Station 1
Lodi's Central Fire Station, known as "Downtown" by the firefighters, is located at 210 West Elm Street and is directly across from Lodi's City Hall. The station was built in 1966, it houses fire prevention and administrative offices, two companies of firefighters, and the on-duty Battalion Chief. The two fire companies housed there are comprised of one Engine company and one Truck or "Hook and Ladder" company.
Station 1 is Lodi's only station that boasts a good old-fashioned fire pole. Additionally, standing guard at the entrance on Elm Street, is a cast bronze memorial that is dedicated to four Lodi firefighters who lost their lives protecting the city.
Station 2
Station 2 is located at 2 S Cherokee Lane. The building is Lodi's newest fire station, it was opened in 2015 and was recognized with a National Fire Station Design Award. Lodi's first fire station covered this same district east of the railroad tracks beginning in 1907.
As time has gone on and new stations have been built, the protection of the citizens in this district has been handed off to the current Station 2. Station 2 is the home of the firefighters’ training facilities that have all been constructed by the firefighters themselves.
In addition to an engine company, this station is home to a lime green OES engine that is on stand-by for use by Lodi firefighters who respond to assist in wildland fire fighting throughout the state. A hazardous material response unit and an Urban Search and Rescue equipment trailer is also stored there ready for deployment throughout the city when needed.
Lastly, Lodi's beloved Santa Truck lives there too, and is proudly maintained by the Lodi Firefighters at their personal expense.
Station 3
Station 3 is Lodi's busiest Fire Station. It is located next to Beckman Park at 2141 S Ham Lane, its crew is a single engine company that serves southern Lodi from Lower Sacramento Road in the west to beyond Highway 99 in the east.
Built in 1972, the station sports the city’s only remaining hose tower. Before the advent of synthetic materials, firefighters needed to wash and dry the fire hoses after every fire. Fresh hose off the rack was used to reload the engine. The wet sections of hose were hung in the tower to drain and dry before being inspected, rolled, and put on the rack ready to go into service. The system was manpower intensive and required a huge inventory of hose to be kept at the ready to reload the engines. It is very fortunate that progress in fire hose design has freed up much needed time and manpower.
Due to the creation of the railroad overpass on Harney Lane and the commercial and residential expansion south of Harney, Station 3's response area has grown so much that the crews would be far too busy to keep up such a labor-intensive system.
Station 4
Opened in 2002 on Lower Sacramento Road, Station 4 is responsible for emergencies in Lodi's newest response area. As residences and business replaced vineyards to the west, the response times from 'Downtown' and Station 3 grew increasingly longer. This required a fourth fire station out west to shorten the response time for the citizens and businesses there.
Building Station 4 dramatically improved response times, especially critical for Emergency Medical incidents. Station 4's crew is also the first to respond for emergency water rescue, fire, and medical incidents along the Mokelumne River and Lodi Lake, where Lodi's rescue boat stands ready.