Apple Valley Fire Protection District (California)

==Area Served==
The Apple Valley Fire Protection District (AVFPD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the Town of Apple Valley, as well as to the surrounding rural unincorporated areas of the county, located at the southern edge of the Mojave Desert, in San Bernardino County, Southern California. The district encompasses an area covering 206 square miles and serves a population of approximately 90,000 inhabitants. The District and the Town of Apple Valley are bordered by the cities of Victorville on the west and Hesperia on the southwest, with the unincorporated community of Lucerne Valley a distance to the east, the City of San Bernardino 49 miles to the south through the Cajon Pass, and the City of Barstow about 30 miles to the north.
== Department Profile ==
The Apple Valley Fire Protection District is budgeted for 53 uniformed / sworn members plus 5 part-time/reserve personnel, working out of five fire stations, and providing structural and wildland firefighting, emergency medical services (EMS) and advanced life support (ALS), technical rescue, fire prevention, fire investigation, code enforcement, disaster preparedness, and public education to the citizens of the District. The District's resources include eight front-line emergency apparatus comprised of five medic engine companies, one medic aerial ladder truck company, one medic squad, and one battalion chief vehicle. In addition, AVFDD cross staffs one technical rescue unit, one OES type 1 engine, four type 3 (1 OES-owned) and one type 6 wildland units, and one water tanker. 
=== Dispatch ===
The Apple Valley Fire Protection District is a member of a regional fire and emergency services communication system called CONFIRE Joint Powers Authority (JPA), commonly referred to as "Comm Center", and located in the City of Rialto, which provides dispatch services for nine fire agencies, as well as for four contract agencies in San Bernardino County.
== History ==
The Apple Valley Fire District was formed in January 1951 and conducted its first meeting of the Fire Board on January 25, 1951, in the old Apple Valley Post Office Building. When originally formed, the Fire District encompassed about 26 square miles, with only a few homesteads and small ranches. With the continued growth, came the need for a fire station. In August of 1951, the District passed a 20 year – $40,000 bond to build its first fire station. In 1962, under the California Health and Safety Code Local Fire District Law of 1961, the Fire District became known as the “Apple Valley Fire Protection District”. Up until the mid-1970s, the volunteer firemen were alerted by loud sirens that could be heard throughout the community; subsequently, personal pagers were issued. In 2009, the Apple Valley Fire Protection District contracted with the San Bernardino County "Comm Center" for communications.
==Apparatus Roster==
*All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
*Shop numbers in brackets.
*CA# denotes California license plate.
===Fire Station 331 - 22400 Headquarters Drive===
:Medic Engine 331 (ALS) (135) - 2012 Seagrave Marauder II (1500/500/25A) (SN#78G63) (CA#1407303)
:Brush Engine 331 - Type 3 wildland
:Rescue 331 - 1991 Chevrolet Kodiak / SVI walk-in (CA#1137416) (Ex-Santee Fire Department (California))
:Cal OES Engine 6110- 2006 HME 1871-SFO SMFD / Westates Type 1 (1250,300pto/800/20A) (HME#20936) (Wes SN#05-3601-08) (CA#1307257) (VIN#44KFT42846WZ20936) (Ex-OES 335) 
:Battalion 4610 -
:Battalion 4611 -
:Battalion 4612 -
===Fire Station 332 - 18857 Highway 18===
:Medic Engine 332 (ALS) - 2011 Seagrave Marauder II (1500/500/25A) (SN#78G64) (CA#1407304)
:Brush Engine 332 (121) - 1995 International 4800 4x4 / Central States Type 3 wildland (500/500) (SN#47041)
===Fire Station 334 - 12143 Kiowa Road===
:Medic Engine 334 (ALS) (126) - 2001 Seagrave TB-50DA 4dr (1500/500/25A) (FTI rehab March 2015) (SN#78A25) (CA#1125521) (Ex-Engine 332)
:Brush Engine 334 (132) - 2003 International 7400 4x4 / Pierce Type 3 wildland (500/500/25A) (SN#19772) (CA#1244890)
=== Fire Station 335 - 21860 Tussing Ranch Road ===
Leased by CalFire
:Engine 335 - 1984 Seagrave HB-50CF (1500/500) 
===Fire Station 336 - 19235 Yucca Loma Road===
:Medic Truck 336 (ALS) - 2020 Pierce Arrow XT 6700 6x4 PUC (1500/500/20F/107' Ascendant rear-mount ladder) (SN#34712)
:Medic Engine 336A (ALS) (125) - 2001 Seagrave TB-50-DA (1500/500/25A) (SN#78A35)
:Utility 336 - 200? Ford F-150
:Cal OES Brush Engine 6320 (3016) - 2021 International HV507 4x4 / BME Model 34D Type 3 wildland (500pto,100aux/500/20A) (CA#1611839) (VIN#3HAEETARXML185474)
===Fire Station 337 - 19305 Jess Ranch Parkway===
:Medic Squad 337 (ALS) - 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 LS 4x4 / Page Manufacturing (CA#1192058)
:Medic Brush Patrol 337 (ALS) - Ford F-Series 4x4 / FD-built Type 6 wildland
:Water Tender 337 -
=== Station/Assignment Unknown ===
:Chief 4600 - 2017? Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4
:(127) - 2005 Seagrave TB-50DA pumper (1500/500/20A) (SN#78C47) (Ex-Engine 334)
:20?? Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4
:(150) - 1998 American LaFrance Eagle / 3D aerial (1500/400/75' rear-mount) (SN#2930/956006) (CA#1130595) (Ex-Medic Truck 336) (Ex-Myrtle Beach Fire Department)
==Retired Apparatus==
:1990 E-One pumper (1500/500)
:1990 E-One pumper (1500/500)
:1990 International 4900 4dr 4x4 / Central States tanker (500/1500) (SN#45138) (Ex-Water Tender 333)
:1960 Ford C-800 / American LaFrance pumper (750/500) (SN#F-3353) (Ex-Engine 6) (Sold to Daggett Fire Department)
==External Links==
*Apple Valley Fire Protection District
==Station Map==
Category:San Bernardino County
Category:California departments operating American LaFrance apparatus
Category:California departments operating Central States apparatus
Category:California departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:California departments operating Seagrave apparatus
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Category:California departments operating Westates apparatus
Category:Former operators of E-One apparatus