Atascadero Firefighters L3600

10/12/2026

What happens after you call 9-1-1 matters.

📞 Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) helps determine how serious a medical emergency is and matches the response to the patient’s needs.

🚑 Why does that matter to you? It helps get the right resources to serious emergencies while keeping ambulances and first responders available for other 9-1-1 calls.

A 2025 independent assessment found that 80.5% of medical calls were being treated as emergency responses, yet only 9.6% of those patients were ultimately transported with lights and sirens. The assessment concluded this creates unnecessary risk and recommended implementing a modern EMD system.

💰 Today, local cities pay for County dispatch services, while the ambulance provider does not directly contribute to those dispatch costs.

The Partnership Plan: Modernize EMD and fund the upgraded dispatch system.

Learn more at CentralCoastEMS.org

10/05/2026

Atascadero Professional Firefighters are proud to endorse Mike Avila for Atascadero City Council. Mike Avila has demonstrated a clear and unwavering commitment to the core pillars of public safety and infrastructure that our community depends on every day: Fire, Police, and Roads.

As a longtime Atascadero resident, small business owner, and member of the San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission, Mike understands that strong public safety services and well-maintained infrastructure are the foundation of a thriving community.

We believe he will bring practical experience, a commitment to public safety, and a growth-oriented approach that will benefit every neighborhood in our city. We encourage all Atascadero voters to join us in supporting Mike Avila this November.

10/05/2026

What does “Modernizing EMS” actually mean?

The Central Coast EMS Partnership is proposing several changes to how emergency ambulance services operate in our communities.

Under the current EMS system:

🚑 Ambulances are typically assigned to fixed locations until dispatched. Modern EMS systems can use call data, demand patterns, and real-time availability to help position ambulances where they are most likely to be needed.

🏥 9-1-1 ambulances are often used for interfacility hospital transfers. When units are committed to these transfers, fewer ambulances are available for 9-1-1 emergencies.

📞 San Luis Obispo County currently operates without an Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) system. EMD helps determine the severity of a medical call and match the 9-1-1 response to the patient's needs.

The Partnership Plan: Use data-driven ambulance deployment, improve resource availability for 9-1-1 emergencies, and implement Emergency Medical Dispatch.
These changes are designed to create a more efficient, responsive, and reliable 9-1-1 EMS system.

Learn more at CentralCoastEMS.org

09/23/2026

09/21/2026

L3600 would like to congratulate Fire Chief Casey Bryson on his recent retirement after over 30 years of service to the Atascadero community. He began his time with Atascadero Fire as a 17-year-old high school cadet and worked his way through every rank of the department, serving as Fire Chief for the last ten years of his career.

Chief Bryson's accomplishments are too numerous to list but it is easy to say he has made a profound impact on our fire organization, the City, the community and the fire service as a whole. Thank you for your dedication, Chief. Now enjoy your well deserved retirement!

09/11/2026

Twenty-five years later, we pause to remember the lives lost, the families forever changed, and the heroes who answered the call on September 11, 2001.

We honor the firefighters and first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice while helping others in the face of unimaginable danger.

Atascadero Professional Firefighters Local 3600 will never forget. 🇺🇸

07/27/2026

Huge congratulations to L3600 President Zach Jackson on his promotion to Fire Captain! Thank you for your continued service to our community.

07/11/2026

Please join us in congratulating L3600 member Brett Hildebrand on his promotion to Engineer!

Engineer Hildebrand recently passed the rigorous engineer testing process to officially become our newest apparatus engineer. Today, his crew had the honor of pinning on his new collar tabs to signify his new rank.

Thank you for your dedication, Engineer Hildebrand!