Arcata Fire Protection District

==Area Served ==
The Arcata Fire protection District provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the City of Arcata, as well as for the unincorporated communities of Bayside, Manilla and McKinleyville, the Jacoby Creek neighborhood, and certain other unincorporated rural areas around Arcata. The district is located adjacent to the Arcata Bay (the northern portion of Humboldt Bay) in Humboldt County, on the remote and isolated coast of Northern California. The district is governed by five elected board members. The name "Arcata" comes from the Yurok term oket'oh, meaning "where there is a lagoon," referring to the Humboldt Bay. Chartered on June 1, 1944, the district encompasses an area covering 62 square miles and serves a population of approximately 37,000 inhabitants. The District is bordered by Little River State Beach on the northwest; the seaside city of Trinidad to the north; the unincorporated community of Fieldbrook to the northeast; the Six Rivers National Forrest to the northeast and east; the City of Blue Lake and the unincorporated community of Fickle Hill to the east; the City of Eureka to the south; and Arcata Bay / Humboldt Bay and the Pacific Ocean to the west. 
===Mutual Aid===
The The Arcata Fire protection District has a mutual and automatic aid agreements with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / Humboldt-Del Norte Unit, the Blue Lake Volunteer Fire Department, the Ferndale Volunteer Fire Department, the Fieldbrook Volunteer Fire Department, the Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department, the Humboldt Bay Fire Department, the Kneeland Fire Protection District, the Loleta Fire Protection District, the Rio Dell Volunteer Fire Department, the Samoa Peninsula Volunteer Fire Department, the Trinidad Volunteer Fire Department, the Westhaven Volunteer Fire Department, and with Humboldt County Department of Aviation at California Redwood Coast – Humboldt County Airport (ACV).
== Department Profile==
The Arcata Fire Protection District (AFPD) is a combination (career and volunteer firefighters) fire protection agency, budgeted for 18 full-time career fire suppression personnel, augmented by volunteer firefighters. Minimum daily staffing consists of seven on-duty personnel (one chief officer, three fire captains, and three engineer/firefighters), working two 24-hours shifts or days in a row followed by 96-hours or four days off, out of three fire stations. The department's resources include four front-line emergency apparatus comprised of three engine companies and one chief officer vehicle. In addition, AFPD cross staffs two Type 3 wildland engines, one technical rescue unit, one water tender and an all-terrain vehicle. There are two pieces of apparatus operated by non-sworn personnel housed at Arcata Fire Protection District fire stations, namely Logistics 8291 and 8295, both operated by members of the Arcata Volunteer Firefighters' Association. This is a volunteer group that provides canteen and rehab support during major emergency incidents, fire department drills and special events. AFPD responded to approximately 3,300 calls for service in 2022, 50% of which were medical calls. 
The Arcata Fire Protection District does not provide EMS and ambulance transport services as part of its mandate. All EMS and transport is provided under contract by Arcata-Mad River Ambulance Service 
==History==
The agency was originally established on January 24, 1884, after the town of Arcata experienced several major fires, as the "Arcata Fire Company No. 1". This was soon changed to "Arcata Hook and Ladder Company No. 1" and less than one month later, to the "Arcata Volunteer Fire Department" protecting only the town of the same name. Some of the first equipment that was acquired included a hose cart, a ladder cart, lanterns, a tin-speaking trumpet, and an axe. On June 1, 1944, after receiving its charter, the Arcata Volunteer Fire Department morphed into a Special District protecting not only the Town of Arcata but the areas surrounding it. 
===Fire Stations ===
Station	Address 	In Service	Notes
1 	9th Street & G Street	? - 1949 	Closed and demolished; now a commercial/retail structure
==Apparatus Roster==
===McKinleyville Fire Station (Headquarters) - 2149 Central Avenue===
Dedicated 1960 / Remodeled and expanded 2017
:Command 8200 (Fire Chief) -
:Command 8201 (Assistant Chief) -
:Command 8202 - 20?? Ford F-350 4x4
:Utility 8206 (Fire Marshal) -
:Utility 8208 (Fire Inspector) -
:Engine 8219 - 2023 Pierce Enforcer 7010 (1500/750) (SN#38701)
:Engine 8239 - 2007 International 7400 4x4 / Ferrara Type 3 wildland (500/500)
: ATV 8241 - 2018 John Deere Gator 4x4
:Rescue 8274 - 2017 Ford F-550 4x4 / Pierce walk-around (SN#30218)
:Engine 8216 (Spare) - 2007 Ferrara Inferno (1500/750) (SN#H-3468) (CA#1197017)
:Engine 8217 (Reserve) - Ferrara Inferno (CA#1318012)
===Arcata Fire Station - 631 9th Street===
Dedicated 1949 / Remodeled and expanded 1956, 1963, 1990 and 2015
:Utility 8209 - 2009 Ford F-250 4x4
:Engine 8215 - 2011 Ferrara Inferno (1500/750) (SN#H-4848)
:Water Tender 8258 - 1999 Freightliner FL 112 / Central States (1250/3000)
: Logistics 8295 - (Operated by the Arcata Volunteer Firefighters' Association)
:Engine 8212 (Spare) - 2007 Ferrara Inferno (1500/750) (SN#H-3469)
===Mad River Fire Station - 3235 Janes Road===
Dedicated January 1976 / Remodeled and expanded 2004
:Engine 8211 - 2011 Ferrara Inferno (1500/750) (SN#H-4847)
:Engine 8238 - 2008 International 7400 4x4 / Ferrara Type 3 wildland (1000/500/20A/20B) (SN#H-3470)
:Logistics 8291 - Ford E-350 walk-in former ambulance (CA#1447741) (Operated by the Arcata Volunteer Firefighters' Association)
=== Station/Assignment Unknown===
:20?? Ford F-150 4x4
:1929 American LaFrance pumper (Preserved by the Arcata Volunteer Firefighters' Association)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2001 American LaFrance Eagle aerial (?/?/100' LTI rear-mount platform) (Ex-Truck 8283)
:1995 Pierce Saber pumper (SN#E8768)
:1994 Pierce Saber walk-around rescue (SN#E8519)
:1989 Spartan / Beck pumper (1500/500)
:1988 Ford C-8000 / Beck pumper (1250/750)
:1983 Pemfab / Van Pelt pumper (1500/500)
:1978 Ford C-8000 / Van Pelt pumper (1250/500)
:1973 Chevrolet Stepvan rescue
:1971 Crown Firecoach aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount) (SN#F1663) (CA#602901) (Ex-Truck 3)
:1969 International / Van Pelt pumper (250/600)
:1967 International / Van Pelt tanker
:1963 International / Van Pelt pumper
:1960 International 210 / Van Pelt pumper (1000/600)
:1960 International 210 / Van Pelt pumper (1000/600)
:1959 Ford Galaxie (Ex-Chief's car)
:1956 GMC / Van Pelt pumper
:1955 Ford Stepvan rescue
:1953 Chevrolet rescue
:1951 Mack A-30H-1056 / Van Pelt pumper (750/500) (SN#59612) (CA#137907)
:1937 Studebaker pumper
:1923 REO pumper
:1913 Ford Model T chemical engine
:1908 American LaFrance chemical cart
==Station Map==
Category:Humboldt County, California
Category:California departments operating Central States apparatus
Category:California departments operating Ferrara apparatus
Category:California departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Former operators of American LaFrance apparatus
Category:Former operators of Beck apparatus
Category:Former operators of Crown apparatus
Category:Former operators of Van Pelt apparatus