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Emergency
Response
San Luis Obispo City
Fire Department currently protects a population of approximately 45,000
people; however that number increases to over 100,000 during the daytime
hours as we are also the county seat. Our department also provides fire
protection for California Poly State University (Cal Poly) which adds an
additional 15,000 people to our population. We provide services for
everything from EMS to structural firefighting, from wildland fires to
structural collapse, and from earthquakes to explosions or terrorist
activities. San Luis Obispo is the largest community neighboring the
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant and provides mutual aid to the plant
during emergencies.
The emerge ncy
response program protects life and property by responding to medical
emergencies, fires, hazardous materials incidents, and other
emergencies. Program goals are timely responses to emergency calls
(4 minutes for fire suppression and for medical responses), no loss of
life from reported emergencies and minimal property damage from reported
emergencies.
San Luis Obispo Fire
Department also responds to urban wildland fires.
The most incidents Firefighters respond
to are medical calls. Here is an example of a vehicle extrication
in progress.
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