The Fire Department's chief, 10 professional firefighters and 14 paramedics respond to fire and medical emergencies…More in Piedmont and provide prevention and safety services to the city's citizens.</p> <p>At minimum, two engine company officers and two apparatus operators are on duty each day, and the ambulance is always staffed with two paramedics and one paramedic is attached to the engine company daily. Additionally the fire chief, who is the head administrator for the department, is in the office on weekdays.</p> <p>Piedmont Fire's paramedic unit is the oldest continuously operating ambulance service in the state and has been providing Advanced Life Support since 1984. All Piedmont's firefighters are also EMT certified.</p> <p>The department has mutual aid agreements with Oakland for major fire incidents and with Alameda County for hazardous material spills. In turn, Piedmont has provided mutual aid all over the state from San Diego to Eureka.</p> <p>As part of its safety and prevention efforts, the department offers CPR, first aid, and disaster preparedness training. Firefighters also reviews construction plans and will conduct home safety inspections upon request.</p> <p>The department is responsible for enforcing the city's weed abatement rules, responding to complaints of fire hazards such as overgrown brush or limbs hanging over chimneys and issuing citations accordingly. The fire station is also the place to go for bicycle licenses and battery and lightbulb recycling. The staff is happy to give station tours, and even hosts birthday party visits.</p>

Built around the time of the city's incorporation at the turn of the century, City Hall is still the anchor of the…More Piedmont's civic center.</p> <p>Many city government meetings are held here in the council chambers, which boast the original gallery seats outfitted with iron hat racks built for the headwear of yore. A new city seal commemorating Piedmont's centennial was hung in council chambers in 2007. Executive sessions are often held in the conference room across the hall. Public notices of meetings and other community announcements are posted on the bulletin boards just outside the conference room.</p> <p>The city administrator's and city clerk's offices are straight back, behind on the administration desk, as are the Finance and Human Resources departments.</p> <p>The Public Works Department is on the right just past the public restrooms.</p> <p>The public entrance to the Fire Department is at the back of the building to the left of the administration desk. </p> <p>KCOM, Piedmont's government and educational access television station, produces its broadcasts on the lower level.</p>