Albuquerque Fire Rescue

Albuquerque Fire Rescue (AFR) is the municipal fire department serving Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. It is the largest fire department in New Mexico[4] with 22 fire stations and 729 paid firefighters as of 2020.[1] In 2019, AFR ranked as the 25th-busiest fire department in the United States, fielding 105,526 calls for emergency services,[5] and the department's Engine 5 was the nation's 12th-busiest fire engine with 5,532 runs.

AFR Engine 21 in 2012

Albuquerque Fire Rescue

Operational area
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
City	Albuquerque
Agency overview[1]
Established	1900
Annual calls	90,208 (2020)
Employees	773 (2020)
Annual budget	$99 million (2021)
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Gene Gallegos (interim)[2]
EMS level	ALS
IAFF	244
Facilities and equipment[3]
Battalions	4
Stations	22
Engines	22 frontline, 8 reserve
Trucks	5 frontline, 2 reserve
Platforms	2
Rescues	1
Ambulances	20 frontline, 7 reserve
HAZMAT	2
Wildland	1 Type 1, 1 Type 3, 5 Type 6
Website
Official website

AFR provides both fire and emergency medical services,[6] including two hazardous materials squads and one heavy technical rescue squad with vehicle extrication, confined space, rope, structural collapse, trench collapse, swift water, and elevator rescue capabilities.[3]

The Albuquerque Fire Department was originally established in 1900, replacing an earlier volunteer fire department.[7] It was renamed Albuquerque Fire Rescue in 2018 in order to acknowledge the wider scope of duties handled by the department.[8]

AFR has fielded a ambulance that is capable of initiating pre-hospital Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.[9]