The County Fire Department responds to emergencies and other requests for assistance, plans for and takes action to prevent emergencies and to reduce their impact, coordinates regional emergency response efforts, and educates the communities we serve. CAL FIRE a California state agency, functions as the County Fire Department under a contract with the County of San Luis Obispo, and has done so since 1930.  Approximately 180 full-time state employees operate the Department, supplemented by as many as 100 state seasonal fire fighters, 300 County paid-call (PCF) and reserve fire fighters, and 120 state inmate fire fighters. 

In addition, County Fire provides contract fire services to the communities of Los Osos and Avila Beach.  CAL FIRE also provides local contract fire services to the City of Pismo Beach and, during non-fire season, to the community of Cayucos.  Department activities are split between three Service Programs:  Emergency Response, Training and Support, and Technical Services.

Mission Statement

To serve and safeguard the people and protect the property and resources of San Luis Obispo County through education preparedness and emergency response.

Vision

The San Luis Obispo County Fire Department will exceed expectations and maintain the highest standards of preparedness, training, and emergency response.

Core Values

Integrity, Competence, Teamwork, Courage, Commitment

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2012 CENTRAL COAST OPERATING PLAN
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CHIPPING EVENT SCHEDULE 2012

The  Fire Safe Council, with the assistance of CAL FIRE, is conducting a FREE chipping event to be held in the county areas of Nipomo, Parkhill and Los Osos. Sustained high temperatures and dry weather in the summertime has created dangerous fire conditions State wide. Chipping is a great way to clear your property of potential fire hazards. Disposing of green waste without burning also preserves our air quality.

Nipomo Chipping Event  May 1 - June 1,  2012  Nipomo Flyer
Los Osos Event #1  May 19  LOCSD_Chipping Day Flyer
Santa Margarita / Parkhill Area Chipping Event  June 4 - July 2, 2012 Parkhill_Chipping_Flyer

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National CPR week and Countywide CPR day scheduled for June 7

The American Red Cross and the American Heart Association join in thanking Congress for passing a bill designating the first week of June "National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Awareness Week".

The passing of this resolution shines a national spotlight on how important it is for all Americans to learn critical lifesaving skills such as how to perform CPR, how to use an AED and the need to increase public access to AEDs Read more

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Blackberry Phone Application  (beta v1)

This new mobile application is available for field testing. This app is developed only for the Blackberry. It provides links to live data specific to Incident decision information such as current weather, earthquake, flooding, and incident info. We have not completed developed of this product, more functionality in the near future. 

To install the app on a BlackBerry device go to: cfslusite.appspot.com/static

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Live Incident Mapper (beta v2)

The San Luis Obispo County Fire Department is pleased to announce the development of this new Dashboard.

This application will display Incident locations of the last 50 calls. Click Here

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Proposal to provide Paramedic service to Avila

Benefits to Increase Level of EMS Service: Higher level of treatment to the public faster; Provides Paramedic treatment to the public before ambulance arrives; Fire Department arrives on scene before ambulance 90% of the time; The ability to improve the quality of standard care; Additional Firefighters for fire responses.    Read More

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CAL FIRE PROMO VIDEO

Responding to all types of emergencies on a daily basis is the job done by 90 percent of the CAL FIRE workforce. Those emergencies take the form of wildland fires, residential/commercial structure fires, automobile accidents, heart attacks, drowning, lost hikers, hazardous material spills on highways, train wrecks, floods, earthquakes - the list is endless. CAL FIRE firefighters, fire engines and aircraft respond to an average of more than 5,600 wildland fires, and answer the call more than 350,000 times for other emergencies each year.    See Video

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