AFR and Locker 505 are asking for help
with socks for some of our youngest community
members in need. Please bring your new or gently used socks to any AFR, Rio Rancho, or Bernalillo County Fire Stations to drop off your donations. Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244 Locker #505 Student's Clothing Bank
Successful extinguishment of a Solid Waste truck. No one was injured, great job Engine 13 and Battalion 2 crews.
Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244
📷 credit: Firefighter Gary Crouse
Today the 99th Cadet Class participated in the annual 9/11 Stair Climb.
This is done by each cadet class to commemorate the 110 stories traversed by the FDNY firefighters on September 11, 2001.
We will never forget.
Multiple AFR units responded to a large working fire this evening at an apartment complex in the NE Heights. Crews worked quickly to stop the fire and prevented further damage to the adjacent unit. One patient was transported for injuries and the apartment suffered major fire damage.
With the July 4th Holiday quickly approaching, AFR would like to remind the community to be safe while celebrating. Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244
The AFR Training Academy hosted a family night for the 98th Cadet Class. The Cadets and their families enjoyed a pot luck style dinner and toured the facility while also getting to meet the staff that has been preparing this class for the last 17 weeks. The night ended with live burn demonstrations. Thank you to the friends and families of the 98th Cadet Class for your support and sacrifices during this academy, we know it’s not easy for you either! See you next week when these Cadets take their oath to be sworn members of Albuquerque Fire Rescue!
Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244
AFR and Mayor Keller give an update on the Bosque Fire.
Engine 1 A Shift extinguishing a vehicle fire in their district. #AFREngine1 #vehiclefire #nightlife #oneabq #abqdowntown #911
Yesterday morning Albuquerque Fire Rescue along with Bernalillo County Fire Department, New Mexico Forestry Division and Oregon Department of Forestry all responded to a Bosque fire south of Bridge near 2nd Street. All agencies involved were able to work together in order to successfully extinguish this large and complex wildfire. A total of 16 units and approximately 70 firefighters were on scene for multiple hours as they worked tirelessly to contain the fire, preventing it from spreading. As we continue to see extreme fire danger along with dry weather conditions, it is imperative that we continue to work as a community to keep our Bosque and open spaces safe. Part of the success of this fire being quickly extinguished is that our community has worked hard to protect our open space and implemented the see something say something.
Thank you to our partners at BCFD, NM Forestry, and Oregon Forestry in your assistance with this large incident. Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244 Bernalillo County Fire Department
Enroll today for the 100th cadet class beginning in the fall. Join our family and start your legacy with the Albuquerque Fire Rescue. Open enrollment through June 18th 2022. Click the link in our bio to begin your application online.
Enrollment for the 100th cadet class is currently open till June 18th 2022. Be a part in this historic class and start your legacy with the Albuquerque Fire Rescue. Click on the link in our bio to begin your application today!
Albuquerque Fire Rescue would like to express our gratitude to APD for extending an invitation to join in the annual APD Chiefs Run. The event was an opportunity to showcase the solidarity between the future of APD and AFR, while also bringing together departmental administrators and city leadership in a unified show of support for the cadets. Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244 Albuquerque Police Department Mayor Tim Keller
AFR crews from stations 16 and 20, along with Sparky the fire dog, had the honor of showing trucks and teaching fire safety to kindergartners at SY Jackson Elementary. This is the fifth year Battalion 3 Chief Ryan Stracener has arranged this event! Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244
The AFR 98th Cadet Class is already in their thirteenth week learning Rapid Intervention Team training including hose and rope mazes to learn escape routes in zero visibility, firefighter rescue and bailouts from a window, and the infamous wire box drill teaching how to progress through entanglements. This week’s training is considered one of the more physically and mentally challenging weeks. The Training Academy cadre, once again, go above and beyond safely delivering life saving training to these cadets!
Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244
AFR members from the ADAPT Division along with Bernalillo County Fire Department Fire Chief Greg Perez and PIO Lt. Robert Arguelles have volunteered several hours of their time to participate in a production for The National Dance Institute of New Mexico. NDI’s In-House Outreach Program selects close to one thousand children from 10 APS elementary schools to join them in elaborate stage productions that are attended by more than two thousand people. NDI also asks uniformed personnel to volunteer and share the stage with these amazing kids. AFR Driver Laura Pavatt has been volunteering with NDI for 10 years now! There will be two performances in Albuquerque May 12 and May 13 at 6 p.m.
Happy Mother’s Day from AFR. To the mother’s of our department who selflessly serve our community while balancing the hardships of parenthood and do it seamlessly with inspirational grace our department is made stronger because of you. To all the mother’s, step-mother’s, bonus mother’s, and anyone who holds space in love making a difference with motherly love we honor you. Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244
Open enrollment has begun for the AFR 100th Cadet Class!
Click the link in our bio for details on how to apply and learn how you can become part of the Albuquerque Fire Rescue family!
Enrollment is open now through June 18th.
Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244
This past weekend Albuquerque Fire Rescue hosted the annual American Lung Association in New Mexico Fight for Air Climb at the AFR Training Academy. Thank you to all that participated in the event and congratulations to AFR Paramedic Lieutenant Tomas Maestas for being selected as the AT&T Firefighter of the year award.Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244
AFR crews responding to a mobile home working fire. Home was a loss but family was already safely evacuated and exposures were protected.#workingfire #station12 #mobilehomefire #quickattack #firefighterslife #salvageandoverhaul
Residential fire involving two rooms and the back porch. Occupants had already evacuated. #firstdue #AFRladder5 #firecam #workingfire #albuquerquefirefighter
AFR recently held a Structural Collapse course providing some of our members with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform rescues at structural collapse scenes. Students are exposed to theory, principle and relationships of how and why collapse events occur and how they can best be addressed for successful and safe search and rescue operations. Topics include: Rescuer Safety, Structural Engineer Systems, Building Construction as Related to Disaster Situations, Rescue Operations Strategy and Tactics, Rescue Operational Procedures, Construct Emergency Shoring (Interior and Exterior), Lifting and Moving Techniques and Breaching and Breaking. The curriculum meets and exceeds NFPA 1006 and 1670 for Structural Collapse Rescue Operations. Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244
Earlier tonight AFR Battalion 2 and 3 firefighters responded to a commercial structure fire in NE Abq. Fire crews utilized master streams from 3 Ladder apparatus as well as ground monitors to extinguish the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation and there were no injuries reported to civilians or firefighters. Albuquerque Area Firefighters IAFF Local 244
📷credit: Ladder Driver Nick Skoog and Firefighter Gary Crouse.