The Sacramento Fire Department (SFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Sacramento, California. The department was first organized on February 5, 1850, the second oldest in the state. It was not until March 30, 1872, when it finally became a paid fire department. Additionally, the city also provides contracted services for the Pacific Fruitridge Fire Protection District and the Natomas Fire Protection District to provide emergency services. This contracted area expands the department's response area to as they provide services to approximately 540,000 residents. In 2025, Sacramento Fire partnered with Medic Ambulance to increase medical transportation flexibility with the agreement to staff 4 Basic Life Support ambulances.
Stations & Apparatus The city itself has 20 fire stations spread across the city. It also operates out of 4 additional stations which are contracted out to the City of Sacramento. In Addition, there is also a Reserve Station. Each station has a fire engine along with a number of support units. All specialty rigs, such as the wildland fire engines and the hazardous material truck are cross-staffed by engine and truck personnel. There are also four boats spread across the stations for rescues in the two rivers that both run through, and border Sacramento, the American River and the Sacramento River, respectively. Fire Station Number Address Engine Company or Squad Company EMS Medic Unit Truck Company Wildland Unit Other units Battalion1624 Q St Engine 1 Medic 1 121229 I St Engine 2 Medic 2 Truck 2 Boat 2, water bike 1 & 2, Battalion 113 (contracted)7208 W. Elkhorn BlEngine 3 Engine 603 water tender 3343145 Granada Wy Engine 4 Medic 4 15731 BroadwayEngine 5 Truck 5 Boat 5163301 Martin Luther King Jr. BlEngine 6Medic 6Truck 6 276500 Wyndham DrEngine 7Medic 7Truck 7 HazMat 7485990 H StEngine 8Medic 8 Boat 819 (CLOSED)5801 Florin Perkins Rd 105642 66th StEngine 10Medic 10Truck 10 211785 Florin Rd Medic 11 Boat 11, Battalion 44124500 24th StEngine 12Medic 12 EMS 222131100 43rd Av Engine 13Medic 13 AIR 13 4141341 North C StEngine 14 Engine 614EMS 231151640 W El Camino AveEngine 15Medic 615 Engine 615 1167363 24th StEngine 16 Truck 16 Engine 316 4171311 Bell AvEngine 17Medic 17Truck 17 318 (contracted)746 North Market BlEngine 18M618 Engine 318 3191700 Challenge WyEngine 19Medic 19 Engine 619Type 1 OES 3202512 Rio Linda BlEngine 20Medic 20 Rescue 20, Rescue 220, Battalion 33301901 Club Center DrEngine 30Medic 30 Truck 30 HazMat 30 3434201 El Centro RdEngine 43Medic 43 Truck 43Engine 343, Water Tender 43 356 (contracted)3720 47th AvEngine 56 Engine 656 Battalion 2Type 3 OES Engine 8434257 (contracted)7927 East ParkwayEngine 57Medic 657 460 3301 Julliard DrEngine 60 Engine 660 299 (Reserve)300 Arden WaySquad 299 Rehab 99, Air 993
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Some of the teams most notable deployments include the Northridge earthquake (1994), Oklahoma City bombing (1995), World Trade Center (2001) Hurricane Katrina (2005) Hurricane Harvey (2017) and Hurricane Maria (2017)
See also Pioneer Mutual Volunteer Firehouse
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