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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 7,299 calls for service in 2008.  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.

7,299 Total Incidents
  • 6,060 Medical Responses (83%)
  • 157 Fire Responses (2.2%)
  • 192 Hazardous Conditions (2.6%)
  • 890 Rescues/Assists (12.2%)   

Station Locations

Station 2 - 216 S. Dewey Street

  • 4 Personnel per day
  • Fire Engine
  • Heavy Rescue Unit
  • Hazardous Materials Assessment Vehicle
  • Hazardous Materials Equipment Trailer
  • Battalion Chief Command Car
  • Administrative Offices
Station 5 - 2500 Patton Street
  • 5 Personnel per day
  • Fire Engine
  • Paramedic Ambulance and Reserve Ambulance
Station 6 - 3020 Golf Road
  • 3 Personnel per day
  • Fire Engine and Reserve Engine
Station 8 - 3510 Starr Avenue
  • 3 Personnel per day
  • Fire Engine and Reserve Engine
Station 9 - 3611 Campus Road
  • 5 Personnel per day
  • Fire Engine
  • Paramedic Ambulance and Reserve Ambulance
Station 10 - 559 North Hastings Way
  • 5 Personnel per day
  • Fire Engine
  • Paramedic Ambulance and Reserve Ambulance
  • Brush Vehicle

 

Unit No. of Responses Average Response Time
Engine 2 1,097 3.58 Minutes
Engine 5 1,178 3.51 Minutes
Engine 6 770 4.42 Minutes
Engine 8 426 4.52 Minutes
Engine 9 790 4.58 Minutes
Engine 10 689 4.05 Minutes
Medic 5 2,075 4.12 Minutes
Medic 9 1,255 5.12 Minutes
Medic 10 1,481 4.19 Minutes
Average: 4.25 Minutes
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