At 4:23pm on Saturday, March 30th Contra Costa County Fire Protection District crews responded to a residential structure fire at 1949 Pleasant Hill Road in Pleasant Hill. Upon arrival, fire crews were met with large amounts of smoke around the residence and into the street. The main body of fire was identified to be in [...]

Contra Costa Fire Protection District crews from Walnut Creek, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Martinez, and Lafayette battled a stubborn two-alarm fire at 994 Autumn Oak Circle in the Crystyl Ranch subdivision in Concord. The first crew arrived in just a few minutes to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the garage. All the occupants were [...]

Firefighters from Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, and Lafayette responded to a fire in a single family home at approximately 2:15pm today. Upon arrival, firefighters had heavy black smoke greeting them from the garage area. Almost 1000 feet of hose was laid down from the nearest hydrant to the front of the home – giving the [...]

At 3:09 am on Thursday March 7, 2013 crews from The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District responded to a report of a structure fire in an single family home at 201 Creed Ave. in Antioch. Upon arrival the first fire unit reported heavy smoke and fire in the backyard. Upon further investigation it was [...]

Crews in Battalion 8 of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District were busy Tuesday night. At 8:36pm crews from Pittsburg, Bay Point, and Antioch responded to a report of a structure fire in an abandoned house at 95 Crivello Avenue in Bay Point. The first arriving engine reported heavy black smoke and flames from [...]

Between 8pm and 3am last night Contra Costa County Fire Protection District crews responded to three working structure fires. Details of each incident follow: 36 Bai Gorry Place, Walnut Creek, 8:05pm Fire crews arrived within 5 minutes of being dispatched to a residential care facility and found a kitchen fire that had extended into the [...]

While Contra Costa and Richmond fire units were dealing with an incident involving a vehicle into a structure, a garage fire was reported approximately one mile away. Luckily, the first arriving crew to the vehicle accident determined it was non-injury and units were diverted to the garage fire. The first unit on scene of the [...]

The fire departments served by the Contra Costa Regional Fire Communications Center (CCRFCC) launched the new PulsePoint app on February 5, 2013. The participating agencies include Contra Costa County Fire, Moraga-Orinda Fire, Crockett-Carquinez Fire, East Contra Costa Fire, and Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection Districts as well as the City of Pinole Fire Department. The launch of [...]

Contra Costa health officials are urging all owners of automated external defibrillators (AED) in the county to register the lifesaving devices and mark them available for public access to increase the odds that they are used during cardiac arrest. Registering the device is state law, said Pam Dodson, Prehospital Care Coordinator with the Emergency Medical [...]

At 4am this morning our fire boat was requested to assist the Crockett-Carquinez Fire Protection District Crockett with a structure fire on a pier in Crockett. Our boat, based at the Pittsburg marina, responded and arrived on scene within an hour. A battalion chief was also requested to assist in coordination efforts at the scene. [...]