The Stockton Fire Department protects approximately 235,000 residents in a city of 55.7 square miles. The department has twelve stations and is staffed by 231 career uniformed members and 27 civilian personnel. The department provides both fire suppression and emergency medical response. A private contractor operates the ambulance service.
The Fire and EMS Communications Center, which dispatches the Stockton Fire Department, four surrounding fire districts and the ambulance service, is staffed by a supervisor and three telecommunicators on each shift. Stockton has mutual aid agreements
with the four surrounding fire protection districts. The Stockton Auxiliary Firefighters respond to second and greater alarms, however the auxiliary firefighters do not participate in interior attack.
Stockton’s twelve engine and three truck companies normally operate with 4person
crews, with the exception of Truck 2, which operates with 5 crew members. Engine companies are staffed by a captain, an engineer and two firefighters, while truck companies are staffed by a captain, an engineer, a tiller operator and one firefighter. Support Unit 2 is staffed by a captain and a firefighter/paramedic. Two battalion
chiefs are on duty at all times and a chief’s operator responds in a separate vehicle to perform command post support functions.
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