Area Served[]
The Seaside Fire Department (SFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Seaside, formerly East Monterey, located in northwestern Monterey County, toward the southern end of Monterey Bay in Central California. The city encompasses an area covering 9.4 square miles, and has a population of approximately 32,366. Since 2003, Seaside FD has also been providing fire protection for the neighboring city of Del Rey Oaks through contractual agreement, bringing the total area protected to approximately 9.9 square miles.
Mutual Aid[]
The department has mutual aid agreements with the Monterey County Regional Fire District, the Marina Fire Department, the Monterey Fire Department, the North County Fire Protection District (Monterey County, California), the Presidio of Monterey Fire Department, and the Salinas Fire Department.
Department Profile[]
The Seaside Fire Department is comprised of 25 full-time career firefighters and 5 part-time reserve firefighters staffing one first due engine company, one first due quint/aerial ladder company, and one incident command vehicle out of a single fire station with an average annual call volume of 2896 calls for service. Seaside FD also cross staffs a technical rescue response unit, a Type 3 wildland engine, and a California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) hazardous material (HazMat) response vehicle. The Hazmat unit is operated In cooperation with the Salinas Fire Department, and the Monterey County Department of Environmental Health for response in/to Monterey County and neighboring San Benito County.
History[]
The Seaside Fire Department was established as a county fire district in 1940, and brought under the City’s control during incorporation in 1954. The early days of the department demonstrate a series of challenges, due largely to the growth of Fort Ord during the Second World War. The fire district not only faced rapid, and poorly planned initial community expansion, but a shortage of volunteer fire fighters. In the spirit of Rosie the Riveter, Seaside’s fire fighting efforts during the war were largely aided by the wives of volunteers serving in the armed forces. By the mid 1940’s, Seaside had grown so quickly that it required at least some full time personnel, along with a new fire station. In subsequent decades, Seaside’s continued expansion and modernization, required a likewise expansion and modernization of fire protection, so during 1950’s, a new, larger, fire station was occupied on Olympia Avenue. By the 1950’s, the number of emergencies had also increased to the point that volunteers could no longer reliably handle many of the calls and complete full time staffing was provided.
In 2021, the City of Seaside, in which the Presidio of Monterey main fire station at 4400 General Jim Moore Blvd. is located, notified the Department Of Defense of its intent not to renew the fire station site lease upon its expiration in August 2023. On March 17, 2022, the Seaside City Council approved the conceptual designs for a new city fire station at Gigling Road and First Avenue – just east of Highway 1 – and move part of their fire department equipment into that facility upon its completion in 2023.
Fire Station[]
| Station | Address | In Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Highway One and 5th Street | 1941-1979 | Closed |
Apparatus Roster[]
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Fire Station 1 - 1635 Broadway Avenue[]
- Cal OES Hazmat 2102 (009022) - 2017 HME Ahrens-Fox LFDxl-24 (79-½") 1871-Spectr 18' Type 2 walk-around (SN#22913) (CA#1527926) (VIN#44KFT4289HWZ22913) (Ex-OES Hazmat 22)
- Battalion 6201 - 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4
- Battalion 6202 (Reserve) - 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4 (Ex-Battalion 6202)
- Engine 6211 - 2007 Pierce Arrow XT (1500/750) (SN#19231-01 or 02)
- Engine 6212 (Reserve) - 2007 Pierce Arrow XT (1500/750) (SN#19231-02 or 01)
- Brush Engine 6231 - 2004 International WorkStar 7400 4x4 / Pierce Hawk Type 3 wildland (1000/500) (SN#14879)
- Rescue 6261 - 2009 International 4400 / Pierce walk-around (SN#21912)
- Utility 6262 - 2003 Ford F-550 4x4 walk-around
- Truck 6271 - 2019 E-One Cyclone II HP75 (1500/480/20A/75' rear-mount ladder) (SO#142087)
- Utility 6292 - 2004 Ford F-350 4x4
Retired Apparatus[]
- 2003 E-One Cyclone II aerial (1500/500/75' rear-mount ladder) (Ex-Ladder 6271)
- 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4
- 1995 HME 1871 / 3D pumper (1500/500/20A/20B) (SN#2623) (Ex-Engine 6211, ex-Engine 6221)
- 1987 Pierce Arrow pumper (1500/500) (SN#E-3886) (Ex-Engine 6212)
- 1986 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 30 / Ranger rescue (Ex-Rescue 6261)
- 1981 Duplex D350 / Grumman pumper (1500/500) (SN#16067-HV) (Ex-Engine 6213)
- 1976 Duplex R200 / Van Pelt pumper (1250/750) (SN#725266) (Ex-Engine 6210)
- 1954 Coast pumper (750/500)