Country United States City Bakersfield Annual calls 32,032 (2013) Phone +1 661-326-3712 Annual budget 34.2 million USD (2014) | State California Established May 13, 1877 Employees 199 (2014) Founded 13 May 1877 Truck 3 | |
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Address 2101 H St, Bakersfield, CA 93301, USA | ||
Bakersfield fire department reaches higher ranking
The Bakersfield Fire Department (BFD) is a metro fire protection agency that serves the City of Bakersfield, California. The department currently serves a population of approximately 334,000, making the City of Bakersfield the 9th largest in California.
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History
The Bakersfield Fire Department has its earliest origins back to 1868. During this time, Colonel Thomas Baker (founder of the City of Bakersfield) kept wooden buckets full of water to fight any fires that threatened the area of Bakersfield. In 1874, the Bakersfield Fire Company was organized with a small number of Firefighters, who would often sponsor events in the area to raise money for needed fire equipment and apparatus. On May 13, 1877, the Bakersfield Fire Department was formally established. In 1910, Kern City merged with Bakersfield, giving the City of Bakersfield an additional fire station, Station 2. Four years later, in 1914, the Bakersfield Fire Department became completely motorized.
Emergency Communications Center
The Bakersfield Fire Department's communications division, known as ECC (Emergency Communications Center), is located in the Whiting Communications Center in Northeast Bakersfield. ECC is a joint dispatch center for the Kern County, Bakersfield City, and California City Fire Departments. Built in 1988, ECC is responsible for dispatching resources over an area of approximately 8,100 square miles (21,000 km2) that includes 65 fire stations. ECC's approximate call volume is 82,000 calls a year and processes Emergency and Non-Emergency Fire and Medical 911 calls for the entire County of Kern.
Stations and apparatus
The BFD has 14 stations spread across the city.