Tiburon Fire Protection District

==Area Served==
The Tiburon Fire Protection District provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the Town of Tiburon, located on the Tiburon Peninsula, in the North Bay sub region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in Marin County, Northern California. In addition since 1981, the Tiburon Fire Department has provided fire protection and emergency medical services under contract to the City of Belvedere (formerly a separate island), which occupies the southwest part of the peninsula and is contiguous with Tiburon. The name Tiburon is derived from the Spanish word "tiburón", which means "shark". Incorporated as a town on June 23, 1964, Tiburon encompasses an area covering 13.22 square miles, and serves a population of approximately 9,146 inhabitants. Belvedere, incorporated on December 24, 1896, a completely residential community, encompasses an area covering 2.42 square miles, and serves a population of approximately 2,126. Tiburon is bordered by the Town of Corte Madera to the north, by the City of Mill Valley and the unincorporated community of Strawberry to the west, by the City of Belvedere to the southwest, by Angel Island, administered by California State Parks, to the south, and surrounds the unincorporated enclave of Paradise Cay, but is otherwise mostly surrounded by the waters of the San Francisco Bay. The town connects to the City of San Francisco via a regular ferry service from the Tiburon Ferry Terminal to the San Francisco Ferry Building.
===Mutual Aid===
The Tiburon FPD has mutual aid agreements with the Central Marin Fire Department, the Mill Valley Fire Department, the San Rafael Fire Department, and the Southern Marin Fire Protection District.
==Department Profile==
The Tiburon Fire Department is budgeted for 21 career safety employees, one clerical and one finance officer, in addition to 13 volunteer firefighters. Its resources include two fire stations and four front-line emergency apparatus comprised of two engine companies, one medic ambulance, and one battalion chief vehicle. In addition. Tiburon FD cross staffs one OES Type 1 engine company, two Type 3 wildland companies, one technical rescue unit, and one fire-rescue boat. 
==History==
In April 1941, voters approved the formation of a new fire district for the Tiburon peninsula and elected three fire commissioners. The first roster of volunteer firefighters was comprised of seventeen men, many of whom were employed by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company and lived on the hillside above the railroad yard. The new fire district entered into a three-year lease agreement at five dollars per month for a fire station site at what is now 1690 Tiburon Blvd. The volunteer firefighters built a wood frame, two-stall engine house on the property. Emergency phones were installed in the fire station and in the homes of the Chief, Assistant Chief and Commissioners. Volunteers were alerted by the NWP air horn alarm system which could be actuated from any of the railroad alarm locations. In September of 1946, the District leased property from the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company and moved the fire station across the street to the District’s current location at 1679 Tiburon Blvd. Another engine was purchased from Van Pelt in 1949 for fighting grass and brush fires on the peninsula. Radio equipment was installed in both trucks with Civil Defense matching funds. The District remained an all-volunteer fire department until December 1959, when the first paid fire chief was appointed. In 1981, the Tiburon Fire District contracted with the City of Belvedere, providing emergency medical and fire related services to the city. This contract added three additional personnel to the staff including a fire marshal and two firefighters. The Belvedere Volunteer Fire Department was merged with the Tiburon Volunteer Fire Department and the old Belvedere Fire Station was converted into a community center.
===Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service	Notes
1 	1690 Tiburon Boulevard	1941-1946 	Closed, demolished and replaced by current fire station 1 at 1679 Tiburon Boulevard. Became Bradley Real Estate office
==Apparatus Roster==
===Station 10 - 4301 Paradise Drive===
Built 1960
*Engine 10 - 2010 Pierce Arrow XT (1500/500/25F) (SN#23522)
*Medic 10 - 2014 Ford E-Series ambulance
===Station 11 (Headquarters) - 1679 Tiburon Boulevard===
Built 1946, rebuilt 1993
*Battalion 9 -
*Battalion 10 -
*Battalion 11 - 2019 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4
*Engine 11 - 2019 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 (1500/500/25F) (SN#32645)
*Rescue 11 - 2012 International 7400 / Pierce Encore walk-around (SN#25810)
*Utility 11 - 20?? Ford F-150 4x4
*Prevention 11 - 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4
*Engine 12 (Reserve) - 2005 Pierce Dash 2000 (1500/500/?F) (SN#16181) (Ex-Engine 10)
*Battalion 12 -
*Engine 611 - 2018 International WorkStar 7400 4x4 / Pierce Type 3 wildland (500/500/20F/CAFS) (SN#31660)
*Engine 612 (Reserve) - 2005 International 7400 SFA 4x4 / Pierce Hawk Type 3 wildland (500pto/500/17F) (SN#15802)
====Tiburon-Angel Island Ferry Terminal - Tiburon Boulevard & Main Street====
*Fireboat "Tiburon" - 2016 Moose Boats Inc. M2-38 jet-driven 38' catamaran-style aluminum fire & rescue boat (5,000/-)
===Station/Assignment Unknown===
*201? Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD 4x4
==Retired Apparatus==
*OES 329 - 2005 HME 1871-SFO SMFD / Westates Type 1 (1250,100aux/800/20A) (HME SN#20547) (CA#1258963) (VIN#44KFT42865WZ20547) (Returned to OES and reassigned to Hollister Fire Department (California) as OES 2122)
*2007 Moose Boats Inc. M2-35 twin diesel jet-driven 35' catamaran style aluminum fire & rescue boat (750/-) (Ex-Fireboat "Tiburon") 
*1998 Pierce Dash (1500/500/30F) (SN#EC118) (Ex-Engine 11) 
*1989 Pierce Dash pumper (1500/500) (SN#E4529) (Ex-Engine 10) 
*1989 International 4800 / G. Paoletti Type 3 wildland (350/400) (SN#44802) (Ex-Engine 12A Spare)
*1967 Drakecraft 34' fireboat (750/-) (Ex-Los Angeles Fire Department)
*1949 / Van Pelt wildland
*1941 White WA18 / Van Pelt pumper (500/100) (Ex-Engine 1)
==Future Plans==
New Station 10 in planning stages at same location.
==Station Map==
Category:Marin County
Category:California departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Former operators of Paoletti apparatus
Category:Former operators of Van Pelt apparatus