HFR RESPONSE PROCEDURES

One Engine Company is dispatched to:

automotive vehicle, grass, trash and other miscellaneous alarms

Medical Calls

Child Locked in Vehicle

Carbon Monoxide Detector

A ladder truck will also respond to a vehicle fire in a parking garage.

Two Engine Companies are dispatched to:

Motor Vehicle accidents with Entrapment


Structural fires involving single family or two family dwellings, garages, and sheds:

First Alarm will require 2 Engine Companies, 1 Ladder Company and 1 District Chief.

Second Alarm will require an additional 2 Engine Companies and 1 District Chief.


All business and multi-family dwellings:

First Alarm will require 2 Engine Companies, 1 Ladder Company and 1 District Chief.

Second Alarm will require an additional 2 Engine Companies and 1 District Chief.

Third Alarm will require an additional 2 Engine Companies.

High life hazards such as schools, hotels, churches and shopping malls:

First Alarm will require 4 Engine Companies, 1 Ladder Company and 1 District Chief.

Second Alarm will require an additional 3 Engine Companies and 1 District Chief and possibly one more Ladder Company.

Third Alarm will require an additional 2 Engine Companies.


High Rise Buildings with over 3 stories such as hospitals, retirement homes and hotels:

First Alarm will require 4 Engine Companies, 2 Ladder Company and 1 District Chief.

Second Alarm will require an additional 3 Engine Companies and 1 District Chief, 1 Assistant Chief and 1 Ladder Company.

A Third Alarm will require an additional 2 Engine Companies.


HFR also responds along with Huntsville/Madison County Airport Authority to aircraft emergencies:

Alert 1 and 2 are a standby by Engine 11 in the Station.

Alert 3 is a response to the airport by Engine 11, 12 and Ladder 12.


Hazardous Materials Response inside the city limits would include:

Hazmat 15, Engine 15, Engines 5A and 5B, and Hazmat 5.

Outside the city limits, the response would be reduced to include a minimum of 6 Decon team personnel.