Dinuba Fire Department

== Area Served ==
The Dinuba Fire Department (DFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Dinuba, formerly Sibleyville, located in the southeastern portion of the San Joaquin Valley/Central Valley at the foot of the Sierra Nevada in Tulare County, Central California. In addition, and through a contract with the County, DFD provides emergency medical response to an area of approximately 400 square miles in Northern Tulare County. Incorporated on January 6, 1906, the city encompasses an area covering 6.5 square miles and serves a population of approximately 24,563, while the population in the EMS service area is estimated at 19,000. Dinuba is bordered by the City of Reedley to the northwest, the City of Orange Cove in Fresno County to the northeast, the unincorporated community of Sultana to the east, and the the unincorporated community of Delft Colony to the southwest.
=== Mutual Aid ===
The Dinuba Fire Department has mutual aid agreements with the Tulare County Fire Department, the Tulare Fire Department, the Reedley Fire Department, the Visalia Fire Department, the Orange Cove Fire Department, the Kingsburg Fire Department, the Fresno County Fire Protection District, and the CAL FIRE Tulare Unit
== Department Profile ==
The Dinuba Fire Department is budgeted for 23 full-time fire suppression personnel (1 fire chief, 1 battalion chief, 3 fire captains, 6 engineer/paramedics, 6 firefighter/paramedics and 6 firefighter/EMTs), 20 part-time/paid call firefighters, and one full-time non-sworn administrative assistant. The Department has an on-duty daily staffing level of seven, with a minimum staffing level of five, which allows for a three-person first due engine company, a minimum of one ambulance, plus the battalion chief on critical incidents only, operating out of a single fire station. If both ambulances are on a call, engine staffing is allowed to drop to a minimum staffing of one. For calls requiring a multiple engine company response, the Department relies on mutual and automatic aid from neighboring cities and counties, as well as on a core of paid call firefighters. The first due aerial ladder truck company is staffed through call back and/or with paid call personnel. There are two functional areas in the Dinuba Fire Department: Emergency Operations and Administration. Personnel work 48-hour shifts on a rotating basis with 96 hours off after each 48- hour shift worked. Due to the lack of administrative positions in the Fire Department, many administrative duties have been transferred to the shift captains. The Department responds to an average of 11 calls per day; 9.8 of which are EMS related.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Administrative Division - 420 East Tulare Street ===
===Fire Station - 496 East Tulare Street===
:Engine 31 - 2015 Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (1500/750/50F) (CA#1480554) 
:Truck 31 - 2007 Spartan Gladiator Classic / Smeal (2000/500/105' rear-mount) 
:Rescue 31 (Confined Space) - 1997 Ford ambulance (CA#056003) 
:Ambulance 736 - 
:Ambulance 737 - Ford E-350 (CA#1562452) 
:Battalion 31 - 2006 Chevrolet w/ canopy
:Fire Chief - 2008 GMC
:Utility 32 - 2012 Ford F-Series 4x4
:Engine 32 (Reserve) - 2000 HME 1871 / Ferrara (1250/750/20A) (SN#H-1632) (CA#1259767) (Ex-Engine 31, ex-Engine 1)
:Truck 32 (Reserve) - 2004 Spartan Gladiator Classic / Smeal (2000/500/105' rear-mount) (CA#1173760) (Ex-Truck 4) 
:Parade - 1916 Garford / Local chemical car / hose wagon
== Retired Apparatus ==
: 1983 Ford C-8000 / Van Pelt / FMC (1250/500) (SN#829513) (Ex-Engine 2) 
: 1975 Pierce / Oshkosh (1250/200/85' Snorkel) (SN#8531-C) (Ex-Truck 1)
==External Links==
Dinuba Fire Department
Category:Tulare County
Category:California departments operating Ferrara apparatus
Category:California departments operating Smeal apparatus
Category:Former operators of Oshkosh apparatus
Category:Former operators of Van Pelt apparatus