| New Haven Fire Department | |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name2: | New Haven |
| Reference1: | [1] |
| Annual Calls: | 32,025 |
| Annual Budget: | $33,230,733 |
| Employees: | 357 |
| Staffing: | Career |
| Chief: | John Alston, jr. |
| Alsorbls: | ALS and BLS |
| Iaff: | 825 |
| Reference2: | [2] |
| Divisions: | 1 |
| Battalions: | 2 |
| Stations: | 10 |
| Engines: | 10 |
| Trucks: | 4 |
| Ambulances: | 3 |
| Rescues: | 1 |
| Tenders: | 1 |
| Hazmat: | 1 |
| Usar: | 1 |
| Wildland: | 1 |
| Fireboats: | 1 |
| Rescue Boats: | 2 |
| Light And Air: | 1 |
The New Haven Fire Department (NHFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of New Haven, Connecticut.[3] The New Haven Fire Department currently serves a population of over 130,000 people living in 19 square miles of land and is one of the largest fire departments in the state.
The NHFD provides advanced life support and basic life support emergency medical services to the city with three paramedic-staffed Emergency Units. EMS transport services are contracted by the city to American Medical Response which provides response to medical emergencies with Basic Life Support (EMT) and Advanced Life Support (EMT-Paramedic) ambulances.
As of 2016 the NHFD has received an ISO Class 1 rating, making New Haven the third department in Connecticut (the other two being Hartford, CT and Milford, CT) with an ISO Class 1 rating and 1 of 60+/- departments in the country. James T. Mullen was fire commissioner for 13 years.[4]
The New Haven Fire Department currently operates out of 10 fire stations, strategically located throughout the city. The Department is organized into 2 battalions: East Battalion and West Battalion. The NHFD operates with 10 engine companies, 4 truck companies, 1 heavy rescue company, 1 mobile command unit, 1 haz-mat unit, 1 fireground rehabilitation unit, 3 paramedic emergency units, and a fireboat along with several special units. Each engine company and truck company is staffed by an officer and 3 firefighters/EMTs. Rescue 1 is staffed by an officer and 4 firefighters/EMTs. SOC 1 (Special Operations Command 1) is staffed by an officer and 1 firefighter/EMT. Each Emergency (EMS) unit is staffed by 1 firefighter/paramedic and 1 Firefighter/EMT. The haz-mat unit and rehab units are crossed staffed by the officer and firefighter/EMT from SOC 1. Each Battalion Chiefs unit is staffed by a battalion chief. The Deputy Chief serves as the city wide tour commander. Truck 1 operates a Tower Ladder Truck. Truck 4 and Truck 2 operate Tillers. Truck 3 operates a Regular Aerial Ladder Truck.
this is a listing of all stations and apparatus in front line service operated by the New Haven Fire Department.[2]
| Engine Companies | Truck Companies | Emergency Unit (EMS) | Special Unit | Car Unit | Spare Unit | Battalion | Address | Neighborhood | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine 4 | Truck 1 (Tower Ladder) | SOC 1, Rehab Unit 1, Marine Unit 2 (Rescue Boat), Marine Unit 3 (Rescue Boat), Car 95 (Fire Investigation Unit), Car 101 (Tows Rescue Boat), Fire Inspectors (FM 1-9) | Car 31 (Chief Of Department), Car 32 (Deputy Chief / Tour Commander), Car 37 (Fire Marshal), Car 38 (Assistant Chief, Administration), Car 39 (Assistant Chief, Operations) | Engine 4A, Car 32A | East Battalion | 952 Grand Ave. | Downtown | ||
| Engine 5 | Emergency Unit 1 (Non-Transport Unit) | Car 43 (Foam Tender) | Emergency Unit 1A(Non-transport Unit) | East Battalion | 824 Woodward Ave. | The Annex | |||
| Engine 6 | Truck 4(Tiller) | Emergency Unit 3 (Non-Transport Unit) | Car 45 (Mobile Command Unit), Engine 4 (Benevolent Association Antique) | Engine 6A, Truck 4A | West Battalion | 125 Goffe St. | Dixwell | ||
| Engine 8 | Rescue 1, Hazmat 1, USAR Collapse Rescue Trailer | West Battalion | 350 Whitney Ave. | ||||||
| Engine 9 | Car 34 (West Battalion Chief) | Engine 9A | West Battalion | 120 Ellsworth Ave. | Edgewood | ||||
| Engine 10 | Truck 3 | Car 33 (East Battalion Chief) | Engine 10A, Car 33A | East Battalion | 412 Lombard St. | ||||
| Engine 11 | Truck 2(Tiller) | Emergency Unit 2 (Non-Transport Unit) | Emergency Unit 2A (Non-transport Unit) | West Battalion | 525 Howard Ave. | The Hill | |||
| Engine 15 | West Battalion | 105 Fountain St. | Westville | ||||||
| Engine 16 | East Battalion | 510 Lighthouse Rd. | Morris Cove, East Shore | ||||||
| Engine 17 | Car 47 (Brush Unit) | East Battalion | 73 E. Grand Ave. | Fair Haven Heights | |||||
| Marine Unit 1 (Fireboat "Nathan Hale") | East Battalion | Long Wharf Pier | New Haven Harbor | ||||||
| Car 50 (Mask Service/Cascade Unit), Car 51 (Supr. of Apparatus), Car 52-53 (Shop Mechanics), Car 54 (Supr. of Building Maint.), Car 55-56 (Building Maint.), Car 81 (Drillmaster), Car 82-85 (Asst. Drillmasters) | Car 36 (Director of Training/Safety), EMS 5 (Supervisor) | Car 50A, Car 47A | West Battalion | 230 Ella T. Grasso Blvd. |
See main article: article and Ricci v. DeStefano. In 2009 eighteen city firefighters, seventeen of whom were white and one of whom was Hispanic, brought suit against the department under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after they had passed the test for promotions to management positions and the city declined to promote them.[5] New Haven officials invalidated the test results because none of the black firefighters scored high enough to be considered for the positions. City officials stated that they feared a lawsuit over the test's disproportionate exclusion of certain racial groups from promotion under the controversial "disparate impact" theory of liability.[6] [7]