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CDF/County FD
A interagency agreement between San Louis Obispo County and CDF forms the basis for combining local VFD resources and CDF resources into a unified fire-fighting force to protect the rural areas. (Structural protection is provided to all unincorporated areas - wildland protection is provided to all unincorporated areas that are not located within the Los Padres Natl Forest). CDF provides wildland stations, staff, and equipment. The County provides structural firefighting equipment and pays for the on-call structural firefighters. CDF provides oversite for the entire operation. The CDF Dispatch Office dispatches CDF units and the CDF units on the CDF radio system. CDF Battalion Chiefs direct the structural and wildland fire operations. (I am not quite sure where the local VFD fire chiefs (if any) fit into the scheme).(Also - CDF engines do both structural and wildland firefighting)
I guess that the bottom line is basically this. In the winter, when there are no wildland fires, all incidents are handled by the VFDs using their structural engines. In the summer, CDF staffs their strucutural/wildland engines to augment the VFDs. [I should check to see if any of the stations actually completely close in the winter]
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Stations
From www.cdfslo.org on 25Nov00 - the website also has a map showing the station locations - there are ?3 battalions (N + ?S + Plains)(see Contacts info)
Stations and Camps�
Cambria Station 10 6126 Coventry Lane Cambria CA 93428
Cayucos Fire Station 11 Highway 1 at Chaney Cayucos CA 93430
San Luis Obispo Fire Station 12 635 North Santa Rosa San Luis Obispo CA 93401
Avila Valley Fire Station 13 San Luis Bay Estates 1551 Sparro Street San Luis Obispo CA 93401
Moro Toro (Volunteer Fire Company) 14 Highway 41 West Atascadero CA 93422
Nipomo Fire Station 20 450 Pioneer Street Nipomo CA 93444
Airport Station 21 4671 Broad Street San Luis Obispo CA 93401
Mesa Fire Station 22 2391 Willow Road Arroyo Grande CA 93420
Paso Robles Station 30 2513 Ramada Drive Paso Robles CA 93446
Shandon Fire Station 31 PO Box 243 501 West Centre Street Shandon CA 93461
Heritage Ranch Fire Station 33 #3 Village Road Paso Robles CA 93446
Oak Shores (Volunteer Fire Company) Oak Shores Bradley CA�
Las Tables Fire Station 35 275 Cypress Mountain Drive Paso Robles CA 93446
Meridian Fire Station 36 (At Meridian Vineyards) 4050 Branch Paso Robles CA 93446
Parkhill Fire Station 6140 Parkhill Road Santa Margarita CA 93453
La Panza Fire Station 41 5398 Pozo Road Santa Margarita CA 93453
Simmler Fire Station 42 13080 Soda Lake Road PO Box 3099 California Valley, CA 93453
Creston 43 - ?no longer exists in 2000?
Paso Robles Airbase�3403 Taxi Way Paso Robles, CA 93446
Cuesta Camp Route 2, Box 427 Bldg. 962 San Luis Obispo CA 93401
Ventura Camp 2800 Wright Road Camarillo CA 93010
Los Robles Camp 4735 Airport Road Paso Robles CA 93446
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Other Fire Agencies
Arroyo Grande FD - 154.01R - 155.835in
Atascadero FD - 154.37R - 154.07in
Avilla Beach FPD - 154.34 (DB Co - 1995)
California Men's Colony FD - 154.235
California State Hospital FD - ?
Cal Poly University FD - ?
Cambria FPD - ?154.115R - 158.955in
Camp Roberts Army FD - 165.0625R - 163.5375in
Cayucos FPD - ?154.145
Grover City FD - 154.415
Grover-Oceano CSD FD - 154.415 - 158.94
Morro Bay FD - 460.625R - 154.13
Paso Robles FD - 155.115R - 153.815in - 155.04?
Pismo Beach FD - 154.145R - 158.775in
San Luis Obispo City FD - 155.145R - 154.205in - 154.31 - 453.6125M - 458.6125M - 453.5625M
San Miguel FPD - 154.385
Santa Margarita VFD - ?still exists in 2000? - was County FS 40
South Bay FPD - 154.13
Templeton FPD - ?still exists in 2000? - was County FS 32
basically 1990 info from MRR
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January 2001 info
San Luis CDF (SLU) provides personnel and administration for the County Fire Dept. Some stations house both County and CDF equipment. Both are dispatched out on CDF local net, 151.325. The County owns equipment and stations. Some CDF stations become County contract stations after fire season closes so they may remain open all year.
A couple of years ago Los Padres NF moved its dispatch and is now colocated with CDF dispatch in San Luis.
A new dispatch center is being built and when that is completed all fire agencies in the countywill be dispatched out of the one command center - at least that is the plan.
The county underwent a fire unit numbering reorganization. If you need the list I can send it to you.
The present County Fire net on 154.385 is simplex on five sites. The plan is to simulcast this and move all dispatching for the county to that frequency leaving CDF local open as a command channel.
Neighboring agencies all have the San Luis County frequency in their radios so that should not be a problem. I had heard that the county was going to add a repeater to this frequency but so far have not heard of any new frequencies.
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22Jan01 - added info