Oceanside Fire Department (California)

==Area Served==
The Oceanside Fire Department (OFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Oceanside, a beachfront city located in northern San Diego County, California, 38.6 miles north of the city of San Diego. Together with the cities of Carlsbad and Vista, Oceanside forms a tri-city area with California Interstate 5, a major north/south corridor, bisecting the city one mile east of the Pacific Ocean. Incorporated on July 3, 1888, Oceanside encompasses an area covering 42.16 square miles, and serves a population of over 180,000. The city of Oceanside is bordered by US Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to the north; the unincorporated San Diego County community of Bonsall to the northeast; the City of Vista to the east; and the City of Carlsbad to the south.
===Mutual Aid===
OFD has mutual aid agreements with the Carlsbad Fire Department, the Vista Fire Department, the Camp Pendleton Fire Department, and the CAL FIRE San Diego Unit.
==Department Profile==
The Oceanside Fire Department is budgeted for 111 sworn fire personnel, 35 emergency medical technicians, seven full-time lifeguard personnel, 76 seasonal/part-time lifeguard personnel, with an additional support staff of eight (administration, fire investigations, plan checks, fire prevention inspections, public education and informational programs). OFD has a daily staffing of 41 firefighters and 6 (weekdays) / 8 (weekends) lifeguards. The Department comprises five Divisions: Administration, Operations/EMS, Community Risk Reduction, Training, and Lifeguard Services. Oceanside's resources include eight fire stations and nineteen front-line emergency vehicles comprised of eight engine companies, two aerial ladder truck companies, five Advanced Life Support (ALS) paramedic ambulances, three Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulances and one battalion chief vehicle, working three 24-hour rotating shifts. In addition. The Oceanside Lifeguard Service provides public safety to users of Oceanside's coastline and ocean waterways ranging from the Oceanside Harbor entrance to the southern city limits, while safeguarding 3.7 miles of beach. Its resources include ten lifeguard trucks, one rescue boat, and several personal watercraft. OFD cross staffs two Type 3 brush engine companies, one OES-owned Type 3 brush engine, one Type 6 brush patrol truck, one OES-owned Type 6 brush patrol truck, one water-tender, one command & interoperability trailer, one incident support trailer, one confined space trailer, one mass casualty response vehicle, and a public safety dive team. Every engine, truck, and wildland (brush) company is staffed with at least one paramedic and one EMT-I, (most times two paramedics,) and every ambulance is staffed with two firefighter/paramedics. Oceanside Fire responds to over 22,000 incidents annually, 75% of which are medical calls. 
===Dispatch===
The Oceanside Fire Department is a member of a regional fire and emergency services communication system called the North County Dispatch Joint Powers Authority, commonly referred to as "North Comm", located in Rancho Santa Fe, which provides dispatch services for 15 fire agencies in North San Diego County. 
=== California Task Force 8 ===
The Oceanside Fire Department is a member agency of California Task Force 8 (CA-TF8)
==History==
In 1888, Oceanside Fire Company No. 1 was formed in the City of Oceanside. For the next 38 years, a series of volunteer fire companies provided protection to the community. In 1925, the City purchased Oceanside’s first motorized fire engine, an American LaFrance Type 65, Class B pumper equipped with a 40-horsepower motor and a 300-gallon-per-minute pump at a cost of $8,500. In 1926, the City re-organized the volunteer fire company into “Oceanside Engine Company Number One”. In 1939, Oceanside hired its first full-time paid firefighters, one of which would stay with the department for over 40 years, becoming its fire chief in 1963. In 1972, the first Fire Department Emergency Medical Technician and Ambulance Program was instituted. This fledgling ambulance program has grown into one of the most comprehensive and widely respected paramedic emergency medical services programs in the state. In 1976, the city began providing paramedic services to the community, and has done so ever since. On February 5, 2023, the Ocean Fire Department took over and started operating the Marine Safety Unit from the Oceanside Police Department, with a crew consisting of a lifeguard sergeant, a senior beach lifeguard, and a firefighter paramedic, making it the first time in Oceanside‘s history that there are 24-hour lifeguard services available. On August 7, 2013, the Oceanside City Council approved a proposal to allow private company Reach Air Medical Service to station an emergency air ambulance helicopter at the Oceanside Fire Training Center.
===Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service 	Notes
4 	2797 College Boulevard	October 1, 1971 - 1991	Closed / Replaced by current Fire Station 4
7 	110 Jones Road 	?-2008 	Closed, now the site of the Training Center.
==Apparatus Roster==
===Fire Station 1 - 714 Pier View Way===
Dedicated 1929
*Engine 211 (ALS) - 2024 Pierce Velocity 7010 PUC (1500/500/25A) (SN#37829-01)
*Medic Squad 211 (ALS) (F27) - 2014 Ford F-250 4x4 / Knapheide (CA#1439565) (VIN#1FT7W2B68EEA54778) (Ex-Battalion 217, ex-Battalion 2104)
*Rescue Ambulance 211 (ALS) (F102) - 2016 Ford E-450 / Life Line Superliner Type III (CA#1481458) (VIN#1FDXE4FS8GDC47720)
===New Fire Station 1 - 602 Civic Center Drive===
Under construction; anticipated opening July 2024
===Fire Station 2 - 1740 South Ditmar Street===
Dedicated January 15, 1953
*Engine 212 (ALS) - 2018 Pierce Quantum 6700 PUC (1500/500/25A) (SN#31970)
*Rescue Ambulance 212 (ALS) - Ford E-450 Type III
===Fire Station 3 - 3101 Oceanside Boulevard===
Dedicated October 10, 1962
*Engine 213 (ALS) (F107) - 2017 Pierce Quantum PUC (1500/500/30A) (SN#31115)
*Rescue Ambulance 213 (ALS) - Ford E-Series
*BLS 213 - Ford E-450 Type III
*OES 6612 - 2020 Ford F-550 4x4 / HME Ahrens-Fox AF622 Type 6 wildland (500pto,180aux/280/20A) (SN#23461) (CA#1616855) (VIN#1FD0W5HT6LED23000)
===Fire Station 4 - 3990 Lake Boulevard===
Dedicated 1991
*Engine 214 (ALS) - 2024 Pierce Velocity 7010 PUC (1500/500/25A) (SN#37829-02)
*Rescue Ambulance 214 (ALS) - 2016 Ford E-450 / Road Rescue
*OES 6321 - 2021 International HV507 4x4 / BME Model 34D Type 3 wildland (500pto,100aux/480/20A) (SN#3269) (CA#1621485) (VIN#3HAEETAR5ML153564)
===Fire Station 5 - 4841 North River Road===
Dedicated 1973
*Engine 215 (ALS) (F22) - 2011 Pierce Quantum 6700 PUC (1500/500/30A) (SN#24530) (CA#1371600) (VIN#4P1CU01D4BA012305) (Ex-Engine 2115)
*Water Tender 215 - 20? Freightliner / McLellan elliptical (500/2000)
* Patrol 215 - 2009 Ford F-550 4x4 / Pierce Type 6 wildland (250/400 skid) (SN#22272) (CA#1235144) (VIN#1FDAW57R69EB01432)
===Fire Station 6 - 895 North Santa Fe Avenue=== 
* Engine 216 (ALS) (F87) - 2003 Pierce Quantum (1500/500/20A) (SN#14225) (Ex-Engine 217, ex-Engine 2117. ex-Engine 2113)
*Brush 216 (F117) - 2020 International HV507 4x4 / Pierce Type 3 wildland (500PTO/500/20A) (SN#33741-02) (CA#1585513) (VIN#1HTEETAR3LH870937)
*Rescue Ambulance 216 (ALS) (F103) - 2016 Ford E-450 Type III (CA#1520412) (VIN#1FDXE4FS1GDC47719)
===Fire Station 7 - 3350 Mission Avenue===
Dedicated July 19, 2008
*BLS 210 - 2023 Ford Transit Type II (Alternates calls with BLS 217)
*Engine 217 (ALS) - 2022 Pierce Quantum PUC (1500/500/30A) (SN#36468)
*Truck 217 (ALS) (F21) - 2011 Pierce Quantum 6700 PUC (1500/300/20A/100' tractor-drawn aerial) (SN#24531) (CA#1371601) (Ex-Truck 2177) First Pierce tractor-drawn aerial with PUC
*Brush 217 (F118) - 2020 International HV507 4x4 / Pierce Type 3 wildland (500PTO/500/20A) (SN#33741-01) (CA#1585512) (VIN#1HTEETAR7LH870939)
*Rescue Ambulance 217 (ALS) (F103) - 2016 Ford E-450 / Life Line Superliner Type III (CA#1520412) (VIN#1FDXE4FS1GDC47719)
*BLS 217 - 2023 Ford Transit Type II
*Battalion 217 - 2020 Ford F-350 w/ canopy (CA#1635680) (VIN#1FT8W3BT1LED78734) 
*Reserve Battalion (F02) - 2008 Ford F-250 4x4 w/ ARE canopy (CA#1262698) (VIN#1FTSX21R18EC00882)
*Reserve Engine (F97) - 2006 Pierce Quantum (1500/500) (SN#17907-02) (Ex-Engine 217, ex-Engine 212)
===Fire Station 8 - 1935 Avenida Del Oro, Unit F===
Dedicated 2006
*Engine 218 (ALS) (F32) - 2014 Pierce Quantum PUC (1500/500/30A) (SN#27835)
===Fire Training Center / Everett Stephens Fire Training Tower - 110 Jones Road===
Dedicated July 27, 2022
*Reach Med 16 - 2013 Eurocopter EC135P2+ C/N 1097 (Civil Registration N313RX) (Contracted through and operated by Reach Air Medical Service)
===Harbor Headquarters - 1540 Harbor Drive North (Marine Safety Unit) ===
* Rescue Boat 3 - 2016 Willard Marine Crystaliner 33' rescue/fire boat (1200/-) (Ex-Oceanside PD)
*Rescue Boat - Cabin cruiser w/ (2) 200 HP Honda outboards
===Lifeguard Station - 301 The Strand North=== 
*Harbor 17 - 2007 Chevrolet Colorado 4x4
*Harbor 18 - 2009 Ford F-350 4x4
*Lifeguard 21 - 2011 Ford Ranger 4x4
*Lifeguard 22 - 2011 Ford Ranger 4x4
*Lifeguard 23 - 2011 Ford Ranger 4x4
*Lifeguard 24 - 2011 Ford Ranger 4x4
*Lifeguard 25 - 2007 Nissan Frontier 4x4 (CA#1372881)
*Lifeguard 26 - 2011 Ford Ranger 4x4
*Lifeguard 27 - 2015 Toyota Tacoma 4x4
* Lifeguard 28 - 2015 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 (CA#1476011)
===Reserve===
*2x 2023 Ford Transit Type II ambulances (Reserve for BLS units)
===To be placed in service===
*Engine 216 - 2024 Pierce Velocity 7010 PUC (1500/500/25A) (SN#37829-03)
=== Station/Assignment Unknown===
*Chief 2101 (F109) - 20? Ford F Series w/ canopy
*Prevention 2151 - 20? Ford F Series w/ canopy
*Reserve Engine (F15) - 2009 Pierce Quantum PUC (1500/500/30A) (SN#21759-01) (Ex-Engine 2111, ex-Engine 211)
*Reserve Engine (F16) - 2009 Pierce Quantum PUC (1500/500/30A) (SN#21759-02) (Ex-Engine 2114, ex-Engine 214)
*Reserve Engine (F95) - 2006 Pierce Quantum pumper (1500/500/25A) (SN#17907-01) (Ex-Engine 213, ex-Engine 2113)
*Reserve Truck (F96) - 2006 Pierce Quantum (1500/500/105' rear-mount) (Ex-Truck 218, ex-Truck 217 Reserve, ex-Truck 217, ex-Truck 2177)
*2016 Ford E-450 ambulance (CA#1464081) (VIN#1FDXE4FS3GDC34857) (Ex-Rescue Ambulance 211)
*(F101) (ALS) - 2014 Ford E-450 / Road Rescue ambulance (CA#1409837) (VIN#1FDXE4FS7EDA45965) (Ex-Rescue Ambulance 211)
*2000 International 4900 / McLellan tanker (500/2000)
*(F115) - Ford E-450 / Life Line Superliner Type III (Ex-BLS 212)
* (F98) - Ford E-Series (CA#1182866) (Ex-Medic 1)
*(F83) - Ford E-Series / Horton modular (CA#1109870) (Ex-Rescue Ambulance 2197)
*(F68) - Ford E-Series (CA#1010079)
*(F30) - Ford E-450 / Road Rescue ambulance (CA#1423114) (Ex-BLS 217, Medic 2197)
*Ford E-Series (Ex-BLS 213)
==Retired Apparatus== 
*2008 International WorkStar 7400 4x4 / Rosenbauer Type 3 wildland (500pto,180aux/500/20A) (SN#39213) (CA#1300482) (VIN#1HTWEAZR98J553418) (Ex-OES 6303, ex-OES 8633) (Returned to OES)
* (F80) - 2001 Pierce Quantum pumper (1500/500/F) (SN#12316-02) (CA#1123404) (VIN#4P1CT02S11A001521)
* (F79) - 2001 Pierce Quantum pumper (1500/500/F) (SN#12316-01) (Ex-Engine 215, ex-Engine 2112)
*(F74) - 1999 International 4900 4x4 / Pierce Hawk Type 3 wildland (SN#ED084-01) (Ex-Brush 2167)
*(F73) - 1999 International 4900 4x4 / Pierce Hawk Type 3 wildland (SN#ED084-02)
*(F63) - 1994 Spartan / Smeal aerial (1500/400/75' rear-mount) (Ex-Truck 2176, ex-Truck 4)
*(F61) - 1994 Spartan / BME pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 5)
*(F60) - 1994 Spartan / BME pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 1)
*1991 Ford / Horton modular ambulance (Ex-Medic 5)
*1991 Ford / Horton modular ambulance (Ex-Medic 3)
*1991 Ford / Horton modular ambulance (Ex-Medic 2)
*1991 Ford / Horton modular ambulance (Ex-Medic 1)
*1991 Ottawa C-118TSB / Beck pumper (1500/500/30) (Ex-Engine 5)
*1991 Ottawa C-118TSB / Beck pumper (1500/500/30) (Ex-Engine 3)
*1991 Ottawa C-118TSB / Beck pumper (1500/500/30) (Ex-Engine 1)
*1988 Ottawa C-118TSB / Beck pumper (1500/500/50) (Ex-Engine 2)
*(F38) - 1987 Chevrolet C70 / SVI walk-around rescue (Ex-Rescue 3)
*1986 Hahn HCC / Beck pumper (1500/750) (Ex-Engine 4)
*1980 Duplex / Van Pelt 300D pumper (1500/500/20F) (Ex-Engine 22 Reserve)
*1977 Oshkosh A1838-3C1 / Van Pelt / Hamerly aerial (-/-/100' LTI rear-mount) (Ex-Truck 2) (Donated to Samoa Fire and Emergency Services Authority)
*(F43) - 1965 Kaiser M35 5 Ton 6x6 / 1987 Beck brush (500/1100) (Ex-Brush 1, ex-Brush 3)
*1963 Seagrave pumper (1500/500/20F) (Ex-Engine 1) (Donated to Cuerpo de Bomberos Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mexico)
*1952 Mack L Model 95 pumper (750/200) (Ex-Engine 4) (Restored by Oceanside Firefighters Association Local 3730 and used at special events)
*(F4) 1948 Mack Type 85 pumper (1000/150) (CA#83310) (Ex-Engine 2 "The White Whale") (Restored by Oceanside Firefighters Association Local 3730 and used at special events)
*(F3) 1939 Mack E pumper (750/250) (Ex-Engine 3)
*(F2) 1932 Ford Model B pumper (500/?) (Ex-Engine 2)
* (F1) 1923 American LaFranceType 65 Class B pumper (400/-) (Ex-Engine 1)
==Notes==
==External Links== 
*Oceanside Fire Department
==Station Map==
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Category:California departments operating HME Ahrens-Fox apparatus
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Category:Former operators of Smeal apparatus
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