Montebello Fire Department

==Area Served==
The Montebello Fire Department provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Montebello, located 7 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles in southeast Los Angeles County, California. Montebello, Italian for "Beautiful Mountain," was incorporated as a city on October 16, 1920, encompasses an area covering 8.37 square miles, and serves a population of approximately 63,833 inhabitants. It is bordered by the cities of Monterey Park and Rosemead, and the unincorporated community of South San Gabriel to the north, the Whittier Narrows Recreation area to the east, the City of Pico Rivera to the southeast, the City of Commerce to the southwest, and unincorporated portions of Los Angeles County, including the community of East Los Angeles, to the west. 
===Mutual Aid===
The Montebello Fire Department has mutual aid agreements with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the Santa Fe Springs Department of Fire-Rescue, the Compton Fire Department, and the Downey Fire Department (California) and, through Verdugo Fire Communications Services, with the Alhambra Fire Department, the Arcadia Fire Department, the Burbank Fire Department, the Glendale Fire Department, the Hollywood Burbank Airport Fire Department, Monrovia Fire & Rescue, the Monterey Park Fire Department, the Pasadena Fire Department, the San Gabriel Fire Department, the San Marino Fire Department, the Sierra Madre Fire Department, and the South Pasadena Fire Department,
==Department Profile==
The Montebello FD is budgeted for 56 full-time fire suppression employees working three alternating 24-hour shifts. This includes the fire chief, a deputy fire chief, a fire marshal, a deputy fire marshal, and three battalion chiefs. In addition, there are 20 non-sworn support staff personnel, and 4 part-time employees under the direction of a deputy director. The department consists of five divisions: fire operations, fire prevention and risk reduction, communications, fire community & outreach services and fire administration. Its resources include three fire stations and five front-line emergency apparatus comprised of three paramedic engine companies, one ladder truck company, and one battalion chief vehicle. In addition. Montebello FD cross staffs one Type 3 wildland engine company and one OES Type 1 engine company. Daily Platoon staffing consist of seventeen (17) sworn personnel. 
Each fire engine is staffed with one captain, one engineer, and two firefighters/paramedics. The ladder truck is staffed with one captain, one engineer, and two firefighter/paramedics, one of which is also the tiller operator. The command vehicle is staffed with one battalion chief. The department responds to an average of 8.000 calls for service emergency calls per year. Montebello does not provide ambulance transport services as part of its mandate. Patient transport is provided under city contract by CARE Ambulance. 
=== Dispatch ===
The Montebello Fire Department is part of a regional fire and emergency services delivery system referred to as the Verdugo Communications System/Unified Response, located in the City of Glendale, which provides dispatch services for 13 local agencies in the San Gabriel Valley and outside. As a participating agency, the Montebello Fire Department has agreed, along with the 12 other member jurisdictions, to eliminate jurisdictional borders for fire resource responses. 
=== California Task Force 5 ===
The Montebello Fire Department is a member agency of California Task Force 5 (CA-TF5)
===California Regional Task Force 2===
The Montebello Fire Department is a member agency of California Office of Emergency Services Regional Task Force 2 (CA-RTF-2).
==History==
The Montebello Fire Department was formed in 1922. In November 2020, the department launched the Montebello Community Assistance Program (MCAP), a field-based outreach program that serves a wide-range of individuals with multiple medical complexities. The program is staffed by a Firefighter/Paramedic, a Social Work Coordinator, a Field Based Case Manager and a Housing Navigator.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Administration Office - 1600 West Beverly Boulevard===
===Fire Station 55 - 600 North Montebello Boulevard===
:Paramedic Engine 55 (ALS) - 2012 KME Predator Severe Service (1500/500/25A) (SN#GSO-8675) (CA#1421716)
:Truck 55 - 2002 American LaFrance Eagle (-/-/100' LTI tractor-drawn) (CA#1162892) (Ex-Truck 51)
:Battalion 55 - 20?? Ram 4x4
:Training 55 - 2009 Chevrolet Suburban 4x4 (Ex-Battalion 55)
:Utility 55 - 2003 Ford F-450 / Harbor stakebed
:Engine 355 - 2004 International 7400 4x4 / West-Mark Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A) (SN#60521) (CA#1136921) (Ex-Brush 56, ex-Brush 52)
:Engine 755 (Reserve) - 2009 Seagrave Marauder II (1500/500/40A) (SN#78F90) (Ex-Vernon Fire Department (California))
=== Fire Station 56 - 1166 South Greenwood Avenue===
:Paramedic Engine 56 (ALS) - 2014 KME Predator Severe Service (1500/500/25A) (Ex-Engine 57)
:MCAP 56 - 2002 Ford F-350 Crew Cab 4x4 DRW w/ canopy (CA#1057112) (Ex-SAR K-9 Unit)
:Cal OES 1110 - 2018 HME Ahrens-Fox 1871-SFO SMFD Model 18 Type 1 (1250/850/20F) (SN#23095) (CA#1546555) (VIN#44KFT4289JWZ23095)(Ex-OES 399)
:Engine 756 (Reserve) - 2009 Seagrave Marauder II (1500/500/40A) (SN#78F91) (Ex-[Vernon Fire Department (California))
===Fire Station 57 - 2950 Via Acosta===
Dedicated 1951
:Paramedic Engine 57 (ALS) - 2012 KME Predator Severe Service (1500/500/25A)
:Engine 757 (Reserve) - 2001 American LaFrance Eagle (1500/500/20A) (Ex-Engine 53, ex-Engine 57)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2001 Freightliner FL 80 / American LaFrance Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A) (Ex-Brush 55, ex-Brush 54, ex-Brush 56) (Donated to Dirección General de Protección Civil y Bomberos de Tlajomulco Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico)
:2001 American LaFrance Eagle pumper (1500/500/20A) (Ex-Engine 51, ex-Engine 55) (Donated to Rio Hondo College Fire Academy)
:2001 American LaFrance Eagle pumper (1500/500/20A/50' Tele-Squrt) (CA#1162895) (Ex-Engine 56, ex-Engine 52) (Donated to Dirección General de Protección Civil y Bomberos de Tlajomulco Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico)
:2001 Chevrolet Suburban 4x4 (Ex-Battalion 55)
:1996 Chevrolet 4x4
:1996 Chevrolet Kodiak / SuperVac w/ two 14' light towers (Ex-Air & Light 528, ex-A&L 55) (Donated to Dirección General de Protección Civil y Bomberos de Tlajomulco Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico)
:1991 Chevrolet V3500 / Phenix rescue (SN#J1719) (Ex-Rescue Squad 542)
:1990 GMC Suburban (Ex-Battalion 55)
:1990 E-One Hurricane pumper (1500/500/25F) (SN#8321) (Ex-Engine 53) (Sold to Unadilla Fire Rescue (Georgia))
:1990 E-One Hurricane pumper (1500/500) (SN#8320) (Ex-Engine 52) (Preserved by private owner)
:1990 E-One Hurricane pumper (1500/500) (SN#8319) (Ex-Engine 51)
:1990 E-One Hurricane aerial (-/-/106' LTI tractor-drawn) (CA#349293) (Ex-USAR 561 (Tractor only), ex-Truck 511)
:1988 Chevrolet V3500 / Phenix (Ex-Rescue Squad 541)
:1986 Chevrolet / Leader modular (Ex-Command 555)
:1980 Van Pelt pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 523 Reserve)
:1978 Hackney walk-around tractor-drawn rescue (Ex-USAR 561) (Towed by the former Truck 511 tractor)
:1977 Howe pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 522 Reserve, ex-Engine 51)
:1955 Crown Firecoach pumper (1500/500) (SN#F1049) (Ex-Engine 1)
:1955 Crown Firecoach pumper (1500/500) (SN#F1048) (CA#119383) (Ex-Engine 52, ex-Engine 2) (Sold to Seal Beach Fire Department)
==External Links==
*Montebello Fire Department
==Station Map==
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