Founded in 1965 as the Windsor Volunteer Fire Department, Windsor Fire Protection District (est. 1986) is a combination paid/volunteer fire department that responds to 2000-plus calls per year. WFPD also provides extensive public education and fire/life safety services.

POPULATION/AREA SERVED: 31,000 people in 30 square miles (5 square miles of Town of Windsor; 25 square miles surrounding unincorporated area)

DAILY STAFFING: Two fire captains and two fire engineers, 24-hour shifts; two 40-hours-per-week firefighters; and two residential firefighters 1800-0600.

NUMBER OF STATIONS: Two, staffed 24/7

VOLUNTEER (On-Call) SUPPRESSION PERSONNEL: Eleven —2 battalion chiefs, 1 fire engineer, 8 firefighters; 6 residential firefighters

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF: Four—Fire Chief, Battalion Chief/Fire Marshal, Administrative Assistant, Financial Assistant

APPRATUS: One 75” quint, two Type 1 engines, one Type 1/Water Tender, two Type 3 engines, one State of California OES water tender, one light rescue

OPERATING BUDGET: $2.7 million for FY 2010/2011*

FUNDING SOURCES: Three cents of every $100 of ad valorem property tax collected within District and from Special Taxes assessed to each parcel within District, plus miscellaneous income that amounts to less than one percent of the District’s annual revenue

* Fiscal year ends June 30