Albany / Georgia / United States
The Albany Fire Department provides fire suppression, rescue, disaster preparedness, fire prevention and community education services. The department has five divisions that include administration, operations, fire prevention, fire training and emergency management. It responds to fires, medical emergencies, hazardous material incidents, rescue, and aircraft and rescue firefighting. The department conducts routine fire prevention inspections of all the industries, businesses, schools, parks, rooming houses and community-based residential facilities. It is operated by the city of Albany that also operates other departments, such as police, transit service, attorney, finance, engineering, public works and information technology. The Albany Fire Department, founded in 1836, is located in Albany, Ga.
