Yonkers Fire Department

Overview

The City of Yonkers Fire Department has an ISO Class 1 rating and protects a population of approximately 212,000 residents over an area of about 20 square miles. It is located just north of the New York City borough of the Bronx.

Department Profile

The Yonkers Fire Department (YFD) is the fourth largest fire department in the US State of New York with around 400 firefighters. Operating from 12 stations it is currently comprised of the following units:

• 10 Engine Companies
• 6 Ladder Companies
  • 1x 100' rear-mount aerials
  • 3x 102' rear-mount aerial
  • 2x 75' mid-mount platform
• 2 Squad Companies (rescue-pumper)
• 1 Rescue Company
• 2 Battalion Chiefs

History

Firehouses and Companies

Fire Station	Assigned Companies	In Service	Notes
18 Palisade Avenue (Headquarters)	Engine 1 Truck 1	1852-1927	Demolished
5-7 New School Street (Headquarters)	Engine 1 Engine 302 Engine 305 Truck 1 Truck 71 Rescue 1 Squad 1 West Division Chief Battalion 1	1927-2015	Engine 1 disbanded 1/1/1976 Engine 302 reorganized 6/1983 Engine 305 disbanded 4/19/1982 Truck 1 changed to 71 3/10/1978 Truck 71 moved to 96 Vark Street 6/5/2015 Rescue 1 organized 3/30/1930 Rescue 1 disbanded 6/18/1992 Squad 1 organized as a Haz-Mat. Unit 6/18/1992 Squad 1 disbanded to reorganize Rescue 1 3/6/2000 Rescue 1 moved to 571 Warburton Avenue 6/5/2015 Building Condemned 6/5/2015 Administrative Offices relocated to 470 Nepperhan Avenue in 2012 Demolished 9/28/2018
25 John Street	Truck 71 Rescue 1 Rescue 80 (USAR trailer)	2019-Present
7-9 Vineyard Avenue	Engine 2 Engine 302 Engine 5 Engine 305 Truck 2	1876-1980	Engine 2 changed to 302 3/10/1978 Engine 302 moved to 53 Shonnard Place 9/15/1980 Engine 5 reorganized as 305 10/19/1979 Engine 35 moved to 5-7 New School Street 9/15/1980 Truck 2 moved to 53 Shonnard Place 3/16/1972 Demolished
81 Riverdale Avenue	Engine 3	1897-1971	Demolished
96 Vark Street	Engine 3 Engine 303 Truck 76 Truck 71 Battalion 1	1972-Present	Engine 3 changed to 303 3/10/1978 Truck 76 disbanded 4/19/1982
36 Radford Street	Engine 4 Engine 304 Truck 4 Truck 74	1914-Present	Engine 4 changed to 304 3/10/1978 Truck 4 changed to 74 3/10/1978
53 Shonnard Place	Engine 5 Truck 3	1916-1942	Engine 5 disbanded 2/1/1942 Truck 3 moved to 433 Bronxville Road in 1921 Renamed Station 9
81 Oak Street	Engine 6 Engine 306	1902-Present	Engine 6 changed to 306 3/10/1978 Rebuilt 1962
456 Central Park Avenue	Engine 7 Truck 5	1902-1931	Demolished
441 Central Park Avenue	Engine 7 Engine 307 Truck 5 Rescue 1 Maintenance Facility	1931-Present	Engine 7 changed to 307 3/10/1975 Truck 5 moved to 75 Fortfield Avenue 3/13/1961 Maintenance Facility moved to DPW at 1130 Nepperhan Avenue in 1996
268 Woodworth Avenue	Engine 8	1907-1933	Demolished
607 Warburton Avenue	Engine 8 Engine 308	1933-1980	Engine 8 changed to 308 3/10/1978 Demolished
571 Warburton Avenue	Engine 308 Rescue 1	1980-Present	Rescue 1 moved to 441 Central Park Avenue 7/30/2015
Swain Street (Pondfield Road West)	Engine 9	1909-1916	Demolished
53 Shonnard Place	Engine 9 Engine 302 Engine 309 Truck 2 Truck 9 Truck 72	1942-Present	Formerly Station 5 Engine 9 changed to 309 3/10/1978 Truck 2 changed to 9 3/10/1975 Truck 9 changed to 72 3/10/1978 Engine 302 disbanded 4/19/1982
573 Saw Mill River Road	Engine 10 Engine 310	1909-Present	Engine 10 changed to 310 3/10/1975
433 Bronxville Road	Engine 11 Engine 311 Squad 11 Truck 3 Truck 11 Truck 70 Truck 76 Collapse Unit	1921-Present	Engine 11 changed to 311 3/10/1978 Engine 311 disbanded 4/19/1982 Engine 311 reorganized 1984 Engine 311 disbanded to organize Squad 11 with a Collapse Unit in 2004 Truck 3 changed to 11 3/10/1975 Truck 11 disbanded 1/1/1976 Truck 11 reorganized as 76 10/19/1979 Truck 76 moved to 96 Vark Street 8/18/1980 Truck 70 moved to 2187 Central Park Avenue in 1984
75 Fortfield Avenue	Engine 12 Engine 312 Truck 5 Truck 12 Truck 75 East Division Chief Battalion 2	1930-Present	Engine 12 changed to 312 3/10/1978 Truck 5 changed to 12 3/10/1975 Truck 12 changed to 75 3/10/1978
340 Kimball Avenue	Engine 13 Engine 313 Truck 6 Truck 13 Truck 73	1956-Present	Engine 13 organized 8/13/1956 Engine 13 changed to 313 3/10/1978 Truck 6 organized 3/27/1956 Truck 6 changed to 13 3/10/1975 Truck 13 changed to 73 3/10/1978
2187 Central Park Avenue	Engine 14 Engine 314 Truck 7 Truck 14 Truck 70	1958-Present	Engine 14 changed to 314 3/10/1978 Truck 7 organized 12/21/1967 Truck 7 changed to 14 3/10/1975 Truck 14 changed to 70 3/10/1978 Truck 70 moved to 433 Bronxville Road 4/19/1982
470 Nepperhan Avenue	Headquarters	2012-Present	Remodeled in 2001
460 Nepperhan Avenue	Special Operations	2007-Present
1130 Nepperhan Avenue	Maintenance Facility	1996-Present

Apparatus Roster

• All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
• Shop numbers in brackets.

1st Battalion

West Side

Fire Station 1 - 25 John Street (Getty Square) 

Built 2019 

Squad 21 (066) - 2006 American LaFrance Eagle(1500/500) (Ex-Squad 11) (New company established 11/2024, using a spare rig until a new truck gets delivered in 2025)

Tower Ladder 71 - 2015 Ferrara Inferno HD-75 6x4 (-/-/75' mid-mount platform) (SN#H-5570)

Rescue 1 (county designated Rescue 11) - 2007 American LaFrance Eagle 6x4 walk-around

Rescue 2 (Spare) - 2000 American LaFrance Eagle walk-around (Ex-Rescue 1)

Fire Station 3 - 96 Vark Street (Getty Square)

Built 1972

Engine 303 (4151) - 2015 Ferrara Ultra (1000/500) (SN#H-5425)

Battalion 1 - 2019 Ford Expedition 4x4 / Proliner upfit

Fire Station 4 - 36 Radford Street (Park Hill / Ludlow)

Built 1913

Engine 304 (4152) - 2015 Ferrara Ultra (1000/500) (SN#H-5426) (Ex-Engine 313)

Ladder 74 (4174) - 2017 Ferrara Inferno HD-102 (-/-/102' rear-mount) (SN#H-5958)

Fire Station 6 - 81 Oak Street (Nodine Hill)

Built 1902/1962

Engine 306 (105) - 2010 American LaFrance Eagle (1000/500)

Fire Station 8 - 571 Warburton Avenue (Glenwood / Northwest)

Built 1980

Engine 308 (106) - 2010 American LaFrance Eagle (1000/500)

Marine Unit 11 (Fireboat 1) - Boston Whaler / motor & trailer

Ladder 76 (Spare) (020) - 2002 HME 1871 low-profile / Smeal (-/-/100' rear-mount) (Ex-Ladder 73)

Engine 298 (Historical) - 1991 Mack CF (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 306)

Fire Station 9 - 53 Shonnard Place (Northwest)

Built 1916

Engine 309 (101) - 2010 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal (1500/500)

Ladder 72 (100) - 2010 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal UT100 (-/-/100' rear-mount)

2nd Battalion

East Side

Fire Station 7 - 441 Central Park Avenue (Lincoln Park)

Built 1931

Engine 307 (4171) - 2017 Ferrara Ultra (2000/500) (SN#H-5950)

Fire Station 10 - 573 Saw Mill River Road (Nepperhan)

Built 1909

Engine 310 (4071) - 2018 Ferrara Ultra (1000/500) (SN#H-6318)

Fire Station 11 - 433 Bronxville Road (Centuck / Lawrence Park)

Built 1921

Squad 11 - 2022 Ferrara Inferno MVP (1750/500)

Collapse Rescue Unit - 2008 Mack TerraPro 6x4 / Hackney walk-around

Fire Station 12 - 75 Fortfield Avenue (Bryn Mawr / Dunwoodie)

Built 1930

Engine 312 (4172) - 2017 Ferrara Ultra (2000/500) (SN#H-5951)

Tower Ladder 75 (4175) - 2017 Ferrara Inferno HD-75 (-/-/75' mid-mount platform) (SN#H-5957)

Battalion 2 - 2019 Ford Expedition 4x4 / Proliner upfit

Engine 300 (063) - 2005 American LaFrance Eagle LDH hose wagon (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 303)

Fire Station 13 - 340 Kimball Avenue (Southeast)

Built 1956

Engine 313 (4173) - 2017 Ferrara Ultra (2000/500) (SN#H-5952)

Ladder 73 - 2021 Ferrara Inferno HD-102 (-/-/102' rear-mount)

Foam Unit (984) - 1998 HME 1871 / Smeal (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 304, ex-Spare Engine 317)

Fire Station 14 - 2187 Central Park Avenue (Colonial Heights / Northeast)

Built 1958

Engine 314 (4176) - 2017 Ferrara Ultra (2000/500) (SN#H-5953)

Ladder 70 - 2022 Ferrara Inferno HD-102 (-/-/102' rear-mount)

Engine 316 (065) (Spare) - 2005 American LaFrance Eagle (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 304)

Fire Headquarters - 470 Nepperhan Avenue

Car 1 (Commissioner) - 2017 Ford Police Interceptor Utility / Proliner

Car 2 (Deputy Chief) - 2017 Ford Police Interceptor Utility / Proliner

Car 3 (Deputy Chief) - 2017 Ford Police Interceptor Utility / Proliner

Car 4 (Deputy Chief) - 2019 Ford Expedition 4x4 / Proliner

Special Operations / Storage Facility - 460 Nepperhan Avenue

Car 5 (Safety Battalion) - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4 (Ex-Battalion 2)

Car 6 (Fire Investigation Unit) (085) - 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4

Car 7 (Communications Officer) - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4

Car 45 (EMS Supervisor) - 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 4x4

Mask Service Unit 1 (Air Cascade) (044) - 2004 Freightliner M2 106 / American LaFrance walk-around

Mask Service Unit 2 (Air Bottles) - 2011 Ford F-350 4x4 / TCD (Ex-Battalion 1, ex-Battalion Spare)

Emergency Management Transport Unit - 2013 Thomas / Sartin Services bus

Rescue 80 (USAR Task Force Unit) - 2008 Freightliner M2 112 / 2008 Hackney 40' tractor-drawn walk-around

Field Command Unit - 2008 Freightliner / MBF Industries walk-around

Field Communications Unit - 2008 Ford transport bus

Field Support Unit 1 - 2008 Ford F-350 4x4

Field Support Unit 2 - 2008 Ford F-350 4x4

Field Support Unit 3 - 2008 Ford F-350 4x4

Field Support Unit 6 - 2009 Ford F-350 4x4

Field Support Unit 7 - 1986/2004 Ford tractor

Field Support Unit 8 - 2008 Mack Granite tractor

Field Support Unit 9 - 2009 Mack Granite tractor

Field Support Unit 10 - 2008 Thomas Special Operations transport bus

Field Support Unit 11 - 2008 Ford F-650 flatbed with crane

Haz-Mat. Support Unit 2 - 2008 Ford E bus decon/support

Haz-Mat. Support Unit 3 - 2012 Freightliner / 2012 Hackney 40' tractor-drawn

Water Tender Trailer - 1998 / 2008 Kaiser (-/5000 tractor-drawn)

Fleet Services Unit - 2007 Ford / Knapheide Fleet Services maintenance

Engine 298 (Spare) 1991 Mack CF / Ward 79 / 1992 Interstate (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 306) (Last and final Mack CF built)

Engine 315 (Spare) (073) - 2006 American LaFrance Eagle (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 307)

Engine 317 ((Spare) (04-1) - 2004 American LaFrance Eagle (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 306)

Engine 319 (Spare) (072) - 2006 American LaFrance Eagle (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 312)

Ladder 77 (Spare) (029) - 2002 HME / Smeal (-/-/100' rear-mount) (Ex-Ladder 72)

Ladder 78 (Spare) - 2007 HME / Smeal (-/-/100' rear-mount) (Ex-Ladder 74)

Ladder 79 (Spare) - 2007 HME / Smeal (-/-/100' rear-mount) (Ex-Ladder 73)

Tower Ladder 80 (Spare) (8-11) - 2008 American LaFrance Eagle (-/-/75' LTI mid-mount platform) (Ex-Tower Ladder 71)

Battalion 3 (Spare) - 2009 Ford Explorer (Ex-Prevention)

Battalion 4 (Spare) - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4 (Ex-Battalion 1)

(Spare Squad) (4102) - 2010 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal pumper (1500/500)

Assignment Unknown

2007 HME / Smeal aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount) (Ex-Ladder 70)

(064) - 2005 American LaFrance Eagle (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 318 (Spare), ex-Engine 314)

On Order

• x6 HME 1871W / US Fire Apparatus pumpers (1500/500)
• x4 Ferrara Inferno pumpers
• x2 Ferrara Inferno HD-85 mid-mount platforms
• x1 Ferrara Inferno LD-102 rear-mount aerial
• x1 Ferrara Inferno MVP rescue-pumper
• x1 Ferrara Inferno 6x4 walk-around rescue

Retired Apparatus

2008 Ford Econoline (Ex-Special Ops van)

2006 Ford Expedition SUV 4x4

(071) - 2006 American LaFrance Eagle pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 310)

2002 Ford Expedition 4x4

2002 Ford Expedition (Ex-Field Support Unit 5)

2002 American LaFrance Eagle pumper (1000/500) (Written off in accident 2015)

(02-5) - 2002 American LaFrance Eagle aerial (-/-/75' rear-mount ladder) (Ex-Tower Ladder 80, ex-Tower Ladder 75)

(023) - 2001 American LaFrance Eagle pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 318, ex-Engine 309)

2001 American LaFrance Eagle pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 308)

(4022) - 2001 American LaFrance Eagle pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 318, ex-Engine 308)

1999 American LaFrance Eagle aerial (-/-/75' LTI mid-mount platform) (Ex-Tower Ladder 71)

1998 HME / Smeal pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 312)

1998 HME / Smeal pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 307)

(028) - 1998 HME / Smeal pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 312)

(985) - 1998 HME / Smeal pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 310)

(981) - 1998 Seagrave aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount ladder) (Ex-Ladder 72, ex Ladder 70)

1998 HME / Smeal pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 300, ex-Engine 307)

1997 Seagrave aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount ladder) (Ex-Ladder 72)

1995 Seagrave aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount ladder) (Ex-Ladder 74) (Sold to Mount Vernon Fire Department (New York))

1993 Mack CF pumper (100/500)

1991 Seagrave aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount ladder) (Ex-Ladder 70)

1991 Seagrave aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount ladder) (Ex-Ladder 78)

1990 Mack CF / Ward 79 / 2002 Micro pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 303)

1990 Mack CF / Ward 79 / 1992 Interstate pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Squad 311)

1990 Mack CF / Ward 79 / 1992 Interstate pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 313)

1990 Mack CF / Baker aerial (-/-/75' Aerialscope platform) (Ex-Tower Ladder 71)

1990 Mack CF / Baker aerial (-/-/75' Aerialscope platform) (Ex-Tower Ladder 75)

1990 Mack CF / Ward 79 pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 308)

1989 Seagrave aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount ladder) (Ex-Ladder 76)

1989 Seagrave aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount ladder) (Ex-Ladder 73)

1988 Mack CF / Ward 79 pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 304)

1988 Mack CF / Ward 79 pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 312)

1988 Mack CF / Ward 79 pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 310)

1986/2004 Ford Tractor (Ex-Field Support Unit 7)

1986 Mack CF / Ward 79 pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Squad 1)

1976 Mack CF pumper (1000/500) (SN#CF611F-1839) (Ex-Engine 303)

1967 Kaiser 6x6 (Military Surplus)

External Links

• Yonkers Fire Department
• Yonkers Fire (IAFF Local 628)
• Yonkers Fire Department Facebook page

Station Map

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