orange county fire authority orange county fire authority the orange county fire authority (ocfa) is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for unincorporated areas of orange county, california as well as 25 cities within the county that contract ocfa's services. there are 7 divisions and 11 battalions. not to be confused with orange city fire department. orange county fire authorityoperational areacountry united statesstate californiacounty orangeagency overviewestablishedmarch 1, 1995annual calls151,812 (2019)annual budget$464,638,523 (2019)staffing1,544 full-time personnel 189 reserve personnelfire chiefbrian fennessyiaff3631facilities and equipmentdivisions7battalions11stations78engines136trucks18squads4rescues1tenders5hazmat4airport crash7wildland19bulldozers2helicopters4websiteofficial websiteiaff website history prior to 1980, the orange county fire department, as it was then known, was operated by cal fire under contract. in may 1980, the orange county fire department was formed to serve the county. over the next decade, multiple new cities were formed from what had been unincorporated areas of the county. many of these cities chose to contract with the ocfd for fire services. in 1991 the ocfd began exploring the possibility of reorganizing as a separate agency, first as a special district and then as a joint powers authority. the county filed for bankruptcy in december 1994, which further encouraged orange county fire department to reorganize as a jpa, known as the orange county fire authority. in 2012 the orange county fire authority absorbed the santa ana fire department. in, january 2017, ocfa station 61 in the city of buena park caught fire. station 61 is just adjacent to the rear of knotts berry farm. the incident occurred around 3 a.m. engine 61 was en route to a medical emergency at the time but was quickly cancelled when engine 61 returned. the station was engulfed in flames. no one was injured in the event and all were able to safely escape. a $1,000,000 ladder truck was lost in the blaze, which was the 2006 american lafrance truck 61. in 2018, station 61 was reconstructed on 7440 la palma ave, nearly a block away from the old location. in 2019 the ocfa absorbed the garden grove fire department. later that year, the city of placentia, california decided that it would leave the ocfa and create its own fire department, placentia fire and life safety department. placentia, california is the first city to leave the authority. stations & equipment the operations department of the ocfa is responsible for directly rendering emergency services to the communities that ocfa serves. in 2006, ocfa responded to 79,718 incidents within its jurisdiction and 4,084 mutual aid calls. the department is split into seven geographic divisions numbered 1-7 with 11 battalions, each commanded by a battalion chief. in 2017-2019, ocfa purchased a large amount of kme pumpers and 11 kme tda's, which went to trucks 4, 17, 20, 22, 28, 43, 45, 61, 71, 75, and 76. in 2020, they also purchased 4 kme 100' rm ladders, which will go to trucks 59,49,81,and 85, and 2 watertenders( wt 4 and 16), and 3 type iii brush engines, which went to e351, e358, and e364. in 2021, they again, purchased 13 more kme pumpers. engine 9 is the first assigned unit to receive the new pumper. e64, e38, e60, and more are yet to be placed. in may of 2022, all 13 of the kme pumpers are to be recalled back to kme due issues. division 1 division 1 is located in the western area of orange county. it covers the communities of los alamitos, seal beach, westminster, midway city, and garden grove; and the unincorporated communities of rossmoor, and sunset beach. division 1 is covered by battalion 1 commanding seven fire stations with station 2 in los alamitos, station 25 in midway city, stations 44 and 48 in seal beach and stations 64, 65 and 66 in westminster. and battalion 11 also commanding seven stations covering the city of garden grove. the stations in battalion 11 are stations 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 and 86 in garden grove. battalion 1 fire station numbercityengine companyems unitswildland unitsauxillary units 2 los alamitosparamedic engine 2, reserve engine 102 25 midway cityparamedic engine 25, reserve engine 125 44 seal beachparamedic engine 44 48 seal beachparamedic engine 48patrol 48 64 westminsterparamedic engine 64, cadet engine 1care ambulance 64engine 364battalion chief 1, division 1, reserve truck 964 65 westminsterparamedic engine 65 66 westminsterparamedic engine 66care ambulance 66 battalion 11 fire station numbercityengine companytruck companywildland unitsauxillary units 80 garden groveparamedic engine 80 81 garden groveparamedic truck 81battalion chief 11 82 garden groveparamedic engine 82 83 garden groveparamedic engine 83 84 garden groveparamedic engine 84engine 384 85 garden groveparamedic truck 85 86 garden groveparamedic engine 86, reserve engine 186 division 2 division 2 is located in the central area of orange county covering the city of irvine; along with the john wayne airport, and university of california, irvine. division 2 covered by battalion 5 and battalion 10, each commanding six fire stations. the stations in battalion 5 are stations 4, 6, 28, 33, 36 and 47. the stations in battalion 10 are stations 20, 26, 27, 38, 51 and 55. battalion 5 fire station numbercityengine companytruck company ems unitswildland unitsauxillary units 4 irvineparamedic engine 4paramedic truck 4 reserve medic 104, reserve medic 904 (ex-medic 4)water tender 4 6 irvineparamedic engine 6 division 2, heavy rescue 6, swift water 6, usar 6 28 irvineparamedic engine 28paramedic truck 28 reserve medic 128 33 john wayne airport crash 1, crash 2, crash 3, crane 33, foam trailer 33, utility 33, stair 33 36 irvineparamedic engine 36 cadet engine 5 battalion chief 5, foam 36, investigator 36 47 irvineparamedic engine 47 engine 347, dozer 1 battalion 10 fire station numbercityengine companytruck company ems unitswildland unitsauxillary units 20 irvineparamedic engine 20truck 20 battalion chief 10, hazmat 20, hazmat 220 26 irvineparamedic engine 26 patrol 26 27 irvineparamedic engine 27 engine 327information 1 & 2 (pio) 38 irvineparamedic engine 38 reserve medic 138 (special events) 51 irvineparamedic engine 51 engine 351mass casualty 51 55 irvineparamedic engine 55 engine 355investigator 55 division 3 ocfa helicopters filling their water tanks at upper oso reservoir during the santiago fire (2007) division 3 is located in the southern and eastern areas of orange county. it covers the cities of dana point, laguna hills, laguna niguel, mission viejo, rancho santa margarita, san clemente, and san juan capistrano; along with the unincorporated communities of coto de caza, ladera, las flores, modjeska canyon, and trabuco canyon. division 3 is covered by battalion 6 and battalion 7, both commanding seven fire stations. battalion 6 commands stations 7, 29, 30, 50, 56, 59, 60 and 67, while battalion 7 commands stations 9, 18, 24, 31, 40, 45 and 58. battalion 6 fire station number cityengine companytruck companyems unitswildland unitsauxillary units 7 san juan capistranoengine 7medic 7engine 307, patrol 7, water tender 7 29 dana pointparamedic engine 29battalion chief 6 30 dana pointparamedic engine 30patrol 30 50 san clementeparamedic engine 50care ambulance 50engine 350 56 rancho mission viejoparamedic engine 56usar truck 56urban support 56, swift water 56 59 san clementecadet engine 6paramedic truck 59 60 san clementeparamedic engine 60 67 rancho mission viejoparamedic engine 67engine 367 battalion 7 fire station number cityengine companytruck companyems unitswildland unitsauxillary units 9 mission viejoparamedic engine 9paramedic truck 9 18 trabuco canyonpau engine 18fire crew 1, fire crew 2, fire crew 18, engine 318, patrol 18superintendent 1 24 mission viejoparamedic engine 24reserve medic 924 31 mission viejoparamedic engine 31 40 coto de cazaparamedic engine 40 45 rancho santa margaritaengine 45, cadet engine 7truck 45medic 45engine 345battalion chief 7, utility 45, utility 7, reserve battalion chief 945, service support 3 58 ladera ranchparamedic engine 58engine 358division 3 division 4 division 4 is located in the northern area of orange county. it covers cities of tustin, villa park, and yorba linda along with the unincorporated communities of el modena, orange park acres, santiago canyon, silverado canyon, and north tustin. division 4 is covered by battalion 3 commanding eight fire stations and battalion 2 commanding three fire stations. the stations in battalion 3 are stations 8, 14, 15, 16, 21, 23, 37 and 43. the stations in battalion 2 are stations 10, 32 and 53. in july 2020, the city of placentia disbanded from ocfa, decommissioning station 34 and 35 and removing engine 34, truck 34*, usar 34*, utility 2* and engine 35. *truck 34, usar 34, and utility 2 now have been reassigned to station 32, now truck 32, usar 32. utility 2 was moved also to station 32, staying as utility 2. now station 32 houses engine 32, truck 32, engine 132, patrol 32, usar 32, utility 2, and medic 932. water tender 32 has since been reassigned back to water tender 10, where it was originally assigned before being assigned to water tender 32 around 2009 (exact date not available). battalion 2 was since reassigned from station 34 to station 53, then in 2021, moved to station 10. battalion 3 fire station number cityengine companytruck company ems unitswildland units auxillary units 8 santa anapau engine 8 14 silveradoengine 14 patrol 14 15 silveradopau engine 15 engine 315, patrol 15 16 modjeska canyonengine 16 patrol 16water tender 16 21 tustinparamedic engine 21, cadet engine 3 battalion chief 3 23 orangeparamedic engine 23 patrol 23 37 tustinparamedic engine 37 division 4 43 tustinparamedic truck 43 reserve medic 943utility 43 battalion 2 fire station number cityengine companytruck company ems unitswildland unitsauxillary units 10 yorba lindaparamedic engine 10 water tender 10, patrol 10battalion chief 2 32 yorba lindaparamedic engine 32usar truck 32 reserve medic 932patrol 32urban support 32 53 yorba lindaparamedic engine 53, cadet engine 2 engine 353, dozer 2 division 5 division 5 covers the cities of aliso viejo, laguna hills, laguna niguel, laguna woods, lake forest, emerald bay and mission viejo. division 5 is covered by battalion 4 commanding nine fire stations. these stations are stations 5, 11, 19, 22, 39, 42, 49, 54 and 57. there are two paramedic engine companies at station 22. battalion 4 fire station number cityengine companytruck companyems unitswildland unitsauxillary units 5 laguna niguelparamedic engine 5, reserve engine 105 11 emerald bayengine 11patrol 11 19 lake forestparamedic engine 19 22 laguna woodsparamedic engine 22, paramedic engine 222truck 22battalion chief 4, reserve battalion chief 904, utility 22 39 laguna niguelparamedic engine 39engine 339utility 39 42 lake forestparamedic engine 42 49 laguna niguelparamedic truck 49 54 lake forestparamedic engine 54usar task force 5 57 aliso viejoparamedic engine 57, reserve engine 157, cadet engine 4medic 57patrol 57division 5 division 6 division 6 is located in the center area of orange county, covers the city of santa ana and is covered by battalion 9 commanding ten fire stations. these stations are stations 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 and 79. battalion 9 fire station number cityengine companytruck company ems unitswildland unitsauxillary units 70 santa anaparamedic engine 70 engine 370service support 2 71 santa anaparamedic engine 71paramedic truck 71 reserve medic 171 72 santa anaparamedic engine 72 73 santa anaparamedic engine 73 74 santa anaparamedic engine 74 battalion chief 9, division 6 75 santa anaparamedic engine 75, cadet engine 9paramedic truck 75 76 santa anaparamedic truck 76, reserve truck 976 77 santa anaparamedic engine 77 78 santa anaparamedic engine 78 79 santa anaparamedic engine 79 hazmat 79 division 7 division 7 is located in the western area of orange county. it covers the communities of buena park, cypress, la palma, stanton and the air support facility at fullerton airport. in 2022-2024 ocfa got two lockheed martin (uh-60 blackhawk) or sikorsky s70i firehawks. battalion 8 commands stations 13, 17, 41, 46, 61, 62 and 63. battalion 8 fire station number cityengine companytruck companyems unitsauxillary units 13 la palmaparamedic engine 13reserve medic 113 17 cypressparamedic engine 17, reserve engine 117, reserve engine 917truck 17 41 fullertonhelicopters 1 & 2, helitender 41, 241, water tender 41, heli support 41 46 stantonparamedic engine 46medic 46 61 buena parkparamedic engine 61, cadet engine 8usar truck 61usar support 61, swift water 61, battalion chief 8, division 7 62 buena parkparamedic engine 62 63 buena parkparamedic engine 63, reserve engine 163