Beverly Hills Fire Department (California)

==Area Served==
The Beverly Hills Fire Department (BHFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Beverly Hills, originally known as just 'Beverly,' located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in western Los Angeles County, about 12.2 miles west of Downtown Los Angeles. The city was named after Beverly Farms in Beverly, Massachusetts and because of the hills in the area. It was incorporated on January 28, 1914, has a population of approximately 34,871, and encompasses an area covering 5.71 square miles. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. Beverly Hills is bordered on the northwest by the Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel-Air and the Santa Monica Mountains, on the east by the city of West Hollywood, the Carthay neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, and on the south by the Beverlywood neighborhood of Los Angeles.
=== Mutual Aid ===
The Beverly Hills Fire Department has mutual aid agreements with the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the Santa Monica Fire Department, and the Culver City Fire Department.
==Department Profile==
The Beverly Hills Fire Department is budgeted for 86 sworn and 11 non-sworn employees and has a daily staffing of 27 personnel. The Fire Department comprises four divisions: Operations (which includes Safety and Training), Emergency Medical Services, Community Risk Reduction, and Fire Administration. Its resources include three fire stations, and twelve front-line emergency apparatus comprised of four engine companies, one tiller operated ladder truck company, three ALS paramedic rescue ambulances, one EMT-staffed BLS rescue ambulance, one nurse practitioner vehicle, one Urban Search & Rescue (USAR) unit, and one battalion chief vehicle, working three 24-hour rotating shifts. 
Three fire engines are staffed with one captain, one engineer, and two firefighters; the truck company is staffed with one captain, one engineer, one firefighter/tiller operator and two firefighters; the three paramedic rescue ambulances are staffed with two firefighter/paramedics each, the nurse-practitioner unit is staffed with one firefighter/paramedic and one nurse practitioner, the BLS ambulance with two firefighter/emergency medical technicians, and the battalion chief's vehicle operates with a command team consisting of one battalion chief and on accountability officer. The fourth engine is staffed with one captain and one engineer. For structure fire responses, the fourth engine is augmented with two firefighter/paramedics from one of the rescue ambulances. For medical incidents the firefighter/paramedics from the fourth engine operate a third rescue ambulance, and for physical rescues, the fourth engine crew staffs the heavy rescue (USAR). All fire personnel are required to be certified at the emergency medical technician (EMT) basic level and 42 personnel currently maintain a paramedic ALS certification. The Beverly Hills Fire Department responds to approximately 7,470 incidents per year, 4658 of which are medical calls.
==History==
The Beverly Hills Fire Department came into its own entity as a separate organization on July 1, 1925, with a fire chief, two firemen and one fire engine operating from a single fire station on Burton Way off Santa Monica Boulevard , From 1922 until 1925 it was a unit of the Beverly Hills Police Department, When the new city hall was built in 1932, a new and separate fire station building was added at 445 Rexford Drive at Santa Monica Boulevard, adjacent to the civic center. The Beverly Hills Fire Department has maintained an ISO Class 1 rating for several years. They are one of five Class 1 agencies in LA County.
===Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service	Notes
1 	Burton Way & Santa Monica Boulevard	1925-1932 	Closed and demolished / New FS1 built at 445 Rexford Drive
1 	445 Rexford Drive 	1932-1988 	Closed and demolished / replaced by current FS1 / HQ
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 1 - Headquarters - 445 North Rexford Drive ===
Dedicated 1988 / renovated 2008, 2014 & 2019 
:Engine 1 (ALS) - 2018 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 PUC (1500/500/25f) (SN#31906)
:Rescue 1 (ALS) - 2016 Freightliner M2 106 / Braun Northwest Type I 166" module ambulance (SO#2307-1)
:Nurse Practitioner 1 (NP1) (BLS) - 2018 Ford Expedition
:District Command 1 - 200? Chevrolet Suburban
:Battalion 1 - 2013 Chevrolet Suburban (CA#1249673)
:Utility 1 - 2016 Ford F-250 4x4
:Battalion 2 (Reserve) - 2007 Chevrolet Suburban
:Utility 2 - 2013 Ford F-250 4x4
:Truck 4 - 2018 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 (-/-/107' Ascendant tractor-drawn) (SN#31905)
:Engine 5 (RIC) - 2015 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 PUC (1500/500/30F) (SN#28203-01) (Ex-Engine 1)
:USAR 5 - 2004 Spartan Gladiator Evolution / SVI walk-around rescue (Ex-USAR 1)
:Engine 7 (Reserve) - 2004 Pierce Dash (1500/500/20F) (SN#15980-01) (Ex-Engine 1)
:Truck 9 (Reserve) - 2009 Pierce Velocity 7010 (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (SN#22090) (Ex-Truck 4)
:Rescue 801 (BLS) - 2007 Freightliner M2 106 / Life Line Type I modular ambulance (Ex-Rescue 3, ex-Rescue 5)
:Antique Engine - 1928 6-cylinder Ahrens-Fox Model GN-80-4 (750/300) (SN#5009) (Ex-Engine 1)
===Fire Station 2 - 1100 Coldwater Canyon Drive===
:Engine 2 (ALS) - 2015 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 PUC (1500/500/30F) (SN#28203-02)
:Rescue 2 (ALS) - 2013 Freightliner M2 106 / Braun Northwest ambulance (Ex-Rescue 1)
:Rescue 4 (Reserve) - 2007 Freightliner M2 106 / Life Line Type I modular ambulance (Ex-Rescue 1, ex-Rescue 2)
:Engine 8 (Reserve) - 2004 Pierce Dash (1500/500/20F) (SN#15980-02) (Ex-Engine 2)
===Fire Station 3 - 180 South Doheny Drive===
Dedicated 1972 / renovated 2019 
:Engine 3 (ALS) - 2015 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 PUC (1500/500/30F) (SN#28203-03) (Involved in traffic collision June 13, 2020)
:Rescue 3 (ALS) - 2021 Freightliner M2 106 / Braun Northwest Type I 166" module ambulance (SO#3217-1) 
:Rescue 5 (Reserve) - 2014 Freightliner M2 106 / Braun Northwest Type I ambulance (Ex-Rescue 1, ex-Rescue 3)
:Engine 6 (Reserve) - 2004 Pierce Dash (1500/500/20F) (SN#15980-03) (Ex-Engine 5, ex-Engine 3)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2001 Freightliner FL 50 / Life Line Type I modular ambulance (CA#1042972) (VIN#1FVABKBT51HH95400) (Ex-Rescue 1, ex-Rescue 4, ex-Rescue 3, ex-Rescue 801)
:1998 Pierce Arrow aerial (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (SN#EB094) (VIN#4P1CT02S1WA000294) (Ex-Truck 4, ex-Truck 9 Reserve) (Sold to Rialto Fire Department)
:1998 Pierce Arrow pumper (1500/500/20F) (SN#EB469)
:1995 Pierce Arrow pumper (1500/500/20F) (SN#E8802-02) (Ex-Engine 5)
:1995 Pierce Arrow pumper (1500/500/20F) (SN#E8802-01) (Ex-Engine 6 Reserve, ex-Engine 1, ex-Engine 3)
:1993 Pierce Arrow pumper (1500/500/20F) (Ex-Engine 7 Reserve)
:1993 Freightliner FL 70 / Life Line Type I modular ambulance (Ex-Rescue 1)
:1991 Pierce Arrow pumper (1500/500/20F) (SN#E6863) (Ex-Engine 1, ex-Engine 3)
:1989 Ford / Wheeled Coach Type III modular ambulance (Ex-Rescue 2)
:1989 Chevrolet Suburban 4x4 (Ex-Battalion 2, ex-Battalion 1)
:1988 Spartan Monarch MS20-2042 / LTI aerial (-/-/106' tractor-drawn) (SN#8713308) (Ex-Truck 4, ex-Truck 9 Reserve) (Sold to Fullerton Fire Department)
:1986 Ford / Wheeled Coach Type III modular ambulance (Ex-Rescue 3)
:1985 Spartan / LTI quint (1500/500/75' rear-mount) (Ex-Engine 5) (Sold to Catskill Volunteer Fire Company)
:1985 Spartan Gladiator Lo-Profile RS20-2042 / LTI aerial (1500/500/75' rear-mount) (SN#8502678) (Sold to Midway Fire Department (Kentucky))
:1983 Ford / Wheeled Coach Type III modular ambulance (Ex-Rescue 4)
:198? Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 30 (Ex-Utility)
:1979 American LaFrance Century pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 2)
:1979 Ford / Wheeled Coach Type III modular ambulance (Ex-Rescue 5 Reserve)
:1978 American LaFrance Century pumper (1500/500) (SN#43-5980) (Ex-Engine 1, ex-Engine 3)
:1973 American LaFrance Century pumper (1500/500) (SN#15-1-2292) (Ex-Engine 1)
: 1971 American LaFrance aerial (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (SN#15-1-2500) (Ex-Truck 4, ex-Truck 9 Reserve)
:1971 American LaFrance Century Series pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 6 Reserve)
:1969 American LaFrance Century Series pumper (1500/500) (SN#L-3904) (Ex-Engine 7 Reserve)
:1966 Seagrave 12V-71-KB pumper (1250/400) (SN#Q-4076) (Ex-Engine 3, ex-Engine 6 Reserve)
:1960 American LaFrance Century Series pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 8 Reserve)
:1958 Pirsch aerial (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (Ex-Truck 4)
:1948 American LaFrance pumper (1000/150) (Ex-Engine 2)
:1940 Kenworth / United Airplane Manufacturing Company pumper (1000/-) (Ex-Engine B1)
:19?? (CA#130651) (Ex-Engine 1)
==External Links==
*Beverly Hills Fire Department
==Station Map==
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