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Compton Fire Department

SoCal · Municipal · Career

Mission

To create a safe, self-reliant and viable community through prompt and efficient emergency services, effective fire prevention, and community outreach and training.

Source: official department source

4 · StationsAn average of 10,000 emergency calls per year, approximately 75 percent of them emergency medical services, with an average response time of 4 minutes 30 seconds · Annual callsApproximately 95,740 residents as of the 2020 census · Population servedRonerick Simpson (as of Aug 08, 2026) · Fire Chief

The Compton Fire Department is a team of 77 firefighters serving one of the busiest jurisdictions in the state.

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the community it serves and the calls it runs
the programs it puts into the community, like public education and prevention
the culture and priorities its own people describe

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Why you want to serve Compton Fire Department specifically, over any other department
How you would contribute to its public education and prevention work
How your own values line up with the department's mission
What service means in the community this department protects

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