The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District provides

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and

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s for the cities of Alamo,

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, Danville, Diablo, Camino Tassajara and San Ramon as well as southern areas of the Morgan Territory in

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, United States. In all, the district is responsible for with a population of approximately 192,800.

History

The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District was first started in 1912, when it was decided that a

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needed to be organized to provide services to the community. This first department became known as the Danville Farm Defense Fire District. In 1921, after a state law was passed allowing the organization of special fire districts, the district was renamed the Danville Fire Protection District and expanded to cover nearly . In 1963,

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reorganized its East County Fire Protection District into the San Ramon Fire Protection District, an independent district. This led to the

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consolidating the two districts into one on July 1, 1980.

USAR Task Force 4

The district is part of

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(CA-TF4) which is one of eight

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. The task force, which is based in

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, is sponsored by the

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Stations and apparatus

The district has 10 stations spread across the of responsible area.

References

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