Founded: 1947
Headquarters: Los Gatos, California
Service Area: Over 128 square miles, serving approximately 226,000 residents
Jurisdiction Includes:
• Campbell
• Cupertino
• Los Altos
• Los Altos Hills
• Los Gatos
• Monte Sereno
• Saratoga
• Unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County (including parts of the foothills and rural zones)
The people I worked with were the best. Management is very out of touch with the conditions of the field and needs of the community. Very slow for fires but many medical calls. We wanted to be a wildland department but no members were ever really committed to taking that seriously. The current chief was barely a firefighter and is clearly a political figure for the department. Lots of money to spend on fancy toys but never had the opportunity to use most of them. Some of the stations were very dated when I left and have yet to be replaced.
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The people I worked with were the best. Management is very out of touch with the conditions of the field and needs of the community. Very slow for fires but many medical calls. We wanted to be a wildland department but no members were ever really committed to taking that seriously. The current chief was barely a firefighter and is clearly a political figure for the department. Lots of money to spend on fancy toys but never had the opportunity to use most of them. Some of the stations were very dated when I left and have yet to be replaced.