Sacramento Fire Department
The Sacramento Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Sacramento, California. 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. This contracted area expands the departments response area to as they provide services to approximately 516,000 residents.
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. Each station has a fire engine as well as other specialty rigs. All speciality rigs, such as the wildland fire engines and the hazardous material truck are cross-staffed by engine and truck personnel. 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.| Fire Station Number | Address | Engine Company | EMS Medic Unit | Truck Company | Wildland Unit | Other units | Battalion |
| 1 | 624 Q St | Engine 1 | Medic 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 1229 I St | Engine 2 | Medic 2 | Truck 2 | Boat 2, water bike 1 & 2, Battalion 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | 7208 W. Elkhorn Bl | Engine 3 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 3145 Granada Wy | Engine 4 | Medic 4 | 1 | |||
| 5 | 731 Broadway | Engine 5 | Truck 5 | Boat 5 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 3301 Martin Luther King Jr. Bl | Engine 6 | Medic 6 | Truck 6 | 2 | ||
| 7 | 6500 Wyndham Dr | Engine 7 | Medic 7 | Truck 7 | HazMat 7 | 4 | |
| 8 | 5990 H St | Engine 8 | Medic 8 | Boat 8 | 1 | ||
| 10 | 5642 66th St | Engine 10 | Medic 10 | Truck 10 | 2 | ||
| 11 | 785 Florin Rd | Engine 11 | Boat 11, Battalion 4 | 4 | |||
| 12 | 4500 24th St | Engine 12 | Medic 12 | EMS 22 | 2 | ||
| 13 | 1100 43rd Av | Engine 13 | Medic 13 | AIR 13 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 1341 North C St | Engine 14 | Patrol 14 | 1 | |||
| 15 | 1640 W El Camino Ave | Engine 15 | Medic 15 | Patrol 15 | 1 | ||
| 16 | 7363 24th St | Engine 16 | Truck 16 | Engine 316 | 4 | ||
| 17 | 1311 Bell Av | Engine 17 | Medic 17 | Truck 17 | 3 | ||
| 18 | 746 North Market Bl | Engine 18 | Engine 318 | 3 | |||
| 19 | 1700 Challenge Wy | Engine 19 | Medic 19 | Patrol 19 | Type 1 OES | 3 | |
| 20 | 2512 Rio Linda Bl | Engine 20 | Medic 20 | Rescue 20, Rescue 220, Battalion 3 | 3 | ||
| 30 | 1901 Club Center Dr | Engine 30 | Medic 30 | Truck 30 | HazMat 30 | 3 | |
| 43 | 4201 El Centro Rd | Engine 43 | Medic 43 | Truck 43 | Engine 343, Water Tender 43 | 3 | |
| 56 | 3720 47th Av | Engine 56 | Medic 56 | Patrol 56 | Battalion 2 Type 3 OES | 2 | |
| 57 | 7927 East Parkway | Engine 57 | Medic 57 | 4 | |||
| 60 | 3301 Julliard Dr | Engine 60 | Patrol 60 | 2 | |||
| 99 | 5801 Florin Perkins Rd | Squad 299 | Rehab 99, Air 99 | 2 |
USAR Task Force 7
The Sacramento Fire Department is the sponsoring agency for California USAR Task Force 7, one of the eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state. 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. 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.Some of the teams most notable deployments include the Northridge earthquake, Oklahoma City bombing, World Trade Center Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Maria References