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Ventura Fire Department serves the community by protecting life, property, and the environment through prevention,  education and emergency response services. We proudly watch over our community before, during and after emergencies 24 hours a day. We are here to serve you and protect you.

The City of Ventura Fire Department provides comprehensive fire prevention, fire suppression, emergency advanced life support services, technical rescue and fire inspections to a population of over 100,000 residents. We are committed to the highest level of service to our community.

A Message from the Ventura City Fire Chief

I am honored to serve as the City of Ventura's Fire Chief and am privileged to lead a group of individuals that are passionate and dedicated to ensuring the safety of our community. Our staff is highly trained and we provide all-risk emergency services including paramedic and fire response, hazardous materials mitigation, urban search and rescue, and fire prevention.

I have proudly served this community for 28 years and have experienced many changes in the fire service. Today, we are responding to a much broader range of emergency response services than ever before, and the number of calls continues to increase each year. In 2009, we responded to 11,500 calls, a 51% increase in call volume from 2000.

For 135 years, the men and women of this Department have proudly served the citizens of Ventura. To that end, we will continue to train and adapt to provide the highest level of care, compassion, and service to those who need it.

Kevin Rennie
Fire Chief