The Calistoga Fire Department was completely volunteer for 110 years, until 1994 when we converted to paid-call, part-time status. In 1999 we recruited and hired our first full-time paid Fire Chief, Gary Kraus, previously Chief in Sutter County. After Chief Kraus retired, Steve Campbell was internally recruited and appointed as the full-time Fire Chief.
March, 2008
Back: J. Russo, K. Breiner, B. Richardson, K. Barrett, J. Campbell, D. Bohan, S. Campbell
Front; B. Campbell, J. Tamagni, E. Pastrama, Z. Fleckner, M. Gonzalez
The Department is staffed by:
- Steve Campbell, Fire Chief
- Joe Russo, OES Coordinator
- Kris Breiner, Training Officer
- Jason Tamagni, Prevention Officer
- 10 paid-call firefighters
Our full-time firefighters work from 6:30 am – 5:30 pm seven days a week. They also alternate days on mandatory stand-by during “D Shift” (evenings and weekends), guaranteeing a commanding officer/driver for every call. These three firefighters are responsible for the station, apparatus and equipment maintenance. Additionally, Joe Russo (JRusso@ci.calistoga.ca.us ) is the Office of Emergency Services Coordinator, Kris Breiner is the Dept. Training Officer and Jason Tamagni is the Dept. Prevention Officer. The paid-call firefighters assist by supplementing needed time off and also responding to all calls when available. Together the full-time and the paid-call firefighters are the key to this departments success.