Fire Department Information

Oroville Fire Station One
      2055 Lincoln Street, Oroville, CA 95966
      Telephone 530-538-2487 Fax 530-538-2489

The facility includes the Administrative Offices, Classroom, Maintenance, Storage facilities and Emergency Operations Center.

Normal business Hours are 0800-1700 hours Monday - Friday

The fire department was established in 1856, and today consists of 21 full time personnel and 12 paid call Fire Fighters. The department responded in the year 2003, to 3,301 emergencies and public services.


OROVILLE CITY FIRE RESCUE provides ALL RISK EMERGENCY SERVICES and Customer Services for the citizens of Oroville.

Telephone Directory

City of Oroville Fire Department - 530.538.2480

Fire Captains Desk & Station Information - 530.538.2487

Fire Administration Fax - 530.538.2477

Fire Captains Desk Fax - 530.538.2489


Service Area
      Within the City Jurisdiction are 13 square miles of area, 71 miles of city streets, 5,372 homes, 2,804 detached structures, 213 attached improvements, 766 (2-4) multi-family housing units, 1,254 (5+)multi-family housing units, 335 mobile homes, and 1 Airport, 2 Runways and 3 Industrial Parks. Additionally, Oroville is intersected by State Hwys 70 & 162, and to the west by State Hwy 99.

City population of 14,490  with a surrounding unincorporated population of approximately 55,000.

Service Delivery
      The City Council has adopted the Fire Department Standards of Cover Guidelines to the safety element of the General Plan to guide future growth issues, and staff recommends the maintenance of this standard. The goal statements are:

 "Fire Department travel times should place a first-due unit at scene within five minutes travel time, for 90% of fire and medical incidents."

"Fire Department units shall be located and staffed such that an effective response force of four units with eight personnel minimum shall be available to all areas of the City within a maximum of ten minutes travel time, for 90% of all structure  fires."