The Alameda Fire Department’s Holiday Toy Program is kicking off at their annual pancake breakfast Sunday, July 30 at Fire Station 1, 2401 Encinal Ave. Visitors are asked to bring a new, unwrapped gift and help support kids in the community.

The Alameda Fire Department (AFD has been responding to dozens of emergencies due to the intense rain and wind on Tuesday, March 21. These incidents include wires down, trees down into roadways and buildings, as well as this tree onto a vehicle on Central Avenue at Page Street.

Two members of the Alameda Fire Department (AFD) were deployed last week as part of the California Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Force-4 to the area of Hollister after reports of people trapped on their rooftop from rushing flood waters.

An Alameda man died in a two-alarm fire Friday, Jan. 27, according to the Alameda Fire Department.

On Saturday, Oct. 15, an off-duty Alameda CERT member took action to rescue a stranded kitten atop some pilings at the Bay Farm Island Bridge.

An academic journal praised the City of Alameda’s Community Assessment Response & Engagement (CARE) Team for its reduction in EMS transports to emergency departments.

Members of the Alameda Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire on Bay Farm Island in the early hours of Monday, June 20.