Binghamton Fire Department
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| Binghamton Fire Department |
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| Staffing | Career |
| Strength | 134 uniform 3 civilian |
| Stations | 6 |
| Engines | 5 |
| Trucks | 3(including 2 Quints) |
| Rescues | 2(including 1 Haz-Mat. Unit) |
| EMS Level | ALS |
The Binghamton Fire Department is the fire department for Binghamton, New York, USA.
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[edit] Overview
The Binghamton Fire Department has a staff of 124 paid uniform fire-fighters and three civilian employees.
The department operates out of six stations, as follows:
Station 1 - Engine 21-1, EMS 21-1
Station 2 - Quint 21-2, EMS 21-2, spare rescue
Station 3 - Quint 21-3, EMS 21-3, Ambulance 7123 (reserve)
Station 4 - Engine 21-4, EMS 21-4, Ambulance 7124 (reserve)
Station 5 (HQ) - Car 21 (on duty Chief), Tower 21, Rescue 21, Ambulance 7121, Ambulance 7122 (reserve), Boat 21-1, Boat 21-2
Station 6 - Engine 21-6, EMS 21-6, Haz-Mat 21
The department also operates a separate training facility, including smoke tower, and a repair shop.
[edit] Emergency medical system
- First response from six strategically located fire stations.
- Ambulance transport at the Advanced Life Support/Paramedic level.
- Training level - paramedic and EMT-Defibrillation
[edit] Special operations
All manners of land and aquatic rescue are used such as:
- High-angle rope rescue
- Confined-space rescue
- Building collapse
- Vehicle extrication
- Water rescue
- Ice rescue
- HAZ-MAT full service response
[edit] Fire suppression
Binghamton Fire Bureau stations are manned 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It has earned a reputation as one of the most progressive fire departments in New York state through:
- Aggressive interior search/rescue and fire attack
- Standard procedures for organizing firefighting operations
- Acquisition of state-of-the-art firefighting equipment and techniques
- An Emergency Medical Services (EMS) program started in 1981 now at transporting *ALS/Paramedic level
[edit] Fire prevention
- Public education.
- Fire investigation to determine cause and origin.
- Computerization of gathered information and fire department business.
- Juvenile Involved Fire-Play Intervention and Education (JIFIE) program.
- Code compliance
- Elimination of unnecessary response.
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