The Diamond Springs
/ El Dorado Fire Protection District boundaries cover 95 square
miles, with a population of 32,000 night time residents, and a
diverse combination of light industrial and commercial business
establishments, senior citizen housing, mobile home parks,
convalescent hospitals, rural and high density residential areas,
all situated in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) setting.
The District is transected by two major highways – US Hwy 50 which
runs east / west and CA State Hwy 49, which runs north / south.
There are also several, major surface streets that carry a large and
growing volume of
The District’s
2010/2011 budget is $3,682.996.68 for Fire District operations and
$1,187,396.71 for its ambulance operation. This provides for
one (1) engine company (Engine 49), staffed with a Fire Captain,
Engineer and, occasionally, a Volunteer/Resident Firefighter and one
(1) Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulance (Medic 48), 24 hours per
day, 365 days a year.
This minimum staffing level is augmented by an active Volunteer
Firefighter workforce, along with off duty career personnel who may
be called back for major alarms and incidents.
The Volunteer Firefighter program is a foundation of the Fire
District and remains a vital and integral component of the
District’s mission.
Emergency service
is provided from our 5 stations, strategically located within the
District boundaries, along with automatic and mutual aid assistance
agreements with other local and state agencies, including “first in”
response from the following surrounding agencies: El Dorado County
Fire Protection District (which also protects the City of
Placerville), Rescue Fire Protection District, Pioneer and Amador
Fire Protection District Battalion 20 (formerly Plymouth Fire
Department). Additionally, we have operating agreements with
Cal Fire (Amador-El Dorado Unit) and the U.S. Forest Service (
The District
operates the following equipment with a career staff of 16 full
time, safety-suppression personnel and 23 volunteer,
safety-suppression personnel, augmented by a non-safety staff of 1
full time and 5 part-time administration and prevention personnel:
8 Engines
(6-Type I & 2-Type II)
2 Water
Tenders
(1-3000 gal capacity & 1-2500 gal capacity)
1 Truck
(55’ aerial)
1 Rescue
(at the OES Medium US&R Type equipment capability)
1
ALS Ambulance
7
Utility & Command vehicles
For Calendar year
2009, District personnel responded to 2,210 emergency calls within
the past year as follows:
72% Medical Aid
9%
Fires & Fire Related, All Types
3% Hazardous Materials
16% Public
Service / Other
Target Hazards &
Primary Fire Problem:
Wildland / Urban
Interface; Threat to residential structures (seasonal)
Transportation Corridors / Traffic Accidents
Light Industrial and Mercantile businesses
Hazardous Materials distribution facilities (propane)
Emergency Medical Services of all kinds and several mobile home
parks, retirement & convalescent facilities
(updated
11/18/10)