South San Joaquin County Fire Authority

== Area Served ==
The South San Joaquin County Fire Authority (SSJCFA), commonly referred to as "South County Fire" (SCFA), provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the City of Tracy and the Tracy Rural Fire District (TRFD) which includes the surrounding unincorporated communities of Banta, Carbona, Lammersville, and Vernalis. SCFA is located some 53 miles southeast of the City of Oakland in southern San Joaquin County, part of Northern California's Central Valley. The SCFA’s service area includes a diverse urban population density within the City of Tracy, as well as urban to rural population densities in the unincorporated area. The SCFA is governed by a four-person board of directors comprised of two members appointed by the Tracy Rural Fire District and two members appointed by the Tracy City Council, The county and district are named after the San Joaquin River, and the district encompasses an area covering approximately 180 square miles, while serving a population of approximately 162,954 inhabitants. The South San Joaquin County Fire Authority is bordered by the Lathrop-Manteca Fire Protection District as well as the City of Manteca to the northeast, the City of Ripon to the east, the Stanislaus County line to the south and southeast; the Alameda County Line to the southwest; and the unincorporated community of Mountain House to the west.
=== Mutual Aid ===
SCFA has mutual aid agreements with the Defense Logistics Agency San Joaquin Fire Department, the French Camp McKinley Fire District, the Lathrop-Manteca Fire Protection District, the Lodi Fire Department, the Manteca Fire Department, the Ripon Fire District, the Stockton Fire Department, the Woodbridge Fire District, the Modesto Fire Department in Stanislaus County, the Alameda County Fire Department, and the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department in Alameda County. 
== Department Profile ==
The South San Joaquin County Fire Authority is budgeted for 80 uniformed personnel in addition to 9 civilian support staff and 5 reserve firefighters, providing fire suppression, emergency medical services, advanced life support, hazardous materials response, technical rescue, planning, education, and other related fire protection services from seven fire stations and separate headquarters and support facilities to the City of Tracy and the district. SCFA has a daily staffing of 27 sworn firefighters assigned to 9 front-line emergency vehicles comprised of seven engine companies, one aerial ladder truck company, and one battalion chief vehicle, working three 24-hour rotating shifts. In addition. The district cross staffs two Type 3 brush engine companies, one OES-owned Type 3 brush engine, one OES-owned HazMat response vehicle, one water-tender, one inflatable rescue boat, a drone team (made up of 5 citizen volunteers), and is a member agency of OES Swift Water/Flood Search & Rescue Team 13. Every engine as well as the ladder truck is staffed with at least one licensed paramedic. South San Joaquin County Fire Authority responded to 10,713 incidents in 2022, 6794 of which were medical calls.
The South San Joaquin County Fire Authority does not provide EMS and ambulance transport services as part of its mandate. All EMS and transport is provided under contract by American Medical Response (AMR).
=== Dispatch ===
SCFA is a member of a regional fire and emergency services communication system called the San Joaquin County Regional Fire Dispatch Authority located in the City of Stockton, which provides dispatch services for 5 fire agencies in San Joaquin County.
== History ==
The City of Tracy Fire Department was established by the City of Tracy Board of Trustees on November 3, 1910. Tracy’s firefighting force initially consisted of nothing more than “bucket brigades” from volunteers summoned during a fire. A city-owned building on 7th Street, just west of Central Avenue, was utilized as Tracy’s very first firehouse. In 1912, the city purchased its first hose cart, which could be used to tie into cisterns that were linked to the city’s evolving water system. The firefighters received no pay for their service and had to drag hose carts to the fire. On August 16, 1916, the city passed a $19,000 bond that provided for a new firehouse and fire engine. The engine, an American La France, was purchased in September of 1916 for $6,000. The firehouse, located at 835 Central Avenue, was a multi-use facility. It was also the City Hall, housed the City Clerk, and also served as the City Jail. The Council Chamber was located upstairs, along with the sleeping quarters for the volunteer firefighters. It was dedicated at a public ceremony on April 27, 1917, and served as the municipal headquarters until the city offices were moved in 1947. City Ordinance Number 60 was adopted on July 11, 1918, which created the formation of a paid fire department in Tracy. The newly created fire department was to consist of 14 members, including a fire chief and truck driver. 
The Tracy Rural Fire Protection District (TRFPD) was an independent special district and was established in 1945 to protect the greater Tracy Region, consisting of areas surrounding the Tracy city limits. This encompassed an area of over 26 square miles of residential, commercial, industrial and rural areas, from the Lathrop city limits northeast, down the San Joaquin River to the Stanislaus County line; then to the west up Interstate 580 until the Alameda County line; straight up to the Grant Line canal a few miles north Interstate 205 and then east again along the canal to Lathrop. Geographically, the department served the areas of Banta, Carbona, Lammersville, and New Jerusalem.  In its early existence, TRFPD served the greater Tracy area from four fire stations staffed with a paid driver and a number of volunteers.
In 1994, the Tracy Fire Department and the Tracy Rural Fire Protection District (TRFPD) entered into an automatic-aid agreement, which would call for the closest fire engine to respond to a call, regardless of which fire protection boundaries it happened to be in. Both departments also began to train together on a frequent basis and adopt the same standard operating procedures. In 1999, following years of talks, an official merge between the City of Tracy Fire Department and the Tracy Rural Fire Protection District became official.  The South County Fire Authority was formed on September 16, 1999, to provide fire service to the entire Tracy Community. As a result of this merger, Tracy Rural Fire District personnel became employees of the City of Tracy. The South County Fire Authority (SCFA) was in place from September 1999 until March of 2018. In March of 2018, the original SCFA was dissolved and the same member agencies reconstituted the Authority into a new joint powers authority known as the South San Joaquin County Fire Authority (SSJCFA).
=== Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service 	Notes
1 	West 7th Street & North Central Avenue 	1910 - 1917 	Closed and replaced by new Fire Station 1; Renovated and now part of the Grand Theatre
1 	835 North Central Avnue 	April 27, 1917 - 2005 	Replaced by current Fire Station 91. A temporary mobile home was used as living quarters from October 17, 1989 until 2005. The old station is still standing and used as corporate/administrative office by SCFA
2 	West 6th Street & North Central Avenue 	1940s 	Used as sleeping quarters and kitchen for old Fire Station 1 (835 North Central ) crew
2/92 	22484 South 7th Street, Banta 	1945 - May 2014 	Closed and replaced by current Fire Station 92; former station offered for sale
3/93 	1551 West Durham Ferry Road, New Jerusalem	1947 - 2006 	Closed and demolished; replaced by current Fire Station 93
4/94 	Byron Road & Grant Line Road, Lammersville	1940s - 1995 	Closed and demolished; replaced by current Fire Station 94
96 	301 West Grant Line Road 	February 18, 1983 - May 2014 	Closed and replaced by current Fire Station 96. Old station still standing and property used for apparatus storage by SCFA
98 	911 South Traditions Street, Mountain Home	December 2005 - September 2015	Now Mountain House Fire Station 16-1 under contract with French Camp McKinley Fire District
 	 	 	
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Administrative Headquarters/Corporate Office - 835 North Central Avenue===
Dedicated April 27, 1917
:Battalion Chief 92 - Chevrolet Tahoe (CA#1536844)
:Chief 92 (Division Chief) - Chevrolet Tahoe (CA#1496932) 
===Station 91 - 1701 West 11th Street ===
Dedicated March 2005
:Engine 91 (ALS) (2411) - 2015 Spartan Metro Star MFD / Hi-Tech (1500/750/20F) 
:Truck 91 (ALS) (2503) - 2017 Pierce Velocity (-/-/100' tractor-drawn aerial) (SN#31043)
:Water Tender 90 (2180) - 2005 Kenworth T800 / Pierce elliptical tanker (?/3000) (SN#17234)
:Utility 91 - Ford F-250 4x4 w/ canopy
===Station 92 - 1035 East Grant Line Road===
Dedicated May 2014
:Engine 92 (ALS) (7634) - 2020 Pierce Velocity PUC (1500/750/20F) (CA#1412815) (SN#35130-2)
:OES Engine 4113 - 2008 HME Ahrens-Fox 1871-SFO SMFD Model 18 Type 1 (1250/850/20F) (SN#21342) (CA#1280638) (VIN#44KFT42898WZ21342) (Ex-OES 349)
:Utility 92 - (tow vehicle for Boat 92)
:Boat 92 - Inmar inflatable w/ outboard 
===Station 93 - 1400 West Durham Ferry Road / New Jerusalem===
Dedicated May 2006
:Engine 93 (ALS) (9018) - 2015 Spartan Metro Star MFD / Hi-Tech EVS (1500/750/20F) (Ex-Engine 92)
:Brush Engine 93 - 2021 International HV 4x4 / BME Type 3 wildland (500/500/20F) (SN#3411) 
===Station 94 - 16502 West Schulte Road===
Dedicated 1995
:Engine 94 (ALS) (9021) - 2020 Pierce Velocity PUC (1500/750/20F) (SN#35130-1)
:OES Brush Engine 4307 (3018) - 2021 International HV507 4x4 / BME Model 34 Type 3 wildland (500pto,100aux/480/20A) (SN#3231) (CA#1616936) (VIN#3HAEETAR3ML185476)
===Station 95 - 7151 Tracy Hills Drive / Tracy Hills===
Dedicated September 1, 2021
:Engine 95 (ALS) (7635) - 2020 Pierce Velocity PUC (1500/500/20F) (SN#35130-3)
:Brush Engine 95 (9020) - 2017 International 7400 4x4 / HME Ahrens-Fox Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A) (Ex-Brush 94) 
===Station 96 - 1800 W. Grant Line Road===
Dedicated May 2014
:Engine 96 (ALS) (2324) - 2009 Spartan Metro Star / Hi-Tech EVS (1500/500/20A) (CA#1317061) 
:OES HazMat 42 (009042) - 2017 HME Ahrens-Fox LFDxl-24 (74") 1871-Spectr 18' Type 2 walk-around (SN#22894) (CA#1527902) (VIN#44KFT4289HWZ22894)
:Engine 98 (Reserve) - 2003 Pierce Dash 2000 (1500/500/20F) (SN#14243) (Ex-Engine 94)
===Station 97 - 595 West Central Avenue===
Dedicated April 9, 1986
:Engine 97 (ALS) (2412) - 2015 Spartan Metro Star MFD / Hi-Tech EVS (1500/750/20F)
=== Station/Assignment Unknown ===
:Engine 99 (Reserve) - 2008 Pierce Contender (1500/500) (SN#20360) (Ex-Engine 93)
:2001 Pierce Saber 4x4 Hawk Type 2 initial attack (1250/750/30F) (SN#10892) (Ex-Engine 94, ex-demo)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2003 Pierce Dash 2000 pumper (1500/500/20F) (SN#13959)
:2000 Pierce Dash 2000 pumper (1500+150/750) (SN#11269) (Ex-Engine 96)
:1999 Pierce Saber (1500/750/20A) (SN#EC395) (Ex-Engine 97) 
:1999 Ford F-550 4x4 / Burton's / Stahl Type 6 wildland (350/300/5A) (Ex-Squad 91)
:1998 Pierce Quantum aerial (2000/50/105' tractor-drawn) (SN#EB543) (Ex-Truck 91)
:1997 American LaFrance Eagle / Hi-Tech (1500/750) (ALF SN#889823) (SN#92597) (Ex-Engine 95) 
:1994 Spartan Metro Star LA40T-2142 / 1995 Hi-Tech (1250/750) (SN#92065) (EX-Engine 92) 
:1988 Spartan Monarch MS20-2042 / 1991 Westates (1250/750) (SN#90-505) (Ex-Engine 93) 
:1985 Spartan Gladiator RS20-2042 / Van Pelt / FMC pumper (1500/750) (SN#821575) (Ex-Engine 91) 
:1984 Hendrickson 1871-C42 / Van Pelt / FMC pumper (1500/750) (SN#830264) (Ex-Engine 96B Spare)
:1916 American LaFrance pumper (Ex-Engine 1) 
==Station Map==
Category:San Joaquin County
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