Sacramento Fire Department

The Sacramento Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Sacramento, California.[3] The Department was first organized on February 5, 1850. It was not until March 30, 1872 when it finally became the first paid fire department west of the Mississippi River. Additionally, the City also provides contracted services for the Pacific Fruitridge Fire Protection District and Natomas Fire Protection District to provide emergency services.[4] This contracted area expands the departments response area to 146 square miles (380 km²) as they provide services to approximately 516,000 residents.[4]

Sacramento Fire Department

Operational area
Country	United States
State	California
City	Sacramento
Agency overview[1]
Established	1850
Annual calls	96000 (2019)
Employees	711 (2019)
Annual budget	$122,652,782 (2019)
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Gary Loesch
EMS level	ALS
IAFF	522
Facilities and equipment[1][2]
Battalions	4
Stations	24
Engines	24
Trucks	9
Rescues	1
Ambulances	17
Tenders	1
HAZMAT	2
Wildland	3 - Type 3 4 - Type 6
Fireboats	4
Website
Official website
AFF website

Stations & Apparatus

The city itself has 20 fire stations spread across the city. It also operates out of 4 additional stations which are contracted out to the city of Sacramento.[1] Each station has a fire engine as well as other specialty rigs. All speciality rigs, such as the wildland fire engines and the hazardous material truck are cross-staffed by engine and truck personnel.[2] There are also four boats spread across the stations for rescues in the two rivers that both run through, and border Sacramento, the American River and the Sacramento River, respectively.[5]

Fire Station Number	Address	Engine Company or Squad Company	EMS Medic Unit	Truck Company	Wildland Unit	Other units	Battalion
1	624 Q St	Engine 1	Medic 1				1
2	1229 I St	Engine 2	Medic 2	Truck 2		Boat 2, water bike 1 & 2, Battalion 1	1
3	7208 W. Elkhorn Bl	Engine 3			Engine 603		3
4	3145 Granada Wy	Engine 4	Medic 4				1
5	731 Broadway	Engine 5		Truck 5		Boat 5	1
6	3301 Martin Luther King Jr. Bl	Engine 6	Medic 6	Truck 6			2
7	6500 Wyndham Dr	Engine 7	Medic 7	Truck 7		HazMat 7	4
8	5990 H St	Engine 8	Medic 8			Boat 8	1
10	5642 66th St	Engine 10	Medic 10	Truck 10			2
11	785 Florin Rd	Engine 11				Boat 11, Battalion 4	4
12	4500 24th St	Engine 12	Medic 12			EMS 22	2
13	1100 43rd Av	Engine 13	Medic 13			AIR 13	4
14	1341 North C St	Engine 14			Engine 614		1
15	1640 W El Camino Ave	Engine 15	Medic 15		Engine 615		1
16	7363 24th St	Engine 16		Truck 16	Engine 316		4
17	1311 Bell Av	Engine 17	Medic 17	Truck 17			3
18	746 North Market Bl	Engine 18			Engine 318		3
19	1700 Challenge Wy	Engine 19	Medic 19		Engine 619	Type 1 OES	3
20	2512 Rio Linda Bl	Engine 20	Medic 20			Rescue 20, Rescue 220, Battalion 3	3
30	1901 Club Center Dr	Engine 30	Medic 30	Truck 30		HazMat 30	3
43	4201 El Centro Rd	Engine 43	Medic 43	Truck 43	Engine 343, Water Tender 43		3
56	3720 47th Av	Engine 56	Medic 56		Engine 656	Battalion 2 Type 3 OES	2
57	7927 East Parkway	Engine 57	Medic 57				4
60	3301 Julliard Dr	Engine 60			Engine 660		2
99	5801 Florin Perkins Rd	Squad 299				Rehab 99, Air 99	2

USAR Task Force 7

The Sacramento Fire Department is the sponsoring agency for California USAR Task Force 7 (CA TF-7), one of the eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state.[6] These USAR Task Forces, which were originally designed to respond to structural collapse caused by earthquakes, have evolved to be used at disasters and catastrophes, both man-made and natural.[7] Along with members of the SFD, the task force also has members from the Folsom Fire Department, Roseville Fire Department, West Sacramento Fire Department, El Dorado County Fire Protection District and Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.[7]

Some of the teams most notable deployments include the Northridge earthquake (1994), Oklahoma City bombing (1995), World Trade Center (2001) Hurricane Katrina (2005) Hurricane Harvey (2017) and Hurricane Maria (2017)[7]

References

1. "Sacramento Fire Department 2013 Annual Report" (PDF). Sacramento Fire Department. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
2. "Battalions Chart" (PDF). Sacramento Fire Department. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
3. "About". Sacramento Fire Department. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
4. "Department Overview". Sacramento Fire Department. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
5. "Stations". Sacramento Fire Department. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
6. "Task Force Locations". FEMA. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
7. "USAR Operations". Sacramento Fire Department. Retrieved 20 February 2015.