The Redding Fire Department Operations Division is responsible for the emergency response activities for the City of Redding and surrounding communities.

The Operations Division consists of:

   1) 63 uniformed career personnel assigned to three alternating shifts (A/B/C)

   2) 7 staffed stations (Fire Station 2 closed on Jan 9, 2011 due to fiscal constraints)

   3) Daily Operations consists of:

           a) Structural Firefighting

           b) Wildland Firefighting

           c) Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF)

           d) Emergency Medical Response

           e) Hazardous Materials Emergency Response

           f) Shore-Based Water Rescue

           g) Various other needs brought on by a dynamically changing city

Several mutual and automatic aid response agreements exist; including a well-defined Mutual Threat Zone (MTZ) agreement with CalFire/Shasta Co Fire. 

The Department also maintains cooperative agreements with the Regional Occupational Program and Shasta Community College.