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Tulare County Sheriff's Department

New numbering scheme by Tulare County Sheriff as of 5-28-17

  • Adam units are Executive command, such as Adam 1 is the Sheriff
  • Charles units are Captains
  • Lincoln units are Lieutenants
  • Sam units are Sergeants

To avoid confusion, a Sgt assigned to a patrol station will always be -

  • 1Sam81 HQ
  • 2Sam82 Porterville
  • 3sam83 Pixley
  • 4Sam84 Orosi
  • 6Sam86 Vis sub

Detective/Detention/Admin/Court sergeants will be Sam and their number, like Sam22 etc.

  • David units are Detectives
  • King units are Courts
  • William units are Boating Enforcement
  • Com units are Tactical Dispatcher
  • Robert units are Reserves
  • Paul units are patrol, however beats are still the same, for example, P31 may go on

duty as 30C, and he will report as 30C for the rest of the night.

Beats are by substation -

  • 10 = HQ Patrol, like 10A, 12A etc
  • 20 = Porterville, like 20a, 21a etc
  • 30 = Pixley like 30a, 30b etc
  • 40 = Orosi like 40a, 40b etc.
  • 60 = Headquarters like 60a, 60b, etc

Patrol subtations

  • 10 - HQ Visalia, Tulare, Goshen, Farmersville
  • 20 - Porterville office covering Lindsay, Strathmore, Plainview, Woodville, Cotton Center, Porterville, Terra Bella, Ducor, Richgrove. Mountain deputies in Springville, Camp Nelson, Hot Springs, Johnsondale.
  • 30- Pixley substation covering Tipton, Pixley Earlimart, Alpaugh
  • 40- Orosi substation covering Cutler, Orosi, Sultana, New London Dinuba.
  • 60- Visalia, IVanhoe, Woodlake, Exeter

The Sheriff's Department dispatches for the following police departments

  • Exeter using radio numbers 12E or 800-820
  • Farmersville using radio numbers 12F or 821-840
  • Woodlake using radio numbers 12W or 841-869
  • Lindsay using radio numbers 20L, or 870-899
  • College of the Sequoias using radio numbers S1-S10

Tulare County Fire Department

Tulare County Fire dispatch known as "FireComm" dispatches for the following fire agencies

  • Farmersville Fire Department - Station 83
  • Woodlake Fire District - Station 86
  • Tule Reservation Fire Department - Station 90

Tulare County Fire Battalions - Associated Stations - Assigend Apparatus

Battalion 1 - North County

  • 1-Visalia (Reserve Staffed) - Engine 1, Breathing Support 1
  • 2-Kings River - Engine 2
  • 3-Dinuba - Engine 3, Water Tender 3
  • 4-Cutler-Orosi - Patrol 4, Engine 4, Engine 204
  • 8-Ivanhoe - Battalion 1, Patrol 8, Engine 8
  • 11-Exeter - Patrol 11, Engine 11, Truck 11
  • 12-Woodlake (Reserve Staffed) - Engine 12
  • 13-Lemon Cove - Engine 13, Water Tender 13
  • 14-Three Rivers - Patrol 14, Engine 14
  • 17-Badger (Resident Staffed) - Patrol 17, Engine 17

Battalion 2 - South County

  • 5-Posey (Resident Staffed) - Patrol 5, Engine 5
  • 6-Calif. Hot Springs (Resident staffed) - Patrol 6, Engine 6
  • 15-Lindsay - Engine 15, Water Tender 15, Engine 215
  • 16-Strathmore - Patrol 16, Engine 16
  • 18-Kennedy Meadows (Reserve Staffed) - Engine 18
  • 19-West Olive (West Porterville) - Patrol 19, Engine 19, Water Tender 19, Engine 219
  • 20-Doyle Colony (East Porterville) - Battalion 2, Patrol 220, Engine 20
  • 21-Terra Bella - Patrol 21, Engine 21
  • 22-Springville - Patrol 22, Engine 22
  • 23-Camp Nelson (Resident Staffed) - Patrol 23, Engine 23

Battalion 3 - West County (Highway 99)

  • 7-Goshen - Patrol 7, Engine 7
  • 9-Alpaugh - Patrol 9, Engine 9
  • 10-Richgrove - Engine 10
  • 25-Tulare - Engine 25, Water Tender 25, Rescue 25
  • 26-Tipton - Battalion 3, Engine 26
  • 27-Pixley - Patrol 27, Engine 27, Water Tender 27, Engine 227
  • 28-Earlimart - Engine 28, Truck 28

Station staffing varies from all reserve staffing, one person staffing and two person staffing supported by reserve firefighters.

Porterville City Fire Department

  • Station 71 - Downtown Porterville - Engine 71, Patrol 71, Rescue 71
  • Station 72 - Veteran's Park - Engine 72, Patrol 72, OES411 (state-owned engine), training grounds
  • Station 73 - South Jaye Street Public Safety Center - Truck 73, Engine 73 (reserve), Patrol 73

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