 Oakland Fire Department Rank Structure

1) Firefighter/Paramedic
2) Engineer 
3) Lieutenant 
4) Captain
5) Battalion Chief
6) Assistant Chief
7) Deputy Chief
8) Fire Chief

The Oakland Fire Department was initially started in the 1860s as a volunteer fire department and was officially formed on March 13, 1869 when its first fire station was built.In 1908 the department bought their first motorized fire engine and in the 1920s, the department became one of the first in the nation to hire African American firefighters.In 1991, the OFD was faced with a major conflagration that killed 25 people and injured 150 others.