The San Luis Obispo Fire Department
    The SLO Fire Department is made of highly trained and motivated professionals that try their hardest to maintain the public and community's safety, they are here to serve us in any way they can to help. The SLO Fire Department has a class "2" ISO rating. there are 55 persons working there at the time in 5 different programs: Admission, Emergency Operations, Fire Prevention and Life Safety, Training and Equipment, and Support Services. The SLO Fire Department needs each one of these for the safety and security or our city. Eleven employees are administrative and fire prevention bureau personnel along with one mechanic. The remaining 45 are firefighters with emergency response capabilities. There are also 13 Captains, 15 Engineers, and 12 Firefighters. 
    Firefighters are to be trained for emergencies in the house, or outside; both require a lot of training so they can respond to hazardous enviorments.