Area Served[]
The Lakeport Fire Protection District (LFPD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the City of Lakeport, as well as to certain unincorporated areas outside the city, located on the western shore of Clear Lake in Lake County, some 125 miles northwest of the City of Sacramento. Incorporated as a city on April 30, 1888, the fire district has a population of approximately 10,000 residents and encompasses an area covering 45 square miles. The Fire District is governed by five board of directors appointed by either the Lakeport City Council or the County of Lake Board of Supervisors.
Mutual Aid[]
The Lakeport Fire Protection District, through a boundary drop dispatch agreement, has mutual aid agreements with neighboring fire districts including the CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, the Lake County Fire Protection District (California), the Northshore Fire Protection District (California), and the South Lake County Fire Protection District.
Department Profile[]
The Lakeport Fire Protection District is a combination department, consisting of both career and volunteer firefighters, and is budgeted for fifteen full-time career staff includes the fire chief, three fire captain/paramedics, three firefighter/paramedics, six firefighter/EMT’s, one civilian administrative assistant and one civilian office assistant. They are augmented by nineteen volunteer firefighters. Daily staffing consists of four career fire personnel. The district's resources include two fire stations (one of them currently unstaffed) and fourteen front-line emergency apparatus. These are comprised of three type 1 structural engine companies, one ladder truck/quint company, two wildland interface companies (one type 2 and one type 3), one water tender, two ALS ambulances, one utility truck, two rescue water craft, one all-terrain vehicle, and one chief/command vehicle. Lakeport Fire District responds to over 2,400 calls annually, with over 80% consisting of EMS calls.
History[]
The Lakeport Fire Department was formed in 1894 to provide fire suppression services within the City of Lakeport proper. In 1956, the Lakeport County Fire Protection District was formed to protect the unincorporated areas of Lakeport. In 2000, the Lakeport County Fire Protection District merged with the Lakeport Fire Department, thereby forming the Lakeport Fire Protection District.
Apparatus Roster[]
- All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
- California license plate denoted by CA#.
Station 50 - 445 North Main Street[]
Opened 1946 / remodeled 1956 and 1963
- Chief 500 - 20?? Ford F-250 Crew Cab 4x4
- Engine 5011 (ALS) - 2021 Pierce Enforcer 7000 (1500/500/?F) (SN#35986) (CA#1628406)
- Truck 5011 (ALS) - 1999 Seagrave (?/?/100' rear-mount ladder) (CA#1267335)
- Medic 5011 (ALS) - 2015 Ram 3500 / Life Line Type I (CA#1335868)
- Utility 5011 - 200? Ram Crew Cab 4x4 (CA#1291585) (tow vehicle for Ski 5011, Ski 5012, and UTV 5011)
- UTV 5011 - Can-Am Defender 4x4 ATV transported inside Interstate Victory enclosed tandem-axle cargo trailer
- Ski 5011 - Yamaha Personal watercraft (Permanent vessel# CF 8604 RU) w/ HSA rescue board on Karavan double watercraft single-axle trailer
- Ski 5012 - Yamaha Personal watercraft (Permanent vessel# CF 8603 RU) on Karavan double watercraft single-axle trailer
- Engine 5012 - 2003 Pierce Dash 2000 (1500/500/30F) (CA#1378643)
- Medic 5012 - 2014 Ram 3500 / Life Line Type I (CA#1335856)
- Engine 5021 - 1997 International 4800 / Opperman & Son initial attack (500/500) (CA#358157) (Ex-Engine 252)
- Engine 5031 - 2011 International 4x4 / Crimson Type 3 wildland (500/500/30F)
Station 52 - 3600 Hill Road East[]
Unstaffed due to budget constraints
- Water Tender 5011 - 1984 Kenworth (CA#209004) (Ex-Water Tender 252)
- Engine 5211 - 2001 Spartan / KME (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 250)
- Antique - 1974 Mack CF pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 152)
Retired Apparatus[]
- 2004 Ford / Life Line Type I ambulance (Ex-Medic 350)
- 2000 Ford / Life Line Type I ambulance (Ex-Medic 450)
- 1996 Chevrolet Blazer (Ex-Chief 500)
- 1995 Chevrolet S10 (Ex-Utility 150)
- 1993 Ford / Life Line Type I ambulance (Ex-Medic 150)
- 1988 Ford Type II ambulance (Ex-Medic 150)
- 1987 Pierce Arrow pumper (1250/500) (SN#E3453) (Ex-Engine 150)
- 1986 Chevrolet air unit (Ex-Air 150)
- 1982 Ford walk-around hazmat (Ex-HazMat 150)
- 1980 American LaFrance aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount) (Ex-Truck 150)
- 1975 International (Ex-Engine 350)