Location and Jurisdiction

Santa Barbara County Fire Department Station 12 is located at 5530 Calle Real in Goleta (map) and can be reached by phone at 805 681-5512. Station 12 services the area bordered by Fairview Ave , Fowler Road, Cathedral Oaks Rd and San Marcos Pass Road from Calle Real north to Via Los Santos.

Equipment

Engines 12 and Engine 312


Staffing

Station 12 is staffed by one Captain, one Engineer and one Firefighter.

History

Back in 1937 Fire Station 12 was located in a house and garage located at Tuckers Grove.
This continued until after World War II when in 1949 County crews were relocated to the property on the old Santa Barbara Marine Corps Air Station. After time the old “war surplus” Marine Corps building became untenable and firefighters were made at one time to temporarily relocate to the Pilot House Motel south of the terminal building due to unsafe conditions.
In 1996 The City of Santa Barbara would build a new Fire Station (8) to provide Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting service at the airport. After seeing the need to relocate County firefighters to better serve the area a 1.08 acre property was purchased on Sept 25th 1995 for a cost of $550,000.00 from the A. Borgaro Family Trust.

Designed by Ceranal architects Inc of Santa Barbara The 7,000 square foot Station was situated unobtrusively within a secluded Avocado grove and was built to capture and reflect the architectural roots of the neighborhood.
The design executed by the S.J. Deferville Construction Co. for a cost of $1,029,943.45 has within it elements of classic barn and residential farm detailing such as a spire topped cupola and a hose drying tower clad to resemble a silo. Local papers of the day complimented the building by saying how well it fit in with the neighborhood.
The structure was completed and occupied April 25th 1997 and “Grand Opening” ceremonies were held on May 9th 1997.