Services

Fire Operations

The Willows Fire Department Operations Division is responsible for the emergency response activities for the City of Willows and surrounding communities.

The Operations Division is made up of:

1. 4 Uniformed personnel assigned to three alternating shifts
2. 30 Volunteer firefighters
3. 1 Fire stations
4. Daily Operations consists of:
   1. Structural Firefighting
   2. Wildland Firefighting
   3. Emergency Medical Response
   4. Hazardous Materials
   5. Fire/Bomb Investigation team

Statistics

Emergency response is carried out from Willows Central Fire Station, which covers approx. 80 square miles and is responsable for protecting a population exceeding 10,000. WFD response area is made up of two districts, which run out of a single fire hall. One being the Willows Rural Protection district, which has a population of approx. 3,000, and covers approx. 78 sq miles. The other being the Willows City district, with a population of approx. 7,000 and approx. 2 sq miles.

In 2012, the department responded to approximately 802 calls for service. Response times average 4 minutes per call.

Calls range from many different situations which include:

• Fire
• Medical
• Rescue
• Public service
• Haz-mat
• Weather