El Paso Fire Department Explained

The El Paso Fire Department (EPFD) provides fire protection services to El Paso, Texas, United States.

History

Fire protection services for El Paso extend back to 1882. Firemen were mostly volunteer until a fully paid fire department was established in 1909.^[1]

Chiefs

	Last	First	Start date	Finish date	Notes
16	Killings	Jonathan	December 9, 2022^[2]	present
15.5	Killings	Jonathan	May 2022^[3]	December 9, 2022	Interim fire chief
15	D'Agostino	Mario	April 13, 2017^[4]	2022^[5]
14.5	D'Agostino	Mario			Interim fire chief
14	Peña	Samuel	March 7, 2013^[6]	December 10, 2016^[7] ^[8]
13.5	Carmona	Carlos			Interim fire chief^[9]
13	Drozd	Otto, III	April 2009^[10]	November 2012^[11]
12	Rivera	Roberto	2002^[12]	2008^[13]
11	Johns	Glenn	1996	2001
10	Mehl	Andrew	1988	1996
9	Wilson	Joe H.	1984	1988
8	Coleman	Marion	1968	1984
7	Farr	W. L.	1962	1968
6	Davis	H. A.	1950	1962
5	Boone	Joe H.	1942	1950
4	Jackson	W. E.	1940	1942
3	Sullivan	John T.	1927	1940
2	Wray	John	1915	1927
1	Armstrong	W. W.	1909	1915

Stations

!Station Number(built)!Address!PumperCompany!Ladder orQuint Company!Ambulance!SpecialtyUnit

Central (1982)	201 S. Florence	Pumper 1	Ladder 1	Rescue 1	Battalion1
2	111 E. Borderland	Pumper 2		Rescue 2	Attack 2
3 (1930)	721 E. Rio Grande	Pumper 3		Rescue 3	Water Rescue 3
4 (1949)	1218 Randolph			Rescue 4
5	400 Revere St.	Pumper 5Pumper 13	Ladder 5	Rescue 5	Battalion 3, Squad 1, HazMat 1
6	1850 Firehouse Dr.	Pumper 6		Rescue 6
7 (1958)	3200 Pershing Ave.	Pumper 7	Quint 7	Rescue 7
8 (1948)	301 E. Robinson	Pumper 8
9	47 Dallas	Pumper 9		Rescue 9Medic 9
10 (1930)	1801 Montana	Pumper 10
11 (2002)	314 S. Leon	Pumper 11	Ladder 11		Special Rescue 11
12 (1947)	3801 Fort Blvd	Pumper 12		Rescue 12
14 (1955)	6300 Delta	Pumper 14		Rescue 14
15 (1956)	115 Shorty Ln.	Pumper 15Pumper 51
16 (1969)	3828 Hercules	Pumper 16	Quint 16	Rescue 16	Decon 16
17 (1958)	8803 Alameda	Pumper 17	Quint 17	Rescue 17
18 (1958)	7901 San Jose	Pumper 18	Quint 18	Medic 18
19 (1959)	2405 McRae	Pumper 19		Rescue 19
20 (1960)	8301 Edgemere	Pumper 20	Quint 20	Rescue 20	Rehab 20
21 (1960)	10000 Dyer	Pumper 21		Rescue 21Medic 21
22 (1960)	6500 N. Mesa	Pumper 22	Ladder 22	Rescue 22Medic 22	Battalion 2
23 (1967)	5315 Threadgill	Pumper 23		Rescue 23	Battalion 5
24 (1975)	1498 Lomaland	Pumper 24	Ladder 24	Rescue 24	Battalion 4, Decon 24
25 (1978)	10834 Ivanhoe	Pumper 25		Rescue 25
26 (1980)	9418 North Loop	Pumper 26		Rescue 26	Attack 26
27	6767 Ojo De Agua	Pumper 27		Rescue 27
28	10820 McCombs		Quint 28	Rescue 28
29 (2001)	11977 Pellicano	Pumper 29		Rescue 29
30	4451 Loma Clara	Pumper 30			Attack 30
31	122 Mesa Park Dr.		Quint 31	Rescue 31	ROC 31
32	El Paso International Airport101 George Perry Blvd.	ARFF1, ARFF2,ARFF3, ARFF4ARFF5, ARFF6		Rescue 32
33	3475 Nolan Richardson	Pumper 33		Rescue 33	ROC 33
34	6565 Angora Loop S.	Pumper 34
35	12230 Pine Springs Dr.		Quint 35		Battalion 6
36 (2023)	1960 North Resler Dr.	Pumper 36
37 (2013)	12950 RC Poe		Quint 37	Rescue 37

See also

• El Paso Police Department

External links

• El Paso Fire Department
• History of the El Paso Fire Department

Notes and References

1. Book: Lieggi, Louis II . 1994 . El Paso, Texas Fire Department a Pictorial History 1882–1994 . B002A5W4GQ.
2. News: Fischer . Fallon . December 10, 2022 . City of El Paso appoints new fire chief . Jonathan Killings was appointed as the City of El Paso's fire chief, the city announced Friday..
3. News: Fischer . Fallon . December 10, 2022 . City of El Paso appoints new fire chief . Killings, who has been serving as interim fire chief since May,....
4. Web site: EPFD Facebook page . Mario D'Agostino was named Fire Chief of the El Paso Fire Department on April 13, 2017 by El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez..
5. Web site: Shields . Stephanie . May 12, 2022 . El Paso Fire Chief takes new position at City Hall . KTSM .
6. News: Borunda . Daniel . November 17, 2016 . El Paso fire chief wants to make good department better . El Paso Times . El Paso Fire Chief Sam Peña was named the new chief on March 7, 2013..
7. News: Perez . Elida S. . November 17, 2016 . El Paso fire chief on move to Houston FD . El Paso Times . City officials said Peña's last day as El Paso's fire chief will be Dec.10..
8. Web site: Ahmed . Jalelah . November 17, 2016 . El Paso Fire Chief Samuel Peña named HFD's new chief .
9. Web site: November 2012 . City names interim El Paso Dept. fire chief .
10. News: . January 14, 2014 . El Paso Fire chief resigns; third City department head to leave in 3 months . KVIA ABC-7 . Drozd has served as fire chief since April of 2009 and will be returning to his home State of Florida as fire chief of the Orange County Fire Rescue Department, .
11. News: . January 14, 2014 . El Paso Fire chief resigns; third City department head to leave in 3 months . KVIA ABC-7 . El Paso Fire Chief Otto Drozd has submitted his resignation to the City of El Paso with an effective date of Nov. 23, 2012..
12. News: Poulos . Ryan . January 29, 2007 . Q & A with Roberto Rivera El Paso Fire Department Chief . El Paso Inc. .
13. News: Chief Otto Drozd, El Paso Fire Department . El Paso Inc. . Drozd was among 28 applicants for the top job after Chief Roberto Rivera retired in 2008....