Santa Clara County Fire Department

Fire Station Tours

County Fire provides fire station tours in all 17 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

Cupertino

Cupertino station tour

FF/E Dan Bajtos shows off the station's Murphy (fold down) beds.

Cupertino station tour

Cupertino station's kitchen is part of the tour.

Cupertino station tour

Bajtos assists FF/E Bob Wess in demonstrating turnouts.

Cupertino station tour

Captain Neil Linney pantomimes fitness.

Cupertino station tour

FF/E/P Matt Maxson gives driving instruction on reserve truck 111.

Dances with Trucks

"Dances with Trucks"

Shannon

Shannon first aid class

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.

Shannon EKG demo

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.

Shannon turnouts

As FF/E Vince Perrone, DiFiore and Sylvester look on, a scout gets to try on the captain's turnouts.

Sunnyoaks

Sunnyoaks station tour

Children discover the teddybear tucked into Captain Ty Chew's Murphy bed.

Sunnyoaks station tour

FF/E/P Dwayne Drake shows off engine 10's cockpit.

Sunnyoaks station tour

Checking clearance under the ladder during a loading demonstration.

Campbell

station tour

station tour

tour photographs: anonymous

FF/E/P (now Battalion Chief) Steve Prziborowski and FF/E Chip Stanton demonstrate their gear.

Los Altos

Los Altos station tour

Los Altos station tour

Los Altos station tour

Captain Charlie Shaw assists engine 15's probationary apparatus drivers.

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