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News ImageSmoke Detectors Save Lives in Early Morning Fire
January 30, 2012 

At 6:30 am Sunday morning, units from the Oceanside Fire Department responded to a report of smoke in a garage at 763 Valley Crest Drive in the Marlado Highlands area of Oceanside. 


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News ImageA Note On Phony OFD Phone Solicitations for Money
November 29, 2011  The Oceanside Fire Department does not solicit for money via phone.                
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News ImagePut a Freeze on Winter Fires
November 29, 2011 

The United States Fire Administration (USFA) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) are working together to remind everyone that home fires are more prevalent in winter than in any other season. This is due in part to an increase in cooking and heating fires. Holiday decorations and winter storms that can interrupt electrical service and cause people to turn to alternative heating sources also contribute to the increased risk of fire in winter.

Winter fires can be prevented! The following fire safety tips can help you maintain a fire-safe home this winter season. Click here for more info.


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News ImageOceanside CERT Graduates 12th CERT Class
July 9, 2011  Oceanside CERT has completed training of the 12th CERT class!
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News ImageOFD Battalion Chief Bob Cotton Retires
June 24, 2011  Thursday, June 17th, 2010- After 47 years of city service Batallion Chief Bob Cotton retired from the OFD.
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News ImageOceanside Lifeguards Proclaim National Beach Safety Week
May 21, 2011  National Beach Safety Week begins the Monday before Memorial Day.
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News ImageFire Chief Darryl Herbert Becomes Permanent
March 13, 2011  The City of Oceanside has selected Interim Fire Chief Darryl Hebert to lead the Oceanside Fire Department on a permanent basis.
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News ImageCheck Out the OFD’s New Residential Occupancy Inspection Program
January 5, 2011  The City of Oceanside has adopted a program to improve our annual fire and life safety inspections at all properties...
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News ImageOFD Safe Haven Fire Station Receives 1-Day-Old Infant
November 6, 2010  At approximately 0900 this morning, Fire Engineer Rick Varey went to the door of Fire Station #5 at 4841 North River Road, Oceanside, CA to answer the door bell...
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News ImageOFD Honor Guard Honored at Sacramento Memorial
November 1, 2010  Every year the OFD Honor Guard travels to the annual California Fire Fighters Memorial Ceremony on the Californian State Capital grounds.
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News ImageOFD Lifeguards Present Guardian 1
November 1, 2010  The Oceanside Fire Dept. Lifeguard Division would like to present our new rescue vessel, the Guardian I.
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News ImageJoin the Oceanside Firefighters for Their 3rd Annual Breast Cancer Awarness Event
October 26, 2010  On Saturday, November 6th from 4pm to 8pm join the Oceanside Firefighters for their 3rd annual breat cancer awareness event.
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News ImageO'side FF's Stoke Out Two Seriously Injured Motorists
October 9, 2010  Oceanside, CA- October 8, 2010. Firefighters use the aerial from Truck 2177 to rescue two seriously injured adults from the Alta Loma Creek after their SUV plunged off the road and over an embankment.
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News ImageO'side Firefighters Extinguish House Fire and Save Parrots
October 8, 2010  Oceanside- October 7, 2010. About 11:15 this morning, a resident of the two-story (approx. 2000 sq./ft.) discovered a fire in the garage of their rented home at 883 Niguel St. in Oceanside, CA homes.
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News ImageOceanside FD History Book Release Event a Success!
October 6, 2010  On Monday, October 5th the Oceanside Firefighters Association, along with members of the department’s command and adminstrative staff, held a book release event at the Oceanside Museum of Art for Arcadia Publishings new release, Images of America- Oceanside Fire Department.
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News ImageOFA Holds Annual Charity Surf Contest
September 10, 2010  On Friday, September 10th the Oceanside Firefighters Association held their annual charity surf contest to benefit the Casa de Amparo Children's Shelter.
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News ImageOFD Holds Reunion Picnic
August 15, 2010  On Saturday, August 14 the Oceanside Firefighters Association held a family/reunion picnic in Oceanside
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News ImageSDSU Study Reveals Firefighter Staffing Affects Wildfire Control
August 12, 2010  (From Firehouse News)  A wildfire staffing study released by San Diego State University this week concluded that by increasing the number of firefighters on a hose lay, the efficiency and effectiveness and overall ability to control a wildland fire significantly increases.
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News ImageOFD Responds to Twin-Engine Plane Crash
July 28, 2010  With Fire Station 7 so close to the Oceanside Airport, firefighters are used to planes flying nearby.
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News ImageThe Mack is Done!
July 6, 2010  The all-volunteer crew, made up primarily of OFD firefighters past and present, were able to complete restoration of the 1952 Mack firetruck known previously as “The White Whale” in time for Oceanside’s 4th of July parade.
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News ImageRestoration of 1952 OFD Mack “The White Whale” Almost Complete
June 9, 2010  The restoration of F4, the OFD’s 4th piece of motorized apparatus, is nearly complete.
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News ImageOFD Aids in School Bus Crash
June 9, 2010  On Wednesday, June 9 at approximately 11:19 am, the OFD was called ot the scene of an overturned school bus at N. El Camino Real and Douglas Dr.
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News ImageOFD Mourns the Loss of Michael Hoffman
May 19, 2010  The OFD mourns the loss of Michael Hoffman, the 18-year-old son of recently retired OFD Honor Guard Captain/Firefighter-Paramedic Bill Hoffman.
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News ImageOceanside Lifeguards Join the OFD
May 17, 2010  April, 2010 marked the official transition of the Lifeguard Division from the Department of Harbor and Beaches to the Fire Department.
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News ImageOFD Conducts Rappelling Drill at Oceanside Pier
April 13, 2010  The Oceanside Fire Department conducted rappelling drills at the Oceanside Pier during the month of April, 2010.
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News Image2010 Southern California Summer Wildland Predictions
April 13, 2010  In case you're interested as to what our summer wildland season holds in store for us...
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News ImageWelcome to the Oceanside Fire Department
March 27, 2010  Welcome!
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News ImageFire Chief Darryl Hebert Becomes Permanent
March 13, 2010  The City of Oceanside has selected Interim Fire Chief Darryl Hebert to lead the Oceanside Fire Department on a permanent basis.
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