HAMMOND RANCH FIRE DEPARTMENT

The new Hammond Ranch fire chief is Kyle Lunsford, a California native and resident of Hammond Ranch. His professional firefighting experience began in 2013, when he attended the College of the Siskiyous Fire Academy. He has been with CALFIRE since 2015.  In 2018 he began volunteering with the Hammond Ranch Fire Company and became the HRFC Chief in 2022.

The Fire Company encourages anyone who is willing to come and volunteer to help the department.

Update: The department has been busy getting new radio equipment and some building upgrades. The radio grant that was applied for back in April was awarded, and the county will be paying for half of it.  Four additional volunteers have been added to the department since the beginning of the year. Things are getting more complete and ready to operate down at Hammond Ranch Fire. 

The Hammond Ranch Fire Zone (HRFZ) is our local fire prevention/suppression and emergency medicine first response unit under the authority of the County of Siskiyou Fire Warden and is funded by the taxpayers who live within the fire protection zone.  Their citizen auxiliary (The Hammond Ranch Firefighters Association, 8800 North Old Stage Road, Weed, CA  96094) gratefully accepts donations to supplement their meager budget.  The HRFZ staff consists of para-career firefighters, some of whom live at the station, and citizen volunteers.  They work in cooperation with the Hammond Landowners Association and other local entities.