [23] | ||
Mid-City | Engine 26 | Ladder 9 | District 5 | 5 | [24] | |
Gentilly | Squirt 27 | Ladder 11 | Command Unit, Rescue Boat 27 | District 3 | 3 | [25] |
French Quarter | Engine 29 | 2 | [26] | |||
Venetian Isles | Engine 31 | Water Tender 2, Rescue Boat 31 | 4 | [27] | ||
Algiers | Engine 33 | Ladder 6 | 8 | [28] | ||
Mid-City | Engine 35 | 5 | [29] | |||
Eastern New Orleans | Engine 36 | Ladder 13 | District 4 | 4 | [30] | |
Eastern New Orleans | Engine 37 | 4 | [31] | |||
Uptown | Engine 38 | District 6 | 6 | [32] | ||
Lower Ninth Ward | Engine 39 | 3 | [33] | |||
Algiers | Squirt 40 | District 8 | 8 | [34] | ||
Michoud | Engine 45 | Mini-Pumper Unit | 4 | [35] | ||
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport |
Fox 2, Fox 5, Fox 7, Fox 8 | 4 | ||||
Michoud | Fireboat 805 "Blaze" | 4 | [36] |
Notable incidents
Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana on August 29, 2005. The effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans included 1,464 deaths, 80% flooding of the city, and many burned buildings.[37]
See Also
- Great New Orleans Fire (1788) - The first of two large fires in New Orleans that occurred before the New Orleans Fire Department came into existence.
- Great New Orleans Fire (1794) - The second large fire.
References
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