OPERATIONS

Division Chief Rod Collins oversees the operations division which

includes service delivery,communications,apparatus repair,replacement and

purchasing. The Operations Division Chief is responsible for engine company

staffing, alarm response guidelines, standard operating procedures and

supervision of the Bureau of Fire and Life Safety. NTFPD's dispatch services

are provided by the Placer County Sheriff's Office 911 center in Tahoe City.

The 911 center uses computer aided dispatch to ensure optimal resource

monitoring and management utilizing the closest resource backed up by station

cover assignments in a multitiered alarm structure. For apparatus maintenence

and repair the District employs 2 fulltime Mechanic/firefighters. The district

pursues an aggressive vehicle replacement policy which refurbishes engines

after 10 years,places them in reserve after 20 years and replaces them after 25

years. District ambulances are designed to have the ambulance module

remounted on a new chassis every 5 years until replacement. NTFPD has

automatic aid agreements with bordering Districts and mutual aid with other

fire agencies throughout the area. We also participate in The Sierra Front

WildFire agency, a bistate co-op for fighting Izone fires along the eastern

Sierras.