# Oakland Fire Department

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 km$^2$) 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 1,520 acres (6.2 km$^2$) 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 |
| 1 | 1603 MLK Jr. Way | Engine 1 | Truck 1 | | | Rescue 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 47 Clay St | Engine 2 | | | | Marine 1, Marine 2, Marine 3, Utility 93 | 2 | |
| 3 | 1445 14th St | Engine 3 | Truck 3 | | | Fire Investigator 1, HazMat 1, HazMat 2, Foam 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 1235 International Blvd | Engine 4 | Truck 2 | | | | 4 | |
| 5 | 934 34th St | Engine 5 | | | | | 2 | |
| 6 | 7080 Colton Blvd | Engine 6 | | | Wildland Unit 306 | | 4 | |
| 7 | 1006 Amito Dr | Engine 7 | | | Wildland Unit 307 | | 2 | |
| 8 | 463 51st St | Engine 8 | Truck 5 | | | | 4 | |
| 10 | 172 Santa Clara Ave | Engine 10 | | | | | 2 | |
| 12 | 822 Alice St | Engine 12 | | | | | | |
| 13 | 1225 Derby Ave | Engine 13 | | | | | 4 | |
| 15 | 455 27th St | Engine 15 | Truck 4 | | | | 2 | |
| 16 | 3600 13th Ave | Engine 16 | | | | | 4 | |
| 17 | 3344 High St | Engine 17 | | | | | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | 1700 50th Ave | Engine 18 | Truck 6 | | | | 3 | |
| 19 | 5766 Miles Ave | Engine 19 | | | | Air 1 | 4 | |
| 20 | 1401 98th Ave | Engine 20 | Truck 7 | | | | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | 13150 Skyline Blvd | Engine 21 | | Patrol Unit 21 | | | 3 | |
| 22 | Oakland 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 Blvd | Engine 23 | | | Wildland Unit 323 | | 3 | |
| 24 | 5900 Shepherd Canyon Rd | Engine 24 | | | Wildland Unit 324 | | 4 | |
| 25 | 2795 Butters Dr | Engine 25 | | | Wildland Unit 325 | | 4 | |
| 26 | 2611 98th Ave | Engine 26 | | Patrol Unit 26 | | OES 8232 | 3 | |
| 27 | 8501 Pardee Dr | Engine 27 | | | | Foam 2 | 3 | |
| 28 | 4615 Grass Valley Rd | Engine 28 | | Patrol Unit 28 | | | 3 | |
| 29 | 1016 66th Ave | Engine 29 | | | | | 3 | |

## Rank structure

* Firefighter/Paramedic
* Engineer
* Lieutenant
* Captain
* Battalion Chief
* Assistant Chief
* Deputy Chief
* Fire Chief