Barstow Fire Protection District (California)

== Area Served ==
The Barstow Fire Protection District (BFPD) was established May 24th ,1926 as a Volunteer Fire District. Currently Barstow Fire protection provides ALS services with two full time Paramedic Engines and one Paramedic Squad as well as on Duty Battalion Chief for the entire Fire District. The City of Barstow is located in the central portion of the Mojave Desert and are considered part of what's known as the Inland Empire Region of San Bernardino County in Southeastern California. In addition to the being a subsidiary district of the City of Barstow, the Barstow Fire Protection District also covers the unincorporated areas of Barstow Heights, Grandview, Irwin Estates, Lenwood, Skyline East, Skyline North, Soapmine and a portion of unincorporated San Bernardino County bordering the city on the north side. Incorporated as a city on September 30, 1947, Barstow encompasses a total area of 85.78 square miles (41.39 City & 44.39 unincorporated area) and serves a population of approximately 47,946 (23,407 city & 24,539 unincorporated area). Barstow is named after William Barstow Strong (May 16, 1837 – August 3, 1914), former president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
=== Mutual Aid ===
The Barstow Fire Department has mutual-aid agreements with the San Bernardino County Fire Department, the Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Fire & Emergency Services, the Fort Irwin Fire Department, the Apple Valley Fire Protection District, the Victorville Fire Department, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Fire Department, the Rialto Fire Department, the Daggett Fire Department, the Yermo / Calico Volunteer Fire Department, and the Newberry Springs Volunteer Fire Department,
== Department Profile ==
The Barstow Fire Protection District is budgeted for 19 full time fire suppression employees consisting of one chief officer, six fire captains, six fire engineers and six firefighter/paramedics. Its resources include two fire stations and three front-line emergency vehicles comprised of two paramedic engine companies and one chief officer vehicle, working three alternating 48-hour rotating shifts. In addition. BFPD cross staffs a ladder truck company, a Type 3 wildland unit, an OES Type-6 wildland unit, a hazardous materials unit, and a water tender. BFPD responds to approximately 6,900 calls for service annually, the majority of which are medical calls. 
== History ==
On May 24, 1926, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors authorized the formation of the Barstow Fire Protection District as the Barstow Volunteer Fire Department. The District included approximately four-square miles and had no equipment for firefighting to protect a population of barely 1,000. In September 1926, through a tax initiative by the tax payers, the District acquired its first fire engine, a 1922 Model T Ford chemical engine, which had its first response on November 4, 1926. In January of 1936, the District continued to expand and the first fire station was incorporated within the town meeting hall, located at 209 North First Avenue. The Town Hall / Fire Station was dedicated on September 23, 1939. Volunteers were called to emergencies by sirens that were placed throughout the community. Personnel would respond to the fire station and the first person to arrive there would then call the alarm center, located in someone's residence, to get the assignment and write it and the address on a chalk board. The District expanded again in the early l950's when two new fire stations were built and equipped with apparatus. One was located on Nancy and "G" Street and the other on Paris, just off of West Main Street in Lenwood. An additional station was built behind a house on the Northeast comer of Bigger Street and Adele Drive. On July 1, 1957, the District changed from an all-volunteer district to a combination of volunteer and career personnel. In 1959, the District’s boundaries were expanded to include portions of the Lenwood area when the residents of the area requested inclusion into the District. In 2010, for economic reasons, the City of Barstow and the Barstow Fire Protection District issued a joint resolution to establish the District as a subsidiary district of the City of Barstow. The LAFCO approved the proposal. Countywide Service Review for: Fire Protection/Emergency Medical Services/Dispatch - LAFCO 3231. Feb. 19, 2020. 
===Fire Stations ===
Station	Address 	In Service 	Notes
1 	800 North Main Street 	1936 - 1979	Closed and demolished / Replaced by current FS 361
2 	Nancy Street / "G" Street 	1950s -? 	Closed
3 	Paris Avenue / Main Street, Lenwood	1950s -? 	Closed
4 	Bigger Street / Adele Drive 	1950s -? 	Closed
362 	929 Old Highway 58 	 	Closed due to budget cuts / currently used for storage
363 	2600 West Main Street 	 	Renumbered to Station 366
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 361 - 861 South Barstow Road / Central Barstow===
Built 1979
:Medic Engine 361 - 2013 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 PUC (1500/500/20A) (SN#26158) (CA#1407146)
:Truck 361 (351) - 1995 HME 1871 4dr / Central States (1500/300/75' RK rear-mount) (SN#701395) (CA#026508)
:Water Tender 361 (342) - 2004 International 7300 4x4 / Valew Welding (250/2250)
:Brush Engine 361 (307) - 1980 Chevrolet C70 / Beck Type 3 wildland (250/300) (CA#758926) (VIN#C17DEAV15434) (Ex-San Bernardino County Fire Department)
:Cal OES Engine 6106 - 2005 HME 1871-SFO SMFD / Westates Type 1 (1250,100aux/800/20A) (HME SN#20546) (CA#1230797) (VIN#44KFT42845WZ20546) (Ex-OES 328) 
:Haz Mat 361 (99996) - 1984 Ford E-350 / Medi-Coach (CA#497468) (VIN#1FDKE30L2EHA98054) (Donated by San Bernardino County Fire Department)
:Chief 4700 (Fire Chief) -
:Battalion Chief 4711 -
:Engine 361R (Reserve) (327) - 2001 KME Excel 4dr (1500/500/30A) (SN#GSO-4926) (CA#1129270) (Ex-Arcadia Fire Department (California)
:Engine 361A (Reserve) (326) - 1995 E-One Protector 4dr (1500/500) (SO#1488)
===Fire Station 366 - 2600 West Main Street / West Barstow===
Built 1998
:Medic Engine 366 - 2022 Pierce Enforcer 7010 PUC (1500/500/20F) (SN#36535)
:Engine 363A (Reserve) (328) - 2001 KME Excel 4dr (1500/500/30A) (SN#GSO-4878) (CA#1129271) (Ex-Engine 363)
===Assignment Unknown===
:2019 Ford F-350 4x4 / Maintainer Custom Bodies "Super Squad" 9' walk-around rescue (SN#197364)
==Retired Apparatus==
:(325) - 1988 Ford C-8000 / E-One pumper (1250/750) (SO#6764) (CA#280402) (Ex-Engine 363A)
:1985 Ford C-8000 / Westates Type 1 pumper (1000/750) (Ex-Cal OES Engine 219, returned to OES)
:1979 Duplex R400 tandem / Van Pelt Hi-Ranger aerial (1500/400/85' rear-mount Snorkel) (Ex-Truck 361)
==Future Plans==
New Fire Station 362 in the northern part of the district on Skyline North.
==External Links==
Barstow Fire Protection District
==References==
==Station Map==
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