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Redlands Fire Department

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Area Served[]

The Redlands Fire Department (RFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the City of Redlands located at the base of the San Bernardino mountains, 60 miles east of Los Angeles and 45 miles west of Palm Springs, in San Bernardino County, Southern California. Incorporated on December 3, 1888, the city takes its name from the color of the adobe soil present in abundance during the time of its founding. Redlands Fire serves a combined population of approximately 73,168 inhabitants in an area covering 36.24 square miles. The city is bordered by the City of Highlands to the north; the unincorporated communities of Mentone and Crafton, as well as the City of Yucaipa to the east; the City of Calimesa in Riverside County to the southeast; the San Bernardino Valley and San Bernardino Mountains to the south; the City of Loma Linda to the west, and the City of San Bernardino to the northwest.

Mutual Aid[]

Redlands Fire has mutual aid agreements with the CAL FIRE San Bernardino Unit, the San Bernardino County Fire Department, San Bernardino National Forest Fire Suppression, the Colton Fire Department, the Loma Linda Fire Department, the Rialto Fire Department, and the San Manuel Fire Department.

Department Profile[]

The Redlands Fire Department is budgeted for 51 sworn firefighters working out of four fire stations and supervised by a battalion chief on each of the three shifts. The department's resources include seven front-line emergency apparatus, comprised of four paramedic assessment engine companies, one paramedic assessment ladder truck, one BLS ambulance, and one battalion chief vehicle. In addition, Redlands cross staffs two Type 3 wildland engines (one is OES owned), one Incident Support/Air & Light unit, one water tender, and one all-terrain vehicle. Every engine and truck company in the City of Redlands Fire Department has a licensed firefighter/paramedic assigned to it who has advanced life support equipment at their disposal. Apart from the BLS ambulance on loan from Big Bear, Redlands 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). Redlands FD responds to over 11,000 calls for service annually, the majority of which are medical calls.

Dispatch[]

The Redlands Fire Protection District is a member of a regional fire and emergency services communication system called CONFIRE Joint Powers Authority (JPA), commonly referred to as "Comm Center", and located in the City of Rialto, which provides dispatch services for nine fire agencies, as well as for four contract agencies in San Bernardino County.

History[]

The Redlands Fire Department was founded as Redlands Hose Company No. 1 on April 27, 1888 with up to 25 volunteer firefighters.

Fire Stations[]

Station Address In Service Notes
262 1690 Garden Street 1963-April 2024
Aug. 6, 2025-Present 		Closed for major renovations April 2024, re-opened August 6, 2025
Temporary 262 1399 Prospect Drive April 2024-August 6, 2025. Open during renovations of Station 262.

Apparatus Roster[]

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

Fire Station 261 - 525 East Citrus Avenue[]

Built 1949, remodeled 1998

Fire Station 262 - 1690 Garden Street[]

Built 1963

  • Medic Engine 262 (ALS) - 2014 Pierce Arrow XT PUC (1500/500/20A) (SN#27917-01) (CA#1409940) (Ex-Medic Engine 261)
  • Brush Engine 262 - International 4x4 Type 3 wildland
  • ARV 263 - Polaris Ranger 4x4 UTV
  • Cal OES 6111 - 2008 HME Ahrens-Fox 1871-SFO SMFD Model 18 Type 1 (1250/850/20F) (SN#21351) (CA#1318906) (VIN#44KFT428X8WZ21351) (Ex-OES 358)

Fire Station 263 - 10 West Pennsylvania Avenue[]

Built 1986

  • ARV 261 - UTV
  • Medic Truck 261R (Reserve) (ALS) - 2011 Pierce Arrow XT (-/-/100' rear-mount) (SN#24538) (CA#1346449) (Ex-Medic Truck 261)
  • Medic Engine 263 (ALS) - 2022 Spartan Metro Star Evolution / Smeal (1500/500/20A) (SN#228110)
  • Water Tender 263 - 2006 International 7400 / BME (500/1500) (SN#1854)
  • Incident Support 263 - 2009 International 7400 / BME walk-around air/light (CA#1321134)

Fire Station 264 - 1270 West Park Avenue[]

Built 2004

  • Medic Engine 264 -
  • Brush Engine 264 - 2021 Freightliner M2 106 4x4 / BME Type 3 wildland (500/500/20A) (Ex-Brush Engine 261)
  • Medic Squad 264 (ALS) - 2019 Ford F-450 Crew Cab DRW 4x4 / BME walk-around (CA#1622583)

Station/Assignment Unknown[]

  • Investigator 761 -
  • Investigator 764 -
  • Medic Engine 264 (ALS) - 2014 Pierce Arrow XT (1500/500/20A) (SN#27917-02) (CA#1409937) (Heavily damaged in major TC)
  • Engine 261R (Reserve) - 2007 Seagrave Marauder TB-50DA (1500/500/20A/20B) (SN#78E07) (CA#1245393) (Ex-Engine 261)
  • Training Truck 261 (Reserve) - 1997 Pierce Quantum (-/-/100' tractor-drawn) (SN#EA318) (CA#1019906) (Ex-Truck 21) (Ex-Glendale Fire Department (California)
  • Deputy Chief 701 - 2011(?) Ford Expedition 4x4
  • Deputy Chief 701 - 2011(?) Ford F-150 SuperCab 4x4 w/ ARE canopy
  • [1] P-750 - Ford F-150 SuperCab 4x4 (CA#1437492)
  • Battalion Chief - 200? Ford F-250 (CA#1177148)
  • Antique Engine 1 - 1936 Seagrave 66-EB Sentry (600/-) (CA#87847)
  • Antique Engine 2 - 1919 Seagrave 540 (500/-) (SN#26097)
  • 2007 Seagrave Marauder TB-50DA (1500/500/20A/20B) (SN#78E08) (CA#1245392) (Ex-Engine 264)

Retired Apparatus[]

  • 2003 Seagrave Marauder TB-50DA pumper (1500/500/20A/20B) (SN#78A93) (CA#1177140) (Ex-Engine 263 Reserve, ex-Engine 263)
  • 2002 Seagrave Marauder TB-50DA pumper (1500/500/20A/20B) (SN#78A51) (CA#1139091) (Ex-Medic Engine 262 Reserve, ex-Medic Engine 261) (Donated to Crafton Hills Regional Fire Academy))
  • 1998 Seagrave Model TP56CN aerial (1500/300/100' rear-mount ladder) (SN#85036) (Ex-Truck 261 Reserve, ex-Truck 261)
  • 1998 Ford F-450 4x4 / Westates walk-around rescue (Ex-Medic Squad 261 Reserve, ex-Medic Squad 264, Ex-Medic Squad 261)
  • 1995 International 4900 4x4 / BME Type 3 wildland (750/600/20A) (Ex-Brush Engine 262, ex-Brush Engine 261) (Donated to Indian Valley Fire Department (California))
  • 1995 Seagrave Model TB50CN pumper (1500/500) (SN#78706) (CA#021948)
  • 1990 E-One Hush pumper (1500/500) (SN#7080) (Ex-Medic Engine 263)
  • 1983 Mack CF pumper (1500/500) (SN#CF688F15-1036)
  • 1981 Crown Firecoach CP150-85D pumper (1500/500) (SN#F-1855) (Ex-Engine 263R Reserve, ex-Engine 1)
  • 1975 Crown Firecoach CAR100-85D aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount) (SN#F-1728) (Ex-Truck 261 Reserve, ex-Truck 261)
  • 1969 Crown Firecoach CP125-85D pumper (1250/500) (SN#F-1592) (Ex-Engine 2)
  • 1931 Mack city service truck (-/100)
  • 1923 Seagrave pumper (750/80)
  • 1914 Seagrave pumper
  • 1910 Seagrave pumper

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