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]
Established1850
Annual calls105,508 (2020)
Employees711 (2019)
Annual budget$122,652,782 (2019)
StaffingCareer
Fire chiefLeyne Milstein (interim)
EMS levelALS
IAFF522
Facilities and equipment[1][2]
Battalions4
Stations24
Engines24
Trucks9
Rescues1
Ambulances17
Tenders2
HAZMAT2
Wildland3 - Type 3
4 - Type 6
Fireboats4
Website
Official website
IAFF 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. In Addition, there is also a Reserve Station.[1] Each station has a fire engine as well as other specialty rigs. All specialty 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 StEngine 1Medic 11
2 1229 I StEngine 2Medic 2Truck 2Boat 2, water bike 1 & 2, Battalion 11
3 (contracted) 7208 W. Elkhorn BlEngine 3Engine 603water tender 33
4 3145 Granada WyEngine 4Medic 41
5 731 BroadwayEngine 5Truck 5Boat 51
6 3301 Martin Luther King Jr. BlEngine 6Medic 6Truck 62
7 6500 Wyndham DrEngine 7Medic 7Truck 7HazMat 74
8 5990 H StEngine 8Medic 8Boat 81
10 5642 66th StEngine 10Medic 10Truck 102
11 785 Florin RdEngine 11Boat 11, Battalion 44
12 4500 24th StEngine 12Medic 12EMS 222
13 1100 43rd AvEngine 13Medic 13AIR 134
14 1341 North C StEngine 14Engine 6141
15 1640 W El Camino AveEngine 15Medic 15Engine 6151
16 7363 24th StEngine 16Truck 16Engine 3164
17 1311 Bell AvEngine 17Medic 17Truck 173
18 (contracted) 746 North Market BlEngine 18Engine 3183
19 1700 Challenge WyEngine 19Medic 19Engine 619Type 1 OES3
20 2512 Rio Linda BlEngine 20Medic 20Rescue 20, Rescue 220, Battalion 33
30 1901 Club Center DrEngine 30Medic 30Truck 30HazMat 303
43 4201 El Centro RdEngine 43Medic 43Truck 43 Engine 343, Water Tender 433
56 (contracted) 3720 47th AvEngine 56
Medic 56 Medic 256Engine 656Battalion 2
Type 3 OES		 2
57 (contracted) 7927 East ParkwayEngine 57Medic 574
60 3301 Julliard DrEngine 60Engine 6602
99 (Reserve) 300 Arden WaySquad 299Rehab 99, Air 993

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.

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