BINGHAMTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

The 'Binghamton Fire Department' is the fire department for Binghamton, New York, USA.

Contents

Binghamton Fire Department Overview

Emergency Medical System

Special Operations

Fire Suppression

Fire Prevention

Binghamton Fire Department Fallen Heroes

External link

Binghamton Fire Department Overview

The Binghamton Fire Department is comprised of a staff of 134 paid uniform fire-fighters and three civilian employees.
The department operates out of six stations, a training center and repair facility.

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

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

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

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.

Binghamton Fire Department Fallen Heroes

19 City of Binghamton firefighters have lost their lives in the line of duty:

★ Firefighter Gerald F. Mullins, January 8, 1994

★ Chief Donald E. Faughnan, May 1, 1987

★ Firefighter Francis E. Furch, December 31, 1977

★ Captain Donald W. McGeever, September 29, 1975

★ Chief John F. Cox, September 29, 1975

★ Firefighter John C. Russell, September 29, 1975

★ Lieutenant Clyde E. Johns, October 24, 1970

★ Captain Lawrence E. O'Hara, January 13, 1967

★ Training Instructor James M. Sullivan, November 10, 1962

★ Firefighter Jerome P. Ryan, September 3, 1951

★ Firefighter Arnold B. Shepard, February 5, 1951

★ Chief Arthur J. Dillon, March 7,1946

★ Firefighter James W. McCarthy, October 8, 1940

★ Firefighter William S. Kennedy, April 29, 1929

★ Chief Charles VanCleve, January 16, 1929

★ Firefighter William T. Moran, September 17, 1928

★ Firefighter H. Clair Brainard, March 25, 1925

★ Firefighter Joseph E. Muggleton, June 14, 1914

★ Captain Walter Howell, March 5, 1914

★ Firefighter Francis J Haher, September 26, 1898

External link

★ Binghamton FD official site