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Columbus Division of Fire
Operational area
CountryUnited States
StateOhio
CityColumbus
Address3639 Parsons Avenue
Agency overview
Established1822
EmployeesOver 1,700 firefighters and nearly 100 civilian employees[1]
Annual budget$336.2 million, Fire general fund proposed budget, 2025[1]
Fire chiefDave Baugh (interim)[2]
Facilities and equipment
Battalions7
Stations36[3]
Website
www.columbus.gov/Services/Public-Safety/Fire
Map
Interactive map of active CFD fire stations

The Columbus Division of Fire (CFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to Columbus, Ohio.[4]

The department operates 36 stations; the newest, Station 36, opened in June 2026.[3] The stations are divided into seven battalions.[5] The Columbus Division of Fire reported 35 engine companies, 16 ladder companies, 5 rescue companies, and 40 EMS transport vehicles, as well as several special units and reserve apparatus, in 2018. It was staffed by a minimum of 292 personnel during daytime hours (first 12 hours) and 331 during nighttime hours (second 12 hours).[6] The department also reported 39 medic companies in 2018.[5] The city's 2025 budget stated that the division had more than 1,700 firefighters and nearly 100 civilian employees.[1]

The department is accredited by the Committee on Fire Accreditation International, which granted accreditation on February 7, 2007. At the time, it was the second-largest fire department in the United States to receive the accreditation.[7]

The Division of Fire was created in 1822; at that time it was officially named the Columbus Fire Department.[8]

Stations

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Union Station Engine House (Stations 1 and 9)

In use

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The city lists fire stations by station number, name, and address.[9]

Station Name Address
1 and 9 Union Station Engine House 300 N. Fourth Street
2 John W. Nance Fire Station 150 E. Fulton Street
3 Mitchell J. Brown Fire Station 222 Greenlawn Avenue
4 Berwick Fire Station 3030 Winchester Pike
5 Olde Orchard Fire Station 211 McNaughten Road
6 Sharon Woods Fire Station 5750 Maple Canyon Drive
7 Buckeye Fire Station 1425 Indianola Avenue
8 Battalion Chief Herman Harrison Fire Station 1240 E. Long Street
10 Franklinton Engine House 1096 W. Broad Street
11 Don Scott Fire Station 2200 W. Case Road
12 Lieutenant Frank D. Grashel Fire Station 3200 Sullivant Avenue
13 Olde North Columbus Fire Station 309 Arcadia Avenue
14 North Graceland Engine House 1716 Parsons Avenue
15 Driving Park Fire Station 1800 E. Livingston Avenue
16 Mock Orchard Fire Station 1465 Oakland Park Avenue
17 Hilltop Engine House 2300 W. Broad Street
18 Herbert F. Turner South Linden Fire Station 1630 Cleveland Avenue
19 Lieutenant Jerry Kuhn Northmoor Engine House 3601 N. High Street
20 Captain Pleasant Higgenbotham Fire Station 2646 E. Fifth Avenue
21 Eastmoor Fire Station 3294 E. Main Street
22 Lieutenant Jack Russ Southgate Fire Station 3069 Parsons Avenue
23 Big Walnut Fire Station 4451 E. Livingston Avenue
24 Northland Area Fire Station 1585 Morse Road
25 Henry "Hank" Gowdy Fire Station 739 W. 3rd Avenue
26 Hoffman Farms Fire Station 5433 Fisher Road
27 Great Northwest Fire Station 7560 Smokey Row Road
28 Steltzer Ridge Fire Station 3240 McCutcheon Road
29 Little Turtle Fire Station 5151 Little Turtle Way
30 Wyandotte Fire Station 3555 Fishinger Boulevard
31 Bolton Field Fire Station 5303 Alkire Road
32 Refugee Tract Fire Station 3675 Gender Road
33 County Line Fire Station 440 Lazelle Road
34 Station 34 5201 Wilcox Road
35 Blacklick Express Fire Station 711 N. Waggoner Road
36 Station 36 5785 Central College Road[3]

Out of use

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Columbus has numerous historic fire station buildings that are still extant, repurposed for other uses. Stations built in the 1880s to 1890s include:[10]

Other former stations include:[11]

  • Engine House No. 14 (at 1716 Parsons Ave.)
  • Engine House No. 16, built in 1908 (today the Central Ohio Fire Museum)
  • Engine House No. 17 (at 2300 W. Broad St.)
  • Engine House No. 18, built in 1926 (at 1551 Cleveland Ave.)

See also

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Further reading

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  • Throckmorton Jr., Robert, ed. (1976). Columbus, Ohio Division of Fire: 1822-1976. Columbus, Ohio Division of Fire Historical Committee, Walsworth Publishing Company. OCLC 2809386.
  • Columbus Division of Fire 200th Anniversary Yearbook. Acclaim Press. 2022. ISBN 978-1-948901-96-3. LCCN 2022943390.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 2025 Operating Budget: Public Safety (PDF) (Report). City of Columbus, Ohio. 2025. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Cody (March 12, 2026). "Assistant Chief Dave Baugh to serve as Columbus interim fire chief". Spectrum News 1. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Columbus opens new Fire Station 36 to serve rapidly growing northeast side". WBNS-TV. June 16, 2026. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Division of Fire". City of Columbus, Ohio. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Columbus Division of Fire Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Columbus Division of Fire. 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Emergency Services Bureau". www.columbus.gov.
  7. ↑ "Accreditation Page". City of Columbus, Ohio. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  8. ↑ Lee, Alfred Emory (1892). History of the City of Columbus, Capital of Ohio. Munsell & Company.
  9. ↑ "Find a Fire Station". City of Columbus, Ohio. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  10. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Engine House No. 6" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 17, 2020.[dead link]
  11. ↑ "CITY COUNCIL RESCINDS DEAL OVER LANE AVENUE PROJECT - Funds for billboard, land OK'd before negotiations finished". Columbus Dispatch, The (OH). April 26, 2005. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
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