Station 1
420 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Youngstown, Ohio 44501
Brief Station History: Station 1 is the main city fire station. It is located in the heart of Downtown Youngstown. Station 1 is home to the Fire Chief's office, Training, Shop, and Fire Prevention and Inspection. Opened on March 1, 1956, this station marked the return of a downtown fire station. The city's center had been covered by outlying stations since the early 1930's, when the original downtown station closed. Station 1 was designed by architect Arsene Rousseau and modeled after a station in Toledo, Ohio.
Apparatus: Ladder 22, Squad 33, Battalion 1, Boat 1, Parade 1, Spare 4, Spare 5, Spare 8, Shop 1.
Station 2
125 W. Indianola Ave
Youngstown, Ohio 44507
Brief Station History: Station 2 is home to Engine 2, Ladder 24, the south side Battalion Chief, Battalion 2, and the High Angle Rope Rescue Truck. This station opened on January 29, 1992. It was designed by Architect Raymond Jaminet at a cost of $1million. It replaced stations 8 and 13, both on the city's south side.
Apparatus: Engine 2, Ladder 24, Battalion 2.
Station 3
579 N. Belle Vista Ave.
Youngstown, Ohio 44509
Brief Station History: Station 3 is the city's newest fire house. It was officially opened on May 26th of 1992 but was operating for a week prior. Station 3 currently houses only Engine 3 but there is a second bay in case expansion is necessary. Engine 3 is first due at the Salt Springs Industrial Park. Built at a cost of $450,000, this station is a consolidation of stations 5 on the north side of town and 10 on the west side.
Apparatus: Engine 3.
Station 6
1817 Shehy St.
Youngstown, Ohio 44506
Brief Station History: Station 6 was opened for service on November 28, 1960 and replaced an original 1890's station. Built at a cost of $93,000, station 6 was designed by the architectural firm of Boucherle, Hanahan and Strotto and built by the J.W. Finch Construction Co. This station houses Engine 6 and is the second due engine company on Downtown alarms. On May 10, 2001 a door mural designed and created by Choffin Career Center Graphic design students was completed and dedicated.
Apparatus: Engine 6.
Station 7
141 Madison Ave.
Youngstown, Ohio 44505
Brief Station History: This city firehouse was opened on January 23, 1904 and is the oldest still operational firehouse in the city. The station originally consisted of three floors but sometime in the 40's or 50's, the third floor was removed. In the past, it had been home to Engine 7, Ladder 21, and a Battalion Chief. Today, it houses Engine 7 which frequently flip flops with Engine 2 as the city's busiest company. This station is first due at Youngstown State University and to downtown responses.
Apparatus: Engine 7.
Station 9
1900 E. Midlothian Blvd.
Youngstown, Ohio 44509
Brief Station History: Up until the completion of YFD station number 9, the station nine designation had been reserved for the downtown fire house. In old YFD publications, you will see station 1 and station 9 as a combined house at the corners of Boardman and Hazel Streets. Plans were in the works to open a second downtown fire house and designate it as station 9. Some of the Youngstown Vindicator and Youngstown Telegram articles in the early part of the 1920's occasionally referred to this station as station 12 which would have been the next number station to be built. Instead the fire department gave it the reserved Station 9 designation. Construction on the fire house was completed in July of 1922 along with the completion of the moving of Station 3 on the Northside. The department would only have the manpower and budget for one station to open and Station 3 won out. Between the time of the completion of the number nine firehouse, it was home to the Brownlee Woods Branch of the Youngstown and Mahoning County Public Library System. Once their building was completed, the library moved out and the city was now in position to open the much awaited firehouse. Finally in October of 1923, the Vindicator announced the opening of the Pine Hollow Fire Station equipped with "a combination ladder and hose truck and a crew of eight men working two shifts." So excited were the residents of the area, neighbors planned a house warming for the new firemen. The station is sometimes mentioned as the Brownlee Woods fire house or the Pine Hollow Fire Station. Pine Hollow was the name for a park that sat where I-680 now runs. Plans are in the works to build a new station to replace Station 9 off of Shady Run Road near Midlothian in 2008.
Apparatus: Engine 9.
Station 12
2251 McGuffey Rd.
Youngstown, Ohio 44505
Brief Station History: Station 12 was hailed as the most modern firehouse in the city when it was completed and opened on January 13, 1931. The Youngstown Vindicator declared the station as "one of the most complete and up to date fire stations in the state." Located in the Scienceville area of Youngstown, the station was constructed at a cost of $30,000. The station was assigned a with the triple combination apparatus that was located at station 10. Opening day celebrations included a band, lunch, and several "prominent speakers."
Apparatus: Engine 12.
Station 14
3025 South Ave.
Youngstown, Ohio 44505
Brief Station History: Youngstown Fire Station Number 14 is the only city firehouse still used by the fire department that does not have an active fire suppression unit. Station 14 was opened on January 1, 1952 and closed at 8:00 a.m. on September 8, 1980. The building was then used as a crime watch center for a short time before becoming home to the Fire Department's Metro Arson Investigation Unit, or Unit 14 for short, in 1990.
Apparatus: Unit 14
Station 15
2739 McCollum Rd.
Youngstown, Ohio 44509
Brief Station History: Station 15 is home to Engine 15. The station was officially dedicated on February 15, 1955 but was open on February 1, 1955. This station features a set of 3 stained glass windows in the cupola made by firefighter Art DeCarlo and were dedicated on June 12, 1986.
Apparatus: Engine 15.
