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Houston Fire Department
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Houston Fire Department (HFD) is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Houston, Texas, United States.
Today, HFD serves the fourth largest city in the United States and is responsible for preserving life and property for a population of 1.9 million in an area totaling 617 square miles.
HFD is known as a very aggressive interior fire fighting department. Several factors make the department able to fight fire in such a manner including extensive training, a good quality water supply and highly insulated "bunker gear". The Houston Fire Department under the leadership of Captain Clifford Reed developed an entirely new hood that the firefighters wear under the helmet that protects the ears and neck in a superior manner to earlier designs. The hood is named the "Reed Hood" in honor of it's developer.
The Houston Fire Department also runs the City of Houston EMS division and all members of the department are trained in EMS procedures. The firefighters rotate between the fire fighting apparatus and the EMS units from day to day in accordance with the cross training that they receive. There are two levels of EMS certification that the Houston Fire Department recognizes; EMT-Basic and EMT-Paramedic. There are no EMS providers for the Houston Fire Department that are not also firefighters.
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The Houston Fire Department was established in 1838 with one station, Protection Company No. 1. It grew to a volunteer fire department status with three stations by 1859. After having provided volunteer firefighting services for 57 years, the City of Houston Fire Department began paying its firefighters in 1895.
All Houston Fire Department stations officially have numbers.[1] All stations also adopt unofficial names and place the names on the station's fire trucks based on what neighborhood the majority of their "still alarm" territories cover.
- 2 Woodway
- 3 River Oaks
- 4 Inwood
- 5 Old Spring Branch
- 6 Sixth Ward
- 7 Midtown
- 8 Downtown
- 9 North Side
- 10 Bellaire
- 11 TC Jester
- 12 Moody Park
- 13 Oak Forest
- 15 Heights
- 16 Montrose
- 17 Navigation
- 18 East End
- 19 Fifth Ward
- 20 Magnolia Park
- 21 South Main
- 22 Haz-Mat
- 23 Lawndale
- 25 Third Ward
- 26 Dixie Drive
- 27 Denver Harbor
- 28 Galleria (Uptown)
- 29 Old Galveston Road
- 30 Lindale Park
- 31 North Shepherd
- 32 Unknown (Northeast Side – Mesa @ Tidwell)
- 33 Medical Center
- 34 Laura Koppe
- 35 South Park
- 36 Hobby Airport
- 37 Braes Heights
- 38 West Side
- 39 Kashmere Gardens
- 40 Old Spanish Trail
- 41 Unknown (East Side)
- 42 Unknown (By Ship Channel)
- 43 Unknown (East Side)
- 44 Unknown Greens Bayou
- 45 Unknown N. McCarty
- 46 South Union
- 47 Almeda Plaza
- 48 Westbury
- 49 Unknown (West Side – North Gessner & Westview)
- 50 Langwood
- 51 Sharpstown)
- 52 Almeda Mall
- 53 Unknown
- 54 Bush Intercontinental Airport – ARFF
- 55 Sunny Side
- 56 East Little York
- 57 Unknown (West Side – West Memorial & Kirkwood)
- 58 Near North Side
- 59 South Post Oak
- 60 Tanglewilde
- 61 Unknown (Southeast Side)
- 62 Unknown (Northwest Side)
- 63 Unknown (By IAH Airport)
- 64 Unknown (By IAH Airport)
- 65 Lake Houston
- 66 Fairbanks (Unconfirmed)
- 67 Acres Homes
- 68 Braeburn Glen
- 69 Westchase
- 70 Unknown (Southeast Side – Beamer)
- 71 Unknown (Clearlake)
- 72 Unknown (Clearlake)
- 73 Keegans Glen
- 74 Greenspoint
- 75 Dairy Ashford
- 76 Alief Community
- 77 Unknown (Westside - Kempwood)
- 78 Unknown (Westside – West Memorial @ Eldridge)
- 80 Blue Ridge
- 81 Hobby Airport - ARFF
- 82 Fondren Southwest
- 83 Royal Oaks
- 86 Unknown (Westside – Briar Forest @ Texas State Highway 6)
- 90 Park Ten
- 92 Bush Intercontinental Airport - ARFF
- 93 Ellington Field
- 94 Unknown (Clear Lake)
- 95 Unknown (Clear Lake)
- 96 Willowbrook
- 99 Bush Intercontinental Airport - ARFF
- 101 Unknown (Kingwood)
- 102 Unknown (Kingwood)
- 103 Unknown (Kingwood)
- 104 Unknown (Kingwood)
- 105 Unknown (Kingwood)(Under construction in Summerwood Subdivision as of 12/20/06)
Proposed stations
- 24 Reed Road @ Texas State Highway 288)
- 84 Ella Boulevard @ Texas State Highway Beltway 8)
- 106 Lakeshore Subdivision (Lake Houston)
Closed stations
- 1 Downtown (Closed in 2001)
- 14 (Closed in 1987)
