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New Braunfels Fire Department
The New Braunfels Fire Department serves the City of New Braunfels, Texas. First organized in 1874, it is the third oldest fire department in the State of Texas. The department provides fire and emergency medical service (EMS) to over 51,000 citizens in New Braunfels and its extraterritorial jurisdiction. Service is provided by 102 certified firefighters operating out of five fire stations.

History
The fire department was organized in 1874. Early firefighters responded out of a single bay shed and used a two-wheeled hand drawn hose cart.

Stations
Fire station #1 is located at 169 S. Hill Ave and was completed in 1985. It houses an ambulance, an engine company, and a truck/heavy rescue company and is first due to downtown New Braunfels.

Fire station #2 is located at xxxx Loop 337 and was built in 1977. It houses an ambulance and engine company and is first due to west New Braunfels. The station will be relocated to Water Lane at the southbound IH 35 service road in the near future.

Fire station #3 is located at xxxx Hanz and was constructed in 1977. It houses an ambulance and engine company and is first due to northwest New Braunfels, including historic Gruene.

Fire station #4 was originally located at xxx Kerlick Lane. It was abandoned in xxxx when station #5 opened. It was demolished in 2009 and the lot turned into a neighborhood park.

Fire station #5 is located at xxxx W. County Line Rd. It was constructed in xxxx when the primary response area was primarily farmland. A renovation in 2007 added individual bedrooms, substantially increasing livability in what is still a very small house.

Fire station #6 is located at 208 Stonegate Drive. It was built in 2008, and serves the fast growing "Hwy 46 South" section of New Braunfels, and was the first new fire station constructed in New Braunfels in over 20 years.