Fullerton Fire Department

== Area Served ==
The Fullerton Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Fullerton located 25 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles in northern Orange County, California. The city is named after George H. Fullerton, president of the Pacific Land and Improvement Company, a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Incorporated as a city on February 15, 1904, it encompasses an area covering 22.44 square miles, and serves a population of approximately 143,617. The city of Fullerton is bordered by the cities of La Habra and Brea on the north, the city of La Mirada on the northwest, the city of Buena Park on the west, the city of Anaheim on the south, and the city of Placentia on the east. The northern and western reaches of Fullerton are dominated by the Coyote Hills, a low-lying mountain range divided into the East Coyote Hills and West Coyote Hills. 
=== Mutual Aid ===
Fullerton has mutual aid agreements with the Brea Fire Department, Anaheim Fire & Rescue, the Fountain Valley Fire Department, the Orange County Fire Authority, and the Placentia Fire and Life Safety Department.
== Department Profile ==
The Fullerton Fire Department is budgeted for 95.5 personnel and has a daily staffing of 25 firefighters. The Department comprises three Divisions: Administration, Operations/Training, and the Fire Prevention Division. Fullerton's resources include six fire stations and seven front-line emergency vehicles comprised of five engine companies, one ladder truck company, and one battalion chief vehicle, working three 24-hour rotating shifts. Five of those engines are paramedic-staffed and equipped. In addition. Fullerton cross staffs one OES Type-3 brush engine company and one mobile emergency operations center. The Fullerton Fire Department is part of the Metro Cities Fire Authority which provides emergency communications for multiple departments in and around Orange County. The call center, known as Metro Net Fire Dispatch, is located in Anaheim and provides 9-1-1 fire and EMS dispatch to over 1.2 million residents, covering an area of 200 square miles. Fullerton Fire responded to 13,901 incidents in 2020, 10,300 of which were medical calls.
== History ==
The Fullerton Fire Department was formally established as a volunteer department on August 10, 1908. The initial apparatus included a hand-drawn hook and ladder truck, a hand-drawn chemical wagon, and some ancillary equipment. In 1913 the voters passed a $5,000 bond issue, which was used to purchase the first piece of motorized apparatus, a 1913 Seagrave triple-combination (ladder, hose, and chemical) engine that was housed in rented quarters in the 200 block of North Spadra (now Harbor Boulevard). 
On May 3, 2011, the Fullerton and the Brea Fire Departments entered into an agreement to share the command structure of their respective fire departments. Under this agreement both shared a fire chief, three division chiefs (operations, fire marshal, and administration), and four battalion chiefs (BC's). Three were shift battalion chiefs, and one is the training chief. 
On March 23, 2022, Brea City Council voted unanimously to terminate its shared command staff agreement with Fullerton and sent a termination letter March 24, thereby choosing to have the Brea Fire Department operate with its own command staff. 
=== Fire Stations ===
Station	Address 	In Service 	Notes
1 	100 block of West Wilshire Avenue	1926 - 1966	Closed and demolished. Replaced by current Station 1
6 	500 North Gilbert Street 	1967 - 2004	Closed. Replaced by current Station 6
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 1 - 312 East Commonwealth Avenue===
Dedicated 1966
:Paramedic Engine 1 (ALS) - 2014 Pierce Saber PUC (1500/750/30F) (SN#27783-02)
:Battalion 1 - 2018 Ram 3500 4x4
:Utility 1 -
:Battalion 2 (Reserve) - 2007 Chevrolet Suburban (Ex-Battalion 1)
:Engine 10 (Reserve) - 2004 Pierce Dash (1500/500) (SN#15952)
:Mobile Emergency Operations Center - 2006 Surrey trailer
:Pinktober - 1989 Pierce Arrow pumper (Ex-Engine 3 - Owned/operated by Fullerton Firefighters Association as the Pink Project supporting Breast Cancer Awareness)
:Antique - 1962 Crown Firecoach pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 5) 
===Fire Station 2 - 1732 West Valencia Drive===
Dedicated 1953
:Paramedic Engine 2 (ALS) - 2014 Pierce Saber PUC (1500/750/30F) (SN#27783-01)
===Fire Station 3 - 700 South Acacia Avenue===
Dedicated 1958
:Paramedic Engine 3 (ALS) - 2007 Pierce Dash (1500/500) (SN#18480) (Ex-Engine 1)
:Cal OES Engine 1313 - 2020 International HV507 4x4 / BME Model 34D Type 3 wildland (500pto,100aux/480/20A) (SN#3211) (CA#1598959) (VIN#3HAEETARXLL189040)
:CERT - trailer
===Fire Station 4 - 3251 North Harbor Boulevard===
Dedicated 1967
:Paramedic Engine 4 (ALS) - 2003 Pierce Dash (1500/500) (SN#14334)
===Fire Station 5 - 2555 East Yorba Linda Boulevard===
Dedicated 1967
:Paramedic Engine 5 (ALS) - 2019 Pierce Velocity PUC (1500/500/30F) (SN#32935)
:Tactical EMS 24 - (tactical medic program )
:(Reserve) - 1999 Pierce Dash 2000 pumper (1500/500) (SN#10278-01)
===Fire Station 6 - 2691 Rosecrans Avenue===
Dedicated 2004
:Truck 6 (BLS) - 2022 Pierce Velocity (1500/500/30F/107' Ascendant tractor-drawn aerial) (SN#36524)
:UTV 6 - 2020 Polaris ATV (trailered) 
:Medic 21 - Electric golf cart (Special Events only) (Ex-Cart 1)
:(Reserve) - 1999 Pierce Dash 2000 pumper (1500/500) (SN#10278-02)
===Assignment Unknown===
:2003 Pierce Dash 2000 (500/-/100' tractor-drawn aerial) (SN#13144) (Ex-Truck 1, ex-Truck 6)
:2002 Pierce Dash 2000 pumper (SN#13083)
== Retired Apparatus ==
: 1992 Spartan Charger SFD CC40S-2042 / Quality pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 5) 
: 1991 E-One Hurricane pumper (1750/700) (Ex-Engine 2)
: 1991 E-One Hurricane pumper (1750/700) (Ex-Engine 1)
: 1991 Ford Ranger (Ex-Hazmat)
: 1988 Spartan Monarch MS20-2042 / LTI aerial (-/-/106' tractor-drawn) (SN#8713308) (Ex-Beverly Hills Fire Department, ex-Truck 4, ex-Truck 2 Reserve) 
: 1987 Chevrolet Suburban (Ex-Safety Battalion Chief) 
: 1986 Chevrolet Suburban (Ex-Battalion 1) 
: 1985 Hahn HCC / Superior Fire Apparatus pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 1, ex-Engine 4) 
: 1981 Crown Firecoach CP150-V73TAC pumper (1500/500) (SN#F-1862) (Ex-Engine 6)
: 1980 Crown Firecoach CP125-V73DTA pumper (1250/500) (SN#F-1827) (Ex-Engine 5, ex-Engine 7 Reserve)
: 1980 American LaFrance Century aerial (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (SN#CE-6762) (Ex-Truck 1)
: 1974 Ford L / Boardman pumper (1000/500/30F) (Ex-Engine 9 Reserve)
: 1974 Chevrolet van (Ex-Arson Investigator)
: 1924 Seagrave combination pumper (Ex-Engine 1) 
: 1913 Seagrave triple-combination pumper
: Kenworth (Ex-USAR 1 - Leased to Orange County Fire Authority (California)
==External Links==
*Fullerton Fire Department
==Station Map==
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