The Madera County Fire Department is a full service fire
department providing emergency services to all unincorporated
areas of Madera County through a network of fire stations,
personnel and equipment. This network is comprised of 17
fire stations, a fleet of 56 apparatus and
support vehicles, and a personnel staff that includes 32
career fire suppression personnel, 175 paid call firefighters
and 7 support personnel. The department is administered,
and career suppression personnel are provided, through a
contract with the California Department of Forestry and
Fire Protection (CAL FIRE). Clerical and automotive
support personnel are County employees. The department assists
with fire protection to the City of Madera through a mutual
aid agreement and also has a cooperative agreement with
Central California Women's Facility for fire protection
services in the North end of Madera County.
Madera County Fire Stations #1 (Madera Valley), #3 (Madera
Acres), #9 (Rolling Hills), #12 (Oakhurst) and #19 (Bonadelle
Ranchos) are staffed 24 hours a day by a full time career
Fire Captain or Fire Apparatus Engineer and are augmented
by paid call firefighters. Madera County Fire Station #8 (Indian Lakes) is staffed 24 hours a day by a full time career Fire Captain or Fire Apparatus Engineer and two Firefighters. Central California Women’s Facility Fire Station (#5) is staffed with a full time career CDCR Fire Captain and two to four inmates. Stations #2 (Chowchilla), #4
(Dairyland), #10 (Yosemite Lakes), #11 (North Fork), #13
(Coarsegold), #14 (Bass Lake), #15 (Raymond), #16 (Ahwahnee),
#17 (O'Neals) and #18 (Cedar Valley) are staffed exclusively
by paid call firefighters.
