About Us
The Fire Department is the primary provider of:
- Disaster preparedness coordination
- Fire prevention services
- Fire suppression
- Hazard mitigation
- Pre-hospital emergency medical care
Functions
- Respond to all types of fires, which can include structures, vehicles, trash, and wildlands
- Provide pre-hospital advanced life support (paramedic) for all injury and illness calls
- Conduct fire prevention programs to schools, businesses, and residents of the city
- Review all development plans for adherence to applicable fire prevention laws, codes, and policies
- Provide on-site inspections for adherence to approved building plans relative to the Uniform Fire Code, National Fire Protection Association standards and Fire Department policies
- Maintain records of all emergency fire, medical and hazard mitigation responses
- Investigate all fires for cause
- Investigate complaints regarding weed abatement and manage the mandatory weed abatement program
- Mitigate potential hazardous situations before they become an emergency situation. Examples include standby for:
- Children locked in a vehicle
- Electrical lines down
- Gasoline spills
- Helicopter landings at Rancho Springs
- Natural gas leaks
- Maintain all emergency response vehicles in proper operating condition
- Provide disaster preparedness services to the City
- Conduct hydrant flow tests and hydrant inspections
- Conduct training classes for employees to ensure compliance with Cal-OSHA requirements, ISO requirements, medical certification and recertification requirements, necessary skills refresher requirements
- Provide opportunities for employee development, such as voluntary physical assessment and offsite state certification classes
- Maintain a reserve firefighter program consisting of community volunteers
- Maintain fire stations and equipment in working condition and repair
- Sponsor a fire explorer program
- Inspect local businesses for fire and life safety protection