City of Davis

The Fire Department provides pre-hospital emergency medical services at the EMT-1D level; minimizes loss from fires, hazardous materials incidents and natural disasters and other emergency services; and ensures that the community's emergency service resources are effectively and efficiently managed. The Fire Department coordinates citywide planning for large scale disasters and emergency incidents.

The City of Davis Fire Department is staffed by 45 shift personnel (9 captains and and 36 firefighters), one fire chief, three division chiefs, one fire prevention captain and four administrative staff. The department consists of three fire stations located in Central, West, and South Davis. The shift personnel (firefighters) are divided into three shifts, each shift working a 24 hour day (56 hour work week).

Department equipment consists of 3 engines, 1 rescue, 1 squad, 2 grass/wildland units, 1 water tender and 2 reserve engines and two antique fire apparatus.

The Fire Department has contractual agreements with the East Davis County Fire Protection District, the Springlake Fire Protection District and No Man's Land Fire Protection District for emergency response to these areas. The city and these three districts are divided into 3 emergency first-response areas. These areas provide a clearly defined territory for dispatching the nearest fire and EMS personnel and equipment to an emergency.

The department has an automatic aid agreement with the University of California at Davis and the cities of Woodland, West Sacramento and Dixon and a mutual aid agreement with all other fire protection agencies in Yolo County and in the State of California.