Santa Barbara County Fire Department

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Santa Barbara County Fire Department

Operational area
Country	United States
State	California
County	Santa Barbara
Agency overview[1]
Established	1926 (1926)
Annual calls	13,461 (2021)
Employees	239 (2015)
Annual budget	$102,153,500 (2021)
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Mark Hartwig
EMS level	ALS & BLS
IAFF	2046
Facilities and equipment
Battalions	3
Stations	16
Engines	21
Tillers	2
Quints	1
Ambulances	5
Tenders	4
HAZMAT	1
Wildland	14
Bulldozers	3
Helicopters	3
Light and air	1
Website
Official website
IAFF website

The Santa Barbara County Fire Department (SBCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Santa Barbara County, California, and for multiple cities within the county. Together, these areas compose the Santa Barbara County Fire Protection District.^[2]

In addition to the unincorporated areas of Santa Barbara County, the department also services the communities of Santa Barbara, Goleta, Isla Vista/ UCSB campus, Santa Ynez, Santa Maria, Los Alamos, Casmalia, Lompoc (via automatic aid agreement), Solvang, New Cuyama, and Buellton. In addition they cover parts of the Los Padres National Forest, The majority of the Santa Barbara Coastline, substantial open space reserves, and many private ranch communities. The Santa Barbara County fire Department is a contract county with the California State Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Under the terms of the contract, the Fire Department is responsible for suppression of fires on SRA "State Responsibility Area" for CalFire.

The hills above Santa Barbara that comprise the Santa Ynez Mountains are a unique challenge on the California coast as they cause an effect known as the sundowner winds, which are very similar to the Santa Ana winds seen in nearby Santa Ana, California.