Bolinas Fire Protection District

We maintain readiness in staffing, training, equipment, apparatus and facilities to provide effective emergency response independent of outside resources. We serve the community with respect and compassion for every community member and visitor, every staff member and volunteer, upholding the trust of the community, caring for their safety and prudently managing their resources. The Bolinas Fire Protection District provides fire protection, emergency medical care, and disaster management to the community of Bolinas. The size of the District is approximately ten and a half square miles, reaching from Dogtown at the north to Volunteer Canyon at the south, Ridgecrest Blvd. (on top of Mt. Tamalpais) to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The Bolinas Fire Department serves a resident population of approximately 2,500 people as well as visitors to the beaches and trails within the District and responds to over two hundred emergency calls a year. The Fire District employs a paid fire chief, a paid captain and firefighter, and about eighteen volunteer firefighters, most of whom are certified Emergency Medical Technicians. The Department's rescue/command vehicle is staffed twenty four hours a day, seven days a week by either a paid firefighter or a qualified volunteer Duty Officer. Bolinas Fire Department dispatching is handled by Marin County Fire Department from their headquarters in Woodacre. A paramedic ambulance is provided by Marin County Fire Department and comes...