Mill Valley Fire Department: City Hall

<p>First organized in 1890 as a volunteer force, the Mill Valley Fire Department has come a long way from its days of beating fires out with wet potato sacks and an old 1924 American La France. Firefighters are specialized in a wide range of skills in addition to firefighting and emergency medicine, including fire investigations, high-angle cliff rescue, Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams, CPR and first aid instruction.</p> <p>Mill Valley's heavily wooded canyons and the steep terrain of the community have the department on constant alert for the threat of a major wildfire. The department's two stations are manned with seven fire fighters on duty and 24 line personnel, using four pieces of equipment on a shift: Two engines with 500 gallons of water each, one wildland fire engine and one command truck.</p>