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CAL FIRE Fresno-Kings Unit

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Area Served[]

The Fresno-Kings Unit (FKU) of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection / CAL FIRE provides fire protection and life safety services in an area encompassing both Fresno and Kings Counties in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley in Central California. The Fresno-Kings Unit has responsibility for protecting 955,167 State Responsibility Area acres of land, while covering a very diverse geographic area. It extends from approximately the 4,000-foot elevation in the Coastal Range on the western side of the unit. It then drops to near sea level through the San Joaquin Valley and then climes again to approximately the 7,300-foot elevation in the Sierra Nevada Range on the eastern side. The State of California has a cooperative fire protection agreement with the Fresno County Fire Protection District (FCFPD), and as part of that contract, the CAL FIRE Fresno-Kings Unit oversees the day-to-day operation of the Fire District and protects 1,626,782 acres of Local Responsibility land ranging from rural to urban. Geographically, the unit is divided nearly in half by the San Joaquin Valley. To facilitate this, the unit is divided into two operational divisions. The Eastern Division expands from the floor of the San Joaquin Valley, along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and incorporates two of Central California’s major watersheds, the Kings and San Joaquin Rivers. The Eastern Division contains three lake recreation areas, Shaver Lake, Millerton Lake, and Pine Flat Lake, and also contains two population centers, the Shaver Lake / Prather area, and the Squaw Valley / Dunlap area. The Western Division is made up of the eastern slope of the Coastal Mountain Range.

Mutual Aid[]

The Fresno-Kings Unit has mutual and/or automatic aid agreements with the Auberry Volunteer Fire Department, the Coalinga Fire Department, the Firebaugh Volunteer Fire Department, the Kingsburg Fire Department,the Laton Volunteer Fire Department,the Pleasant Valley Prison Fire Department, the Reedley Volunteer Fire Department, the Riverdale Volunteer Fire Department, the Sanger Fire Department, the Selma Fire Department, the 144th Fighter Wing Fire Department, the Kings County Fire Department, the Madera County Fire Department, and the Merced County Fire Department,

Department Profile[]

The CAL Fire Fresno-Kings Unit and the Fresno County Fire Protection District operate as an integrated unit, responding to all Local Responsibility and State Responsibility Areas. The Fresno-Kings Unit consists of nine (9) CAL FIRE stations, thirteen (13) staffed fire protection district stations, seven (7) paid call firefighter (PCF) fire district stations, the Miramonte Conservation Camp, Task Force Rattlesnake crew base / Tollhouse FC, the unit's Fire Prevention / Protection / Planning Bureau, the unit's Training Bureau, and the Fresno-Kings Unit's Emergency Command Center. During peak fire season, there are 12 state funded and 14 district funded staffed fire engines.

California Regional Task Force 5[]

The CAL Fire Fresno-Kings Unit is member agency of California Office of Emergency Services Regional Task Force 5 (CA-RTF-5)

Fleet[]

Currently, the CAL FIRE Fresno-Kings Unit is comprised of the following resources during the peak fire season:

  • 12 CAL FIRE Schedule “B” engine companies
  • 14 Schedule “A” engine companies
  • 7 paid call firefighter engine companies
  • 2 CAL FIRE wildland bulldozers
  • 4 Inmate type 1 hand crews
  • 4 California Army National Guard type 1 hand crews
  • 1 Air Attack lead fixed-wing aircraft

Apparatus Roster[]

All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons

Fresno County[]

For stations and apparatus see Fresno County Fire Protection District

Southern Region HQ - 1234 East Shaw Avenue, Fresno[]

Unit Headquarters - 210 South Academy Avenue, Sanger[]

Fresno ICC - 2311 North Clovis Avenue, Fresno, Fresno-Yosemite International Airport[]

Fresno Joint Air Attack Base - 2307 North Clovis Avenue, Fresno Yosemite International Airport[]

  • Air Attack 430 (Command Ship) - North American Rockwell OV-10A Bronco S/N 305127A60 (Civil Registration N430DF)

Mid Valley Training Center - 9594 East American Avenue, Del Rey[]

  • Mid Valley 1 -

Miramonte Conservation Camp #5 - 49039 Orchard Drive, Miramonte[]

Operated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation / staffed with male inmates

  • MIR 1 - International crew carrier
  • MIR 2 - International crew carrier
  • MIR 3 - International crew carrier
  • MIR 4 - International crew carrier
  • Engine 4390 - 199? International 4800 4x4 / Master Body Works Model 14 Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A)

Tollhouse Fire Center - 27595 Tollhouse Road, Tollhouse[]

  • TOL Utility 6 - 202? Ford F-350
  • CNA 43A - 202? International crew carrier
  • CNA 43B - 202? International crew carrier
  • CNA 43C - 202? International crew carrier
  • CNA 43D - 202? International crew carrier (CA#1257869)

Bear Mountain COM / Fire Lookout, Squaw Valley[]

Black Mountain COM / Fire Lookout, Clovis (inactive)[]

China Peak COM, Lakeshore[]

Josquin Ridge COM, Coalinga[]

Shaver Lake COM[]

Auto Shop - 9700 East American Avenue, Del Ray[]

Kings County[]

Pine Flat Top COM -[]

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