Oakland Fire Department
Operational area
Country United States
State California
City Oakland
Agency overview[1][2]
EstablishedMarch 13, 1869
Annual calls62,729 (2011)
Employees~420
StaffingCareer
EMS levelALS
IAFF55
Facilities and equipment[3]
Battalions3
Stations25
Engines24
Trucks7
Rescues1
HAZMAT2
USAR1
Airport crash6
Wildland8
Website
Official website
IAFF website

The Oakland Fire Department (OFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Oakland, California. The department is responsible for 78 square miles (200 km2) with a population of 406,253.[4]

History

The Oakland Fire Department was initially started in the 1860s as a volunteer fire department and was officially formed on March 13, 1869, when its first fire station was built.[5] In 1908 the department bought their first motorized fire engine and in the 1920s, the department became one of the first in the nation to hire African American firefighters.[6]

In 1991, the OFD was faced with a major conflagration that killed 25 people and injured 150 others. The Oakland firestorm of 1991 burned 1,520 acres (6.2 km2) in the Berkeley and Oakland Hills, destroying 3,354 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium units.[7] The economic loss was estimated at $1.5 billion.

USAR Task Force 4

The Oakland Fire Department is the sponsoring agency of Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4 (CA-TF4), one of eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state of California and 28 nationally.[8] The task forces, which is made up of personnel from 15 different agencies in the Bay Area, provides resources to locate, extricate, and provide immediate medical treatment to victims trapped in collapsed structures as well as other life saving operations.[9]

Stations and apparatus

Below is a complete listing of all OFD Fire Station and Fire Company locations according to Division and Battalion.[10]

Fire Station Address Engine Company Truck Company Patrol Unit Wildland Unit Special Unit Division Battalion
1 1603 MLK Jr. WayEngine 1Truck 1Rescue 122
2 47 Clay StEngine 2Marine 1, Marine 2, Marine 3, Utility 932
3 1445 14th StEngine 3Truck 3Fire Investigator 1, HazMat 1, HazMat 2, Foam 12
4 1235 International BlvdEngine 4Truck 24
5 934 34th StEngine 52
6 7080 Colton BlvdEngine 6Wildland Unit 3064
7 1006 Amito DrEngine 7Wildland Unit 3072
8 463 51st StEngine 8Truck 54
10 172 Santa Clara AveEngine 102
12 822 Alice StEngine 12
13 1225 Derby AveEngine 134
15 455 27th StEngine 15Truck 42
16 3600 13th AveEngine 164
17 3344 High StEngine 1744
18 1700 50th AveEngine 18Truck 63
19 5766 Miles AveEngine 19Air 14
20 1401 98th AveEngine 20Truck 733
21 13150 Skyline BlvdEngine 21Patrol Unit 213
22 Oakland AirportARFF Crash 1, ARFF Crash 2, ARFF Crash 3, ARFF Crash 5, ARFF Crash 6, ARFF Crash 17, ARFF Crash 18
23 7100 Foothill BlvdEngine 23Wildland Unit 3233
24 5900 Shepherd Canyon RdEngine 24Wildland Unit 3244
25 2795 Butters DrEngine 25Wildland Unit 3254
26 2611 98th AveEngine 26Patrol Unit 26OES 82323
27 8501 Pardee DrEngine 27Foam 23
28 4615 Grass Valley RdEngine 28Patrol Unit 283
29 1016 66th AveEngine 293

Rank structure

A fire station with an American flag and a police SUV in front
Fire Station 13, 2016
  1. Firefighter/Paramedic
  2. Engineer
  3. Lieutenant
  4. Captain
  5. Battalion Chief
  6. Assistant Chief
  7. Deputy Chief
  8. Fire Chief

References

  1. ↑ "Fire Chief". Oakland Fire Department. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Emergency Operarations". Oakland Fire Department. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "About the Fire Department". Oakland Fire Departments. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Oakland (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau". Quickfacts.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-08-07. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
  5. ↑ "The Oakland Fire Department". PBS.org. PBS. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Brief History of the Oakland Fire Department". Oakland Fire Department. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Parker, Donald. "The Oakland-Berkeley Hills Fire: An Overview". San Francisco Museum. Oakland Office of Fire Services. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
  9. ↑ "USAR". City of Oakland. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Oakland Fire". California Firefighters. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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