During the current public health crisis, the City of San Rafael remains committed to protecting the health and safety of community members and employees, while also striving to deliver public services to the greatest extent possible. The Fire Department still is responding to emergency calls and our stations are fully staffed 24/7. To assure that we keep our staff healthy and continuously available to respond to your needs, our Firefighters and Paramedics are wearing personal protective equipment (including face masks) as needed, practicing social distancing to the extent possible, and asking screening questions about exposure to COVID-19, positive tests, and/or symptoms.
Additionally, in preparation for fire season, vegetation inspections continue with adjustments to provide for staff and resident safety. Please see our Vegetation Management page for more information. Likewise, our Fire Prevention Bureau continues safety inspections with modifications and can be contacted at 415-485-3308.
About the San Rafael Fire Department
Since 1874, we have been here for you, the community. Our Mission is to help, delivering exceptional public service from seven San Rafael neighborhood fire stations.
Delivery of fire and rescue services is serious business and as such, we strive to provide the best public fire services available; a service that is capable, compassionate, predictable and sustainable.
Happy Friday San Rafael! This is week four of tackling one fire safe tip per week to make your home, drum roll please, more fire safe! This week we'll be working on how to choose fire safe landscaping while maintaining your defensible space. We aren’t looking to get rid of all plants, don’t be crazy! The goal is to identify landscaping that...
What up! It’s Friday! We're in our third week of sending out one tip per week that you can tackle to make your home more fire safe. Just to reiterate, last week modifications were made to the extended Public Health Order to allow for the operation of “outdoor businesses”, including gardeners and landscapers. Last week we cut our tall grasses, this week we’ll jump...
With the extension of the Shelter in Place Order and modifications to the Public Health Order, “outdoor businesses”, including gardeners and landscapers services, are allowed to operate with social (physical) distancing requirements of at least six feet between all persons. We're in our second week of sending out one tip per week that you can tackle to...
