Mission Statement

The mission of the Santa Barbara County Fire Department is to serve and safeguard the community from the impacts of fires, medical emergencies, environmental emergencies, and natural disasters. This will be accomplished through education, code enforcement, planning and prevention, emergency response, and disaster recovery.

Sand Bags

Sand Bags can be found at the following Santa Barbara County Locations:     

North County
* Santa Maria Road Yard located on Foster Road
* County Fire Station 32 at the Santa Ynez  Airport

In Santa Barbara, Montecito and Goleta sand and sand bags remain available at the following:
* County Fire Station 14, 320 N. Los Carneros in Goleta.
* The County Yard at the Transfer Station, 4430 Calle Real.
* The Santa Barbara Botanical Garden Parking Lot, 1212 Mission Canyon Road.
* Montecito Fire Station 1, 595 San Ysidro Road.
* City of Santa Barbara Annex Yard, 401 E. Yanonali Street.
* County Fire Station 11 on Stork Road ( 691 Frey Way ) near Home Depot.
* City of Carpinteria Maintenance Yard, located at 5775 Carpinteria Ave.
* Carpinteria – Summerland Fire Station 2, located at 2375 Lilly Avenue.

Ready! Set! Go! Wildfire Education Campaign

Ready! Set! Go! (RSG) was launched in May 2009 as a new approach to educating Southern California residents about the now year-round threat of wildfire.  This public education program seeks to gain active public involvement in reducing life and property loss caused by wildfires.  This program is presented in three steps:

Ready! Prepare youself, your family and your property.

Set!  Monitor fire weather / activity and prepare to evacuate.

Go!  Leave early when directed to by public safety officials.

This plan provides a strategic approach and a specific action plan to aid the Santa Barbara County Fire Department and other agencies in Sothern California in creating communications to reach each of its target audiences with one, unified message.  This plan is endorsed by the Santa Barbara County Fire Chief’s Association.

Learn More About Ready! Set! Go!

Come Join Us - Santa Barbara Fire Mosaic Mural Art Project

Santa Barbara County Arts Commission’s Community Arts Grant Program has awarded artist Betsy Gallery grant funding to create a community participation mosaic mural commemorating survivors and first responders of the many fires that have affected our county. Art from Scrap is Betsy’s working partner for this project. The artist invites community members who wish to participate in creating this mural to contribute artifacts that have been transformed by any of these fires. Appropriate artifacts are molten glass, ceramic, metal, stone objects or any other hard material that may be incorporated into thinset mortar. Fire equipment, such as hose nozzles, axes, helmets etc. may also be incorporated into this mosaic mural, which will be installed in the lobby at the Santa Barbara County Fire Department Headquarters at 4410 Cathedral Oaks Road. Persons wanting to help with the fabrication of the mosaic mural can attend upcoming workshops at Art from Scrap or La Casa de la Raza to learn basic mosaic materials and techniques.
For workshop information and to contribute an artifact for the mosaic mural please
contact Betsy Gallery bgallery@cox.net 963-2878.

Protect your Home from Wildfire!

Learn more about how you can Prepare for Fire Season!
Being prepared for the next wildfire means taking the personal responsibility to protect yourself, your family, and your property. The most critical person in preparing and protecting your life and property is not the firefighter, but you, the property owner.

In order to reduce this potential and as a part of the Department’s Defensible Space and Hazard Reduction program the Santa Barbara County Fire Department sends notices to abate fire hazards to the owners of all properties in county fire jurisdiction that potentially pose a fire hazard. These notices indicate the start of yearly weed abatement requirements.

It is not a matter of “if” another wildfire will occur in our area, but “when”.

Learn more about how to protect your home from wildfire.

Fire Resistive Construction Recommendations

Houses protect people if people protect houses!

It is very important to realize that although no (livable!) house is fire proof, there are steps you can take to make it a lot more fire-safe! Some changes can be done very quickly and inexpensively. Others may require more effort, expense, and in some cases professional help.

In conjunction with your Wildfire Action Plan, we suggest you visit the California Homeowner's Wildfire Mitigation Guide (while visiting the guide click on “Decks, “Fences”, “Garages” or one of the other titles for more information). This site includes recommendations for Fire Resistive Construction in addition to home improvements, repairs, additions and maintenance.

These two additional links have information about your roof or other vulnerable parts of your home and include information on other possible problems and solutions that can make your home a safer refuge during a wildfire.

These recommendations are in compliance with County and State Building and Fire Codes and are offered with permission by the University of California Cooperative Extension.

Additionally, CALFIRE provides the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Products guide to give homeowners and building officials a list of “compliant WUI products”, for retrofit and new construction building materials that are approved for use in our High Fire Hazard Zones. Please visit the CALFIRE web site web for updates and other related information.

Residential Safety Survey

Please use this Residential Safety Survey as a guide to help you improve the fire resistive features of your home, maintain your defensible space and insure our ability to access your home in an emergency. We encourage you to phone or visit visit your neighborhood County Fire Station crew to invite them to come by and help you assess the safety of your home and possibly identify no-cost or low-cost ways to improve your family’s safety during a wildfire. This is a no-cost service to our communities.

Red Flag Alerts