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New Orleans Fire Department
Operational area
Country United States
State Louisiana
City New Orleans
Agency overview[1][2]
EstablishedDecember 15, 1891 (1891-12-15)
Employees656 (2014)
Annual budget$96,378,884 (2014)
StaffingCareer
Fire chiefRoman Nelson
IAFF632
Facilities and equipment[3]
Battalions6
Stations31
Engines29
Trucks6
Squads2
Rescues2
Tenders2
HAZMAT1
Airport crash4
Fireboats1
Rescue boats2
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]

Fire Station 40 in the Algiers section of New Orleans

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, Louisiana.

Neighborhood Engine Company or Squirt Company Ladder Company Special Unit District Chief Unit District
Irish Channel Engine 1 EMS Support Unit 6
Central Business District Rescue 2, Squad 2 District Chief 2 2
Eastern New Orleans Engine 4 4
Gentilly Engine 6 3
Tremé Rescue 7, Squad 7, HazMat 2
Desire Area Engine 8 Water Tender 3 3
Faubourg Marigny Engine 9 3
Eastern New Orleans Engine 10 4
Gentilly Engine 12 3
Lakeview Engine 13 5
Central Business District Engine 14 2
Uptown Engine 15 6
Central City Squirt 16 Ladder 8 2
Algiers Engine 17 8
Lakeview Engine 18 5
Algiers Point Engine 20 8
St. Bernard Engine 21 5
Bywater Engine 24 3
Carrollton Engine 25 Ladder 7 6
Mid-City Engine 26 Ladder 9 District Chief 5 5
Gentilly Squirt 27 Ladder 11 Command Unit, Rescue Boat 27 District Chief 3 3
French Quarter Engine 29 2
Venetian Isles Engine 31 Water Tender 2, Rescue Boat 31 4
Algiers Engine 33 Ladder 6 8
Mid-City Engine 35 5
Eastern New Orleans Engine 36 Ladder 13 District Chief 4 4
Eastern New Orleans Engine 37 4
Uptown Engine 38 District Chief 6 6
Lower Ninth Ward Engine 39 3
Algiers Engine 40 District Chief 8 8
Louis Armstrong New
Orleans International Airport		 Fox 2, Fox 5, Fox 7, Fox 8 4
Michoud Fireboat 805 "Blaze" 4

Disbanded Fire Companies

Notable incidents

Hurricane Katrina

Main article: 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.[5]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Firefighting in New Orleans.

References

  1. ^ a b c "History". New Orleans Fire Department. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "Budget". New Orleans Budget Office. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  3. ^ "Stations". New Orleans Fire Department. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  4. ^ "Superintendent of the NOFD". NOFD. Archived from the original on January 4, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  5. ^ 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
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