Kings County Fire Department

==Area Served==
The Kings County Fire Department (KFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the unincorporated areas of Kings County, as well as under contract to the cities of Avenal and Corcoran, located in the San Joaquin Valley region of Central California. Established on March 22, 1893, the county was formed from the western part of Tulare County and from 208 square miles of southeast Fresno County, with the City of Hanford as the county seat. Its name was derived from the nearby Kings River. Unincorporated Placer County encompasses an area covering approximate 1,392 square mile, and serves a population of approximately 153,000 residents. Kings County is bordered by Fresno County on the north and northwest; by Tulare County on the east; by Kern County and a small part of San Luis Obispo County on the south; and by Monterey County on the west.
===Mutual Aid===
KFD has mutual aid agreements with the CAL FIRE Fresno-Kings Unit, the Avenal State Prison Fire Department, the Hanford Fire Department, the Lemoore Volunteer Fire Department, and the Naval Air Station Lemoore Fire Department
==Department Profile==
The Kings County Fire Department is budgeted for 88 full time/paid firefighters, in addition to up to 30 volunteer firefighters, operating out of ten fire stations and one fire headquarters, providing structural and wildland firefighting, emergency medical services (EMS), technical rescue, including swift water rescue, hazardous materials mitigation, fire prevention, fire investigation, code enforcement, disaster preparedness, and public education to the citizens of unincorporated Kings County. Daily staffing consists of twenty-five on-duty personnel (one battalion chief, eight fire captains, twelve fire apparatus engineers, and four firefighters), augmented by volunteer firefighters working two 24-hours shifts or days in a row followed by 96-hours or four days off. Fire Administration is comprised of eleven professionals: one county fire chief, one assistant fire chief, five battalion chiefs (three in the Operations Division, one in Training, and one in the Fire Prevention Division), one executive secretary, one fiscal specialist, one emergency services coordinator, and one emergency services specialist. In addition, the Kings County Office of Emergency Management is a division within the Kings County Fire Department and is responsible for coordinating multi-agency responses to complex, large-scale emergencies and disasters within the Kings County operational area. The Kings County Fire Department does not provide EMS and ambulance transport services as part of its mandate. All EMS and transport is provided under a county contract by American Ambulance of Kings County. The Kings County Fire Department responds to over 5,100 calls annually, averaging nearly 14 calls daily. 
==Apparatus Roster==
===Fire Department Headquarters - 280 North Campus Drive, Hanford===
===Station 1 - 6575 Clinton Avenue, Kingsburg===
Built 1987
*Engine 1 - 1999 Freightliner FL 80 / 3D pumper/tanker (1250/2000/30A) (SN#3015)
*Patrol 1 - 200? Ford F-550 XLT 4x4 Type 6 wildland
===Station 2 - 14680 Excelsior Avenue, Hardwick===
Built 1963
*Engine 2 - 2011 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal (1250/2000/50F)
===Station 4 - 7622 Houston Avenue, Hanford===
Built 2004
*Engine 4 - 2011 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal (1250/2000/50F)
===Station 5 - 11235 14th Avenue, Armona===
Built 1969
===Station 6 - 7735 21st Avenue, Lemoore===
Built 1979
*Patrol 6 - 2018 Ram 5500 4x4 / Douglass Type 6 wildland
===Station 7 - 1285 S Lemoore Avenue, Lemoore===
Built 1975
*Engine 7 - 2014 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 (1500/750/20F) (SN#27981) (Ex-stock)
*Truck 7 - 2004 American LaFrance aerial (1500/300/110' LTI rear-mount ladder) 
*Engine 307 - 2019 International HV507 4x4 / HME Ahrens-Fox Model 34F Type 3 wildland (500/500/20F) (SN#2329?)
===Station 9 - 85 Brown Street, Kettleman City===
Built 1995
*Engine 9 - 2016 Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (1500/700/30F)
*Engine 309 - 2019 International HV507 4x4 / HME Ahrens-Fox Model 34F Type 3 wildland (500/500/20F) (SN#2329?)
*Water Tender 9 - Peterbilt
*Dozer Team 9
**Dozer 9 - Caterpillar D6K Type 2 wildland bulldozer
**Dozer Tender 9 - 2021 Ram 5500HD 4x4 walk-around utility box
**Dozer Transport 9 - 2018 International DuraStar tractor
**Dozer Loader 9 - TrailMax lowboy trailer
===Station 10 - 20200 Main Street, Stratford===
Built 1980
*Engine 10 - 2016 Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (1500/2000/50F)
*Patrol 10 - Type 6 wildland
*Engine 310 - 2019 International HV507 4x4 / HME Ahrens-Fox Model 34F Type 3 wildland (500/500/20F) (SN#2329?)
===Station 11 - 1033 Chittenden Avenue, Corcoran===
Built 1916
*Engine 11 - 1996 International 4900 / E-One (1250/1000) (SN#15738) (Ex-Engine 7)
*Patrol 11 - 1992 Chevrolet Kodiak / Scelzi Type 6 wildland
*Cal OES Brush Engine 5307 (3010) - 2020 International HV507 4x4 / BME Model 34D Type 3 wildland (500pto,100aux/500/20A) (CA#1605380) (VIN#3HAEETAR0LL190357) 
*Antique - 1925 American LaFrance pumper (Ex-Corcoran Fire Department)
*Antique - 1937 White 700 / Van Pelt pumper (500/300) (Ex-Engine 1)
===Station 12 - 513 Skyline Boulevard, Avenal===
*Engine 12 - 2008 Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (1250/1500)
*Engine 212 - 1996 E-One Sentry (1250/500)
*Engine 312 - 2013 International 7400 4x4 / HME Ahrens-Fox Model 34C Type 3 wildland (500/500) (SN#22489)
===Station/Assignment Unknown===
*Battalion 1 - 201? Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD (CA#1448946)
*Battalion 5 - 202? Ram 4x4 
*Cal OES Engine 5106 - 2017 HME Ahrens-Fox 1871-SFO SMFD Model 18 Type 1 (1250/850/20F)(SN#22923) (CA#1530290) (VIN#44KFT4281HWZ22923) (Ex-OES 391) 
*201? Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4
*1999 Freightliner FL 80 / 3D pumper/tanker (1250/2000/30A) (SN#3014) (Ex-Engine 3)
*1999 Freightliner FL 80 / 3D pumper/tanker (1250/2000/30A) (SN#3016) (Ex-Engine 5)
==Retired Apparatus==
*1986 International S1954 / Westates (1000/800) (SN#405-000) (Ex-Engine 22) 
*1978 GMC General / FTI pumper/tanker (1250/2200) (SN#3019) (Ex-Engine 2)
==Future Plans==
Kings County and the Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi-Yokut Tribe are cooperating in establishing a Kings County fire station and training facility on tribal land.
==External Links==
*Kings County Fire Department
==Station Map==
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