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Equipment

Eau Claire and Fire Rescues' highly skilled and dedicated firefighters are able to provide the citizens of Eau Claire with round-the-clock emergency services. This is accomplished with vehicles and equipment including fire pumpers, quint/ladders, paramedic ambulances, rescue boats, brush pumpers, hazardous materials vehicles and command staff vehicles that are staffed with an average of 25 Firefighters per 24-hour shift at 6 fire stations.

 

Vehicles

  • 8 – Engines/Units (6 Front-line, 2 Reserve)
  • 6 – Ambulances (3 Front-line, 3 Reserve)
  • 5 – Water Rescue Boats
  • 3 – Command Vehicles
  • 1 – Brush Fire Unit
  • 1 – Heavy Rescue Unit
  • 1 – Inspection Van
  • 1 – Hazardous Materials Assessment Vehicle
  • 1 – Collapse Rescue Vehicle
  • 1 – Hazardous Materials Equipment Trailer
  • 1 – Collapse Rescue Trailer
  • 1 – Mass Casualty Trailer
  • 1 – Public Education Safety House
  • 1 – Special Rescue Vehicle

Statistics

Eau Claire Fire Rescue responded to 7,417 calls for service in 2010. It is only through dedication, hard work and endless training that we are able to expertly respond to the diversity and complexity with which we are confronted on a daily basis. It is this same hard work, diversity, complexity and stress that instill in us a feeling of pride in what we do and whom we serve.

7,417 Total Incidents
  • 6,056 Medical Responses (82%)
  • 157 Fire Responses (2.1%)
  • 181 Hazardous Conditions (2.4%)
  • 1,023 Rescues/Assists (13.8%)

Station Locations

Station 2 - 216 S. Dewey Streetstation_2-2a

  • 4 Personnel per day
  • Fire Engine
  • Heavy Rescue Unit
  • Hazardous Materials Assessment Vehicle
  • Hazardous Materials Equipment Trailer
  • Battalion Chief Command Car
  • Collapse Rescue Vehicle
  • Administrative Offices

 

Station 5 - 2500 Patton Streetstation_5-1a

  • 5 Personnel per day
  • Fire Engine
  • Paramedic Ambulance and Reserve Ambulance

Station 6 - 3020 Golf Roadstation_6-3a
  • 3 Personnel per day
  • Fire Engine and Reserve Engine

 

Station 8 - 3510 Starr Avenue station_8-1a

  • 3 Personnel per day
  • Fire Engine and Reserve Engine

 

Station 9 - 3611 Campus Roadstation_9-11a

  • 5 Personnel per day
  • Fire Engine
  • Paramedic Ambulance and Reserve Ambulance


Station 10 - 559 North Hastings Waystation_10-1a
  • 5 Personnel per day
  • Fire Engine
  • Paramedic Ambulance and Reserve Ambulance
  • Brush Vehicle
  • Special Rescue All-Terrain Vehicle

 

Unit No. of Responses Average Response Time
Engine 2 1,137 3.50 Minutes
Engine 5    973 4.00 Minutes
Engine 6    752 4.33 Minutes
Engine 8    347 5.02 Minutes
Engine 9    700 4.57 Minutes
Engine 10    607 4.13 Minutes
Medic 5 2,356 5.10 Minutes
Medic 9 1,401 5.39 Minutes
Medic 10 2,167 5.58 Minutes
Average: 5.07 Minutes
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