San Antonio Fire Department
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The San Antonio Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of San Antonio, Texas. The department is the third largest fire department (by number of personnel) in the state of Texas.[2] With over 1,800 members, the SAFD is responsible for a population of over 1.4 million people spread across 408 square miles (1,060 km2).[3]
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Operational area | |
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Country | United States |
State | Texas |
City | San Antonio |
Agency overview[1] | |
Established | June 6, 1854 (1854-06-06) |
Annual calls | 203,309 (2019) |
Employees | ~1,800 (2019) |
Annual budget | $318,600,000 (2019) |
Staffing | Career |
Fire chief | unoccupied |
EMS level | ALS |
IAFF | 624 |
Facilities and equipment[1] | |
Battalions | 8 |
Stations | 54 |
Engines | 54 |
Trucks | 21 |
Platforms | 10 |
Squads | 22 |
Rescues | 2 |
Ambulances | 35 |
Tenders | 4 |
HAZMAT | 2 |
Airport crash | 7 |
Wildland | 11 |
Rescue boats | 2 |
Light and air | 4 |
Website | |
Official website | |
IAFF website |
The San Antonio Fire Department is an internationally accredited agency with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI) and holds an Insurance Services Office (ISO) Public Protection Classification Class 1 rating. The department operates teams specializing in technical rescue, urban search and rescue, hazardous materials, aircraft rescue and firefighting, bike medics, incident management team, SWAT medic, and wildland firefighting among others.
The San Antonio Fire Department is also involved heavily with the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Texas Task Force 1, abbreviated TX-TF1, to function as one of two state urban search and rescue (USAR) teams in the State of Texas. It is managed by the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service in College Station, Texas.