Editing Richmond, California (section)

===Fire Department===
{{Infobox fire department
| name                   = Richmond Fire Department
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| country                =United States
| subdivision_type1      =State
| subdivision_name1      = California
| subdivision_type2      =[[Lists of populated places in the United States|City]]
| subdivision_name2      = Richmond
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| reference1             =<ref name=facts>{{cite web|title=Department Facts|url=http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=1483|website=City of Richmond|access-date=February 27, 2015}}</ref>
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| employees              = 95+{{small|(2014)}}
| staffing               = Career
| ALSorBLS = BLS
| chief                  =Adrian Sheppard
| iaff                   =188
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| reference2             =<ref name=facts/>
| divisions              =
| battalions             =1
| stations               =7
| engines                =7
| trucks                 =1
| rescues               = 2
| hazmat                 = 1
| fireboats              = 1
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| website                ={{official website|http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/Index.aspx?NIDDefOrdGenAa1.1z79}}
| iaffweb                =
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The Richmond Fire Department is the fire and rescue service for Richmond, and by contract with [[Contra Costa County, California|Contra Costa County]] it also serves [[East Richmond Heights, California|East Richmond Heights]], and [[North Richmond, California|North Richmond]].<ref name="fire">{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/index.aspx?nid=79 |title=Richmond Fire Department |publisher=Ci.richmond.ca.us |access-date=February 19, 2013}}</ref> The department is responsible for an area of {{convert| 56.1|sqmi|sqkm}}.<ref name=facts/> The department has seven fire stations in the city.

{{stack|[[File:RFD66.jpg|thumb|275px|RFD station 66 in [[North & East, Richmond, California|North & East]]]]}}

In September 2002 the city coordinated an eight alarm fire call at the Richmond Sanitary Service landfill.<ref name=landfire>{{cite news|title=Bay Area Briefs|url=http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2002-09-24/article/14814|access-date=March 25, 2015|agency=Berkeley Daily Planet|date=September 24, 2002}}</ref> After putting the fire out steam continued to spew forcing crews to remain on site for hours to water the still heated area in order to prevent reignition.<ref name=landfire/>