Corona Fire Department (California)

Area Served[]

The Corona Fire Department (CFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the City of Corona, formerly known as South Riverside, located approximately 48 miles southeast of the City of Los Angeles in the Inland Empire metropolitan area of Riverside County, Southern California. Corona Fire also provides services, through a contract with Riverside County, to the unincorporated communities of Coronita, Home Gardens, El Cerrito, and Temescal Valley. The city's name is Spanish for "crown". Incorporated on July 13, 1896, the city encompasses an area covering 39.96 square miles and serves a population of approximately 157,136 inhabitants. Corona is bordered by the City of Norco on the north; the City of Riverside to the northeast; the unincorporated communities of El Sobrante and Home Gardens, the Temescal Mountains and the Gavilan Plateau to the east; the unincorporated communities of El Cerrito and Temescal Valley to the southeast; the Cleveland National Forest and the Santa Ana Mountains to the southwest; the Orange County cities of Anaheim and Yorba Linda to the west; and the unincorporated community of Coronita, as well as the City of Chino Hills in San Bernardino County to the northwest.

Mutual Aid[]

Corona Fire has mutual aid agreements with the Riverside County Fire Department, the CAL FIRE Riverside Unit, the US Forest Service Fire / Cleveland National Forest Fire Suppression, the Riverside Fire Department, the Chino Valley Fire District, the Orange County Fire Authority, and Anaheim Fire & Rescue

Department Profile[]

The Corona Fire Department is budgeted for 112 full-time firefighters, 15 civilian support and administrative staff, and 8 cadets and volunteers, and has a daily staffing of 41 firefighters. The department is divided into an Administrative Division, an Operations Division, an Emergency Medical Services Division, and a Fire Prevention Division, while Its resources include seven fire stations, and twelve front-line emergency apparatus. These are comprised of seven paramedic engine companies, two paramedic aerial ladder truck companies, two paramedic rescue squads, and one battalion chief vehicle, working three 48-hour alternating shifts. Each fire engine is staffed with one captain, one engineer, and two firefighters, at least one of which is a licensed/certified paramedic. CFD also cross staffs one mobile command vehicle, one technical rescue unit, one hazardous materials response unit, one air supply unit, three Type 3 wildland companies (one of which is OES owned), one OES Type 1 engine company, one OES Type 6 brush patrol unit, one water tender, one wildland rescue all-terrain vehicle, and a swift water rescue unit. Corona Fire does not provide EMS and ambulance transport services as part of its mandate. EMS and transport is provided under contract by American Medical Response (AMR). Corona Fire responded to 15,927 calls for service during 2022, with 10.969 of those consisting of EMS calls,

California Task Force 6[]

The Corona Fire Department is a member agency of California Task Force 6 (CA TF-6)

History[]

From 1898 to 1965, Corona Hose Company Number 1 / the Corona Fire Department, was an all-volunteer department. In 1965 the change to a paid-part volunteer department occurred and then in 1972, the City implemented a full-time professional fire department. A significant period of department history was in the late 1960s and 1970s when the citizens of Corona voted on and passed a Grant measure to modernize the one station department to better protect our rapidly growing community.

Fire Stations[]

Station	Address	In Service	Notes
1	717 South Main Street	1898-1913	Closed and demolished; replaced by new Fire Station 1

Apparatus Roster[]

All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Shop numbers in brackets after unit assignment.
California license plate denoted by CA#.

Headquarters - 735 Public Safety Way[]

Fire Station 1 "House of Blues" - 540 Magnolia Avenue[]

Engine 1 (ALS) - 2020 KME Predator Severe Service (1500/500/40F) (CA#1601033)

Brush 1 - 2024 International 4800 4x4 / KME Type 3 wildland (500/500)

Squad 1 (ALS) - 2023 Ford F-450 Crew Cab 4x4 / Fouts Bros

Engine 11 (Reserve) -

Cal OES Brush Patrol 6610 (6030) - 2020 Ford F-550 Crew Cab DRW 4x4 / HME-Ahrens Fox AF622 Type 6 wildland (500pto,180aux/280/20A) (SN#23441) (CA#1611781) (VIN#1FDOW5HTOLED23008)

Fire Station 2 - 225 East Harrison Street[]

Battalion 1, 2, & 3 - Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 4x4 w/ canopy (CA#1395122)

Engine 2 (ALS) - 2020 KME Predator Severe Service (1500/500/40F) (CA#1601032)

Truck 2 (ALS) - 2020 KME (-/-/101' AerialCat tractor-drawn) (CA#1601045)

USAR 2 - 2001 Freightliner FL 80 / KME walk-around

Utility 2 -

Cal OES Brush Engine 6313 - 2015 International WorkStar 7400 4x4 / HME-Ahrens Fox Model 34D Type 3 wildland (500pto,150aux/500/20A) (SN#22679) (CA#1467353) (VIN#1HTWEAZR9FH563497) (Ex-OES 8636)

Shoring Trailer -

Reserve Battalion -

Swift Water boat team -

Fire Station 3 - 790 South Smith Street[]

Engine 3 (ALS) - 2015 KME Predator Severe Service XMFD (1500/500/40F) (SN#GSO-10588) (CA#1468566) (Ex-Engine 1)

Brush 3 - 2001 International 4800 4x4 / KME Type 3 wildland (500/500)

Squad 3 (ALS) - 2023 Ford F-450 4x4 extended cab / Fouts Bros

Engine 13 (Reserve) -

Fire Station 4 - 915 McKinley Street[]

Engine 4 (ALS) - 2015 KME Predator Severe Service XMFD (1500/500/30F)

Air 4 - 2012 International DuraStar / SVI walk-around

Engine 14 (Reserve) -

Cal OES Incident Support Unit 5266 - 2019 Freightliner M2 106 6x4 / Rosenbauer 30' walk-in communications/command center (CA#1487542) (VIN#3ALHCYFE7KDKG2278)

Cal OES 6105 - 2008 HME-Ahrens Fox 1871-SFO SMFD Model 18 Type 1 (1250/850/20F) (SN#21347) (CA#1276920) (VIN#44KFT42888WZ21347) (Ex-OES 354)

Fire Station 5 - 1200 Canyon Crest Drive[]

Engine 5 (ALS) - 2015 KME Predator Severe Service XMFD (1500/500/30F)

Water Tender 5 -1997 International 4900 / KME (500/2000)

Fire Station 6 - 110 West Upper Drive[]

Truck 6 (ALS) - 2020 KME Predator Severe service XMFD (1250/500/20A/103' AerialCat rear-mount) (CA#1601046)

Hazmat 6 - 2005 International 4400 / SVI walk-in

Utility 6 -

Hazmat Trailer - enclosed walk-in

Fire Station 7 - 3777 Bedford Canyon Road[]

Rescue Ambulance 1 (Rescue ambulance used for TEMS call outs) -

Engine 7 (ALS) - 2015 KME Predator Severe Service XMFD (1500/500/30F)

Truck 7 (Reserve) - 2002 KME Excel (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (Ex-Ladder 3)

Utility 7 - 2005 Ford F-150 (Ex-Battalion 1)

UTV 7 - Polaris Ranger 6x6 ATV

Engine 17 (Reserve) - 2007 Spartan Gladiator / Crimson (1500/500/20F) (CA#1290629) (Ex-Engine 3)

Station/Assignment Unknown[]

Training 1 - Ford F-150 4x4 (CA#1251719)

Command 4 - 2001 Freightliner / LDV walk-in communications / command center (Shared with Corona PD)

Swift Water Rescue - (3) NRS inflatables on stacked tandem-axle trailer

2024 International HV507 4x4 / BME Model 34 Type 3 wildland (500//500/20F) (SN#3394)

2009 KME Predator Severe Service (1500/500/30F) (Ex-Engine 2)

1998 International 4800 4x4 / Master Body Works Type 3 wildland (500/500) (CA#037123) (Ex-Brush 3, ex-Brush 1)

Ford F-150 4x4 (CA#1533120) (Ex-Squad 1)

Retired Apparatus[]

2002 KME Renegade pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 2; donated to Oatman Fire District, Mojave County, AZ)

2002 KME Renegade pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 1)

2001 E-One Cyclone pumper (1500/500/50' TeleSqurt) (Ex-Telesqurt 4)

2000 Ford F-550 4x4 Type 6 wildland (Ex-Patrol 1)

2000 KME Renegade pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 7)

1990 E-One Hurricane aerial (1500/200/95' rear-mount platform) (Ex-Truck 3)

1988 E-One Hurricane pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 5)

1988 E-One Hurricane pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 4)

1986 E-One Hurricane pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 2)

1981 Crown Firecoach CP150-56DT pumper (1500/500) (SN#F-1848) (Ex-Engine 3)

1981 Crown Firecoach CP150-56DT pumper (1500/500) (SN#F-1847) (Ex-Engine 2)

1981 Crown Firecoach CP150-56DT pumper (1500/500) (SN#F-1845) (Ex-Reserve Engine 2, ex-Reserve Engine 1, ex-Engine 1)

1969 Crown Firecoach CS75-56D 6x4 aerial (-/-/75' rear-mount Snorkel) (F-1582) (Ex-Truck 3)

1959 Crown Firecoach CP100-59 pumper (1000/500) (SN#F-1150)

1923 Ahrens-Fox pumper (1000/?) (Ex-Engine 1)

1912 Pope-Hartford chemical truck

External Links[]

Corona Fire Department

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