Ventura Fire Association

09/29/2021

24 hours/day, 7 days/week, Your stand ready to respond to any emergency in Ventura City.

All hazards, one department. One department with the tools, training, and expertise to respond to your emergency when seconds count and you need us most.

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09/28/2021

answer the call to service for all of Ventura City.

When you need us most, we'll be there to answer the call and treat every member of your family like a member of ours.

Visit www.VenturaFireFighters.com today to learn how you can help support Ventura Fire Fighters and keep Ventura City safe.

09/27/2021

are more than just 911 responders. We're part of the community. We stand for service and integrity and we take pride in being good stewards of the community's resources.

Visit www.VenturaFireFighters.com today to learn how you can support the firefighters answering the call in Ventura City.

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09/19/2021

What does it mean when we say that Ventura City Fire is an all hazards department? That means your are trained and certified as Paramedics, Ocean Rescue Swimmers, Wildland Firefighters, and more.

They're experts in handling and securing dangerous hazardous materials. They carry rope and harnesses and are highly skilled technical rope rescue, tower rescue, and low angle rescue technicians. They're equipped with the equipment to rescue you from vehicle collision and have the highest level of prehospital clinical training to care for you once you're freed.

When an emergency arises, there isn't a special group to call for each unique incident. There are just your .

Your firefighters of Ventura take pride in being good stewards of public resources who are ready and able to to respond to your emergency, whatever that may be.

Support a safer Ventura by visiting www.VenturaFireFighters.com and signing the petition to build Station 7 now.

09/18/2021

The emergency response system in Ventura is at a breaking point. The call volume is so high that neighboring departments regularly have to respond to emergencies in Ventura City, which means longer response times when seconds matter.

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When you call 911, you want and deserve the fastest response possible. That can't happen when the response is coming from outside of Ventura City. Emergencies don't happen one at a time. They don't wait their turn.

Tell Ventura City to build the first new station since 1988 and give the emergency response system the resiliency its citizens deserve.

Sign the petition today to build Station 7 and ensure that when Ventura calls, are there to answer.

Join the crew at www.VenturaFireFighters.com today.

09/17/2021

do a lot more than just put out fires. Ventura City Firefighters serve an all hazards department responding to emergency incidents ranging from wildland fires to ocean rescues and everything in between.

When not responding to emergencies, firefighters spend their days training and perfecting their skills in various disciplines so that any time a 911 call comes in, they are ready and able to respond with the right resources, knowledge, and experience.

Visit www.VenturaFireFighters.com to sign the petition to build Station 7 and keep Ventura safe.

09/14/2021

Since 1988 the City of Ventura has not built any new fire stations. are in desperate need. Ensuring that the right number of firefighters can respond to your emergency is the only way we can save lives and protect property.

Existing stations are full and don't have any room for additional firefighters or apparatus.

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Additionally, there is already several million dollars of developer money set aside for a new station IF that station is built soon. If we don't do it now that funding will expire and will be gone forever. The city continues to approve plans for large products that will place even further strain on Ventura FD resources without increasing capabilities accordingly.

Help us continue to keep our community and our firefighters safe by visiting www.VenturaFireFighters.com and signing the petition to tell the City of Ventura to build Station 7 NOW.

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09/14/2021

According to a 2021 independent report, Ventura Fire Department's workload is unsustainable. The only solution is to increase emergency response capabilities and to do it now. Ventura Fire Department needs to convert Medic Engine 7 from a 40 hour part-time unit to a full time, 24/7 resource. But Ventura Fire Department does not currently have the facilities to support such a unit.

The solution is clear: Build the first new fire station in Ventura since 1988 and staff Engine 7 full time.

Your are asking you to go to www.VenturaFireFighters.com today and sign the petition to build Station 7 now.

Make your voice heard now and tell the city that you support the construction of Station 7.

There is already funding to pay for a large portion of the of the construction costs, but that funding will expire if the station is not built soon. The time for action is now.

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09/14/2021

On December 9, 2019, the City Council unanimously approved an agreement with Emergency Services Consulting International to conduct a Fire Department Operational Performance Study. The purpose of the Study was to evaluate current fire operations and their alignment with industry best practices.

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This report, released in March 2021 found the number of firefighters per 1000 population is roughly half that of the national average. Every station that we have is at capacity. We have millions on the line and our increase call volume requires that we build station 7 now.

Your are over worked and desperately need relief now. Visit www.VenturaFireFIghters.com to sign the petition today to support the construction of Fire Station 7.

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08/19/2021

Every day your put on the uniform committed to doing all that we can to save lives.

But our missions goes well beyond our name.

Your firefighters are tasked with providing an "all hazards" approach to life safety, rescue, and advanced life saving prehospital care.

Did you know that 15 of your are also highly trained and certified USLA Ocean Rescue Swimmers?

The United States Lifesaving Association is the premier non-profit training and advocacy group for lifeguards and ocean rescuers. Their extensive science and research based best practice education and certification programs ensure that your firefighters are both safe and skilled when saving lives against the Pacific Ocean.

Whenever you need us, for any mission, your are proud to be your first call, on the worst days.

We proudly serve our city and work hard to deliver excellent public service everyday. We're good stewards of our community resources and we give back to our community through off duty charities and giving.

Help us make our city safer and sign the petition to make Station 7 our city's next priority. Together we can save lives and make a difference in Ventura City.

Sign the petition online at www.VenturaFireFighters.com

08/10/2021

"90% of Ventura's Firefighter Paramedics have been on the job less than 4 years."

This is according to the 2019 Ventura Fire Department Operational Review and represents not only a concern for lost investments in personnel training, time, and talent; but also creates a concern for operational safety and highlights the value of career firefighter/paramedics and their institutional knowledge and experience of our city.

The Ventura Fire Association wants to create a work environment where members enter and spend their entire firefighting career here. We believe that years of experience not just on the job, but on the job in our city make the difference between good firefighters and great one.

But the conditions that your are facing make that goal harder to attain. Numerous independent studies and reviews, commissioned and funded entirely by the city of Ventura, report that most firefighters assigned to a majority of the fire stations are on calls, responding to 911 calls, or restocking, resupplying, and writing reports from 911 calls more than double the amount that is considered "sustainable" and within established national safety norms for the resilient response you and your family expect and deserve.

When you call 911 you expect that you won't have to wait. You expect that your fire station in your community will be there to respond to your emergency. Yet, 40% or often more of the cases, the fire company you expect to respond is already on another call and you're going to have to wait longer for a unit from another part of the city to arrive.

This snowballs across the city many times a week with all fire companies involved and assigned on calls, many of which aren't even in their response area. It's a challenging and exhausting system of cat and mouse that we need to stop.

It's time to invest in our city.

Let's start by adopting the advice of the consultants and researchers and making the building of Fire Station 7 our next priority.

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