The Oakland Fire Department (OFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Oakland, California. The department is responsible for with a population of 406,253.
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. 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.
In 1991, the OFD was faced with a major conflagration that killed 25 people and injured 150 others. The Oakland firestorm of 1991 burned in the Berkeley and Oakland Hills, destroying 3,354 single-family dwellings and 437 apartment and condominium units. 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. 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.
Stations and apparatus Below is a complete listing of all OFD Fire Station and Fire Company locations according to Division and Battalion.
Fire Station Address Engine Company Truck Company Patrol Unit Wildland Unit Special Unit Division Battalion 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 Airport ARFF Crash 1, ARFF Crash 2, ARFF Crash 3, ARFF Crash 5, ARFF Crash 6, ARFF Crash 17, ARFF Crash 18 23 7100 Foothill BlvdEngine 23 Wildland Unit 323 3 245900 Shepherd Canyon RdEngine 24 Wildland Unit 324 4 25 2795 Butters DrEngine 25 Wildland Unit 325 4 26 2611 98th AveEngine 26 Patrol Unit 26 OES 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
Firefighter/Paramedic Engineer Lieutenant Captain Battalion Chief Assistant Chief Deputy Chief Fire Chief
References
External links
Map of Oakland fire stations List of all Oakland fire apparatus