Prior to 1997 the Cincinnati Fire Department ladder companies were numbered 1 through 16. In 1997 the department changed the ladder company numbers to reflect the station where the apparatus was quartered.
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Cincinnati Fire Department - Ladder Company Revision
Original Unit
Ladder 1
Ladder 2
Ladder 3
Ladder 4
Ladder 5
Ladder 6
Ladder 7
Ladder 8
Ladder 9
Ladder 10
Ladder 11
Ladder 12
Ladder 13
Ladder 14
Ladder 15
Ladder 16
Current Unit
Ladder 3
Ladder 29
Ladder 18
Ladder 19
Ladder 20
Ladder 17
Ladder 14*
Disbanded
Ladder 23
Ladder 24
Disbanded
Ladder 32
Ladder 21 / 35**
Ladder 2
Disbanded
Ladder 31
* Ladder 14 was reorganized as Squad (now Rescue) 9 in 2006.
** Ladder 21 was relocated to Station 35 in October of 2016
Ladder 3 and Ladder 29 are shown here operating at a structure fire in Over The Rhine.
