Fire Department employs 304 uniformed firefighters
The department serves a population of more than 550,000 in the City of Fresno, the North Central Fire Protection District and the Fig Garden Fire Protection District (over 325 square miles) with 24 fire stations, including the Airport Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) station.
24 companies consist of 19 engines, 5 ladder trucks, 2 water tenders, 2 brush rigs, 2 type 1 Hazmat rigs, 2 patrol rig's, 1 rescue truck, 2 personal water crafts and 2 aircraft rescue units The companies are divided into three battalions (two for the City and one for the North Central Fire Protection District), each supervised by a battalion chief Daily staffing consist of 66 firefighters and one 24-hour arson investigator The department responded to a total of 33,200 emergency calls in 2010, with a total of over $22,294,000 in fire loss.