San Jose Fire Department

San Jose Fire Department (SJFD)
Operational area
Country  United States
State  California
County Santa Clara
City San Jose
Agency overview
Annual calls 90,000
Fire chief Robert Sapien, Jr.
EMS level ALS
IAFF 230
Facilities and equipment
Battalions 5
Stations 33
Engines 32
Trucks 9
Squads 3
Rescues 2
Tenders 3
HAZMAT 2
USAR 1
Airport crash 3
Wildland 7 - type 6
Website
Official website
IAFF website

The San Jose Fire Department (SJFD) provides fire protection, rescue and emergency medical services to the city of San José, California, United States. The San Jose Fire Department protects the third largest city in California (after Los Angeles and San Diego) and the tenth largest city in the nation.[1]

Coverage

The San Jose Fire Department's jurisdiction covers San José’s incorporated city limits and unincorporated areas of the County of Santa Clara totaling approximately 200 square miles and one million residents.[2] SJFD is the emergency service provider for a number of high-hazard occupancies, including an International Airport; a municipal airport; 7 major hospitals (including 3 trauma centers, and 7 emergency departments); the SAP Center, home of the NHL San Jose Sharks, (maximum occupancy 20,000); San José State University (the oldest public institution of higher education on the West Coast), student population of 31,906; three regional super malls; and over 108 high-rise structures.[3]

Call Volume

The San Jose Fire Department responded to 90,000 incidents in Fiscal Year 2016-2017 and is expected to respond to 93,000 in FY2017-2018.[4] Less than 62% of these incidents were medical emergencies. The remaining 38% included 2,300 fires and 7,000 rescue, HazMat, USAR and other non-fire emergencies.[5]

Organization

The San Jose Fire Department is organized into four bureaus of operations: the Bureau of Administrative Services (BAS), the Bureau of Field Operations (BFO), the Bureau of Support (BOS), and the Bureau of Fire PreventIon (BFP). Fire Communications is under BFO and is staffed by non-sworn Fire Department dispatchers. These highly-skilled dispatchers meet or exceed the criteria required for the SJFD Communications Center to be nationally accredited. [6]

Services

The San Jose Fire Department is an “all risk” department meaning that it has the trained personnel and equipment to mitigate a variety of emergencies, and provides a wide array of services throughout the city. These include:[7]

• Fire Suppression: Firefighters and fire apparatus extinguish fires of all types, including structure fires, vehicle fires, and vegetation fires.

• Advanced Life Support (ALS): All San Jose Fire Engines and Trucks have firefighters trained to provide specialized medical care. All firefighters are Emergency Medical Technicians. Some are EMT-Paramedics, meaning they have the special training and skills to treat patients with drugs, to intubate patients who are not breathing, to gain intravenous access, to provide electrical therapy (defibrillation)to patients in cardiac arrest and much more. This level of care is known as Advanced Life Support.

• Urban Search and Rescue (USAR): Rescue teams are prepared to handle Confined Space, Low-Angle, High-Angle, Trench, Swift-water, Open water, Flood, Collapse and a variety of other technical rescues. Several department USAR members also serve on the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 3. The San Jose Fire Department USAR team has been certified as a Type I resource, the highest level of USAR capability.

• Hazardous Materials (HazMat): A Hazardous Incident Team is trained to the HazMat Specialist level to identify hazardous materials using technical test procedures and contain, neutralize or otherwise mitigate dangerous gases, liquids or solids. The San Jose Fire Department HazMat team has been certified as a Type I resource, the highest level of HazMat capability.

• Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting: The department provides airplane crash fire suppression and rescue services by a specially equipped and trained crew based at the Norman Mineta San José International Airport.

• Fire Prevention: Firefighters and Fire Prevention Inspectors help ensure schools, businesses, and multi-occupancy dwellings follow fire safety codes and are safe for residents. While on emergency incidents such as medical calls, firefighters routinely check for smoke detectors and offer detectors or replace batteries.

The Arson Unit is responsible for investigating the origin and cause of fires. The unit is staffed by Investigators who are cross-trained as law enforcement officers with powers of arrest. Personnel in the unit are designated peace officers under California Penal Code Section 830.37(a).

• Public Education: Firefighters meet with the public to do home safety inspections, teach families about “Exit Drills in the Home,” teach fire safety techniques such as “Stop, Drop and Roll” in schools, and distribute fire or home safety literature.

• Emergency Preparedness: The Fire Department’s Office of Emergency Services helps prepare the City to handle major incidents such as earthquakes, while firefighters work with the public to encourage basic preparedness for routine or major catastrophes.

Operations

The San Jose Fire Department currently operates out of 33 fire stations located throughout the city, organized into five battalions.[8] Each battalion is commanded by a Battalion Chief. The following charts list the Battalions, the Stations within each Battalion, and the apparatus at each station.

Engines, Trucks, Squads and Battalion apparatus are staffed throughout the year. Some Wildland apparatus are not staffed during summer months. Under "Other", vans, utilities, reserve engines, air units, fire support units, rescue units, USAR trailers, and the USAR boat are unstaffed - personnel from Engines, Trucks and Squads staff those apparatus when they are needed to respond.

Battalion 1

Address Engine Company Truck Company Squad Company Wildland Unit Other
1 225 N. Market St.Engine 1Truck 1Command Van 1 & Battalion 1[9]
3 98 Martha St.Engine 3Squad 3[10]
7 800 Emory St.Engine 7[11]
8 802 E. Santa Clara St.Engine 8[12]
26 528 Tully Rd.Engine 26Squad 26 [13]
30 454 Auzerais Ave.Engine 30Truck 30MED 30[14]

Battalion 2

Address Engine Company Truck Company Wildland Unit Other units
2 2949 Alum Rock Ave.Engine 2Truck 2Water Tender 2 Battalion 2[15]
11 2840 The Villages Pkwy.Engine 11[16]
16 2001 S. King Rd.Engine 16Truck 16[17]
19 3292 Sierra Rd.Engine 19Engine 619[18]
21 2100 S. White Rd.Engine 21Engine 621[19]
24 3910 Silver Creek.RdEngine 24Engine 624[20]
31 3100 Ruby Ave.Engine 31Engine 631[21]

Battalion 10

Address Engine Company Truck Company Other units
4 710 Leigh Ave.Engine 4[22]
6 1386 Cherry Ave.Engine 6Fire Support Unit 2, Air Unit 6[23]
9 3410 Ross Ave.Engine 9Truck 9[24]
10 511 S. Monroe St.Engine 10Battalion 10[25]
14 1201 San Tomas Aquino Rd.Engine 14Truck 14[26]
15 1248 S. Blaney Ave.Engine 15[27]

Battalion 13

Address Engine Company Truck Company Wildland Unit Other units
12 5912 Cahalan Ave.Engine 12Engine 612[28]
13 4380 Pearl Ave.Engine 13Truck 13Water Tender 13Battalion 13[29]
17 5170 Coniston WayEngine 17Reserve Engine 617 [30]
18 4430 S. Monterey Rd.Engine 18Water Tender 18 [31]
22 6461 Bose Ln.Engine 22[32]
27 6027 San Ignacio WayEngine 27Engine 627[33]
28 19911 McKean Rd.Engine 28Engine 628[34]
35 135 Poughkeepsie Rd.Engine 35Truck 35Fire Support Unit 3[35]

Battalion 29

Address Engine Company Truck Company Squad Wildland Other
5 1380 N. 10th St.Engine 5Squad 5[36]
20 1433 Airport Blvd.Engine 20A, 20B (ARFF Units)Reserve Engines 20C, 20D, and Rescue 20 (ARFF)[37]
23 1771 Via Cinco de MayoEngine 23[38]
25 25 Wilson WayEngine 25[39]
29 199 Innovation Dr.Engine 29Truck 29HIT 29A, 29B, Foam 29 & Battalion 29[40]
34 1634 Las Plumas Ave.Engine 34USAR 34A, 34BUSAR Trailers, USAR Boat[41]

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to the San José Fire Department". San Jose CA. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "City of San Jose Budget". San Jose CA. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to the San José Fire Department". San Jose CA. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "City of San Jose Budget". San Jose CA. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "City of San Jose Budget". San Jose CA. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Bureaus". San Jose Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "ServicesVideo". San Jose Fire Department. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Stations". San Jose Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Station 1". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Station 3". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Station 7". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Station 8". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Station 26". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Station 30". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  15. ↑ "Station 2". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Station 11". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "Station 16". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Station 19". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "Station 21". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "Station 24". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "Station 31". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  22. ↑ "Station 4". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  23. ↑ "Station 6". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  24. ↑ "Station 9". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  25. ↑ "Station 10". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  26. ↑ "Station 14". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  27. ↑ "Station 15". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  28. ↑ "Station 12". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  29. ↑ "Station 13". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  30. ↑ "Station 17". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  31. ↑ "Station 18". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  32. ↑ "Station 22". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  33. ↑ "Station 27". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  34. ↑ "Station 28". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  35. ↑ "Station 35". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  36. ↑ "Station 5". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  37. ↑ "Station 20". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  38. ↑ "Station 23". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  39. ↑ "Station 25". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  40. ↑ "Station 29". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  41. ↑ "Station 34". Your Fire Department. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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