[2] In 2019, AFR ranked as the 25th-busiest fire department in the United States, fielding 105,526 calls for emergency services,[5] and the department's Engine 5 was the nation's 12th-busiest fire engine with 5,532 runs.

AFR provides both fire and emergency medical services,[6] including two hazardous materials squads and one heavy technical rescue squad with vehicle extrication, confined space, rope, structural collapse, trench collapse, swift water, and elevator rescue capabilities.

[7] It was renamed Albuquerque Fire Rescue in 2018 in order to acknowledge the wider scope of duties handled by the department.

[8] AFR has fielded a ambulance that is capable of initiating pre-hospital Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

[9] Media related to Albuquerque Fire Department at Wikimedia Commons