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Fire Station No. 1 777 Benton Street Santa Clara, CA 95050 Map It
tel: (408) 615-4900 Fax: (408) 246-8652
For emergencies, dial 9-1-1

 
Fire Department

It is the mission of the Santa Clara Fire Department to protect all citizens within the City of Santa Clara from injury and loss due to natural and man-made disasters.

This is accomplished by providing highly trained and equipped emergency personnel to respond to incidents of fire, chemical release, medical emergency, and earthquake, flood, or other natural disasters, within three minutes after notification.

Fire Administration provides management, organization, and support for the various divisions of the Fire Department actively engaged in the protection of life and property. This is accomplished through fiscally responsible budgeting and purchasing; coordination with other departments for maintenance of buildings, grounds, apparatus, and equipment; processing of payroll and personnel actions; and forecasting and planning for future departmental needs.
 
Fire Protection Division

The Protection Division, using the Incident Command System, efficiently manages over 7,000 emergency responses annually. The full time emergency staff is supplemented by an active Volunteer/Reserve force, which responds to over 2,750 emergency incidents and contributes more than 7,900 hours of community service each year.

This division also provides related non-emergency services that reduce property damage and interruption of business, such as water evacuation from buildings suffering damaged internal water systems. The Fire Department charges for this and other services, such as drunk driving accidents, fire prevention plan checks, bicycle licensing, and industrial training. Voter registration forms are available at each station as a free service to our citizens.

 
Fire Prevention Division
The Fire Prevention Division is primarily responsible for fire safety education, fire cause determination, inspection of high hazard occupancies, and fire code enforcement. This division also provides a plan checking service that assures the incorporation of proper life safety standards, as well as code compliance, in all new construction in the city. Fire Prevention supervises and coordinates some 9,900 Fire and Life Safety Inspections annually. Under this program, all commercial occupancies are inspected at least once a year and residential occupancies are inspected upon request. Over 4,100 code violations in the community are corrected annually as a direct result of this program.
 
Fire Training Division
The Training Division provides services to the Fire Department, other City departments, industry, and the community at large. Approximately 60,000 hours annually are spent on both new and continuing education for department members in the areas of firefighting, medical response, and chemical incident control techniques, in addition to continual support for basic emergency operations. Training is also responsible for Firefighter Recruit training.
 
Hazardous Materials Division
The Hazardous Materials Division maintains a vital role as technical consultant to the Fire Department, the City, and the business community, advising on site construction, process installation, and the safe use and handling of hazardous materials as outlined in Federal, State, and local regulations. The Hazardous Materials Specialists perform critical staff support at the scene of approximately 50 chemical release incidents each year. In addition, they conduct training for Department members in hazardous materials equipment and mitigation techniques. Fire Department personnel receive an average of 20 hours each of hazardous materials training in such subject areas as safety hazard mitigation, incident management, hazardous assessment, and legal obligations.
 
Emergency Medical Services Division
The Emergency Medical Services Division, created in calendar year 1995, is responsible for training personnel to deliver Pre-Hospital Emergency Medical services to people who live, work and visit in Santa Clara. All personnel in the Division are trained as Emergency Medical Technicians-Paramedic level, to deliver Advanced Life Support (ALS) service within five to seven minutes. This ALS service is presently delivered on ALS Engine companies.
 
Fire Stations
Fire Station 1 777 Benton Street, Santa Clara 95050 Map It
Fire Station 2 1900 Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara 95050 Map It
Fire Station 3 2821 Homestead Road, Santa Clara 95051 Map It
Fire Station 4 2323 Pruneridge Avenue, Santa Clara 95050 Map It
Fire Station 5 1912 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara 95051 Map It
Fire Station 6 888 Agnew Road, Santa Clara 95054 Map It
Fire Station 7 3495 Benton Street, Santa Clara 95051 Map It
Fire Station 8 2400 Agnew Road, Santa Clara 95054 Map It
Fire Station 9 3011 Corvin Drive, Santa Clara 95051 Map It
Fire Station 10 5111 Stars & Stripes Way, Santa Clara 95054 Map It
 
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