On Wednesday, June 19th through Friday, June 21st fire crews from the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District will be conducting controlled training fires on the undeveloped property located near Canada Valley Rd and Vista Grande Rd in the City of Antioch. This project is an ongoing and cooperative effort between the property owner, City [...]

The Contra Costa Fire Protection District responded to a fire in a single story home at 1824 Sunnyvale Ave. in Walnut Creek at 4:49 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18th. The first arriving crew from just a few blocks away arrived to find a single family home fully involved in fire. There were no occupants at [...]

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District will be hosting a meeting to discuss the impending closure of Fire Station 87 on West Leland Road in Pittsburg. The closure is necessary to close a budget deficit due to reduced revenues from declining property taxes, coupled with increasing costs to the Fire District for personnel and [...]

The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District responded to a commercial structure fire at 2309 Buchanan Road in Antioch at approximately 8:30am on Tuesday, May 28th. Upon their arrival, fire units from Antioch found heavy fire involvement in the building and the fire had already established itself into the attic. The common attic had no [...]

DATE: May 12th, 2013 TIME OF ALARM: 13:37 TYPE OF ALARM: Multi-Family Dwelling Fire LOCATION: 1014 Coalport St., San Pablo RESPONSE: 4 Engines, 1 Ladder Truck, 2 Battalion Chiefs, and 1 Fire Investigator ASSISTING AGENCIES: Richmond Fire TOTAL FIRE PERSONNEL AT SCENE: 18 Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Engine 70 (San Pablo) and Richmond [...]

Fire season came early for Contra Costa County this year! Fire season was declared on April 30, 2013 and this fire season is expected to be busy with earlier than expected drying of annual grasses and vegetation in the area. The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District reminds all residents and property owners to take [...]

Shortly after 6pm on Saturday, April 27th, Contra Costa County Fire District Engine 82 responded to a report of a 4 year old female drowning in the pool at the In-Shape Fitness facility on Lone Tree Way in Antioch. Fitness center staff reported they were performing CPR on the girl who was pulled from the [...]

Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Fire Chief Daryl Louder announced his retirement yesterday, to be effective October 31st, 2013. Chief Louder was hired as the Fire Chief in June, 2012 after a nationwide search. Prior to joining Contra Costa County Fire, Chief Louder worked for the Fairfax County Fire Department in Virginia for over [...]

MEDIA RELEASE DATE: March 30th, 2013 TIME OF ALARM: 05:26 am TYPE OF ALARM: Residential Structure Fire LOCATION: 2924 15th St., San Pablo RESPONSE: 4 Engines, 1 Truck, 2 Battalion Chiefs ASSISTING AGENCIES: Richmond Fire, San Pablo Police, PG&E, Red Cross, and AMR TOTAL FIRE PERSONNEL AT SCENE: 18 Contra Costa County Fire Protection District [...]

Woman burned in early morning San Pablo structure fire after re-entering the home to save her cats.