Charitable Partnering Opportunities

The San Diego community has always shown a tremendous amount of support for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. On August 5, 1889, a City Charter Amendment established the San Diego City Fire Department. The department started with forty-one men, eleven horses, two Steam Fire Engines; one Hose Wagon, two Hose Carts, one Hook & Ladder; and four thousand feet of hose. The total worth of the department, at that time, in materials, apparatus, horses and equipment, was $22,572.75.

How the times have changed! San Diego Fire-Rescue is now a multi-agency department with firefighters, paramedics, and lifeguards and a full time fire and rescue helicopter program integrated into one high performing public safety agency. As you can well imagine the cost of providing high quality services to the City increased significantly over the last 100 years.

It is time to look at new and creative solutions to funding the Fire-Rescue Department. Charitable partnerships have proven to be an effective means of meeting the needs of the Fire-Rescue Department. The generosity shown by the community after the Cedar Fire was an amazing start. It clearly showed that working together to fund the City's emergency service needs will ensure San Diego Fire-Rescue's ability to meet its one true goal: serving the citizens of San Diego. The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department is committed to providing professional high quality services to its citizens 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Charitable Partnering Opportunities:

To learn about additional charitable partnering opportunities with the City of San Diego, visit the Philanthropy Center Web site.