New Haven Fire Department


The New Haven Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of New Haven, Connecticut. 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 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 both BLS and ALS ambulances.
As of 2016 the NHFD has received an ISO Class 1 rating, making New Haven the third department in Connecticut with an ISO Class 1 rating and 1 of 60+/- departments in the country. James T. Mullen was fire commissioner for 13 years.

Operations

Fire station locations and companies

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 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 is staffed by an officer and 1 firefighter/EMT. Each Emergency 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 is a Tower Ladder Company and Trucks 4 and 2 are Tiller Ladder Companies.
this is a listing of all stations and apparatus in front line service operated by the New Haven Fire Department.
Engine CompanyTruck CompanyEmergency Unit Special UnitCar Unit or Administrative UnitSpare UnitBattalionAddressNeighborhood
Engine 4Truck 1 SOC 1, Rehab Unit 1, Marine Unit 2, Marine Unit 3, Car 95, Car 101, Fire Inspectors Car 31, Car 32, Car 37, Car 38, Car 39 Engine 4A, Car 32AEast Battalion952 Grand Ave.Downtown
Engine 5Emergency Unit 1 Car 43 Emergency Unit 1AEast Battalion824 Woodward Ave.The Annex
Engine 6Truck 4Emergency Unit 3 Car 45, Engine 4 Engine 6A, Truck 4AWest Battalion125 Goffe St.Dixwell
Engine 8Rescue 1, Hazmat 1, Collapse Rescue TrailerWest Battalion350 Whitney Ave.East Rock
Engine 9Car 34 Engine 9AWest Battalion120 Ellsworth Ave.Edgewood
Engine 10Truck 3Car 33 Engine 10A, Car 33AEast Battalion412 Lombard St.Fair Haven
Engine 11Truck 2Emergency Unit 2 Emergency Unit 2A West Battalion525 Howard Ave.The Hill
Engine 15West Battalion105 Fountain St.Westville
Engine 16East Battalion510 Lighthouse Rd.Morris Cove, East Shore
Engine 17Car 47 East Battalion73 E. Grand Ave.Fair Haven Heights
Marine Unit 1 East BattalionLong Wharf PierNew Haven Harbor
Fire Academy/Maintenance FacilityCar 50, Car 51, Car 52-53, Car 54, Car 55-56, Car 81, Car 82-85 Car 36, EMS 5 Car 50A, Car 47AWest Battalion230 Ella T. Grasso Blvd.City Point

Disbanded Fire Companies

Staff Chiefs

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. 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.