Bomberos Cabo San Lucas

== Area Served ==
The H. (Heroico) Cuerpo de Bomberos Voluntarios de Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S. provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the citizens of Cabo San Lucas, a resort city at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. The community encompasses approximately 48.11 km2 (18.58 square miles) and has a population estimated at around 202,694. There are three districts in "Cabo": San Jose del Cabo, the "Old Town", which is nearest to the airport; Cabo San Lucas, the "Main Town", which is 20-some miles from the airport; and the Corridor, the highway which connects Cabo San Lucas with neighboring San José del Cabo. Cabo San Lucas together with San José del Cabo are collectively known as Los Cabos and together form a metropolitan area of 351,111 inhabitants.
== Department Profile ==
The Cabo San Lucas Volunteer Fire Department is currently staffed by 60 active firefighters and paramedics, working out of two fire stations with a third under construction, who have been trained in different types of emergency response such as urban and wildland fire suppression, emergency and advanced medical services, urban search and rescue, high and medium mountain rescue, water/ocean rescue, as well as fire prevention. The department has its own basic firefighting academy by the name of Colegio de Bomberos y Manejadores de Emergencia / College of Firefighters and Emergency Managers. In addition, Cabo firefighters are send on an annual basis to take specialized courses in San Luis Potosí, Mexico and in the United States. 
== History ==
The H. (Heroico) Cuerpo de Bomberos Voluntarios de Cabo San Lucas / Heroic Corps of volunteer firefighters of Cabo San Lucas was organized in 1982, by Gildardo Payan Azcarraga, who arrived in Cabo from his home state of Sinaloa. Armed with buckets, a couple of civil band radios, his old vehicle, and the patio of his house as fire station, he started what is known today as the H. Cabo San Lucas Volunteer Fire Department. 
== Apparatus Roster ==
All pump/tank measurements are in litres.
=== Estación de Bomberos Central "Gildardo Payan Azcarraga" - Camino Viejo a San José de los Cabos Kilometro 0.5, El Médano, 23450 Cabo San Lucas ===
:Chief 1 -
:Rescate 1 - 2008 Ford F-350 / Phenix (Ex-Los Angeles County Fire Department)
:Carro Bomba Máquina 11 - 1992 Spartan / Western States (5000/1900) 
:Cisterna Máquina 21 - Chevrolet Kodiak tanker
:Carro Bomba Máquina 35 - 1991 KME (6000/1900/17m Firestix rear-mount boom) (Ex-Carmel Fire Department (Indiana)
:Carro Bomba Máquina (Fuego Forestal) 36 - 2007 Freightliner M2 106 / Quiroga (1250/1000)
:Carro Bomba Máquina 40 - 1992 International / E-One pumper (6819/3409)
:Carro Bomba Máquina 45 - 1991 Ottawa / Beck (6000/1900) (Ex-Encinitas Fire Department)
:Ambulancia R-46 - Ford ambulance 
:Carro Bomba Máquina 50 - 1999 American LaFrance / General Safety (6000/1900) (Ex-Charlotte Fire Department (North Carolina)
:Camioneta R-61 - Ford Expedition 
:Carro Bomba Máquina 62 - Spartan pumper (Ex-Put-In-Bay Volunteer Fire Department, Ohio)
:Antique - 1966 Duplex / Van Pelt (5000/-/25m High Ranger platform) (Ex-Contra Costa County Fire Protection District) (Ladder removed in 2006 due to mechanical issues - converted to a tour bus for tourists with all proceeds going to support the fire department)(Ex-Carro Bomba Máquina 4)
=== Estación de Bomberos - Colonia Lomas del Sol, 23473 Cabo San Lucas ===
:Carro Bomba Máquina -
=== Estación de Bomberos - 23477 Colonia del Sol ===
Carro Bomba Máquina 3 - Ford F-Series / Van Pelt / LTI Firestix
== Future Station ==
=== Estación de Bomberos - Jacarandas, Cabo San Lucas ===
== Retired Apparatus ==
:1963 Seagrave pumper (1500/500/20F) (Ex-Oceanside Fire Department)
Category:Baja California Sur
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