Orange City Fire Department

Orange City Fire Department

Operational area
Country	United States
State	California
City	Orange
Agency overview[1]
Established	1905
Annual calls	12,610 (2014)
Annual budget	$29,567,744
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Jack Thomas
EMS level	ALS
IAFF	2384
Facilities and equipment[1]
Battalions	3
Stations	8
Engines	7 - frontline 4 - reserve
Trucks	1
Quints	1
Ambulances	3 - frontline 3 -reserve
USAR	1
Wildland	1 - Type 3
Website
Official website
IAFF website

The Orange Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Orange, California.^[2] The department is responsible for a population of approximately 140,000 people spread across 27 square miles (70 km²).^[2] Along with their standard firefighting apparatus, the department also has a swiftwater rescue team that is available for deployment anywhere in Orange County.

Metro Cities Fire Authority

The Orange City Fire Department is part of the Metro Cities Fire Authority which provides emergency communications for multiple departments in and around Orange County.^[3] The call center, known as Metro Net Fire Dispatch, is located in Anaheim and provides 9-1-1 fire and EMS dispatch to over 1.2 million residence covering an area of 200 square miles (520 km²). Other departments included in Metro Net include Anaheim Fire & Rescue, Brea Fire Department, Fountain Valley, Fullerton Fire Department, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach Fire Department, and Newport Beach Fire Department.^[3]

USAR Task Force 5

The Orange City Fire Department is a member of California Task Force 5 one of eight FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces in California, and 28 across the United States.^[4] The task force, sponsored by the Orange County Fire Authority with notable deployments to Hurricane Katrina and the Oklahoma City bombing.^[4]

History

The Orange Fire Department, as it was known in the beginning, came into existence on December 14, 1905 at a meeting between the city's Fire and Water Committees.^[5] Twenty-nine men signed up to join the all volunteer fire department. The volunteers were paid 50 cents a call if they didn't have to use water, $1 if they did and were also paid $1 per false alarm. Early on, there were often fights between the volunteers when an alarm went off, as they battled to see which would be the ones to pull the ladder wagon or hose cart to the fire, thus earning the pay for the call.^[5]

In 1906, the City built a $467 Fire Hall to house the fire apparatus and the 40 foot (12 m) bell tower used to sound fire alarms. The original apparatus was a horse-drawn hook and ladder wagon and two-hand drawn carts. It wasn't until 1912 that the department acquired it first motor-driven equipment, a Seagrave pumper.^[5]

By 1966 the department had fully transitioned from a volunteer department, to full-time career. In 1973, the department became one of the first in Orange County to provide paramedic rescue service.^[5]

Stations & Apparatus

The department has 8 stations spread across the city.^[6]

	Address	Engine	EMS	Truck	Other
1	176 S Grand St	Engine 1	Rescue 1	Truck 1	USAR 1, Battalion 1, Battalion 2
2	2900 E Collins Ave	Engine 2 Engine 22
3	1910 N Shaffer St	Engine 3	Rescue 3		Rehab Unit
4	201 S Esplande St	Engine 4	Rescue 4 Rescue 24
5	1345 W Maple Ave	Engine 5 Engine 25	Rescue 5 Rescue 25	Truck 5
6	345 City Dr	Engine 6			Spill Unit 6
7	8501 E Fort Rd	Engine 7 Engine 307
8	5725 E Carver Ln			Truck 8

References

1. "Orange City Fire Annual Report". City of Orange. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
2. "Fast Facts". City of Orange. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
3. "AboutUs". Metro Cities Fire Authority. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
4. "Urban Search and Rescue". City of Orange. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
5. "History". City of Orange. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
6. "Stations". City of Orange. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

Coordinates: 33°48′11″N 117°49′57″W / 33.80306°N 117.83250°W