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Fire Department:    Red Bluff Fire Department

Location:    Red Bluff, California

Fire Chief:    Michael Damon

Personnel:    13 full-time, 25 paid-call

Station:    1

Pop Served:    14,000

Area Protected:    8 square miles

Calls:    2,500/year

Apparatus:    3 engines, 1 heavy aerial (105 feet), 1 brush truck, 1 rescue.

Software:    5-user FH 5 version 5.1.24

Comments:    Established in 1876, the Red Bluff Fire Department stands as one of California’s oldest fire departments. A previous fire station has been converted into a two-story fire museum featuring a fully-functional 1918 White pumper that was the department’s first motorized engine. For more information, visit http://www.rbfd.org. Thanks to Division Chief Gerry Gray for this information.