Bishop Volunteer Fire Department

Area Served

The Bishop Fire Department is a cooperation between the Bishop Rural Fire Protection District and the City of Bishop that provides fire protection and other emergency services in the Bishop area.  The Bishop Fire Department also serves the Bishop Paiute Reservation under contract with the Tribe.  As a result, the Department’s service area includes Bishop, West Bishop, North Bishop, the Bishop Paiute Reservation, Rocking K, Laws, and Wilkerson.

The Bishop Fire Department is a volunteer fire department with 39 volunteers.

Apparatus Roster

All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.

Fire Station 1 Headquarters - 209 West Line Street

Ladder 1 - 1990 Pierce Arrow (1250/500/65' TeleSqurt) (SN#E6310)

Engine 2 - 1999 Pierce Saber (1500/750/CAFS) (SN#10419/ED419)

Engine 3 - 2012 International 7400 4x4 / West-Mark Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A)

Squad 8 - 2024 Ford F-550 4x4 / Rosenbauer RIV

Water Tender 14 - 2016 International 7500 SX537 6x6 / West-Mark elliptical (500/3000)

Support 1 - 2005 Ford F-350 4x4

Command 101 - 2020 Ford F-250 4x4 w/ ARE canopy

Command 102 - 2020 Ford F-250 4x4 w/ ARE canopy

Fire Prevention Officer - 2020 Tahoe SUV

Fire Station 2 - 3206 West Line Street

Ladder 3 - 1999 Pierce Dash 2000 (2000/500/75' rear-mount) (SN#EC008)

Engine 4 - 2006 International 7400 4x4 / West-Mark Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A)

Water Tender 9 - 1989 International PayStar 5000 6x6 / West-Mark / 2015 FD-refurb (500/3000)

Fire Station 3 - 2190 North Sierra Highway

Water Tender 6 - 1992 Western Star / West-Mark (500/3000)

Engine 7 - 2000 Ford F-550 4x4 / Pierce (500pto/300/10A) (SN#11322)

Retired Apparatus

1992 Ford CF-8000 / Pierce walk-around rescue

1947 White / Van Pelt pumper (500,50aux/500)

External Links

• Bishop Volunteer Fire Department
• Bishop Volunteer Fire Department Facebook page
• Bishop Volunteer Fire Department Instagram

Station Map

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