Ventura County Fire Department

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Ventura County Fire Department

Operational area
Country	United States
State	California
County	Ventura
Agency overview[2]
Established	May 11, 1928
Annual calls	47,272 (2020)
Employees	583 total (2020) 395 Safety personnel 158 Non-safety personnel
Annual budget	$126 million (2012)
Staffing	Career
Fire chief	Dustin Gardner[1]
EMS level	ALS
Motto	Department logo[1]
Facilities and equipment[2]
Battalions	5
Stations	33
Engines	32 frontline 16 reserve
Trucks	3 frontline 2 reserve
Quints	1 frontline 1 reserve
Squads	2 frontline 2 reserve
Rescues	3 frontline 1 reserve
Ambulances	ambulances are controlled by AMR[3]
Tenders	2
HAZMAT	3
USAR	3
Airport crash	1
Wildland	11
Bulldozers	3 frontline 1 reserve
Helicopters	4
Fireboats	1
Light and air	2
Website
Official website

The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for seven other cities within the county. Together, these areas compose the Ventura County Fire Protection District in the state of California, United States. The Ventura County Board of Supervisors is the fire district's board of directors. These five elected supervisors appoint the fire chief, and task him with providing fire protection services for the district.

In addition to the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, the department provides the following cities with service: Camarillo, Moorpark, Ojai, Port Hueneme, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, and Thousand Oaks.^[4]