Lexington Fire Department

The Lexington Fire Department is organized into 5 battalions, or "districts", each commanded by a District Major. Each shift has a Shift Commander, who is in charge of all 5 District Majors and the units underneath them. Above the shift commander, there are various commands staff personnel, including Fire Chief Jason Wells. Most of the department's offices are at its headquarters station, Firehouse 1.

Note that vehicles with a * are cross-staffed by the companies/personnel at its station.

The Lexington Fire Department provides fire & EMS services, in addition to hazardous materials, technical rescue, aircraft firefighting, dive rescue, and fire prevention services. All of Lexington Fire Department's Engine Companies are paramedic engines.

Lexington Fire Department operates 12 full-time ALS ambulances, in addition to 3 cross-staffed ALS ambulances, that are cross-staffed when the call volume surges.

Lexington Fire Department's automotive-extrication services are provided by the department's Ladder Companies, and Rescue 1.

Many of LFD's companies are special operations companies, and are trained in some type of special operations. These companies are strategically located throughout Fayette county. The two special operations teams are the Hazmat Operations Team, and the Technical Rescue Operations Team

Lexington Fire Department's Hazmat Operations Team is composed of multiple companies around the city. These companies will be dispatched to hazmat incidents around the city that require more/additional/other equipment not kept on other companies. The companies that make up the team are:

• Engine 2[3]
• Engine 6[4]
• Engine 10[5]
• Engine 20 (cross-staffs Hazmat 1)[6]
• Ladder 3
• Tower 4 (cross-staffs Hazmat 1)[7]
• Ladder 5[8]
• Hazmat 1[9]
• Hazmat trailers (prolonged operations equipment in multiple specialized trailers[9]
• Car 220 (Hazmat Operations Team Commander/RIT Officer)[9]

Lexington Fire Department's Technical Rescue Operations Team is composed of multiple companies around the city. These companies will be dispatched to technical rescue incidents around the city Companies that make up the team that require more/additional/other equipment not kept on other companies. The Technical Rescue Operations Team will often respond to assist departments in neighboring counties with complex technical rescue situations, such as large animal (i.e. horses) rescue incidents. The companies that make up the team are:

• Engine 8[10]
• Engine 9 (dive rescue operations company)[11]

• Engine 12[12]
• Engine 13[13]
• Rescue 1[14]
• Rescue 2 (reserve rescue/collapse unit)
• Collapse Truck 1 (collapse unit)
• Confined space rescue equipment trailer[14]
• Trench rescue equipment trailer[14]
• Car 230 (Technical Rescue Operations Team Commander)

These engine companies and Rescue 1 also provide RIT operations.

Lexington Fire Department also maintains several support apparatus for various incident types where they might be needed. Engine 23 is an Aircraft Rescue Firefighting-equipped engine company. This is to protect aircraft operations of an aviation industry located at the site of the former Bluegrass Station Army Depot, where Station 23 is located.[15]

• Engine 23 (ARFF-Equipped Company[15])
• Brush Truck 1
• Brush Truck 2
• Mobile Air 1
• Mobile Command Center
• Mass Casualty Ambulance Bus