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Oceanside Fire Department
SoCal · Municipal · Career
Mission
Embracing Families and Safeguarding Communities
Source: official department source
8 · Stations25,126 total responses in 2025: 21,544 rescue and EMS, 1,786 fire, 1,121 false alarm, 595 miscellaneous, and 80 service or good intent calls · Annual callsJessamyn Specht (as of Aug 08, 2026) · Fire Chief
The Oceanside Fire Department's eight firehouses provide A Presence in every neighborhood throughout the 41 square miles of the City.
Preparing for the Oceanside Fire Department oral board
Oceanside Fire Department runs 8 stations across its community. Build your ARTS Tie-back material from what this department tells you about itself:
- its mission and the values it states
- 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
Themes this profile surfaces
- Why you want to serve Oceanside 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
- Pace and call volume at a department running 25,126 total responses in 2025: 21,544 rescue and EMS, 1,786 fire, 1,121 false alarm, 595 miscellaneous, and 80 service or good intent calls a year
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