Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Protection District

== Area Served ==
The Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Protection District (BSFPD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the unincorporated community of Bonita, neighboring regional parklands of San Diego County, as well as conservation areas overseen by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in collaboration with the Sweetwater Unit of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge. BSFPD is located approximately 11 miles southeast of downtown San Diego, in the Lower Sweetwater Valley of southwestern San Diego County, in Southern California. The district serves a population over 18,000 inhabitants, with a service area reaching out to 7.0 square miles. BSFPD is bordered by the City of National City to the northwest; the City of San Diego to the north; and the City of Chula Vista to the east, south and west. 
=== Mutual Aid ===
BSFPD has mutual aid agreements with the Chula Vista Fire Department, the National City Fire Department, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, and San Miguel Fire & Rescue, and the the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / CAL FIRE San Diego Unit,
== Department Profile ==
The Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Protection District is budgeted for 14 full-time employees, comprised of one Fire Chief, twelve firefighters, and one office manager, who work out of a single three-bay fire station. . The district is governed by an elected three-person Board of Directors and it averages approximately 1,800 calls annually.
===Dispatch===
The Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Protection District is part of the Heartland Communications Facility Authority, a regional fire and emergency services delivery system, commonly referred to as "Central". It was created in 1987, and located in the City of El Cajon. It provides dispatch services for nine local agencies in southern San Diego County. These agencies are: the Lakeside Fire Protection District, Santee Fire Department, Heartland Fire & Rescue (El Cajon, La Mesa and Lemon Grove), San Miguel Fire & Rescue, Alpine Fire Protection District, Viejas Fire Department, Barona Fire Department, Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Protection District, and Sycuan Fire Department. These agencies form the "Central Zone." 
== History ==
On February 14th, 1950, papers of incorporation were signed forming the Upper Sweetwater Valley Volunteer Fire Department. Don Herron, a sixth grade teacher at Ella B. Allen School became the first fire chief and was assisted by fifteen volunteers. The district was formed to establish governmental structure for the Upper Sweetwater Valley Volunteer Fire Company that had provided emergency services to the unincorporated Sweetwater Valley since 1939. The Sweetwater Fruit Company and the Williams Ranch each made a fruit sprayer truck available for use as the first fire trucks. At least one of the trucks was to be kept available for fire duty at all times. Each truck held 500 gallon of water and was equipped with a spray nozzle. The Fruit Company made space available in the "Old Red Barn" as the first fire station, On September 23, 1952, the Upper Sweetwater Valley Volunteer Fire Department was reorganized into the Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Protection District. In January 1978, the City of Chula Vista and the Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Protection District came to an agreement to swap certain areas so that the closest fire engine would respond regardless of political boundary lines. On April 9, 2021, The City of Chula Vista in partnership with the Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Protection District began fire department based ambulance service, a service previously performed by American Medical Response (AMR).
=== Fire Stations ===
Station	Address 	In Service 	Notes
1 	The Old Red Barn	February 14, 1950 - 1960 	Closed and demolished; now the Bonita Village Shopping Center
1 	4035 Bonita Road	November 4, 1951 - January 24, 1993	Closed and converted into pet store K9DC
2 	4940 Bonita Road	October 6, 1974 - 1991 	Closed and demolished; replaced by current Fire Station 38
2 	4900 Bonita Road	? - present 	Renumbered to Fire Station 38
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 2 - 4900 Bonita Road===
Dedicated August 10, 1992
*Engine 38 (ALS) - 2012 Pierce Quantum PUC (1500/500/40F) (SN#25524) (CA#1371576) (VIN#4P1CU01D8CA012888)
*Chula Vista FD Medic 38 (ALS) - 2020 Ford F-450 / Medix Specialty Vehicles MSV-II 170 Type I (CA#1600971) (VIN#1FDUF4GT2LDA09010) (Owned and operated by Chula Vista Fire Department)
*Utility 38 - 2021 Ford F-150 (CA#1622871) (VIN#1FTFW1E83MFC09541)
*Engine 238 (Reserve) - 2006 Pierce Quantum (1500/500/?F) (SN#18704) (CA#1242816)
*Chief 5101 -
*Antique - 1954 Mack LT Model 21-A (500/400) (Ex-Engine 1)
== Retired Apparatus ==
*1999 Pierce Quantum pumper (1500/500/25F) (SN#10471/ED471) (Ex-Engine 5111, ex-White Pine County Fire District)
*1988 Ottawa C118SBAC / Beck pumper (1500/500/30) (Ex-Engine 5112) 
*1977 Hendrickson 1871 / Clark pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 5111 Reserve, ex-Engine 5111) 
*1976 Hendrickson 1871 / Clark pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 5112) 
*1963 Ford C-800 / Seagrave pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 5111) 
*1960 Ford C-8000 / Seagrave pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 3) (Donated to an unknown fire department in Mexico)
*1953 Ford 1½-ton brush (Ex-Engine 2, ex-California Division of Forestry) 
*1943 US military surplus bomb carrier (500/500 skid) (Ex-Lower Sweetwater Valley Volunteer Fire Department)
*1931 Moreland pumper (?/300) (Ex-Engine 1, ex-California Division of Forestry)
==External Links==
*Bonita-Sunnyside Fire Protection District
==Station Map==
Category:San Diego County
Category:Departments operating Mack antique or parade apparatus
Category:California departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Former operators of Beck apparatus
Category:Former operators of Seagrave apparatus