DNC Fire

DNC Fire is a fire agency based in Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park.

DNC is an abbrevation for the Deleware North Company, the current concessionaire for Yosemite. While the National Park Service provides the majority of fire service in Yosemite, as part of their contract, DNC is required to maintain a manned engine company for structure response.

DNC Fire has one engine, DNC Engine 7, based in Yosemite Village. The department has 10 paid on-call firefighters, most of whom also hold other jobs with DNC. The engine is paged out with the NPS fire units for traffic accidents as well as fires.

Engine 7's history
DNC Engine 7 is possibly one of the most photographed fire engines in the world, not just because of its fantastic surroundings. DNC Engine 7 was formerly Engine 51 in the television program Emergency! The engine ended up on active duty in Yosmite as the concession contract for the park was once held by the parent company of Universal Studios who produced Emergency!  When informed that a fire engine was required, Engine 51 was moved from the backlot of Universal Studios to Yosemite Valley. There was a desire to keep 51 as the engine's number but that call sign would have conflicted with an existing National Forest Service unit that operates in the area. As a concession, the license plate for the engine reads "YCS E51".