City of Buffalo Public Safety

CITY OF BUFFALO FD

The Buffalo Fire Department is the largest fire department in upstate 
New York with 766 firefighters, operating out of 19 firehouses.
The Buffalo Fire Department responds to over 60,000 calls a year.

The Buffalo FD once consisted of 2 Divisions, 7 Battalions, 38 Engine 
companies, 16 Ladder companies, 11 Squad companies, 2 Heavy Rescues,
3 Fireboats, and dozens of misc support units.

Consolidation has been a constant in the Buffalo Fire Department since
the mid-1970's. The 1st, 2nd, and
5th Battalions were disbanded long ago. These companies alone have been 
closed since 1994. No further cutbacks are slated.

APPARATUS

(There are no 1st, 2nd, or 5th Battalions.) 

Headquarters is located at 195 Court Street and houses:

Repair Shop
Mobile Air Unit
EMS Lieutenant (F-20)
Hose Wagons
Canteen

Buffalo Fire Dispatch is located at 332 Ellicott Street and houses:

Communications Division
Radio Repair Unit

The Training Tower is located at 3359 Broadway and houses:

Training Bureau
Fire Academy

Fire Marshals F-10 through F-12 are quartered with Engine 2.

• City of Buffalo (NY) Fire Brigades

CAR NUMBERS
119 City Disaster Coordinator
308 County Disaster Van 

EC-1 Erie County Executive

B-41	  Safety Officer
B-42	  Training Officer
B-43	  Battalion 3 Chief
B-44	  Battalion 4 Chief
B-46	  Battalion 6 Chief
B-47	  Battalion 7 Chief
B-51	  Deputy Commissioner - Administration
B-52	  Deputy Commissioner - Operations
B-53      Deputy Commissioner - EMS
B-55	  Chief of Special Services
B-56	  Division Chief

C-1		  Commissioner of Fire
CBRNE 1-5  Utility 1-5

ES-1      Buffalo EMS Coordinator
ES-2      Ass't.   "      "

F-1	  Chief of Fire Prevention
F-1X	  Fire Prevention Inspectors
F-2	  Tow truck
F-3	  Service truck
F-4	  Mask repair
F-6-8  	  Mobile Air Units
F-9  	  spare Heavy Rescue
F-10-12   Fire Marshals
F-13      BATF
F-14  	  Professional Standards
F-15  	  District Attorney
F-16  	  Hazmat Captain
F-17  	  Safety Officer
F-20  	  EMS Lieutenant
F-21-23   Training Bureau
F-48      Superintendent of Fire Apparatus
F-49	  Head Mechanic
F-57      Department Surgeon
F-58      Superintendent of Fire Alarm
F-59      Chief of Training Bureau
F-61      Chief of Communications
F-62,63   Hose Wagons
F-65	  Fuel truck
F-67	  Light truck
F-72-74	  Chaplain
F-76	  Salvation Army
F-78	  Red Cross
F-81	  Chaplain
F-82	  Cable splicer van
F-83	  Repair shop
F-84	  Radio repair
F-85	  Tire repair
F-86,87	  Communications Div buckets
F-88	  Alarm box tester
F-89	  Photographer

HS-1	  Homeland Security Coordinator

Buffalo Fire Department (KEC 890/WNKN 751)

• Headquarters/Maint. Shop - 195 Court St. between 7th St. & Staats St.
• Dispatch - 332 Ellicott St. (aka State Route 5) between E. Huron St. & E Mohawk St.
• Engine 1/Ladder 2 - 132 Ellicott St. @ 37 S. Division St. (aka State Route 5)
• Engine 2 - 376 Virginia St. @ Elmwood Ave.
• Engine 3/Haz-Mat 1/Batt. 3 - 599 Broadway St. @ Monroe St.
• Engine 4 - 927 Abbott Rd. @ Hollywood Ave.
• Engine 19 - 209 Forest Ave. between Hawley St. & Dart St.
• Fireboat 20 - 155 Ohio St. off of Michigan Ave.
• Engine 21/Ladder 6/Rescue 1 - 1223 Jefferson Ave. @ Kingsley St.
• Engine 22 - 1528 Broadway St. between Wick St. @ Schutrum St.
• Engine 23 - 106 Collingwood Ave. @ Bailey Ave. (aka US-62)
• Engine 25/Ladder 10/Battalion 6 - 517 Southside Pkwy @ Seneca St. (aka State Route 16)
• Engine 26 - 703 Tonawanda St. @ Progressive Ave.
• Engine 28 - 1170 E. Lovejoy St. @ Gold St.
• Engine 31/Ladder 14 - 2025 Bailey Ave. (aka US-62) @ Doat St.
• Engine 32/Ladder 5 - 700 Seneca St. (aka State Route 16) @ Swan St.
• Engine 33 - 1720 Fillmore Ave. @ Buell Ave.
• Engine 34/Ladder 7 - 2837 Main St. (aka State Route 5) @ Mercer Ave.
• Engine 35/Ladder 15 - 1512 Clinton St. (aka State Route 354) between Bailey Ave. (aka US-62) & Niagara Frontier Food
• Engine 36/Ladder 13 - 860 Hertel Ave. between Elmwood Ave. & Mandan St.
• Engine 37/Ladder 4/Battalion 4 - 500 Rhode Island St. @ Chenango St.
• Engine 38/Battalion 7 - 398 Linden Ave. @ Colvin Ave.

Old Buffalo FD Stations

• Engine 10 - 30 Ganson St. between Ohio St. & S. Michigan Ave.
• Ladder 12 - 395 Amherst St. @ Grant St.
• Engine 18 - 1032 Fillmore Ave. across from Peterson St.
• Engine 24/Ladder 7 - 108 Leroy Ave. @ Halbert St.
• Engine 33 - 275 Kehr St. @ Winslow Ave.
• Engine 36 - 1655 Elmwood Ave. @ Great Arrow Ave.

Buffalo Fire Department Battalions

• 3RD BATTALION (B-43)
  • ENGINES 3, 22, 28, 31, 33
  • LADDERS 14

• 4TH BATTALION (B-44)
  • ENGINES 2, 19, 21, 37
  • LADDERS 4, 6

• 6TH BATTALION (B-46)
  • ENGINES 1, 4, 25, 32, 35
  • LADDERS 2, 5, 10, 15

• 7TH BATTALION (B-47)
  • ENGINES 23, 26, 34, 36, 38
  • LADDERS 7, 13

thanks to NF2G.com for the first few sections