El Dorado County Fire Protection District

Burn Permits

During certain times of the year, not in declared fire season, residential burning of landscape debris is allowed. Always check with the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District (AQMD) to make sure it is a permissible burn day prior to burning.

Mission and Values

Our Firefighters

Summary: The Cool Incident was a 97 acre wildland fire that started west of Highway 49 across from the quarry, north of the town of Cool on May 22, 2008. The fire was wind driven. No structures were lost or damaged. There were no injuries to firefighters or civilians.

Prevention Bureau Moved

As of March 25th, 2024, our Prevention offices have moved to Diamond Springs - El Dorado Fire Protection District Station 49.

Hands-Only CPR

When a person has a cardiac arrest, survival depends on immediately receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from someone nearby.

Prevention

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Fire Station Run Statistics

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News

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Prevention

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In the News

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