Oakland Fire Department Explained

Oakland Fire Department
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2: Oakland
Reference1:[1] [2]
Established:March 13, 1869
Annual Calls:62,729 (2011)
Employees:~420
Staffing:Career
Iaff:55
Reference2:[3]
Battalions:3
Stations:25
Engines:24
Trucks:7
Rescues:1
Hazmat:2
Firstresponderblsorals:ALS
Wildland Engines:8
Usar:1
Crash:6

The Oakland Fire Department (OFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Oakland, California. The department is responsible for 78sqmi 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 1520acres 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

See main article: Urban Search and Rescue California 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 StationAddressEngine CompanyTruck CompanyPatrol Unit Wildland Unit Special UnitDivisionBattalion
11603 MLK Jr. Way Engine 1 Truck 1 Rescue 1 2 2
247 Clay StEngine 2 Marine 1, Marine 2, Marine 3, Utility 93 2
31445 14th StEngine 3 Truck 3 Fire Investigator 1, HazMat 1, HazMat 2, Foam 1 2
41235 International BlvdEngine 4 Truck 2 4
5934 34th StEngine 5 2
67080 Colton BlvdEngine 6 Wildland Unit 306 4
71006 Amito DrEngine 7 Wildland Unit 307 2
8463 51st StEngine 8 Truck 5 4
10172 Santa Clara AveEngine 10 2
12 822 Alice StEngine 12
131225 Derby AveEngine 13 4
15455 27th StEngine 15 Truck 4 2
163600 13th AveEngine 16 4
173344 High StEngine 17 4 4
181700 50th AveEngine 18 Truck 6 3
195766 Miles AveEngine 19 Air 1 4
201401 98th AveEngine 20 Truck 7 3 3
2113150 Skyline BlvdEngine 21 Patrol Unit 21 3
22Oakland AirportARFF Crash 1, ARFF Crash 2, ARFF Crash 3, ARFF Crash 5, ARFF Crash 6, ARFF Crash 17, ARFF Crash 18
237100 Foothill BlvdEngine 23 Wildland Unit 323 3
245900 Shepherd Canyon RdEngine 24 Wildland Unit 3244
252795 Butters DrEngine 25 Wildland Unit 3254
262611 98th AveEngine 26 Patrol Unit 26OES 8232 3
278501 Pardee DrEngine 27 Foam 2 3
284615 Grass Valley RdEngine 28 Patrol Unit 28 3
291016 66th AveEngine 29 3

Rank structure

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fire Chief. Oakland Fire Department. 26 February 2015.
  2. Web site: Emergency Operarations. Oakland Fire Department. 26 February 2015.
  3. Web site: About the Fire Department. Oakland Fire Departments. 26 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Oakland (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau . Quickfacts.census.gov . 2013-07-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120807074645/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0653000.html . 2012-08-07 .
  5. Web site: The Oakland Fire Department. PBS.org. PBS. 8 March 2015.
  6. Web site: Brief History of the Oakland Fire Department. Oakland Fire Department. 8 March 2015.
  7. Web site: Parker. Donald. The Oakland-Berkeley Hills Fire: An Overview. San Francisco Museum. Oakland Office of Fire Services. 8 March 2015.
  8. Web site: US&R Task Force Locations . FEMA . August 28, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120705001444/http://www.fema.gov/emergency/usr/locations.shtm . July 5, 2012 .
  9. Web site: USAR. City of Oakland. 8 March 2015.
  10. Web site: Oakland Fire. California Firefighters. 4 March 2015.