City Of Oakland

The City of Oakland Fire Department Division, doing business as Oakland Fire Department, is a U.S. local government entity registered in SAM.gov since October 28, 2004, serving as a child entity of the City of Oakland. The Oakland Fire Department provides critical emergency response and public safety services to the Oakland community, including firefighting, hazard mitigation, search and rescue operations, and port security services. As a recipient of substantial federal grant funding, the department has established itself as a key partner with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other federal agencies in delivering emergency preparedness and response capabilities that extend beyond the local level.

The Oakland Fire Department has received significant federal grant awards totaling over $35 million across multiple FEMA grant programs and initiatives since 2021. The department's primary funding sources have been through FEMA's Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program, which awarded $27.4 million for the period from October 23, 2023 through October 22, 2026, to support staffing and emergency response deployment capabilities. Additionally, the department has consistently received funding under FEMA's National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System program, with awards in 2021 ($1.6 million), 2023, and 2025 ($1.378 million), enabling the maintenance, training, and equipment of specialized urban search and rescue task forces designed to respond to presidentially declared disasters across 19 states. The Oakland Fire Department has also participated in the Port Security Grant Program, receiving awards totaling approximately $825,000 across multiple award periods to enhance security at the Port of Oakland through training, exercises, and equipment acquisition. Other grant programs supporting the department include the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG), which provided nearly $1 million in awards for equipment upgrades such as self-contained breathing apparatus and modernized fire station alerting systems, and a $27,542.70 award under the SAMHSA-funded Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) Program in 2022. The department has also served as a sub-awardee, participating in transportation infrastructure and fuel reduction projects through partnerships with the California Department of Transportation and California Fire Safe Council, including a notable 2024 eco-friendly goat grazing fuel reduction project targeting approximately 1,000 acres from June through October 2024.