Monterey Park Fire Department

==Area Served==
The Monterey Park Fire Department (MPFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the City of Monterey Park, located in the in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, Southern California, some 7 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. The city's name was taken from an old government map showing the hills of the area as Monterey Hills. Incorporated as a city on May 29, 1916, Monterey Park encompasses an area covering 7.73 square miles and serves a population of approximately 61,259 inhabitants. Monterey Park is bordered by the City of Alhambra to the north; the City of Rosemead to the northeast; the unincorporated community of South San Gabriel to the southeast; the City of Montebello to the south; the unincorporated community of East Los Angeles to the south and west; and the Los Angeles City neighborhood of Boyle Heights to the west.
===Mutual Aid===
The Monterey Park Fire Department has mutual aid agreements with the Los Angeles County Fire Department 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 Montebello 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 Monterey Park Fire Department is budgeted for 55 uniformed / sworn members, as well as 4 civilian staff of administrative and support personnel, providing structural firefighting, emergency medical services (EMS), advanced life support (ALS), fire prevention, fire investigation, code enforcement, disaster preparedness, and public education to the citizens of Monterey Park. Daily staffing consists of seventeen (17) on-duty personnel (one battalion chief, four fire captains, four fire apparatus engineers, four firefighter/paramedics, and four firefighters), working a 48 hours on/ 96 hours off shift rotation out of three fire stations. The department's resources include seven front-line emergency apparatus comprised of three paramedic assessment engine companies, one paramedic assessment quint truck company, two paramedic ALS ambulances, and one battalion chief vehicle. In addition, MPFD cross staffs a USAR vehicle, jointly operated with San Gabriel Fire, which is part of CA-RTF-4, one Cal OES Type 1 engine, a CA-RTF-4 trailer and a CERT trailer. All of MPFD's engine companies and the quint are staffed by at least one licensed paramedic and, in some instances, two licensed paramedics. The Monterey Park Fire Department is organized into five divisions: Administration, Fire Prevention, Emergency Operations, Emergency Medical Services, and Emergency Preparedness. The fire chief is the administrative manager of the department with the Emergency Operation Division being divided into three platoons; "A", "B", and "C", each of them managed by a battalion chief. The Operation Division is primarily responsible for emergency response, training, fleet and facilities maintenance. The Fire Prevention Division is headed by the deputy fire marshal and is responsible for life safety code enforcement, community relations and environmental safety. The Emergency Medical Services Division is managed by a battalion chief and is responsible for operating life support ambulances and overseeing the department's paramedic program. The Emergency Preparedness Division is responsible for the development and operation of the Monterey Park Emergency Operations Center (EOC).
=== Dispatch ===
The Monterey Park 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 Monterey Park Fire Department has agreed, along with the 12 other member jurisdictions, to eliminate jurisdictional borders for fire resource responses.
===California Regional Task Force 4===
The Monterey Park Fire Department is a member agency of California Office of Emergency Services Regional Task Force 4 (CA-RTF-4).
==History==
The Monterey Park Fire Department was founded in 1924 and has maintained an ISO Class 1 rating since 2018
===Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service	Notes
62 	2001 South Garfield Avenue	1946-2020 	Demolished and replaced by new and expanded Fire Station 62 at the same location
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 61 - 350 West Newmark Avenue===
Dedicated 1981 
:Engine 61 - 2019 KME Predator Severe Service (1500/500/25F) (CA#1463836)
:Quint 61 - 2019 KME Predator Severe Service (1500/350/101' AerialCat tractor-drawn aerial) (CA#1463834)
:USAR 63 - 2005 Pierce Quantum walk-around (CA#1222534) (Owned by San Gabriel Fire Department and operated jointly by SGFD & MPFD) (Ex-USAR 51 )
:USAR Gator - 2007 John Deere Gator TH 6x4 UTV
:Rescue Ambulance 61 (ALS) - 2013 Ford E-350 / Leader (CA#1515871)
:Battalion 6 - 2012 Chevrolet Suburban (CA#1326605)
:Strike Team Leader - 2007 Chevrolet Colorado
:Cal OES Engine 1109 - 2017 HME Ahrens-Fox 1871-SFO SMFD Model 18 Type 1 (1250/850/20F) (SN#23091) (CA#1551973) (VIN#44KFT4281JWZ23091) (Ex-OES 395)
:Utility 6 - 2012 Ford F-250 4x4
:Utility 61 - 2004 Ford F-550 DRW 4x4 (Tow vehicle for CA-RTF-4 USAR trailer)
:CA-RTF-4 USAR Trailer - 2007 Haulmark TA enclosed tandem-axle trailer (CA#1404490)
:CERT / Disaster Preparedness - tandem-axle enclosed trailer
:Battalion 706 (Reserve) - 2009 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 4x4 (CA#1280485) (Ex-Battalion 6)
===Fire Station 62 - 2001 South Garfield Avenue===
Dedicated 2021
:Engine 62 - 2019 KME Predator Severe Service (1500/500/25F) (CA#1404457) (Ex-Engine 61)
:Rescue Ambulance 62 (ALS) - 2011 Ford E-350 / Leader (CA#1493946)
===Fire Station 63 - 704 Monterey Pass Road===
Dedicated 1957, remodeled 2010
:Engine 63 - 2007 KME Predator Severe Service (1500/500/25F)
:Engine 64 (Reserve) - 2005 KME Predator Severe Service (1500/500/25F) (Ex-Engine 62)
:Engine 65 (Reserve) -
:Rescue Ambulance 63 (Reserve) (ALS) - 2009 Ford E-350 / Leader (CA#1443054) (Ex-Rescue Ambulance 62)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2003 Ford Econoline E-350 / Leader (CA#1156281) (Ex-Rescue Ambulance 61)
:2000 KME Excel (1500/500/40F) (Ex-Engine 61) (Involved in an MVC on April 16, 2014 with Alhambra T71 coming to rest inside a restaurant and sustaining major damage.)
:2000 KME Excel MFD aerial (1000/300/20A/100' tractor-drawn) (Ex-Quint 61)
:1999 Chevrolet Suburban (Ex-Battalion 6)
:1991 E-One Protector pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 261 Reserve, ex-Engine 61)
: 1991 E-One Protector pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 63)
:1990 Ford Econoline ambulance (Ex-Medic 62)
:1987 Ford Econoline ambulance (Ex-Medic 61)
:1986 E-One Hurricane pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 62)
:1982 Hendrickson / Grumman aerial (1250/200/95' Aerialcat rear-mount platform) (Ex-Truck 61)
: 1979 Crown Firecoach pumper (1500/500/20F) (Ex-Engine 253 Reserve)
: 1966 Seagrave 800-KB pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 4)
:1957 Crown Firecoach pumper (1250 Waterous/500) (SN#F1090) (CA#80727) (Ex-Engine 3)
:1949 American LaFrance pumper (1250/300) (CA#80719) (Ex-Engine 2)
:1946 Mack L pumper (1000/?) (Ex-Engine 1)
==External Links==
*Monterey Park Fire Department
==Station Map==
Category:Los Angeles County
Category:California departments operating E-One apparatus
Category:California departments operating KME apparatus
Category:California departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Former operators of Crown apparatus