Calexico Fire Department

==Area Served==
The Calexico Fire Department (CFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the City of Calexico, situated directly along the US / Mexico International border, some 120 miles east of the City of San Diego, and some 62 miles west of Yuma, Arizona, in the Imperial Valley of Imperial County, Southern California. The name of the city is a blend of California and Mexico. Calexico’s border port of entry is a major entrance point for thousands of persons as well as large amounts of goods traveling between the two countries. Incorporated as a city on April 16, 1908, Calexico encompasses an area covering 8.62 square miles and serves a population of approximately 38,633. Calexico is bordered by the unincorporated town of Heber to the north-northwest; by the Heber Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area (SVRA) of the California Department of Parks and Recreation / California State Parks to the east; by the Mexican city of Mexicali, the capital of the State of Baja California, across the border to the south; and by the unincorporated town of Mount Signal to the west. 
=== Mutual Aid ===
The Calexico Fire Department has mutual aid agreements with the Imperial County Fire Department, the El Centro Fire Department. the Holtville Fire Department, the CAL FIRE San Diego Unit, and the H. Cuerpo de Bomberos de Mexicali across the border.
==Department Profile==
The Calexico Fire Department is budgeted for 25 personnel (1 Fire Chief, 6 Fire Captains, 7 Fire Engineers, 9 Firefighters, 1 Fire Inspector and 1 non-sworn administrative assistant / support staff). Daily staffing is seven personnel, augmented by three additional part-time firefighters during daytime hours. Its resources include two fire stations and four front-line emergency apparatus. These are comprised of two engine companies (or one engine and one aerial ladder company), one ALS transport ambulance, and one fire chief's command vehicle, working three 24-hour rotating shifts. Each fire engine is staffed with one captain, one engineer, and one firefighter; with at least one member of the crew certified as a paramedic. The ambulance is staffed with a combination of one firefighter / paramedic, and one firefighter / Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). CFD also cross staffs an aerial ladder company, a Type 3 wildland engine company, and a hazardous material support trailer, an OES USAR trailer. Calexico Fire responds to over 5,000 calls annually, with over 80% consisting of EMS calls.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 1 - 430 East Fifth Street===
Dedicated April 25, 2023
:Engine 11 (ALS) - 2012 Pierce Arrow XT PUC (1500/500) (SN#24983-01 or 02) (Ex-Engine 3811) 
:Brush 11 - 2013 Freightliner M2 106 4x4 / Pierce Type 3 wildland (500/500/30F) (SN#26183)
:Utility 27 - 200? Ford F-350 DRW 4x4 (Ex-Utility 3827)
:Medic 70 (ALS) - Ram 3500HD / Frazer ambulance (Ex-Medic 2670)
:Medic 72 (Reserve) - 20?? Ford F-350 ambulance (Ex-Medic 2672)
:Medic 75 (Reserve) - (Ex-Medic 2675)
:Truck 91 - 1996 E-One Cyclone (1500/500/75' rear-mount) (Ex-Truck 3891)
:Fire Chief - 
:Fire Inspector - 
:Hazardous Material Support trailer - 
:Cal OES Urban Search and Rescue trailer - 2008 Charmac 22' Type 2 USAR tandem-axle trailer
===Fire Station 2 - 900 West Grant Street===
:Engine 21 (Reserve) - 2007 KME Predator (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 3821)
:Engine 22 (ALS) - 2012 Pierce Arrow XT PUC (1500/500) (SN#24983-02 or 01) (Ex-Engine 3822)
===Station/Assignment Unknown===
:Engine 3811 - 199? Pierce
==External Links==
*City of Calexico Fire Department
==Station Map==
Category:Imperial County
Category:California departments operating E-One apparatus
Category:California departments operating KME apparatus
Category:California departments operating Pierce apparatus