CAL FIRE/Pismo Beach Fire Department
Report to the City Council
By Battalion Chief Paul Lee
June 17, 2025
Emergency Response by Type –
June 2024 through June 2025
Type of
Incident
Debris 13
Emergency
Medical 1294
Fire Alarms 159
Fire Menace
Standby 1
Flooding 4
Gas Leak 20
Other 45
Public Service
Assistance 158
Smoke Check 0
Structure Fire 7
Traffic Collision 78
Vehicle Fire 4
Wildfire 16
Total 1799
Year Incident Review
•2025 had 1,799 calls for service
•Trends up 8.5% from last year
•Medical Aids down 1% at 72% call volume
•Fire Alarms up 1.5%
•Inspections
•Fires up significantly
•Coming back down
•Downtown generates 20% of call volume
•5 Cities Dr. generates the next highest at 17% up 30%
•Was Ventana
Pismo Beach Lifeguard Program
Lifeguards
•Early hiring continues to work well•USLA Academy 6 in 6 out•Incentive Program •Lead Lifeguard Academy
•Continues to look 2 years out
•Watch Tower
•Workload (Rescues)
•Time of day
•Violations
•Clams
Junior Lifeguard
Program
•94 Participants•Session 1: 58 •Session 2: 26•Both sessions: 10 •3-week program with 2 sessions
•1 Junior Lifeguard Program
Coordinator-Lead Lifeguard I
•6 Junior Lifeguard Program
Instructors
Prevention
•Special Events (SEC)
•Surf Events
•Winter Lifeguard Staffing
•4th of July
•No Fireworks
•Sidewalk CPR
•Car Show
•Citywide Weed Inspections
•100% SB1205 Inspections
•Apartments
•34 Hotels
•2 Schools
Vegetation
Management
Program (VMP)
•CAL FIRE Fuels Battalion Projects
•Shell Beach Reservoir
•Lighthouse Unit 3
•Cave/Bluffs/Ontario Communication Site
•1000 Hills VMP
Shell Beach Res. VMP
Light House Unit 3 VMP
Thousand Hills VMP
Pismo FSC Focus Group
•Grant for this cycle has been turned in
•Meeting for next cycle July 18th 5:30pm City Hall
•Heights Evacuation Video Posted on FSC Site
Equipment
•New Engine 64
•New Rescue•24 months to build•Lifeguard Tower
•New Cart 64
Grants
•OHV County Parks New Cart 64 Lifeguard Program
•CAL FIRE CCI 2023 $190,000 Masticator with Trailer
•CAL FIRE CCI 2025 $25,000 Communication Equipment
•FSC Crew Days 30+ $300,000
•FEMA AFG Rescue typing upgrade 25/26
•Water Rescue from Type 4 to 3
•US&R Type 3
Thank You