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About the Loomis
Fire Protection District
The Loomis Fire Protection District was formed in 1930 as an all-volunteer fire department providing fire protection to the residents, business community and visitors of Loomis. Since 1986, Station 28, the main station in Loomis has been staffed with a full-time crew 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The district serves a small bedroom community with a population of 11,600 people in the rural foothills of Placer County along Interstate 80. The 18 square mile service area includes most of the town of Loomis as well as unincorporated State Responsibility Areas. The district also provides service along Interstate 80 and the main line for Amtrak and the Union Pacific Railroad, a major tourist transportation corridor. The town of Loomis is located 2 hours southwest of Reno, Nevada, and 2 hours northeast of San Francisco, California. Being 35 minutes from the State Capitol of California, the area also serves as a gateway to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Currently, the Loomis Fire Protection District operates as an all-risk service provider, providing fire protection, emergency medical services, basic hazardous materials response, and other services relating to the protection of lives and property within our jurisdictional boundaries, as well as providing assistance to neighboring communities. Along the western slope of Placer County, a Closest Resource Agreement exists among the Loomis Fire Protection District, nine other fire districts, and the Sheriff's Dispatch Center. The participating agencies have dropped their traditional boundaries to allow the closest resources to respond into neighboring jurisdictions. The mission of the boundary drop agreement is to provide the quickest response to citizens by disregarding traditional district boundaries. |
