CDF Fire - Alma Station 13
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frivlas
N 37° 11.007 W 121° 59.520
10S E 589473 N 4115699
An aging California Department of Forestry Fire Station in Los Gatos, Ca.
Waymark Code: WMW8N
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/23/2006
Views: 28
Situated next to Lexington Reservoir, this station serves the surrounding Santa Cruz Mountains area. Rather than just having one building, this is more of a complex. One building houses the vehicles, has exercise equipment, and the office. The firefighters sleep in a seperate building and they eat in yet another one. Due to the size of the area, the have a bell outside that they ring to call the fire fighters to dinner. Shift rotation here is 3/4...on for 3 days and off for 4. This station is equipped with an engine, a helicopter, and a helicopter support vehicle. When the helicopter is needed to extinguish fires, it dips it's 324 gallon bucket into the nearby reservoir and drops it on the fire.
Paid or Volunteer: Paid
EMS Involvement: no
Has 911 Dispatch: no
Has Emergency Call Box: no
Has Emergency Siren: no
Has Fire Pole: no
Related Website: [Web Link]
Physical Address:
19650 Santa Cruz Highway
Los Gatos, CA USA
Average Alarms Per Year: Not Listed
Number of Firetrucks: Not Listed
Number of Emergency Staff: Not Listed
Rating: Not listed
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