Management of the Fire Department is handled through a Management Services Agreement with the City of Encinitas and the Rancho Santa Fe Fire Protection District. Through this agreement, the Department is staffed with a Chief, an Administrative Services Deputy Chief, an Operations Deputy Chief, a Support Services Deputy Chief, a Management Analyst, 3 Battalion Chiefs, 6 Fire Captains, 6 Engineers, 4 Firefighter Paramedics and 2 Firefighters. In addition, the fire station is home to 6 Paramedics operating an ambulance owned by Rural Metro.

 

Emergency response is handled according to the nature of the emergency with a combination of vehicles and equipment housed at the Solana Beach station and from surrounding agencies through mutual aid and automatic aid agreements. For example, a call for a structure fire would bring an engine, truck and paramedic unit from Solana Beach as well as engines from Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar, Encinitas and San Diego. An increase to a second or third alarm would bring vehicles from as far as Carlsbad, Oceanside, Vista, San Marcos and Escondido.

 

The City of Solana Beach contracts with Trauma Intervention Programs of San Diego County, Inc. (TIP), a non-profit organization of specially trained citizen volunteers, to provide immediate emotional and practical support to victims and their families in the first few hours following a tragedy.