County Fire provides fire station tours in all 16 fire stations. Each station tour includes:
Age appropriate fire & life safety skills
Demonstration of the special firefighting clothes (turnouts)
View the fire apparatus and equipment
Tour where fire fighters write reports, prepare their meals, exercise and rest
To schedule a fire station tour, collect the following information and then contact the Public Education Office. If you are scheduling a fire station tour in conjunction with a special event, such as a birthday party, please be mindful that our fire department gladly provides fire station tours, but does not host special events in our fire stations.
Date and possible alternative dates (Note: Please provide two weeks advance notice)
Time
Name of requestor
Contact telephone number
Name of Organization (i.e., school, city resident, scout troop #, etc.)
Address of Organization
Number & age range of children who will be present during the tour
Number of adults who will be present during the tour
FF/E Dan Bajtos shows off the station's Murphy (fold down) beds.
Cupertino station's kitchen is part of the tour.
Bajtos assists FF/E Bob Wess in demonstrating turnouts.
Captain Neil Linney pantomimes fitness.
FF/E/P Matt Maxson gives driving instruction on reserve truck 111.
"Dances with Trucks"
A Los Gatos Cub Scout pack gets instructions on basic first aid from FF/E/P Bill Sylvester, as captain Mark DiFiore assists as a victim.
As a volunteer looks on, Sylvester pulls a strip from the EKG, demonstrating how he uses the device to monitor a victim's heart functions.
As FF/E Vince Perrone, DiFiore and Sylvester look on, a scout gets to try on the captain's turnouts.
Children discover the teddybear tucked into Captain Ty Chew's Murphy bed.
FF/E/P Dwayne Drake shows off engine 10's cockpit.
Checking clearance under the ladder during a loading demonstration.
FF/E/P (now Captain) Steve Prziborowski and FF/E Chip Stanton demonstrate their gear.
Captain Charlie Shaw assists engine 15's probationary apparatus drivers.
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