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Oakland Fire Department

Oakland Fire Department

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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]

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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

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]

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Rank structure

Fire Station 13, 2016
  1. Firefighter/Paramedic
  2. Engineer
  3. Lieutenant
  4. Captain
  5. Battalion Chief
  6. Assistant Chief
  7. Deputy Chief
  8. Fire Chief

References

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    "Fire Chief". Oakland Fire Department. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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    "Emergency Operarations". Oakland Fire Department. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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    "About the Fire Department". Oakland Fire Departments. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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    "Oakland (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau". Quickfacts.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2012-08-07. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
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    "The Oakland Fire Department". PBS.org. PBS. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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    "Brief History of the Oakland Fire Department". Oakland Fire Department. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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    Parker, Donald. "The Oakland-Berkeley Hills Fire: An Overview". San Francisco Museum. Oakland Office of Fire Services. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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    "US&R Task Force Locations". FEMA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2006.
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    "USAR". City of Oakland. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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    "Oakland Fire". California Firefighters. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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