Alameda County Fire Department

Alameda County Fire Department
Operational area
Country	United States
State	California
Agency overview
Established	July 1,1993
Annual calls	41683(2017)
Employees	400 Staff,100 Reserve personnel
Annual budget	$140,490,812 (2018)
Fire chief	William McDonald
IAFF	55
Facilities and equipment
Stations	28
Engines	26
Trucks	4
Quints	3
Rescues	1
Ambulances	2
Tenders	2
HAZMAT	4
Website
	Official website
	IAFF website

The Alameda County Fire Department (ACFD) provides all-risk emergency services to the unincorporated areas of Alameda County, California (excluding Farview),the cities of San Leonardo,Dublin,Newark,Union City and Emeryville,the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. With 28 fire stations and 35 companies serving a population of 394,000,the ACFD serves densly populated urban areas,waterways,industrialized centers,extensive urban interface,agricultural and wildland regions. Over 400 personnel and 100 reserve firefighters provide a wide variety of services to a community roughly 508 square miles (1,320 km²) in size.

These services include:

Advanced Life Support Emergency Medical Services Response
Fire Suppression Response
Hazardous Materials Response
Urban Search & Rescue Response
Water Rescue Response
Community Outreach and Education efforts
Disaster Preparedness
Fire Prevention and Code Compliant efforts
Regional Dispatch

USAR Task Force 4[edit]

The Alameda County Fire Department has multiple members that participate in California USAR Task Force 4 (CA-TF4.) CA-TF4 is one of eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in the state of California and 28 nationally. CA-TF4 is based in Oakland and is sponsored by the Oakland Fire Department.

Stations & Equipment[edit]

The Alameda County Fire Department utilizes a wide variety of firefighting and specialized apparatus,including Engines,Trucks,Quints,Wildland Engines (Type 3 or Type 6,) Dozers and Water Tenders. Special Operations Vehicles include Rescue Boats,HazMat Units and a Rescue Unit. The Department has four batallions. Stations 6,7,22,23,24,25 and 26 are in Batallion 2. Batallion 6 has Stations 8,16,17,18,20 and 21. Stations 9,10,11,12,13,19,35 are in Batallion 4. Stations 27,28,29,30,31,32 and 33 are in Batallion 7.

**Batallion 2**
Fire Station Number	City	Address	Engine Company	Truck Company	Wildland Engine Company	Command Unit	Special Operations Units	Other Units
6	Castro Valley	19780 Cull Canyon Road	Engine 6		Engine 606			Reserve Engine 506 Reserve Water Tender 6
7	Castro Valley

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