Kentfield Fire Protection District

The district services the communities of unincorporated Greenbrae, Del Mesa, Kentfield proper and Kentwoodlands. Kentfield Fire Protection District is a special district formed under the authority of the California Health and Safety Code and was established in 1922. The District has an excellent Class 3 ISO (Insurance Services Office) rating.

The District employs 11 full-time professional fire fighters and 20 volunteer fire fighters. All District personnel are State certified to their classification and rank. The District’s daily staffing is four fire fighters. The district responds to 1000 calls for service annually. Available within minutes are four neighboring automatic aid engines, twenty immediate need mutual-aid engines, and eight immediate need “wildland” mutual-aid engines and four truck companies.

The District is a member of the California Inter-County Mutual-Aid Plan and the Marin County Automatic and Mutual-Aid Plan, covering emergencies and disasters such as fires, floods, mass-casualty incidents, and earthquakes. The Kentfield Fire Protection District provides paramedic service through the Ross Valley Paramedic Authority Joint Powers Agreement.