Fresno County Fire Protection District

== Area Served ==
The Fresno County Fire Protection District (FCFPD), in cooperation with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL Fire), provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the unincorporated rural communities and areas of Fresno County, located in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley in Central California. Those communities are Calwa, Cantua Creek, Caruthers, Del Rey, Easton, Friant, Five Points, Malaga, Prather, San Joaquin, Sand Creek, Tarpey Village, Three Rocks, Tivy Valley, Tranquility and Wonder Valley, as well as the Cities of Fowler, Huron, Mendota, Parlier and San Joaquin. FCFPD encompasses approximately 2,655 square miles and serves a population of more than 220,000 citizens. The District is bounded on the east by the Sierra Nevada Mountains and on the west by the Coastal Mountain Range.
=== Mutual Aid ===
The Fresno County Fire Protection District has mutual and/or automatic aid agreements with the Auberry Volunteer Fire Department, the Coalinga Fire Department, the Firebaugh Volunteer Fire Department, the Kingsburg Fire Department, the Laton Volunteer Fire Department, the Pleasant Valley Prison Fire Department, the Reedley Volunteer Fire Department, the Riverdale Volunteer Fire Department, the Sanger Fire Department, the Selma Fire Department, the 144th Fighter Wing Fire Department, the Kings County Fire Department, the Madera County Fire Department, and the Merced County Fire Department,
== Department Profile ==
The Fresno County Fire Protection District and the CAL Fire Fresno-Kings Unit, operating as an integrated unit, provide fire protection and emergency medical services for the unprotected areas of Fresno County from 15 career staffed / full-time fire stations and 2 District paid call firefighter stations. In addition, the CAL Fire Fresno-Kings provides services from another 9 state owned stations. Under an MOU signed with the County of Fresno in 2018, the District assumed operational responsibility for the unprotected areas of the County, in effect becoming the jurisdictional authority for those areas. As part of the agreement, the District also provides support to five true Volunteer Fire Companies in Eastern Fresno County. The Operations Division is comprised of the District’s emergency response personnel and equipment. The daily emergency response staffing for the entire fire district is 48 personnel. This staffing includes four Battalion Chiefs, fourteen 2 – 3 person engine companies, two 3 person aerial ladder truck companies, one medium rescue unit, plus water tenders and wildland patrols. Specialized/Technical Rescue consists of rope rescue, confined space, trench rescue, or water rescue. All Fresno County Fire District personnel provide Basic Life Support (BLS). When a medical emergency is reported via 911, the closest engine company is dispatched in conjunction with the ambulance provider. 
== History ==
The Fresno County Fire Protection District was established in 1949 after a series of large devastating fires. Residents formed what was then called the Mid Valley Fire Protection District. The first fire station was constructed at the current Fresno County Fairgrounds at Cedar and Butler Avenues. The Fire District staffed and responded from this single station serving the entire District. In 1950, under the leadership of William Pennington, State Forest Ranger IV, the Mid-Valley Fire Protection District joined what was then the California Division of Forestry and the Unit Headquarters was moved from the Fresno County Fair Grounds to the newly completed facility at Highway 180 and Academy Avenue in Sanger. In 1978, the Fig Garden Fire Protection District contracted with the Department of Forestry for fire protection services, and in the early 1980’s the Friant and Table Mountain Volunteers were added. The cooperative agreements between these entities were consolidated in the early 1990’s under the name Fresno County Fire Protection District.
On Jul. 1, 2023 Fresno County FPD took over operation of the Fowler Fire Department from the Fowler volunteers.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
=== Headquarters - 210 South Academy Avenue, Sanger ===
Dedicated 1950
===Battalion 11===
==== Station 72 - CAL FIRE Millerton - 4091 East Millerton Road, Friant ====
: Engine 72 - 
: Ladder 72 - Spartan Gladiator / Smeal (?/?/105' rear-mount)
: Brush Engine 72 -
: Water Tender 72 - 
==== Station 73 - CAL FIRE Hurley - 25627 Auberry Road, Clovis ====
Co-located with CAL FIRE Fresno-Kings HQ
: CAL FIRE Engine - International 4x4 Model 34 Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A)
: Brush Engine 73 -
==== Station 74 - 15339 Skylan Lane, Prather ====
: Engine 74 - (CA#1205201)
: Brush Engine 74 - 
=== Battalion 12 ===
==== Station 75 - 23087 East Tollhouse Road, Tollhouse ====
: Engine 75 -
: Brush Engine 75 -
: Battalion 4312 - 
==== CAL FIRE Blasingame Station - 23087 East Tollhouse Road, Clovis ====
: CAL FIRE Engine - International 4x4 Model 34 Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A)
: CAL FIRE Engine - International 4x4 Model 34 Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A)
==== CAL FIRE Shaver Lake Station - 41640 Dinkey Creek Road, Shaver Lake ====
: CAL FIRE Engine 4352 - International WorkStar 7400 4x4 / HME-Ahrens Fox Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A)
Black Mountain COM / Fire Lookout, Clovis (inactive)
=== Battalion 13 ===
Station 77 - 6812 Elwood Road, Sanger
: Engine 77 -
: Brush Engine 77 -
: Water Tender 77 - 
==== CAL FIRE Piedra Station - 6185 Elwood Road, Sanger ====
: CAL FIRE Engine 4363 - International WorkStar 7400 4x4 / HME-Ahrens Fox Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A) (CA#1275929) 
==== CAL FIRE Sand Creek Station - 41510 Sand Creek Road, Sand Creek ====
: CAL FIRE Engine - International 4x4 Model 34 Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A) 
==== CAL FIRE Squaw Valley Station - 32515 East Kings Canyon Road, Squaw Valley ====
: CAL FIRE Engine 4378 - International 4x4 Model 34 Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A)
=== Battalion 14 ===
==== Station 93 - 36421 South Lassen Avenue, Huron ====
: Engine 93 -
: Water Tender 83 - 2001 International tanker 
==== Station 94 - 24125 West Dorris Avenue, Coalinga ====
: Engine 94 - Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (1500/500/20F)
: Brush Engine 94 -
==== CAL FIRE Coalinga Station- 25600 West Jayne Avenue, Coalinga ====
: CAL FIRE Engine 4354 - International 4x4 / HME Ahrens-Fox 4x4 Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A) (CA#1343855)
=== Battalion 15 ===
==== Station 90 - 2701 West Tahoe Avenue, Caruthers ====
Dedicated 1993
: Engine 90 - Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (1500/500/20F)
: Water Tender 90 - Kenworth tanker (?/3000) 
==== Station 95 - 25101 Morton Street, Tranquility ====
Dedicated 1964 / Remodeled 1980
: Engine 95 - Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (1500/500/20F)
==== Station 96 - 101 McCabe Avenue, Mendota ====
Dedicated 1987
: Engine 96 - Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (1500/500/20F)
: Water Tender 96 - Kenworth tanker (?/3000)
=== Battalion 17 ===
==== Station 85 - 1392 Nees Avenue, Clovis ====
: Engine 85 -
==== Station 86 - 4925 North Nelson Avenue, Clovis ====
: Engine 86 - 2006 HME / Ferrara pumper (1250/750/25F)
: Water Tender 86 - (CA#1281058) 
==== Station 87 - 4706 East Drummond Avenue, Fresno ====
: Ladder 87 - Spartan Gladiator / Smeal (?/?/105' rear-mount) (CA#1358072)
: Squad 87 - Ram 3500 4x4 (CA#1501433)
: Rescue 277 - 
==== Station 89 - 5810 South Cherry Avenue, Fresno ====
: Engine 89 - 2006 HME / Ferrara pumper (1250/750/25F)
=== Battalion 18 ===
==== Station 71 - 1300 East Parlier Avenue, Parlier ====
Dedicated 1994
: Engine 71 -
: Patrol 71 - 
==== Station 82 - 9700 East American Avenue, Del Rey ====
: Engine 82 - 2006 HME / Ferrara pumper (1250/750/25F)
: Breathing Support 82 - 
: Water Tender 82 - Kenworth tanker (?/3000)
: Dozer - Type 2 wildland bulldozer
==== Station 83 - 11500 East Mountain View, Selma ====
Dedicated 1970
: Engine 83 -
: Water Tender 83 - 
==== Station 84 - CAL FIRE Sanger Station - 210 South Academy Avenue, Sanger ====
Co-located with CAL FIRE Fresno-Kings HQ - Dedicated 1951
: Dozer 43 - Type 2 wildland bulldozer
: Dozer Transport 43 - & Cozad trailer 
: Dozer Tender 43 
: Engine 84 - 
: CAL FIRE Engine - International 4x4 Model 34 Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A)
=== Station - 211 East Main Street, Fowler ===
=== Assignment Unknown ===
:2006 HME / Ferrara pumper (1250/750/25F) (SN#H-3476)
==Retired Apparatus==
:1998 Freightliner FL 80 (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 95)
:1993 International S2600 / West-Mark tanker (500/2000) (CA#365680) (Ex-Water Tender 89)
:1989 Ford C-1250 pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 94)
:1988 Ford F-350 4x4 (CA#110701) (Ex-Patrol 85)
:1977 Ford C-8000 / Van Pelt pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 89) 
==External Links==
Fresno County Fire Protection District
==Station Map==
Category:Fresno County
Category:California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Category:California departments operating Ferrara apparatus