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Sebastopol Fire 2019 Incidents
• Medical/Vehicle: 702 (54%) • Public Service: 81 (6%)
• Fire Alarms: 97 (8%)
• Hazmat/Spills: 85 (7%) • Good Intent: 297 (22%) • Fires/Misc : 44 (3%)
2019 Sebastopol Fire Calls
Year-to-Date = 1306 A New Record!
Forestville Fire Protection District
Russian River Fire Protection District
The Forestville Fire District’s paid and volunteer staff participated in 803 hours of in-house training and logged over 8,756 hours responding to 1,033 calls for service during the 2019 calendar year. The District’s volunteer staff provided coverage for the District’s first out engine company to assure that it was staffed by a total of 3 personnel, 2 paid and 1 volunteer, at all times. In 2019 members of the District also served the community by donating to local youth groups and charities as well as, setting up for the Youth Park Barbeque, Toys for Tots, local toy giveaways, installing the Christmas Lights in town, delivering Santa Claus to the tree lighting, EMT standby at El Molino football games
Like many other departments in the county, 2019 was a very busy for our department. In all, we ended the year at 1,828 incidents. Thank you to all of our volunteers and paid staff who continue to do an outstanding job!
2019 Forestville Fire Calls
• StructureFire:9
• StrikeTeams:2
• Misc.Fires:0
• WildlandFire:7
• VehicleFire:8
Medical & Others Totals
• MutualAid:124
• VehicleAccidents:74
• MedicalEmergencies:408
• SmokeChecks:87
• IRP Alarms: 1
• WaterRescue:6
• AlarmSounding:28
• HazardousCondition:169
• HazMat:1
• PublicAssist:109
Total Calls: 1033
• Public Assist: 84
• Illegal Burning: 18
• Other Service Calls: 12
• Good Intent Calls: 389
• False Calls: 34
• Tree/Power Lines Down: 109 • Hazardous Conditions: 38
• Medical Aid: 1,010
• Vehicle Accidents: 73
• Swift Water Rescues: 10
• Other EMS Related Calls: 10 • Structure Fire: 15
• Vegetation Fire: 11
• Vehicle Fire: 6
• Other Fire Related Calls: 9
2019 Russian River Fire Calls
Total Calls: 1,828
and a host of other events and charities.
The Forestville Fire District Board of
Directors would like to thank all of the
members of the Forestville Fire District
and their families for another year of Service and Sacrifice.
As a reminder, the Russian River Fire Protection District Board of Directors will hold their next meeting on February 12th at 6 pm at the fire station
at 14100 Armstrong Woods Rd in Guerneville. We hope you’ll consider attending. Visit us online at: russianriverfire.org.
Bodega Volunteer Fire Department
responded to a record high of 212 emergency calls, an 11% increase over last year. Not a huge amount of calls but we are able to continue to handle these calls without a special fire
tax in our district and without paid staffing. We thank our volunteers for continuing to dedicate their time to help others in times of need. We also want to also thank our community for supporting us by making donations and attending our fundraising events. Bodega Volunteers Fire Department
is committed to sticking together with the remaining Volunteer Fire Departments in western Sonoma County as “North Bay Fire” under
the leadership of Gold Ridge Fire Protection District.
2019 Bodega Vol. Fire Calls
• Medical Aid: 54
• VehicleAccident:29
• VehicleExtrication:10
• Fire Alarm: 25
• Vehicle Fire: 2
• Vegetation Fire: 10
• StructureFire:11
• Investigation:9
• Other(Public Assists, etc): 17
• HazardousCondition:23
• CliffRescue:3
• OceanRescue:11
• WaterRescue:7
Total Calls: 211
Graton Fire 2019 in Review
Bodega Volunteer Fire Department
As 2019 ended, the firefighters of the Graton Fire Protection District completed 813 calls – a new record high! This may not seem like much when compared with larger city departments, but Graton Fire still runs every call
2019 Graton Fire Calls
• Tree/Power Lines Down: 91
• Fire Investigation: 33
• Medical Aid: 400
• Other (canceled, rescue): 26
• Rescue:13
• Structure Fire: 18
• TrafficCollision:39
• Vegetation Fire: 8
• Vehicle Fire: 2
Total Calls: 813
There will be one firefighter and one engineer on-duty at all times. They will support our amazing volunteers
with volunteers – from the Fire Chief to the Trainees... they interrupt their paying jobs and personal lives to serve the community.
Graton is one of the busiest volunteer fire departments in Sonoma County. Thank you to all of our volunteers, employers, and families for their understanding and support.
2020... Look Ahead: We will
hire our first six career firefighters and engineers this year, thanks to our Graton community passing the parcel tax by almost 77%!
ALL SoCo Fire Departments are WELCOME to JOIN this Column. EM: vesta@sonic.net
who have sustained this department for 70 years! We could not have gone without paid staff for as long as we have without them! Volunteers will still be actively involved in running calls with day and night shifts available alongside the career staff. Our goal is to have a crew of three at the station at all times – which is considered the minimum staffing for a fire. Stay tuned for the exciting changes at Graton Fire...
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