Woodbridge Fire District (California)

==Area Served==
The Woodbridge Fire District, aka the Woodbridge Rural Fire Protection District, provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the unincorporated rural communities of Woodbridge, Lodi, Acampo, Terminous, Forest Lake, Flag City, Collierville, and Tower Park, all located in north-central San Joaquin County's Central Valley, in Northern California, approximately 45 miles south of the state capital of Sacramento. The community of Woodbridge is named after a bridge one of its founders, Jeremiah H. Woods, (Wood's bridge) built in 1858 across the nearby Mokelumne River. The Woodbridge Fire District encompasses an area covering 197 square miles plus another 500 nautical miles of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta waterways, and serves a population of approximately 15,000 for all seven communities and the district combined. Woodbridge is bordered by the unincorporated San Joaquin County community of Forrest Lake to the north, the unincorporated community of Collierville to the northeast, the unincorporated community of Acampo to the northeast, the City of Lodi to the southeast, and the unincorporated community of Tower Park to the west.
===Mutual Aid===
The department has mutual aid agreements with the Lodi Fire Department, the Stockton Fire Department, the Thornton Fire Protection District, the Clements Fire District, the Cosumnes Fire Department, the Mokelumne Fire District, the Liberty Fire District, and the River Delta Fire District.
==Department Profile ==
The Woodbridge Fire District (WFD) is budgeted for 19 full-time sworn positions (one fire chief, one administrative officer, three fire captains, nine fire lieutenants, five firefighters) plus one non-sworn administrative support staff, supplemented by eleven part-time firefighter trainees all of whom work a 48/96 ABC work shift rotation. Woodbridge FD's resources include four fire stations, an administrative office, and a maintenance facility, and five front-line emergency vehicles comprised of four Type 1 engine companies, and one command vehicle. In addition. Woodbridge cross staffs one technical rescue unit, one Type 6 wildland brush truck, one OES Type-1 engine company, one OES Type 6 wildland brush patrol, one water tender, and a Zodiac inflatable boat with 500 gpm pump, and responds to around 2,000 incidents annually, 75% of which are medical calls. Each member is assigned a specific staff support function for the department with specialized training and skills including maintenance officer, fire prevention specialist, computer systems specialist, personal protective equipment manager, SCBA technician, ladder technician, portable extinguisher technician, hand tools technician, and hose/nozzle technician.
==History ==
In 1924, at the Sonoma winery, a 1924 Graham Brothers Yellow Taxicab was converted into a small fire engine that was sent to cover the township of Woodbridge, becoming the first fire engine of the department. It fought its last fire in 1972 returning from a parade. This fine fire apparatus has been retired and is still a part of the department’s inventory and is referred to as Johnny Popper. In 1942, the Woodbridge Fire District was officially formed covering approximately 30 square miles. Later that year, the fire district was enlarged to 64 square miles to provide fire protection for the surrounding rural area with the original fire station located in “old town.” In 1996, Woodbridge Fire merged with the neighboring volunteer Forest Lake Fire District to the north, thereby adding an additional 10 square miles and creating Station 73. This enhanced fire protection to the area with a full-time staffed fire station. In 2003, Woodbridge Fire District merged with the neighboring Delta fire district to the west, adding an additional 118 square miles, and 300 miles of waterway in the San Joaquin Delta thereby creating fire station 74 and the need for fire rescue boat 71. The mergers of the Forest Lake Fire District and Delta Fire District increased the response area to 197 square miles.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Station 71 - 400 East Augusta Street, Woodbridge===
Dedicated 1958
*Decon 2 - trailer
*USAR 7 - trailer
* Engine 71 - 2013 Spartan Metro Star (CA#1246585) (VIN#4S7CT2D91DC077505)
* Water Tender 71 - 1996 Freightliner FL 80 / West-Mark (1000/3000) (SN#28586)
*Grass 71 - 2006 Ford F-450 / Scelzi Type 6 wildland (125/300/20A)
* Rescue 71 - 1987 International Metro / Supreme walk-around (SN#H7387)
*Battalion 71 - 2009 Ford F350 (Ex-Utility 71)
*Engine 75 - 1993 Spartan Diamond DA40M-2142 / Hi-Tech (1250/750) (SN#91684) (Ex-Engine 71)
*Engine 76 (Reserve) - 2002 HME 1971-SFO SMFD / Westates Type 1 (1250/750/20F) (SN#20301) (CA#1163978) (VIN#44KFT42894WZ20301) (Ex-Engine 72)
*Cal OES Engine 383 - 2015 HME Ahrens-Fox 1871-SFO SMFD Model 18 Type 1 (1250/850/20F) (SN#22622) (CA#1487309) (VIN#44KFT4282FWZ22622)
*Cal OES Brush Patrol 4604 (6050) - 2021 Ford F-550 / HME Ahrens-Fox Type 6 wildland (500,200/300/20F)
===Station 72 - 2691 East Armstrong Road, Lodi===
Dedicated 1968
* Engine 72 - 2023 Pierce Enforcer (1500/750/20F) (SN#37174)
===Station 73 - 25440 North Eunice Avenue, Acampo===
Dedicated 1996
* Engine 73 - 1999 HME Westates (1250/800/20A) (Former OES 269)
* Engine 77 -2005 International BME Type 3 (Ex-USFS)
* Antique - 1924 Graham Brothers / Local pumper (300/300) (Ex-Engine 1, ex-Yellow Taxi Cab)
===Station 74 - 6365 Capital Avenue, Lodi===
*Engine 74 - 2022 Pierce Enforcer (1500/750/20F) (SN#36042)
*Boat 71-2024 Moose M3 monohull fireboat (1500/-)
==Retired Apparatus==
:1999 International 4900 / 2001 Westates (1250/750/20A) (SN#99-725-01) (Ex-Engine 73)
:1990 International 4900 / Westates (1250/750) (SN#390-500) (Ex-Engine 72)
:1977 International COF1950A / Van Pelt pumper (750/600/20A) (SN#725017) (1997 Burton's rehab) (Ex-Engine 74)
Category:San Joaquin County
Category:California departments operating Hi-Tech apparatus
Category:California departments operating HME Ahrens-Fox apparatus
Category:California departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Departments operating West-Mark apparatus
Category:California departments operating Westates apparatus
Category:Former operators of Burton's apparatus
Category:Former operators of Van Pelt apparatus