Montezuma Fire District (San Joaquin County, California)

Not to be confused with the Montezuma Fire Protection District in Solano County.
== Area Served ==
The Montezuma Fire Protection District provides fire protection for the unincorporated areas of Southeast Stockton, as well as for the Stockton Metropolitan Airport in San Joaquin County, in the Central Valley of northern California. Named for the last fully independent ruler of the Aztec empire, the district encompasses an area covering 9.6 square miles. The district is bordered by the Eastside Fire Protection District to the north; the Collegeville Fire Protection District to the east; the adjacent City of Stockton to the southeast, and west; the Lathrop-Manteca Fire Protection District to the south, and the French Camp McKinley Fire Protection District to the southwest. 
=== Mutual Aid ===
The Montezuma Fire Protection District has mutual aid agreements with the Collegeville Fire District, the French Camp McKinley Fire District, the Farmington Fire Protection District, the Lathrop-Manteca Fire Protection District, the Linden-Peters Fire District, the Manteca Fire Department, the Mokelumne Fire District, the Ripon Fire District (California), the Stockton Fire Department (California), and the Waterloo-Morada Fire District 
== Department Profile ==
Montezuma FPD is budgeted for eleven full-time firefighters, augmented by up to fifteen reserve/on-call firefighters providing structural firefighting, emergency medical services (EMS) / Basic Life Support (BLS), aircraft rescue fire fighting (ARFF), hazardous materials response, water rescue, fire prevention, fire investigation, code enforcement, disaster preparedness, and public education to the citizens of the district. Daily staffing consists of six firefighters (one fire captain, one fire engineer, two firefighters and two chief officers) working out of two fire stations, one of them at, and covering, the Stockton Metropolitan Airport. The Montezuma Fire Protection District does not provide ambulance transport services as part of its mandate. All patient transport is provided under contract provided by American Medical Response (AMR).
=== Dispatch ===
The Montezuma Fire Protection District is part of a regional EMS emergency services delivery system referred to as the Valley Regional Emergency Communications Center. More commonly known as “VRECC,” the secondary 9-1-1 call center is located in the community of Salida and is operated by American Medical Response, which provides medical dispatch services for local agencies in San Joaquin County under county contract. 
== History ==
The Montezuma Fire Protection District was founded in 1958
==Apparatus Roster==
===Fire Station 18-1 - 2405 South B Street, Stockton ===
*Engine 181 - 2000 Freightliner FL 80 / Hi-Tech (1250/750) (SN#03210) (CA#1091864) (VIN#1FVABXAK21HG96281)
*Support 181 - 2008 Ford F-550 Xtra Cab 4x4 DRW Type 6 wildland (CA#1272279) (VIN#1FDAX56R88ED42485)
*Water Tender 181 - 1984 GMC Brigadier / Van Pelt / FMC / Hi-Tech elliptical tanker (750/1780) (SN#831285) (CA#481596) 
*Chief 181 - 2010 Ford F-150 w/ canopy (CA#1357265) (VIN#1FTFX1CV3AFD89623)
*Engine 182 - Freightliner / Hi-Tech Type 3 wildland (500/500/10A) (CA#1255737)/
*Engine 183 - Spartan / Hi-Tech (1500/500/30F) (CA#1448180)
*Antique - 1947 Chevrolet / Van Pelt (500/200) (SN#46497) (CA Historical#8836) (Ex-Boggs Tract Fire Protection District)
*Antique - 1924 Kissell Kar / Local (50 gal. Chemical Tank)
=== Fire Station 18-2 - 7422 South Lindbergh Street, Stockton / Stockton Metropolitan Airport ===
*Crash 4 (Reserve) - Oshkosh P-4 6x6 crash tender (1250/1500/180) (CA#666024)
*Crash 181 - 2006 Rosenbauer Panther 4x4 crash tender (1500/1660/200F/500 lbs. PK) (CA#1311316) (VIN#1R94WE6876W490240)
*Utility 182 - 2019 Kubota 4x4 ATV/ Hi-Tech /Kimtek FireLite skid (125/70)
*Trailer 181 - Hi-Tech / Rios Body Shop / FD-Built single-axle trailer (CA#1536040) (Used by the Fire Investigation Unit and for public relations events)
*Engine 184 - 1978 Ford C-8000 / Van Pelt (1000/750) (SN#727189) (CA#725113) (Used primarily for parades and special events)
== Retired Apparatus ==
*1994 Ford F-478 4x4 / Burton's Type 6 wildland (BP/200) (Ex-Support 181)
==External Links==
*Montezuma Fire District Facebook page
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