New Orleans Fire Department

New Orleans Fire Department

Operational area
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
City	New Orleans
Agency overview[1][2]
Established	December 15, 1891
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]

History

The NOFD got its start in April 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, below is a complete listing of all fire station and apparatus locations in the city of New Orleans.

Neighborhood	Engine	Truck	Special	Chief	District
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

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

1. "History". New Orleans Fire Department. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
2. "Budget" (PDF). New Orleans Budget Office. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
3. "Stations". New Orleans Fire Department. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
4. "Superintendent of the NOFD". NOFD. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
5. "Squirt 1". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
6. "Rescue 2/Squad 2/Car 502". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
7. "Squirt 4". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
8. "Engine 6". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
9. "Squad 7/Hazmat/Rescue 7/ Car 210". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
10. "Engine 8". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
11. "Engine 9". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
12. "Engine 10". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
13. "Engine 12". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
14. "Engine 13". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
15. "Squirt 14". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
16. "Engine 15". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
17. "Engine 16/Ladder 8". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
18. "Engine 17". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
19. "Engine 18". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
20. "Engine 20". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
21. "Squirt 21". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
22. "Quint 24". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
23. "Engine 25/Ladder 7". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
24. "Engine 26/Ladder 9/Car 505". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
25. "Engine 27/Ladder 11/ Car 503/ Command Center". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
26. "Engine 29/Car 500/ Headquarters". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
27. "Engine 31". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
28. "Engine 33/Ladder 6". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
29. "Engine 35". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
30. "Engine 36/Ladder 13/ Car 504". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
31. "Engine 37". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
32. "Engine 38/Car 506". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
33. "Engine 39". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
34. "Engine 40/Car 508". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
35. "Engine 45". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
36. "Fireboat Blaze". Greater New Orleans Fire Photos. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
37. Parry, Ryan (September 3, 2005), "MISSISSIPPI BURNING: Pollution hell as fires, explosions and oil spills follow the hurricane", The Daily Mirror, retrieved September 20, 2006