Albuquerque Fire Rescue
{{Infobox fire department
| name =Albuquerque Fire Rescue
| logo =Albuquerque_Fire_Rescue_Logo.png
| motto =
| country = {{USA}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|New Mexico}}
| subdivision_type2 = City
| subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Albuquerque, New Mexico.svg}} Albuquerque
| established = 1900
| annual calls = 90,208 {{small|(2020)}}
| annual budget = $99 million {{small|(2021)}}
| employees =773 {{small|(2020)}}
| staffing = Career
| chief = Gene Gallegos (interim){{cite web |title=Executive Staff |url=https://www.cabq.gov/fire/our-department/executive-staff |publisher=Albuquerque Fire Rescue |access-date=May 5, 2021}}
| iaff = 244
| divisions =
| battalions = 4
| stations = 22
| engines = 22 frontline, 8 reserve
| trucks =
| ladders = 5 frontline, 2 reserve
| platforms = 2
| squads =
| rescues = 1
| ambulances = 20 frontline, 7 reserve
| hazmat = 2
| FirstResponderBLSorALS = ALS
| usar =
| wildland = 1 Type 1, 1 Type 3, 5 Type 6
| website ={{URL|https://www.cabq.gov/fire/albuquerque-fire-rescue|Official website}}
}}
Albuquerque Fire Rescue (AFR) is the municipal fire department serving Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. It is the largest fire department in New Mexico{{cite news |last1=Contreras |first1=Guillermo |title=Fire Chief Smokin' With Ideas for Department |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78348759/albuquerque-journal/ |access-date=May 26, 2021 |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=January 5, 1998 |via=Newspapers.com}} with 22 fire stations and 729 paid firefighters as of 2020. In 2019, AFR ranked as the 25th-busiest fire department in the United States, fielding 105,526 calls for emergency services,{{cite news |title=AFR among busiest fire departments in America |url=https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/afr-among-busiest-fire-departments-in-america/ |access-date=May 18, 2021 |work=KRQE |date=July 3, 2020}} and the department's Engine 5 was the nation's 12th-busiest fire engine with 5,532 runs.
Image:ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPT (7277300380).jpg
AFR provides both fire and emergency medical services,{{cite web |last1=Gallagher |first1=Mike |title=NM ambulance service, fire dept. at odds over transport authority |url=https://www.ems1.com/fire-ems/articles/nm-ambulance-service-fire-dept-at-odds-over-transport-authority-Mh32ZKYKKeKF0nnJ/ |website=EMS1 |publisher=Albuquerque Journal |language=en}} 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.
The Albuquerque Fire Department was originally established in 1900, replacing an earlier volunteer fire department.{{cite news |title=Municipal Affairs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77080701/albuquerque-citizen/ |access-date=May 17, 2021 |work=Albuquerque Citizen |date=June 7, 1900 |via=Newspapers.com}} It was renamed Albuquerque Fire Rescue in 2018 in order to acknowledge the wider scope of duties handled by the department.{{cite news |last1=Knight |first1=Steve |title=AFD now ABQ Fire Rescue |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77080903/albuquerque-journal/ |access-date=May 17, 2021 |work=Albuquerque Journal |date=May 25, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com}}
AFR has fielded a ambulance that is capable of initiating pre-hospital Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.{{cite web |author1=Lauren Bailey |author2=Kimberly Pruett |author3=Darren Braude |title=ECMO Comes to the Field |url=https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/emsworld/article/1223660/ecmo-comes-field |website=www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com |publisher=EMS World |access-date=19 June 2022}}
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