Editing Santa Rosa, California (section)

===Fire department===
The '''Santa Rosa Fire Department''' provides [[fire protection]] and [[emergency medical services]]. Ambulance services are provided by Sonoma County Fire Department working in partnership with Medic Ambulance Service.<ref>{{cite web|title=Home Page|url=http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/departments/fire/Pages/default.aspx|website=Santa Rosa Fire Department|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref>

The Santa Rosa Fire Department, like many departments across the United States, made its start as a [[Volunteer fire department|volunteer organization]] on February 12, 1861.<ref name=history>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/departments/fire/aboutus/history/Pages/default.aspx|website=Santa Rosa Fire Department|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> Decades later in 1894 the department made its transition to a paid organization. In 1906 a massive [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|7.8 magnitude earthquake]] destroyed most of Santa Rosa.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/nca/1906/18april/index.php|website=USGS|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> The department grew to 100 firefighters in 1983 with the addition of the city of [[Roseland, California|Roseland]] to the SRFD responsibility area.<ref name=history/> Many members of the department serve as part of the [[Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 4|California Task Force 4]], one of the eight [[FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force]]s throughout the state. The team, which is deployed as part of the nation's response to disasters both within and outside of the United States, specializes in dealing with large-scale disasters.<ref>{{cite web|title=About TF-4|url=http://www.catf-4.us/index.cfm?Section=10&PageNum=78|website=California Task Force 4|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref>