Oakland Fire Department

Oakland Fire Department
Operational area
Country  United States
State  California
City Oakland
Agency overview[1][2]
Established March 13, 1869
Annual calls 62,729 (2011)
Employees ~420
Staffing Career
EMS level ALS
IAFF 55
Facilities and equipment[3]
Battalions 3
Stations 25
Engines 24
Trucks 7
Rescues 1
HAZMAT 2
USAR 1
Airport crash 6
Wildland 8
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]

Oakland Fire Department Rank Structure

1) Firefighter/Paramedic 2) Engineer 3) Lieutenant 4) Captain 5) Battalion Chief 6) Assistant Chief 7) Deputy Chief 8) Fire Chief

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 Company locations according to Battalion.[10]

Fire Station Address Engine Company Truck Company Patrol Wildland Special Unit Battalion Division Battalion
1 1603 MLK Jr. WayEngine 1Truck 1Heavy Rescue 122
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 63064
7 1006 Amito DrEngine 73072
8 463 51st StEngine 8Truck 54
10 172 Santa Clara AveEngine 102
12 822 Alice StEngine 12Marine 1, Utility 932
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 21213
22 Oakland AirportARFF Crash 1, Crash 2, Crash 3, Crash 4, Crash 5, Crash 6
23 7100 Foothill BlvdEngine 233233
24 5900 Shepherd Canyon RdEngine 243244
25 2795 Butters DrEngine 253254
26 2611 98th AveEngine 2626OES 82323
27 8501 Pardee DrEngine 27Foam 23
28 4615 Grass Valley RdEngine 28283
29 1016 66th AveEngine 293
A fire station with an American flag and a police SUV in front
Fire Station 13, 2016

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 2012-08-25. 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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