PGFD Battalions Realigned Again

Just when we got over the October 2010 PGFD Battalion change it reverts back as per the newly appointed Acting Fire Chief. Effective February 13, 2011 the field battalion structure goes back to how it was. That means a return of the 7th in the South County and the 1st back to the Lower North County. Under Emergency Ops Command there remains a Shift Duty Officer plus Northern and Southern Division each with commander and operations commander. There is as well a new Technical Services Battalion under the Special Ops Command overseeing Haz-Mat, Tech Rescue and Water Rescue functions of Stations 12, 14, 16, 45, 47, 49, 56 57 & 58. This includes some unit relocations on January 30 when Haz-Mat 30 moved to 16, Haz-Mat Support 41 moved to 14. The battalion breakdown is as follows.

Northern Division
BC 881 Sta: 5, 6, 8, 30, 33, 37, 38, 46
BC 882 Sta: 16, 18, 19, 28, 39, 43, 48
BC 884 Sta: 1, 7, 9, 12, 13, 34, 44, 55
BC 886 Sta: 10, 11, 14, 31, 35, 41, 49

Southern Division
BC 883 Sta: 17, 23, 26, 27, 29
BC 885 Sta: 21, 24, 32, 42, 47
BC 887 Sta: 20, 25, 36, 40, 45

BC offices in stations underlined. It is beleievd these are daytime only BCs with volunteer chiefs to cover at night. Under the COG numbers the chiefs are designated in the 880s.

New PGFD Battalion Structure

Effective October 24, PGFD has realigned its field battalion structure. In a nutshell, the Seventh has been eliminated becoming the new First. The old First has been spread out over the Second, Third and Fourth. The station breakdown by battalion is as follows.

BC 801 Sta: 20, 36, 40, 45
BC 802 Sta:   6, 16, 18, 19, 28, 33, 39, 43, 46, 48
BC 803 Sta:   5,   8, 17, 23, 26, 27, 29, 37
BC 804 Sta:   1,   7,   9, 13, 22, 30, 38, 44, 55
BC 805 Sta: 21, 24, 25, 32, 42, 47
BC 806 Sta: 10, 11, 12, 14, 31, 34, 35, 41, 49

Chiefs at stations underlined. BC 803 & 805 are on-duty 24/7 all others on day work.

The North, Central and South Bureau Chiefs (Majors) have become shift duty chiefs deignated "Operations Chief 800" each with other specified responsibilities. There is also a Field Major for Advanced EMS. Special thanks to Jim Sullivan and Curt Elie for keeping me in the loop on this.