Marine Corps Air Station El Toro Fire Department

==Area Served==
Marine Corps Air Station El Toro is a former United States Marine Corps Air Station located adjacent to the former community of El Toro (now Lake Forest), near the city of Irvine, in Orange County, Southern California. Before its closure, it was the 4,682-acre home of Marine Corps aviation on the West Coast and specifically, was home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, and its subordinate unit, Marine Aircraft Group 11. The community from which the air station took its name had been known as El Toro since 1863, “El Toro” being Spanish for “the bull.” The El Toro "Flying Bull" patch was designed by Walt Disney Studios in 1944 and survived virtually unchanged until the closure of the air station. Designated as a Master Jet Station, its four runways (two of 8,000 feet and two of 10,000 feet could handle the largest aircraft in the US military inventory. MCAS El Toro was designated for closure by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission in 1993, and all of the base's resident aviation units were relocated to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in San Diego County with the station officially closing on July 2, 1999. Following its decommissioning, about 1,300 acres of land originally used by the air station were converted into a large recreational center, the Orange County Great Park, while the remainder was re-zoned for residential and commercial development.
==Department Profile==
The El Toro Fire Department provided structural as well as wildland fire suppression, emergency medical services (EMS), technical rescue, hazmat services, fire prevention and inspection to the MCAS El Toro community. The department was comprised of civilian career firefighters however, aircraft rescue and firefighting for MCAS EL Toro was provided by USMC enlisted personnel assigned to the MCAS El Toro Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Division.
===Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service	Notes
1 	Building 98 	?-1999 	Closed and demolished
2 	Building 311	?-1999 	Closed and demolished
3 	Building 121	?-1999 	Closed and demolished
ARFF 	Flightline 	?-1999 	Closed and demolished
==Apparatus==
: 1992 Haz Coach / Pace 21' box (Ex-Hazmat 1)
:1991 GMC / KME (150 LW/150 lbs. Halotron) (Ex-Rescue 46)
:1991 International 6x6 Type 3 wildland (125/300) (Ex-Brush 3)
:1990 Chevrolet Suburban (Ex-Battalion 1)
:1990 Pierce Dash D8000 4x4 walk-in (Ex-Rescue 1) (transferred to Camp Pendleton Fire Department after 2008 Pierce rehab as Rescue 2794)
:1988 GMC / KME 4x4 walkaround (Ex-Rescue 49)
:1988 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/750/100F) (SN#E4034-06) (Ex-Engine 3)
: 1988 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/750/100F) (SN#E3679-08) (Ex-Engine 2)
:1988 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/750/100F) (SN#E3679-07)
:1988 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/750/100F) (SN#E3675)
:1987 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/750/80F/50' Tele-Squrt) (Ex-Engine 1) (Transferred to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Fire Department)
:1987 Dodge Ram (Rescue 47)
:1986 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Rescue 56)
:1985 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Rescue 55)
:1985 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Rescue 54)
:1985 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Rescue 53)
:1985 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Rescue 52)
:1985 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Rescue 51)
:1985 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Rescue 50)
:1984 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Rescue 25)
:1984 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Rescue 22)
:1984 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Rescue 21)
: 1980 International (500/1200) (Ex-Water Tender 1)
:1979 GMC / Eastern (500/5000) water tender (Ex-Rescue 57)
:1978 Seagrave MB pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Reserve Engine 5)
:1978 Seagrave MB pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Reserve Engine 4)
:1958 Pettibone 40-ton aircraft salvage crane / rear-wheel drive tractor (Rescue 58)
:Chevrolet Corsica command unit (Rescue 48) 
Category:Defunct fire departments of Orange County, California
El Toro
Category:Former military operators of Oshkosh apparatus
Category:Former Military operators of Pierce apparatus
Category:Former operators of Seagrave apparatus
Category:Defunct Military Fire Departments (California)