AFR Announces Top 10 Photos of 2025 Contest

ALBUQUERQUE – Albuquerque Fire Rescue (AFR) is inviting the public to help select the department’s Top 10 Photos of 2025. The finalists have been narrowed down to 12 images captured by AFR personnel. The vote for the Top 10 will be open to the public and participants can vote online through December 21st.

This 3rd annual contest highlights the medium of photography and showcases the work AFR crews perform each day across the city. The contest is not intended to celebrate tragedy or minimize the emergencies residents experience, but rather to acknowledge the professionalism, skill, and dedication of AFR’s first responders. Votes will be tallied and the Top Ten Photos will be counted down starting December 22nd.

Voting Form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgbR_Ne5VDkmPo_EsipcipKo4V6TkdZdX4EUJ6k18BaXBaQA/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Voting closes: December 21, 2025

Past top photos include the Atkore Fire (2023) and the F-35 crash response (2024) — both widely covered by national media.

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Albuquerque Fire Rescue continues to be one of the busiest and most active departments in the nation. Established in June of 1900, it now has 23 fire stations, 760 full-time firefighters and 39 civilian personnel. In addition to fire suppression, AFR provides emergency medical services, emergency dispatch services, fire prevention, arson investigation, special operations response, community paramedicine, and public education.