Ventura County Fire Department
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| Committed to excellence, delivered with pride. | |
| Operational area | |
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| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 California
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| County | Ventura |
| Agency overview | |
| Established | May 11, 1928 |
| Annual calls | 34,779 (2012) |
| Employees |
574 total (2012)
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| Annual budget | $126 million (2012) |
| Staffing | Career |
| Fire chief | Mark Lorenzen |
| EMS level | ALS |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Stations | 32 |
| Engines | 31 frontline 16 reserve |
| Trucks | 3 frontline 2 reserve |
| Quints | 1 |
| Squads | 2 |
| Rescues | 2 |
| HAZMAT | 1 |
| USAR | 1 |
| Airport crash | 1 |
| Wildland | 11 |
| Bulldozers | 9 |
| Helicopters | 4 |
| Fireboats | 5 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
574 total (2012)
The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. Together, these areas compose the Ventura County Fire Protection District in the state of California, USA. The Ventura County Board of Supervisors is the fire district's board of directors. These five elected supervisors appoint the fire chief, and task him with providing fire protection services for the district.
In addition to the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, the department currently provides the following cities with service: Camarillo, Moorpark, Ojai, Port Hueneme, Simi Valley, and Thousand Oaks.
On May 11, 1928 the Ventura County Fire Protection District (VCFPD) was established. It wasn't for another two years that a 24-hour Fire Warden was placed on duty.
As the population of the county grew, the VCFD grew as well. In 1946 the department added radios to all of their trucks and rose to a total of 34 personnel. Nearly 33 years later in 1969, the department added a second radio frequency and added a full-time dispatch center at Station 31 in Thousand Oaks. Four years later in 1973, VCFD changed their engines from traditional Fire Engine Red to Yellow.
Ventura County uses two main types of engines. The first is the standard engine, which is often referred to as a "triple-combination pumper" as it has a fire pump, water tank and fire hose. Each engine can deliver 1,500 GPM of water and carry 500 gallons of water. The engines also carry multiple ground ladders and different types of hose. The second type of engine is the Medic Engine. The only real difference between the medic engine and the standard engine is that the medic engines are capable of advanced life support with a firefighter also being a fully trained ALS paramedic.
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