CAL FIRE Amador-El Dorado Unit

== Area Served ==
The CAL FIRE Amador-El Dorado Unit (AEU) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the unincorporated areas of the counties of Amador. El Dorado, Alpine, as well as portions of Sacramento and San Joaquin counties, all located southeast of the City of Sacramento on the west slope of the Central Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, in the northeastern portion of California. AEU encompasses 2,667,841 acres. while AEU’s Direct Protection Area (DPA) serves approximately 910,589 acres. The United States Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) manage lands that are protected by AEU. Conversely, in addition to national forest lands, the USFS provides direct wildland fire protection to private lands within the Eldorado and Toiyabe National Forest. The approximate resident population in AEU's DPA is 320,053 inhabitants.
=== Mutual Aid ===
The CAL FIRE Amador-El Dorado Unit has mutual aid agreements with Eldorado National Forest Fire Suppression, the El Dorado County Fire Protection District, the Cameron Park Fire Department, the Diamond Springs - El Dorado Fire Protection District, the El Dorado Hills Fire Department, the Garden Valley Fire Protection District, the Georgetown Fire Protection District, the Mosquito Fire Protection District, the Pioneer Fire Protection District, the Rescue Fire Department, the Amador Fire Protection District, the Clements Fire Protection District, the Ione Fire Department, the Jackson Fire Department, the Jackson Valley Fire Protection District, the Lockwood Fire Protection District, the Mule Creek State Prison Fire Department, the Sutter Creek Fire Protection District, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, the Herald Fire Protection District, the Wilton Fire Protection District, and the Liberty Rural County Fire Protection District.
== Apparatus Roster ==
=== Amador-El Dorado Unit Headquarters - 2840 Mount Danaher Road, Camino ===
==== Amador-El Dorado Unit Emergency Command Center (ECC) - 2840 Mount Danaher Road, Camino ====
==== Camino Interagency Emergency Command Center (CICC) - 2840 Mount Danaher Road, Camino ====
==== Sacramento Emergency Command Center - 3650 Schriever Avenue, Mather ====
==== North Division ====
===== 1st Battalion =====
====== Camino Fire Station 20 - 2840 Mount Danaher Road, Camino ======
Dedicated 1936 and remodeled in the 1950’s and 1960’s
:Engine - International 4x4 Type 3 wildland
:Engine - International 4x4 Type 3 wildland
:Mobile Communication Center (MCC) -
:Battalion Chief 2711 -
:Utility -
:(Reserve) - International 4x4 Type 3 wildland
====== El Dorado Fire Station 43 - 5660 Mother Lode Drive, Placerville =======
:Dozer 2741 - Caterpillar Type 2 wildland bulldozer
:Dozer Transport 2741 - Mack CH-Series tractor
:Dozer Trailer 2741 - Cozad lowboy trailer
: Dozer Tender 2741 -
:Engine 2751 - 2008 International 7400 4x4 / Rosenbauer Model 34 Type 3 wildland (CA#1297673)
:Engine 2756 - International 4x4 Type 3 wildland
:Engine 2781 - International 4x4 Type 3 wildland
===== 2nd Battalion =====
====== Garden Valley Fire Station 50 - 5061 Marshall Road, Garden Valley ======
Dedicated 2017 
:Battalion Chief 2712 -
:Engine 2752 -
:Engine 2762 - International 4x4 / BME Type 3 wildland (CA#1451899)
====== Pilot Hill Fire Station 70 - 4731 Pedro Hill Road, Pilot Hill ======
Dedicated 1949
: Engine - International 4x4 / Type 3 wildland
:Engine - International 4x4 Type 3 wildland
:Engine (Reserve) - International 4x4 Type 3 wildland
====== Growlersburg Conservation Camp No. 33 - 5440 Longview Lane, Georgetown ======
Operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and CAL FIRE / Staffed with male inmates 
:GRB 1 - International 4x4 Type 1 Emergency Crew Transport
:GRB 2 - International 4x4 Type 1 Emergency Crew Transport
:GRB 3 - International 4x4 Type 1 Emergency Crew Transport
=== Central Division ===
==== 5th Battalion ====
Cooperative agreement with Cameron Park Fire Department
=====Fire Station 88 - 2961 Alhambra Drive=====
=====Fire Station 89 - 3200 Country Club Drive=====
==== 8th Battalion ====
===== McClellan Air Tanker Reload Base - 5741 Price Avenue, McClellan =====
Dedicated 2008
=== South Division ===
==== 3rd Battalion ====
===== Dew Drop Fire Station 10 - 29300 Dew Drop Bypass, Pioneer =====
:Engine - International 4x4 / Type 3 wildland
:USDA/USFS engine during fire season (June to November) annually
===== Pine Grove Fire Station 80 - 19597 Highway 88, Pine Grove =====
:Engine - International 4x4 / Type 3 wildland
:Engine - International 4x4 Type 3 wildland
:Battalion Chief 2713 -
===== Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp No. 12 - 13630 Aqueduct Volcano Road, Pine Grove =====
Operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and CAL FIRE
:PGV 1 - International 4x4 Type 1 Emergency Crew Transport
:PGV 2 - International 4x4 Type 1 Emergency Crew Transport
:PGV 3 - International 4x4 Type 1 Emergency Crew Transport
:PGV 4 - International 4x4 Type 1 Emergency Crew Transport
==== 4th Battalion ====
===== Battalion 4 Headquarters - 11600 Highway 49, Sutter Creek =====
Co-located with Sutter Hill Fire Station 60
:Battalion Chief 2714 -
===== Sutter Hill Fire Station 60 - 11600 Highway 49, Sutter Creek =====
:Dozer 2744 - Caterpillar Type 2 wildland bulldozer
:Dozer Transport 2744 - Mack CH-Series tractor
:Dozer Trailer 2744 - Cozad lowboy trailer
:Dozer Tender 2744 -
:Engine 2754 - International 4x4 / BME Type 3 wildland (CA#1620368)
:Engine 2774 - International 4x4 / BME Type 3 wildland
:Engine 2779 - International 7400 4x4 / Rosenbauer Model 34 Type 3 wildland
===== River Pines Fire Station 30 - 15035 Highway 16, River Pines =====
:Engine - International 4x4 Type 3 wildland
=== East Division ===
==== 6th Battalion ====
===== Lake Tahoe Station 5 - 1009 Boulder Mountain Court, South Lake Tahoe =====
:Engine - International 4x4 Type 3 wildland
===== Carnelian Bay Station 55 - 240 Carnelian Bay Road, Carnelian Bay =====
:Engine - International 4x4 Type 3 wildland
===== Tahoe Fire Center / California Conservation Corps (CCC) - 1949 Apache Avenue, South Lake Tahoe =====
The Tahoe Center partners with several agencies in managing the extensive fuel hazard reduction work in the Lake Tahoe Basin
=== Alder Ridge COM/LO - 5.7 KM SW of Kyburz ===
Dedicated 1936 / Staffed by Volunteers In Prevention (VIPs) from June to November annually
:60' steel frame Aermotor observation tower with 7’x7’ metal cab and catwalk
===Bald Mountain COM/LO - 2 KM SW of Quinette ===
Dedicated 1965 / Staffed by VIPs from June to November annually
:30' steel observation tower with 14’x14’ metal CL-100 live-in cab and catwalk
=== Ben Bolte Ridge COM - 4.9 KM NW of Latrobe===
Dedicated 1963 
:112' metal lattice communications tower with 12 panel antennas and 2 microwave dishes and a 11' x 6" x 16' prefabricated concrete communications equipment vault
===Big Hill COM/LO - 3.9 KM SE of Union Valley Dam===
Dedicated 1993 / Staffed by VIPs from June to November annually
:Steel frame observation tower with 14'x14' CL-100 cab and catwalk
=== Chipmunk Ridge COM - 6671 Chipmunk Trail, Georgetown ===
===Echo Summit COM - 3 KM E of Sierra at Tahoe Resort===
===Ione COM - Ione Fire Station 2 - 600 Preston Avenue===
===Leek Spring COM/LO - Forest Route 5, Leek Spring Hill===
Dedicated 1961 / Staffed by VIP from June to November annually
:30' K-Brace open steel observation tower with 14'x14' CL-100 cab and catwalk
=== Mount Danaher Look Out Tower & COM - 2840 Mount Danaher Road, Camino===
Dedicated 1949 / Unstaffed but maintained for emergency use and as a historic site
:100' steel frame Aermotor observation tower with metal cab and catwalk
:Repeater tower and communications vault
===Mount Zion COM/LO - 13000 Mount Zion Road, Pine Grove===
Dedicated 1930 / Staffed by VIPs from June to November annually
: 60' steel frame Aermotor observation tower with wooden BC-201 cab and catwalk
===Placerville COM - End of Water Plant Road===
===Pilot Hill COM/LO - 5120 Pilot Hill Road, Pilot Hill===
Dedicated 1958 / Remodeled June 2019 / Staffed by VIPs 
:Two story tower enclosed by green colored plywood sheeting with wooden 809R cab and catwalk
:Small repeater tower and communications vault
===Pine Hill COM - 1700 Pine Hill, Rescue ===
:115' Antenna tower topped with a 60' monpole upper section for a total height of 175' 
===Union Hill COM - 2.9 KM E of Pollock Pines===
==Station Map==
Category:Alpine County
Category:Amador County
Category:El Dorado County
Category:Sacramento County
Category:California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection