Alameda Fire Department (California)

==Area Served==
The Alameda Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Alameda, nicknamed "The Island City" (or simply "the island"), and located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, across the estuary from the city of Oakland, in Alameda County. The city is primarily located on Alameda Island, but also spans Coast Guard Island, an artificial island in the Oakland Estuary, Bay Farm Island, which is part of the mainland proper and borders Oakland International Airport, and Ballena Bay Island. Incorporated as a city on March 7, 1872, the city of Alameda encompasses an area covering 22.98 square miles, including the former Naval Air Station Alameda property on Alameda Point at the west end of Alameda Island and Southshore along the southern side of Alameda Island. Alameda's population is 78,280 according to the 2020 Census. 
=== Mutual Aid ===
The Alameda Fire Department has mutual aid agreements with, among others, the Oakland Fire Department and the Berkeley Fire Department, as well as with the United States Coast Guard fireboats and Search and Rescue team.
==Department Profile==
Alameda FD is currently comprised of 117 sworn and non-sworn personnel. Its resources include four fire stations and eleven front-line emergency vehicles comprised of four engine companies, two tiller operated ladder truck companies, three paramedic Advanced Life Support (ALS) rescue ambulances, one mental health response/crisis intervention ambulance, and one division chief vehicle. Daily Platoon staffing consist of a 29 on-duty personnel. Engine companies are staffed with three personnel, at least one of which is a licensed paramedic; the truck companies are staffed with three personnel; paramedic rescue ambulances are staffed with two personnel; the Alameda Care Team ambulance with one licensed paramedic and one firefighter/EMT, and the command vehicle is staffed with one chief officer. In addition. Alameda Fire cross staffs one heavy rescue unit, one water tender, a dive rescue team, one fire boat, two rescue boats and one OES Type-1 engine company. All fire personnel are certified firefighter/emergency medical technicians or firefighter/paramedics. Alameda Fire responded to 7,253 calls for service in 2021, 4,727 of which were for emergency medical services. 
The Alameda Fire Department is part of a regional fire and emergency services delivery system referred to as the Alameda County Regional Emergency Communication Center (ACRECC), located at Building 313 within the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a federally secured Department of Energy (DOE) facility in the City of Livermore. ACRECC serves an area of approximately 738 square miles, with a resident population of over 1.5 million, providing fire and medical dispatch services for unincorporated Alameda County, as well as for: Alameda, Albany (medical dispatch only), Castro Valley, Dublin, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward (medical dispatch only), Livermore, Newark, Pleasanton, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Sunol, and Union City 
=== California Task Force 4 ===
The Alameda Fire Department is a member agency of California Task Force 4 (CA-TF4).
== History==
The Alameda Fire Department was organized on August 29, 1876 as a volunteer agency, and four years later in 1880, the Alameda City Board of Trustees officially recognized the Alameda Fire Department. By 1881 the city had four fire houses: Citizen's Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 and Thompson Hose Company No. 1, located on Webb Avenue and Park Street; Whidden Hose Company No. 2, the former West End Engine Company No. 1, located on Webster Street; Central (Sherman) Hose Company No. 3, located on Sherman Street between Central Avenue and Santa Clara Avenue; and Pacific Hose Company No. 4, located on Chestnut Street between Pacific Avenue and Railroad Avenue. By the end of the 19th century the Alameda Fire Department boasted one steam fire engine, two chemical engines on wheels, six chemical extinguishers, two hook-and-ladder trucks, a pair of two-wheeled hose carriages, one hose wagon and four Johnson hand pumps. Upon the disbandment of the USCG Base Alameda fire department in 1997, the Alameda Fire Department assumed jurisdictional responsibility for the fire protection of Coast Guard Island. In 2009, Alameda fire station 5, the former US Navy fire station located at 950 W. Ranger Road on Naval Air Station Alameda, which closed itself on 25 April 1997, closed down however, it is still the home of the Alameda Fire Department Training Division as well as two antique parade engines, cared for by AFD retirees. The Alameda Fire Department has maintained an ISO Class 1 rating since July, 2015. 
===Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service 	Notes
1 	Webb Avenue and Park Street	1881 - 1909	Closed and demolished; replaced by new fire station at 2424 Webb Avenue
1 	2424 Webb Avenue 	1909 - 1968	Closed and demolished; replaced by new fire station at 2401 Encinal Avenue
1 	635 Pacific Avenue 	 	Renumbered Station 2
3 	1703 Grand Street 	1923 - 2001	Closed after deemed seismically unsafe for use; replaced by rented former residence at 1709 Grand Street
3 	1709 Grand Street 	2001 - 2017	Closed, replaced by new fire station at 1625 Buena Vista Avenue and reverted back to residence
5 	950 West Ranger Road 	1997 - 2009	Former Alameda Naval Air Station; now home of Alameda Fire Department Training Division
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Administration - 1300 Park Street===
===Fire Station 1 - 2401 Encinal Avenue ===
Dedicated 1968
:Engine 1 (5) - 2013 Pierce Quantum (1500/500/30F) (SN#26350)
:Truck 1 - 2012 Pierce Quantum aerial (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (SN#25222)
:Medic 1 (ALS) (7) - Ford F-550 / Horton ambulance
:Rescue Boat 1 - Ford F-150 4x4 towing Achilles 14' inflatable on trailer
:Battalion 1 - Chevrolet Suburban
===Fire Station 2 - 635 Pacific Avenue===
Dedicated 1948
:Engine 2 (87) - 2015 Pierce Quantum (1500/500/30F) (SN#28214)
:Truck 2 - 2013 Pierce Quantum aerial (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (SN#26352)
:Medic 2 (ALS) (60) - Ford ambulance
:Rescue Boat 2 - Achilles 15' inflatable
===Fire Station 3 - 1625 Buena Vista Avenue===
Dedicated December 2, 2017
:Engine 3 (12) - 2018 Pierce Quantum 6700 (1500/500/30F) (SN#32136)
:Medic 3 (ALS) - Ford E-450 / Horton ambulance
:Alameda Care Team 3 (BLS) (20) - 2023 Ford F-150 w/ cap
:Rescue 3 - 2011 Pierce Arrow XT walk-around (SN#24790)
===Fire Station 4 - 2595 Mecartney Road===
:Water Tender 2 - 2017 Kenworth T400 6x4 / Pierce PIC dryside (750/3000) (SN#30313-02)
:Engine 4 - 2012 Pierce Quantum (1500/750/30F) (SN#25221)
:Medic 4 (ALS) - 2023 Ford F-550 / Horton ambulance
===Alameda Marina - 2033 Clement Avenue / Gate 5=== 
:Fireboat "Deanna Jo" - 2014 Tinicum Township Fire Company 32' / (2) 300 HP (2000/-)
:2023 Moose Boats M2-38' aluminum jet-driven catamaran fire & rescue boat (5,000/-)
===Training Division, 950 West Ranger Road===
:Antique / Parade - 1963 American LaFrance pumper (1000/?) (Ex-Engine 2)
:Antique / Parade - 1935 Seagrave 6 GT pumper (SN#78975) (Ex-Alameda Fire Department, ex-Hyder Fire Department) (Restored by Lantzville Fire Rescue, BC and used as parade unit, sold back to Alameda FD in 2018)
:Cal OES Engine 2114 - 2019 HME Ahrens-Fox 1871-SFO SMFD Model 18 Type 1 (1250/850/20F) (SN#23230) (CA#1562252) (VIN#44KFT4289KWZ23230) (Ex-OES 409)
===Station/Assignment Unknown===
:2017 Kenworth T400 6x4 / Pierce PIC dryside tanker (750/3000) (SN#30313-01) (Ex-Water Tender 4)
:2007 Pierce Quantum pumper (1500/500/30F) (SN#19217) (Reserve)
:Ford E-350 / Leader ambulance (Ex-Alameda Care Team 3)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2003 Pierce Quantum pumper (SN#14706-02)
:2003 Pierce Quantum pumper (SN#14706-01)
:2003 Pierce Quantum pumper (SN#14152)
:2000 Ford F-350 / E-One (Superior) rescue (SO#122132) (SN#SE 2367) (Sold to Ash Fork Volunteer Fire Department)
:1997 Ford Crown Victoria
:1995 Pierce Arrow aerial (-/-/105' rear-mount) (SN#E8837) (Ex-Truck 2, ex-Truck 2772 Reserve)
:1994 24' Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) (Ex-Rescue Boat 2798, ex-US Coast Guard)
:1991 Pierce Arrow aerial (-/-/105' rear-mount) (SN#E6065) (Sold to Alpha Fire Company (Centre County, Pennsylvania)
:1990 Pierce Arrow pumper (1500/500/20F) (SN#E6063-01)
:1990 Pierce Arrow pumper (1500/500/20F) (SN#E6063-02)
:1988 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/500/100B) (SN#E4458-02) (Ex-Engine 2745) (Ex-Alameda Naval Air Station Fire Department)
:1988 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/500/100B) (SN#E4157-07) (Ex-Alameda Naval Air Station Fire Department)
:1987 Mack CF / Ward 79 pumper (1500/500) (SN#2135) (Ex-Engine 2742)
:1976 Willard Marine 32' Ports and Waterways Boat (PWB) (500/-) (Ex-Fireboat 27F3, ex-US Coast Guard) (Sold to Santa Cruz Fire Department)
:1972 Seagrave aerial (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (Ex-Truck 1) (being restored by ADS retirees)
:1968 Mack C pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 1)
:1942 Oldsmobile (Ex-Asst. Fire Chief)
:1940 DeSoto (Ex-Fire Chief)
:1934 Seagrave pumper (750/?) (Ex-Engine 1)
:1925 Seagrave city service ladder truck (Ex-Truck 1)
==External Links==
*City of Alameda Fire Department
==Station Map==
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Category:Former operators of Ward 79 apparatus