🔥🏡 Congratulations to SLO’s Alrita/Bahia neighborhood on earning Firewise USA recognition! Residents of this 39-home community have worked with SLO Fire to improve defensible space, home hardening, and wildfire preparedness. Learn more: slocity.org/wildfire

While off duty, Engineer Travis Robertson hiked up Bishop Peak to search and locate a lost hiker’s phone. Travis and his crew had rescued the hiker just a few days earlier, and Robertson went the extra mile to help reunite them with their phone. Great work Travis!

Fire Prevention Week starts today! We hope to see you at our upcoming Fire Prevention Week events! Thursday, Oct. 8 | 6–9 PM 📍 SLO Farmers Market Saturday, Oct. 10 | 9 AM–12 PM 📍 Fire Station #1 Open House #slocity #fireprevention #firefighter

As September (National Preparedness Month) comes to a close, there’s no better time to turn preparedness into action! Know your risks. Make a plan. Stay informed. #PrepareSLO #NationalPreparednessMonth #WildfirePreparedness #slocity

De Tolosa Ranch and Leland Terrace are now Firewise USA communities, bringing SLO’s total to five! Homeowners may qualify for insurance discounts. Request a voluntary, confidential home wildfire assessment at [email protected]. More: slocity.org/wildfire

At 6:17 a.m., SLOFD responded to a fire at 1118 Chorro St. Crews quickly extinguished a small fire confined to one ground-floor business. About 30 upstairs units were evacuated with @SLOCitypolice help. All residents may return. No injuries. Cause under investigation.

4:30PM, SLOFD, @calfiresanluisobispo, @slosheriff & @slo_police responded to a brush fire near the Bob Jones Bike Trail north of LOVR. Fire was contained to 50x50'. Five stored vehicles at a decommissioned City facility were destroyed. Fire is suspicious and under investigation.

Please join us for a Day of Remembrance on Friday, September 11 at 8:30 at Station 1 (2160 Santa Barbara Ave). If you can't make the ceremony, 403 white roses will be available all day for those wanting to stop by the 9/11 memorial at Station 1 and pay their respects #neverforget

RED FLAG WARNING FOR SLO FRIDAY AUG. 28. 2028 NWS has issued a Red Flag Warning for the San Luis Obispo area from 8AM to 3PM Friday. Dry lightning may occur. City open space trails will be closed. Sign up for alerts at AlertSLO.org

We are seeing smoke from the Timber fire in Monterey County make its way into SLO this afternoon. With the heat and smoke, take care if you are working outside.

Our monthly response and training stats for June. We are so proud to serve #slocity

As we get ready to celebrate, please remember that all fireworks are illegal within the City of San Luis Obispo—including sparklers, fountains, and other "safe and sane" fireworks. #July4th #FirePrevention

We are seeking a Heavy Equipment Mechanic to inspect, diagnose, maintain, and repair our fire apparatus and equipment. If you're experienced with heavy-duty equipment maintenance, we encourage you to apply today! Visit slocity.org/jobs to apply #firemechanic #slocity

We hope to see everyone tomorrow (6/13) at our Wildfire Education Day! Below is the schedule. Lets #prepareSLO

Save the Date! Saturday, June 13 we are hosting a Wildfire Education Day from 10am-1pm at the City Corp Yard (25 Prado). This is a free community event where you can learn about wildfire preparedness from local professionals. We hope to see you there!#slocity #wildfireprepardness

WUI Wednesday! Only 11 days remain before the June 1 weed abatement deadline. Cut or mow your weeds today to help keep #slocity safe and wildfire ready #wildfirepreparedness

You can still sign up to donate blood to help us win the Battle of the Badges! The blood mobile will be parked in front of Station #1 on Monday (4/27: 9am-12:30pm) Link in bio to sign up. Lets save some lives! #slocity #firefighter

Today marks the start of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week! From all of us at SLOFD, thank you @slo_police for all you do for us and our community. We are proud to serve alongside you #Dispatcher #ThankYouDispatchers #slocity

Today marks 21 years since the passing of Fire Captain/Paramedic, Greg Otto. Captain Otto had an indelible impact on SLOFD and our community. He was an incredible father, husband, friend, mentor, Captain, SWAT Medic, and Union patriot. He is deeply missed #Slocity #firefighter