Redondo Beach Fire Department

==Area Served==
The Redondo Beach Fire Department (RBFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Redondo Beach, a Pacific Ocean beachfront city located in the South Bay region of southwestern Los Angeles County, some twenty miles southwest from downtown Los Angeles and seven miles south of Los Angeles International Airport, in Southern California. The city's name means "round" in Spanish with "Beach" added. Incorporated on April 29, 1892, Redondo Beach encompasses an area covering 6.21 square miles and serves a population of approximately 71,576. Redondo Beach is bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the cities of Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach to the west, the city of Hawthorne to the north, the unincorporated Los Angeles County city of Lawndale to the northeast, and the City of Torrance to the east and south.
===Mutual Aid===
The Redondo Beach Fire Department has mutual aid agreements with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the El Segundo Fire Department, the Manhattan Beach Fire Department, and the Torrance Fire Department.
==Department Profile==
The Redondo Beach Fire Department is budgeted for 58 uniformed / sworn members, as well as civilian staff of administrative and support personnel, providing structural firefighting, emergency medical services (EMS), advanced life support (ALS), fire prevention, fire investigation, code enforcement, disaster preparedness, and public education to the citizens of Redondo Beach. Daily staffing consists of nineteen on-duty personnel (one division chief, four fire captains, four fire apparatus engineers, eight firefighter/paramedics, and two firefighter/harbor patrol officers, working a 48 hours on/ 96 hours off shift rotation. The department's resources include two fire stations, one harbor patrol station and eight front-line emergency apparatus comprised of three paramedic assessment engine companies, one paramedic assessment aerial ladder truck company, two paramedic ALS rescue units, one harbor patrol unit cross-staffed to operate a marine rescue/harbor patrol vessel and a fire boat, and one battalion chief vehicle. In addition, RBFD cross staffs a hazardous materials response unit and a light/air support vehicle. Over ninety percent of Redondo's front-line staff are currently LA County certified paramedics. The Redondo Beach Fire Department does not provide ambulance transport services as part of its mandate. All ambulance transport is provided under contract by McCormick Ambulance Service. RBFD responded to 7,598 calls for service during 2021, 5,125 of which were medical calls.
== History==
The Redondo Beach Fire Department has a history which goes back to the beginning of the City of Redondo Beach itself. In 1892, newspapers first reported a move to organize a group of volunteers to run a bucket brigade. They were all citizens and prominent entrepreneurs of the city and were on-hand anytime the fire bell, placed on top of city hall rang out - day or night. They would rush to the nearest of two hand-pulled hose carts purchased from the Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Company of New York on November 16, 1895, along with with four hundred feet of hose, and run to the fire with the equipment as the newly formed Redondo Hose Company. It stayed this way until 1907 when there was a call for reorganization as the Redondo Volunteer Fire Department and the purchase of modern firefighting equipment. The two hose carts were organized into Company No. 1 and Company No. 2. The city was far behind the larger cities in this area and needed to buy a motorized fire engine. The first fire truck was a converted Vim-brand truck with a ladder, chemical tank, and fire hoses on it. Finally, in 1921, the department was able to purchase a brand new American LaFrance 750-gallon per minute pumper. Volunteer status ended abruptly for the department when, in 1947, the city agreed to make all firemen full-time employees. In 1972, the Redondo Beach Fire Department made history by becoming one of the first of two independent cities in Los Angeles County to send firefighters to paramedic school. The department also maintains, through a contractual agreement, a part-time nurse practitioner who provides EMT and paramedic continuing education training to Fire Department members. The Redondo Beach Fire Department has maintained an ISO Class 1 rating since 2022.
===Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service	Notes
1 	209 Benita Avenue (street no longer exists) 	1908-1960 	Closed, demolished and replaced by current Fire Station 1 at 401 South Broadway
2 	2000 Redondo Beach Boulevard (now Artesia Boulevard)	1936-1960 	Closed, demolished and replaced by current Fire Station 2 at 2400 Grant Avenue. The property is now the Redondo Beach North Library.
==Apparatus Roster ==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 1 - 401 South Broadway===
Dedicated February 13, 1960, remodeled 1988 
:Engine 61 (124) (ALS) - 2018 Pierce Arrow XT (1500/500/30A) (SN#31952)
:Truck 61 (114) (ALS) - 2018 Pierce Arrow XT (-/-/107' Ascendant tractor-drawn aerial) (SN#31951) (CA#1445298) (VIN#4P1BCAGFXJA019304)
:Rescue 61 (135) (ALS) - 2018 Ram 4500 (CA#1566967) (VIN#3C7WRKEL1JG244996)
:Battalion 61 - Ram 3500 HD w/ ARE canopy (CA#1555399)
:HazMat Investigation 61 (103) - 2009 Ford F-250 (CA#1326603)
:Utility 61 - 2009 Ford F-150 (CA#1326514)
: CERT (104) - 1989 Chevrolet Van 30 / Leader ambulance w/ single-axle trailer (CA#279563) (Ex-Rescue 62)
:Battalion 62 (Reserve) (104) - 2008 Chevrolet Suburban (CA#1298198)
:Engine 63 (Reserve) (124) - 2005 American LaFrance Eagle / Becker (1500/500/30A) (SN#1741 / ALF SN#U68209) (CA#1223397) (Ex-Engine 61)
:Rescue Ambulance 63 (Reserve) (135) - 2012 Ford E-450 / Road Rescue (CA#1346624) (VIN#1FDXE4FS8CDA31716) (Ex-Rescue 61)
===Fire Station 2 - 2400 Grant Avenue===
Dedicated February 13, 1960
:Engine 62 (ALS) - 2023 Seagrave Capitol (1500/500/30A) (SO#78L29)
:Engine 64 (121) (ALS) - 2017 Pierce Arrow XT (1500/500/30A) (SN#30674) (CA#1520269) (VIN#4P1BAAFF5HA017879)
:Rescue 62 (134) (ALS) - 2018 Ram 4500 (CA#1566966) (VIN#3C7WRKEL3JG244997)
:Air & Light Support 62 - 1990 Pierce Dash D8000 walk-around (70 KW Gen/2-30' light towers/Comp) (SN#E5411) (VIN#4P1CT01D5LA000460)
:Truck 61 (Reserve) (115) - 2003 American LaFrance Eagle (-/-/100' LTI tractor-drawn aerial) (CA#1156915) (VIN#4Z3AAACG13RK90382)
:Rescue Ambulance 62 (Reserve) (136) - 2012 Ford E-450 / Road Rescue (CA#1346625) (Ex-Rescue 62)
:Engine 64 (Reserve) (112) - 2001 American LaFrance (1500/500/30F) (Ex-Engine 64)
===Fire Station 3 - 280 Marina Way (Harbor Patrol) ===
Built 2012
:Fire Boat 61 - Boston Whaler 25' rescue boat / (2) 200 HP Evinrude outboards (560/-) (Permanent Vessel #CF5030 XC)
:Harbor Squad 61 -
:Harbor 63 (137) - 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe (CA#1298197) (VIN#1GNFC13008J174912)
:Fire Boat 63 (Reserve) - 29' Crystaliner rescue boat (Permanent Vessel #CF4685 C)
===Station/Assignment Unknown===
:(116) - 2015 Pierce Arrow XT pumper (1500/500/30A) (SN#28122) (VIN#4P1BAAFF4FA015389) (Ex-Engine 62)
==Retired Apparatus==
:(107) - 2008 Chevrolet Suburban (CA#1298196) (Ex-Battalion 61)
:(136) - 2004 Ford E-450 / Wheeled Coach ambulance (CA#1124940) (VIN#1FDXE45P94HB28771) (Ex-Rescue 62)
:(135) - 2004 Ford E-450 / Wheeled Coach ambulance (CA#1124939) (Ex-Rescue 61)
:(121) - 2001 American LaFrance (1500/500/30F) (Ex-Engine 62)
:1999 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 (CA#1019609) (Ex-Battalion 61)
:1999 Ford F-350 (CA#1024256) (Ex-Harbor Unit 61)
:(131) - 1989 Chevrolet Van 30 / Leader ambulance with enclosed explosives' containment trailer (CA#279564) (Ex-HazMat Investigator 61, ex-Rescue 61)
:(104) - 1989 Chevrolet Van 30 / Leader ambulance (CA#279563) (Ex-Rescue 62)
:1989 GMC Suburban (Ex-Commander 61)
:1989 Pierce Arrow pumper (1500/500) (SN#E4289) (VIN#1P9CAO1D2JA040674) (Ex-Engine 61)
:(124) - 1988 Pierce Arrow pumper (1500/500/50' Tele-Squrt) (SN#E3682) (VIN#1P9CA01D7HA040373) (Ex-Engine 62)
:1984 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 30 Suburban (Ex-Commander 62)
:(116) - 1984 Skipjack 24' fireboat (1000-) (Ex-Boat 61)
:1983 Chevrolet Suburban Scottsdale 20 (CA#793936) (Ex-Commander 62, Ex-Commander 61)
:1983 Crown / Maxim 100 aerial (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (SN#87-1088) (Ex-Truck 61)
:1983 Crown Firecoach pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 63)
:1982 Crown Firecoach pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 62, Ex-Engine 1)
:1978 Chevrolet Van 30 / Leader ambulance (Ex-Rescue 2)
:1978 Chevrolet Van 30 / Leader ambulance (CA#717397) (Ex-Rescue 1)
:1977 Plymouth Gran Fury (CA#693919) (Ex-Training Officer)
:1977 Plymouth Gran Fury (CA#693917) (Ex-Fire Marshal)
:1975 Plymouth Gran Fury wagon (Ex-Commander 1)
:1974 Ford C-8000 / Van Pelt pumper (1500/500) (CA#668622) (Ex-Engine 63)
:1974 Ford C-8000 / Van Pelt pumper (1500/500) (CA#606458) (Ex-Engine 65)
:1972 International / Van Pelt mini-pumper (500/270F) (CA#602742) (Ex-Foam 62, ex-HazMat Engine 61, ex-Engine 3)
:1969 Ford C-750 / Crown (SN#F1577) (Ex-Rescue / Salvage 1)
:1968 Jet fireboat 24' FD-Built (Ex-Boat 1)
:1967 International 200 / Van Pelt pumper (CA#96170) (Ex-Engine 3)
:1966 Crown Coach (1500/?/50' Tele-Squrt added in 1974) (Ex-Engine 64, ex-Engine 1)
:1961 International V206A / Van Pelt pumper (1000/500) (SN#615241)
:1960 Seagrave aerial (-/-/85' tractor-drawn) (CA#96165) (Ex-Truck 61) (Sold to Santa Monica Fire Department)
:1954 GMC 636 / Van Pelt pumper (1000/500) (CA#35129) (Shared with California Governor's Office of Emergency Services)
:1936 Seagrave pumper (1000/-) (Ex-Engine 1) (Donated to Heroico Cuerpo de Bomberos de La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico)
:1921 America LaFrance pumper (860/?) (Ex-Engine 2, ex-Engine 1)
:1911 Stearns touring car / Vim truck
:1908 Capito Carriage Company hose wagon with 1200' of hose
==External Links==
*Redondo Beach Fire Department
== Station Map==
Category:Los Angeles County
Category:Departments operating Boston Whaler boats
Category:California departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:California departments operating American LaFrance apparatus
Category:Former operators of Crown apparatus
Category:Former operators of Maxim apparatus
Category:Former operators of Seagrave apparatus
Category:Former operators of Van Pelt apparatus