Houston Fire Department (HFD) is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Houston, Texas, United States. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Houston redirects here. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ...

General

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. Today,HFD serves the fourth largest city in the United States and is responsible for preserving life and property to 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 departmet 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 apperatus 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 recognies; EMT-Basic and EMT-Paramedic. There are no EMS providors for Houston Fire Department that are not also firefighters.

Stations

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 (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 (East End)
• 19 Fifth Ward (Fifth Ward)
• 20 Magnolia Park
• 21 South Main
• 22 Haz-Mat
• 23 Unknown (By Ship Channel)
• 25 Third Ward (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 (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 River Oaks is heavily wooded and has Houstons most expensive homes River Oaks is an affluent community located in the geographic center of Houston, Texas. ... Inwood Forest is a community of 1,200 homes in near-northwest Houston, Texas. ... Spring Branch is a community in west-northwest Houston, Texas, roughly bordered by Clay Road and U.S. Highway 290 to the north, Beltway 8 to the west, Interstate 10 to the south, and Interstate 610 to the east. ... When the city of Houston was founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837, its founders—John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen—divided it into political geographic districts called wards. ... Street signs in Midtown Houston are distinct from the plain green signs seen in most of Houston Another example of a Midtown street sign Midtown Houston is a district southwest of Downtown Houston, Texas, bordered by the Montrose area and U.S. Highway 59. ... Downtown Houston Downtown Houston is Houstons largest business district. ... Oak Forest is a city located in Cook County, Illinois. ... A sign at the entrance to the Houston Heights A Victorian house seen in the Heights Houston Heights, often nicknamed The Heights, is a large community located in northwest-central Houston, Texas. ... Montrose is known for its tattoo parlors and bars Montrose, also known as Neartown, is an area in west-central Houston, Texas. ... The East End is a region in eastern Houston, Texas, located between the eastern edge of downtown to the Port of Houston and south to Hobby Airport. ... The Fifth Ward is a historical political district ward of Houston, Texas (USA) east of downtown Houston. ... Magnolia Park is an area of Houston, Texas. ... The Third Ward is a community in Houston, Texas. ... A sign at the entrance to the Galleria. ... Uptown Houston Uptown Houston, or the Uptown District, is mainly centered around the the Galleria, the largest and most prestigious shopping mall in Houston. ... Skyline of Texas Medical Center  It should be possible to replace this fair use image with a freely licensed one. ... The South Park community of Houston, Texas is a broad post-World War II development in the south-central area of the city, just south of MacGregor Park (from which it gets its name) and the 610 Loop. ... William P. Hobby Airport (IATA: HOU, ICAO: KHOU) is named after former Texas governor William P. Hobby, receiving this name in 1967, and is located 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Houston, in Harris County, Texas. ... A sign marking Braeswood Place Braeswood Place is a group of subdivisions in Houston, Texas. ... A sign indicating the Westbury neighborhood Westbury is a neighborhood in the southwest part of Houston, Texas. ... A sign in a median indicating Sharpstown Sharpstown is a master-planned community in southwest Houston, Texas. ... The new International Arrivals Building, opened in January 2005 George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IATA: IAH, ICAO: KIAH) (for International Airport - Houston) is 23 miles north of downtown Houston, Texas. ... Sunnyside is a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, United States. ... Acres Homes, Texas is a wooded area northwest of the city of Houston. ... A street sign indicating Westchase For the community near Tampa , see Westchase, Florida. ... The Greater Greenspoint District—known as the downtown of Houstons north side—is a 12-square-mile area bordered by the Hardy Toll Road to the east, Airtex to the north, Veterans Memorial to the west, and West Road to the south. ... Alief is an area in Harris County that is mostly within the city limits of Houston, Texas. ... Royal Oaks Country Club is a country club and subdivision in Houston, Texas. ... Junction Location Hardeman County OK 6 north of Quanah US 287 Quanah Foard County US 70 Crowell Knox County US 82 Benjamin SH 222 near Knox City Haskell County US 380 Rule Jones County US 277 Stamford Shackelford County US 180 near Lueders SH 351 near Albany US 180 Albany... NASAs fleet of T-38 Talons sitting on the flightline at Ellington. ... Kingwood was a town in Harris County, Texas. ...

• 24 Reed Road @ Texas State Highway 288)
• 84 Ella Boulevard @ Texas State Highway Beltway 8)
• 106 Lakeshore Subdivision (Lake Houston)

Closed stations Junction Location Harris County I 45 Houston, MP46 US 59 Houston Houston US 90A Houston I 610 Houston, MP38 Beltway 8 Houston Brazoria County SH 6 Iowa Colony SH 35 Angleton SH 332 Lake Jackson near Clute SH 36 Freeport FM 1495 Freeport Legend < SH 286 SH 289 > Texas State... Texas State Highway Beltway 8 or BW8, also Sam Houston Parkway and Sam Houston Tollway, is a Texas state highway located in Houston. ...

• 1 Downtown (Closed in 2001)
• 14 (Closed in 1987)

External links

• Houston Fire Department
• The City of Houston Firefighter Network
• Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association
• Houston Fire Fighters Calendar