Atascadero Fire & Emergency Services

==Area Served==
Atascadero Fire & Emergency Services provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Atascadero, located about midway between the cities of San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles, and geographically the largest city in San Luis Obispo County. Atascadero is Spanish which loosely translated means "Bog" or "Mire." Incorporated as a city on July 2, 1979, and becoming fully-operational on July 1, 1980, it encompasses an area covering 26.13 square miles, and serves a population of approximately 29,773. The City of Atascadero is bordered by the unincorporated San Luis Obispo County community of Templeton on the north, unincorporated San Luis Obispo on the east and west, and the town of Santa Margarita on the south.
===Mutual Aid===
Atascadero Fire & Emergency Services has mutual aid agreements with the San Luis Obispo County Fire Department, Templeton Fire & Emergency Services, the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) Atascadero Fire Department, the Paso Robles Fire Department, the Santa Margarita Fire Department and CAL FIRE San Luis Obispo Unit
== Department Profile ==
Atascadero Fire & Emergency Services is budgeted for 21 paid members, including one fire chief, two battalion chiefs (one heading Operations and the other Risk reduction), and one administrative assistant, augmented by a staff of 12 seasonal / reserve firefighters. Its resources include two fire stations and four front-line emergency apparatus. These are comprised of two medic engine companies, one medic aerial ladder truck, and one chiefs command vehicle, working three 24-hour rotating shifts. Each fire engine and the truck company is staffed with one fire captain, one fire engineer, and one firefighter; with at least one member of the crew certified as a paramedic. Atascadero also cross staffs a rescue squad, a technical rescue truck, one Type 3 and one Type 6 wildland apparatus, and an OES Type 1 engine company. It is part of the North County Technical Rescue Team (NCTRT). Atascadero Fire & Emergency Services responds to over 5,000 calls annually, with over 80% consisting of EMS calls.
===North County Urban Search and Rescue Team===
Atascadero Fire & Emergency Services is a member agency of a multi-disciplinary technical rescue team from SLO County emergency response agencies, administered by CAL FIRE/San Luis Obispo, and designed to assist with rescues beyond the scope of engine company personnel. The types of rescues include, but are not limited to swift water rescues, flood rescues, low and high angle rescues, trench rescues, near-shore ocean rescues (including surf rescues), structural collapse rescues, and other technical rescues that require skills, knowledge, and equipment beyond those of initial attack resources. The North County US&R team consists of 23 members, including 14 CAL FIRE personnel, as well as 7 personnel from other San Luis Obispo County Fire agencies.
==History==
The Atascadero Fire Department was first established in 1915 by volunteers who responded to the fire scene and were paid $1 per fire. The volunteer firemen were directed by Lew Cole who owned his own fire engine and was hired only during the summer months. Community leaders purchased a Ford Model T truck equipped with a soda-acid tank to respond to fires in these early years. As construction began on the Administration Building community leaders bought a model-T Ford truck equipped with a soda acid water tank to use as a fire truck. In 1922 the Atascadero Fire Protection District was founded on the heels of a disastrous 5,000 acre wildland fire near the Eagle Ranch property. Originally the district was 7 square miles in area with a population less than 3,000. On February 4, 1926 Atascadero’s first paid fire department was established. The Fire District dissolved in 1979 when the department became an official part of the newly incorporated City. It was determined in 2015 that the title “Fire Department” did not sufficiently describe the variety of services provided by the organization.  As a result, in 2016, a new name was selected that more accurately represented the broad range of services rendered.  As of September 7, 2016, the Atascadero City Fire Department was officially renamed the Atascadero Fire & Emergency Services.
==Apparatus Roster==
===Fire Station 1 - 6005 Lewis Avenue===
Dedicated 1952
:Chief 7500 - Chevrolet Suburban
:Utility 7536 - Ford F-250 4x4
:Rescue 7551 - 2009 Kenworth T370 / Pierce walk-around (SN#21945) (Ex- Morro Bay Fire Department)
:Rescue Squad 7555 - 2000 Ford Econoline 4x4 Type III ambulance
:Engine 7565 - 2008 International WorkStar 7400 SFA 4x4 / Pierce Type 3 wildland (500pto/500/25A) (SN#7301-08792250)
:Patrol 7566 - 1982 Chevrolet Scottsdale K30 4x4 Type 6 wildland (250/250)
:Engine 7573 (Reserve) - 1996 International 4900 / Master Body Works Type 3 wildland (500/500) 
:Medic Engine 7591 (ALS) - 2005 Pierce Arrow XT 6700 (2000/500/25A) (SN#16789-01)
:Medic Engine 7593 (ALS) - 2016 Pierce Arrow XT 6700 (2000/500/?) (SN#28584)
:Antique - 1929 Ford Model A pumper
===Fire Station 2 - 9801 West Front Street===
Dedicated 1986
:Medic Truck 7545 (ALS) - 2008 Pierce Arrow XT 6700 (2000/275/25A/100' rear-mount platform) (SN#20135) (CA#1279702)
:Engine 7564 - International 4x4 / Pierce Type 3 wildland
===Station/Assignment Unknown===
:Engine 7592 (J595) - 2005 Pierce Arrow XT 6700 (2000/500/25A) (SN#16789-02)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2001 International 4900 4x4 / Placer Type 3 wildland (500/500) (Ex-Engine 7574) (Part of a straight exchange with the Morro Bay Fire Department)
:2000 HME 1871-SFO SMFD / Westates Type 1 (1250,300pto/800/20A) (SN#190460 (CA#959486) (VIN#44KFT4286YWZ19046) (Ex-OES 275 ; returned to OES)
:1989 International 4800 4x4 / West-Mark towing 1991 Hesse 16-bay single-axle trailer (Ex-Rescue 7551)
:1987 Pierce Dash D-8000 pumper (1250/1000) (SN#E3572)
:1985 Pierce Arrow pumper (1500/750) (SN#E2238)
==External Links==
*Atascadero Fire Department
Category:San Luis Obispo County
Category:California departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Departments operating Placer apparatus
Category:California departments operating Master Body Works apparatus