Old Station Volunteer Fire Company 12 Appears on Shasta County’s Battalion 1 Coverage List

OLD STATION, California — The Shasta County Fire Department lists Volunteer Fire Company 12 — Old Station among the companies associated with its Battalion 1 area. The county’s published Battalion 1 description places Old Station alongside other rural communities including Cassel, Hat Creek, Soldier Mountain and Big Bend in its fire-service framework.

The district description also references CAL FIRE stations working in the region. For residents, the main takeaway is that rural fire protection involves multiple organizations and a coordinated system, not a presumption that every named company has the same staffing or equipment at all hours.

What the county’s description actually says

The Battalion 1 page identifies Old Station as Volunteer Fire Company 12. It places the company within a battalion that covers extensive rural territory and describes a combination of volunteer fire companies and CAL FIRE facilities. Some of the operational details on this page refer to earlier years; those passages should not be treated as a verified 2026 shift roster.

California58 has not independently confirmed current volunteer membership, the fire engines assigned to a particular station today, or response-time estimates. The county department or its designated public-information officer is the authoritative contact for operational updates.

How residents can prepare

Keep driveway access clear for emergency vehicles where lawful, maintain visible addressing, identify the roads that can provide access to and from your property, and follow local defensible-space requirements. Those steps are especially relevant in wooded areas and during wildfire weather, but no single preparation removes risk.

Shasta County’s wildfire information page links to incident information and alert registration. Old Station residents can also check their Genasys Protect evacuation zone and use AlertShasta for official notifications.

Contacts, emergencies and public records

For immediate danger or a fire requiring emergency response, call 911 rather than an office contact. For questions about volunteering, fire-prevention programs, equipment or agency boundaries, use the Shasta County Fire Department’s current official channels. When reading an older station description, distinguish the permanent jurisdiction information from time-sensitive staffing and call statistics.

Sources: Shasta County Fire Department Battalion 1 and Shasta County wildfire preparedness resources, reviewed November 2, 2026. This is an official-source explanatory report, not a claim of an on-site station inspection.

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