Fire Stations
Chestnut Station
7070 Chestnut Street
Gilroy, Ca. 95020
Constructed in 1971
This station houses a fire engine staffed with a minimum of four (4)
personnel, a reserve Ladder Truck a Type 4 Brush Patrol and the
Departments' Administrative staff.
Emergency Response: One fire engine with a minimum of four firefighters, which
include 1 Captain, 1 Engineer, 1 Firefighter/Paramedic and 1 firefighter.
Summer Season: During the warm weather months (e.g. generally May-October)
the 4 personnel respond 2 in the engine and 2 in a Type 4, 4-wheel drive Brush Patrol in task
force configuration.
Reserve: A ladder truck is stored at this station. This truck can be staffed
by the engine crew for specific incidents or for major emergencies with
recalled off-duty firefighters and Paid-Call firefighters.
Administration: The Fire Chief, 4-3 Battalion Chiefs,
2 Fire Education Specialists, 1 Fire/EMS Analyst and 2 Administrative Support
Staff are located in this station.
Las Animas Station
8383 Wren Avenue
Gilroy, Ca. 95020
Constructed in 1977
This station houses a fire engine staffed with four (4) firefighters.
Emergency Response: One fire engine with four firefighters.
Summer Season: During the warm weather months (e.g. generally May-October)
the 4 personnel respond 2 in the engine and 2 in a Type 4, 4-wheel drive Brush
Patrol in task force configuration.
Reserve: A reserve fire engine is housed at this station to be used when
scheduled and unscheduled maintenance is being done on the primary fire
engine. It can also be staffed by recalled off-duty and Paid-Call
firefighters during major emergencies.
Sunrise Station
880 Sunrise Drive
Gilroy, Ca. 95020
Constructed in 2004
Sunrise, Gilroy's newest fire station in the North West quadrant of the City,
opened in the summer of 2004.
This station houses a fire engine staffed with three (3) personnel.
Emergency Response: Engine 81 is currently staffed with 1 Fire Captain, 1
Engineer and 1 Firefighter-Paramedic.
Summer Season: During the warm weather months (e.g. generally May-October)
the 4 personnel respond 2 in the engine and 2 in a Type 3, 4-wheel drive Brush
Engine in task force configuration.
Reserve: A reserve rescue ambulance is housed at this station. Rescue-81 is a Light
Rescue unit that also has structure fire support, basic HazMat, and patient transport
capabilities. This unit is also known as the STAR (Supplemental Transport Ambulance Resource).
The STAR aspect of this unit enables the fire department by County contract in
certain circumstances, to transport life threatened patients when the County
contract ambulance provider is delayed and thereby supplementing the County EMS
ambulance system.
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