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From the Santa Cruz County Website:
"In 1948, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors entered into a cooperative agreement with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF prior to 2007, now known as CAL FIRE) to provide structural fire protection in the rural areas of Santa Cruz County. The County agreed to provide funding for 5.5 months of winter coverage at CDF facilities. This agreement, known as the “Amador plan”, established the Santa Cruz County Fire Department (County Fire). As a result, a unified CDF/County Fire Administration was formed to address wildland and structural fire protection in a coordinated manner.
Today, the County of Santa Cruz continues to contract with CAL FIRE for administration, support services, and line personnel to provide service in the un-incorporated areas of the county, which are not protected by other local government fire agencies. County Fire is a full-service fire agency that provides fire protection, emergency medical service (Basic Life Support-Advanced Scope), fire prevention services, fire marshal, and public education. This arrangement delivers effective services though the best use of available resources.
County Fire operates under the direction of the Fire Chief, who happens to also be the CAL FIRE San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit Chief. The chief is accountable to the Board of Supervisors through the County Administrative Office. The Deputy Chief (Santa Cruz County Operations) also reports to the Director of General Services, under the supervision of the Fire Chief. Line personnel are supervised by the on-duty Battalion Chief that reports to the Deputy Chief. They are responsible for day to day operations, including emergency incident management and daily liaison to county and fire agencies."
County Fire is a “combination” type of department having both volunteer and paid personnel. Our five dedicated volunteer fire companies assist in providing an effective level of fire protection and emergency response that allows for a level of staffing, fire stations, and equipment that could not otherwise be accomplished. The department responds to over 2000 emergency incidents a year in the communities of Corralitos, South Skyline, Loma Prieta/Burrell, Bonny Doon, and Davenport.
Company 41 is based out of fire station 49 in Corralitos on Euerka Canyon Road.
Company 41 is unique in that we have a shared station with CALFire Personnel which grants us the benefit of working closely with our State employee counterparts. We can draw on their knowledge and experience as they can draw on our local knowledge and experiences from our community.
Company 41 is the southernmost volunteer fire company in Santa Cruz County.
Some target hazards that we have in our district are multiple rural stores, agricultural operations, elementary schools, Scotts park and Aldrige Lane park, Freedom Boulevard and part of Highway 1, multiple agricultural immigrant housing complexes, multiple retreat/conference grounds, as well as the forest of Nisene Marks.
Our response area stretches from the top of Eureka Canyon at Highland Way down to the Buena Vista Landfill on the ocean side of Highway 1, and from Trout Gulch and Nisene Marks to Amesti Road and Browns Valley.
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