Location and Jurisdiction

Station 11 is located at 6901 Frey Way in Goleta (map) and can be reached by phone at (805) 681-5511.

Station 11 services the Cityof Goleta west of Los Carneros Road and north of El Colegio Road and the unincorporated areas of Santa Barbara County north and west of the City of Goleta.

Equipment

Truck 11

Engine 11

Station 11 is the home of the Water Rescue Team.

Staffing

Fire Station 11 has six firefighters on staff at the Station. Three firefighters are assigned to Ladder Truck 11 and three are assigned to Engine 11. On Engine 11 one of the firefighters is a firefighter/paramedic. Since Station 11 is also a Water Rescue Station two of the responding firefighters may be assigned to the rescue watercraft.

History

In the 1960’s the population of the Goleta Valley would triple from 20,000 to over 60,000. The growth of the University of California, the City of Santa Barbara, the town of Goleta and the influx of research and development industries set the stage for an unprecedented housing boom, all of which required increased fire protection. Looking toward the future Chief Victor Mohr and the County Board of Supervisors saw that the construction boom that would continue for many years and that the increased need for fire protection was quite evident.
     In July of 1965, the County of Santa Barbara approved the purchase of a parcel in western Goleta from Transamerica Title Company for a new fire station that was to be located on Glen Annie Road just north of Hollister Avenue. Chief Mohr however decided a better location was needed and began to seek a site south of Hollister Avenue for his new fire station. As it turned out a better location for the new site was also held by the same title company as the site already purchased and so a parcel for parcel trade was readily approved. The two-acre parcel was acquired and on May 15th, 1967 a contract was awarded to Richard W. Reverdy Construction in the amount of $190,000.00 for the new station and two residential duplexes. (Although currently private residences, the duplexes were used as living units and were inhabited by married Fire Department personnel. whose wives quite would often work at the stations as dispatchers for their respective districts. This arrangement was quite common for the period and most of the houses are still standing at Stations 11, 13, 24, 31, 51 and 41 where today they serve as offices or residences). Much to the chagrin of the local papers of the day the two story Station 11 was built without the traditional fire pole. Firefighters just take the stairs down form their second floor dormitory. On December 4th, 1967 the Fire Station and living units were completed and Santa Barbara County Fire Department personnel moved in.