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 256,902 people in a geographic area of approximately.
Stations and apparatus
, the Buffalo Fire Department operates out of nineteen fire stations with 1 Division Chief and 4 Battalion Chiefs.Engine company | Truck company | Special unit | Chief Unit | Address |
Engine 1 | Truck 2 | Water rescue unit | 132 Ellicott St. | |
Engine 2 | Mobile command unit, Safety Officer/Fire Marshal | B56 | 376 Virginia St. | |
Engine 3 | Haz-mat. unit | B43 | 601 Broadway | |
Engine 4 | 939 Abbott Rd. | |||
Engine 19 | 209 Forest Ave. | |||
Fireboat 20 | 155 Ohio St. | |||
Engine 21 | Truck 6 | Rescue 1, Collapse/technical rescue unit | 1229 Jefferson Ave. | |
Engine 22 | 1528 Broadway | |||
Engine 23 | ATF response unit | 3226 Bailey Ave. | ||
Engine 25 | Truck 10 | B46 | 517 Southside Pkwy. | |
Engine 26 | 703 Tonawanda St. | |||
Engine 28 | 1170 E. Lovejoy St. | |||
Engine 31 | Truck 14 | Haz-mat. spill/decon. unit | 2044 Bailey Ave. | |
Engine 32 | Truck 5 | 700 Seneca St. | ||
Engine 33 | Rehab. unit | 1720 Fillmore Ave. | ||
Engine 34 | Truck 7 | 2837 Main St. | ||
Engine 35 | Truck 15 | 1512 Clinton St. | ||
Engine 36 | Truck 13 | Foam unit | 860 Hertel Ave. | |
Engine 37 | Truck 4 | B44 | 500 Rhode Island St. | |
Engine 38 | B47 | 398 Linden Ave. |
- All truck companies in the BFD are tower ladders with the exception of Truck 15.
Disbanded fire companies
- Engine 5 – Emsile & Bristol
- Engine 6 – Originally located at 700 Seneca St then moved to Smith & Fulton
- Engine 7 – Lower Terrace & Evans St.
- 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.
- 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
- Engine 18 – 1032 Fillmore Ave. – disbanded/reinstated 1982 – disbanded permanently 2002
- Engine 24 – 110 Leroy Ave.
- Engine 27 – 33 Johnson St. – disbanded 1978 to form Rescue 1
- Engine 29 – 315 Ganson St.
- 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.
- 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 – 132 Ellicott St. – now the Safety Chief, operates out of 195 Court, responds to 2nd alarm or greater
- B42 – 707 Washington St. – now the Training Bureau Chief, operates out of Buffalo Fire Training Academy on Broadway in Cheektowaga
- B45 – 273 Kehr St.
- South Division Chief – 700 Seneca St.
- 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.