Binghamton Fire Department

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Binghampton Fire Department
Staffing	Career
Strength	134 uniform 3 civilian
Stations	6
EMS Level	ALS

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

1 Binghamton Fire Department Overview
2 Emergency Medical System
3 Special Operations
4 Fire Suppression
5 Fire Prevention
6 Binghamton Fire Department Fallen Heroes
- 6.1 External link

[edit] 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.

[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