Location and Jurisdiction

Santa Barbara County Fire Station 22 is located at 1596 Tiffany Park Court in Orcutt (map). They can be reached at (805) 934 6293. Station 22 serves the Orcutt area. Their jurisdiction in the south bounded by the Solomon Grade, to the north by Santa Maria Way, to the west by the Pacific Ocean and to the east by Dominion Road.

Equipment

Engine 22

Paramedic Engine 322

Staffing

Fire Station 22 is staffed by one Captain, one Engineer, one FireFighter/Parmedic and one FireFighter.

History

Prior to1928 fire protection was almost nonexistent in the Orcutt area and the only hydrants in town were protecting the Union Oil Company property. It was only until almost the entire Orcutt business district was destroyed by a fire that the County Board of Commissioners approved and created the Orcutt Fire District. Volunteers from the area then manned it. In 1966 a new fire station was built at 335 Union Street for Orcutt Fire Chief Ed Cox and his group of volunteers. County Fire Chief Victor Mohr saw a need for increased fire protection from the station. Later that year the County entered into a contract with the Orcutt Fire District and Engine 306 and crew were transferred to the station where County firefighters worked in association with the volunteers. In 1975 the contract was terminated and county personnel were returned to what is currently Station 21 leaving the volunteers to man their station. Rapid residential growth continued and this would had left the new Tiffany Park area and surrounding neighborhoods with increasingly inadequate fire protection. Both the developer (“The Development Group Inc.) and the Department realized that with inadequate fire protection further development in the area was potentially hazardous. The developer generously offered agreed to deed a property, build a fire station upon it, and lease the station to the county for 20 years with a option to purchase after 5 years. On April 15th 1981 the brand new Station 22 was moved into and provides over 1800 square feet of living space and 2600 square feet for equipment. Eventually in 1987 the County made the leap and the station was purchased outright.