San Marino Fire Department

Area Served[]

The San Marino Fire Department (SMFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the City of San Marino, located in the San Rafael Hills and San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, Southern California, some 12 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. The city takes its name from the ancient Republic of San Marino. a microstate in southern Europe enclaved by Italy. Incorporated as a city on April 25, 1913, San Marino encompasses an area covering 3.75 square miles and serves a population of approximately 14,500. San Marino is bordered by the City of Pasadena and the unincorporated communities of San Pasqual and East Pasadena on the north; by the unincorporated community of East San Gabriel on the east; by the cities of San Gabriel and Alhambra on the south; and by the City of South Pasadena on the west.

Mutual Aid[]

The San Marino Fire Department has mutual aid agreements with the Los Angeles County Fire Department and, through Verdugo Fire Communications Services, with the Alhambra Fire Department, the Arcadia Fire Department, the Burbank Fire Department, the Glendale Fire Department, the Hollywood Burbank Airport Fire Department, Monrovia Fire & Rescue, the Montebello Fire Department, the Monterey Park Fire Department. the Pasadena Fire Department, the San Gabriel Fire Department, the Sierra Madre Fire Department, and the South Pasadena Fire Department,

Department Profile[]

The San Marino Fire Department is budgeted for twenty (20) full time fire suppression personnel as well as one civilian support staff/administrative assistant. In addition to emergency services, the department also provides fire prevention services, life safety inspections, community education, and emergency preparedness. Its resources include a single fire station and three front-line emergency apparatus comprised of one four-person paramedic assessment engine company, one two-person paramedic rescue ambulance, and one battalion chief vehicle. The San Marino Fire Department operates on a 48/96 schedule, consisting of 3 shifts with daily staffing of one division chief, one fire captain, one fire engineer, and four firefighter/paramedics. The San Marino Fire Department shares division chief operations with the City of South Pasadena. Fire department operations and administration are overseen by the fire chief. All San Marino firefighters are licensed paramedics with the County of Los Angeles and the State of California. The San Marino Fire Department is a member agency of the Area C — Verdugo Fire Investigation Task Force (VFITF) which investigates fires of a suspicious origin. The department responded to 1,718 calls for service in 2021, 75% of which were for medical emergencies.

Dispatch[]

The San Marino Fire Department is part of a regional fire and emergency services delivery system referred to as the Verdugo Communications System/Unified Response, located in the neighboring city of Glendale, which provides dispatch services for 13 local agencies in the San Gabriel Valley and outside. As a participating agency, the San Marino Fire Department has agreed, along with the 12 other member jurisdictions, to eliminate jurisdictional borders for fire resource responses.

History[]

When the City of San Marino was first incorporated in 1913, it did not have its own fire department. For the first ten years of its existence fire protection was furnished by the City of Alhambra. The San Marino Fire Department was established in 1923 when the first fire chief and one paid fireman were hired and a fire station was constructed on the corner of Huntington Drive and San Marino Avenue. Besides the two paid men, the department was comprised of volunteers. The original fire station is still in use today as a part of San Marino City Hall. In 2014, the city of San Marino entered into an agreement with the cities of San Gabriel and South Pasadena to share fire command. In 2016 the City of San Marino entered into an agreement with the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD) for rescue ambulance response into Los Angeles County jurisdiction

Fire Station[]

Station	Address	In Service	Notes
1	Huntington Drive & San Marino Avenue	1923-1995	Refurbished and taken over by San Marino City Hall

Apparatus Roster[]

All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
California license plate denoted by CA#.

Fire Station - 2200 Huntington Drive[]

Dedicated 1995

Battalion Chief 9 - 2018 GMC Suburban 4x4 (CA#1459152)

Paramedic Engine 91 (ALS) - 2018 Pierce Arrow XT 6700 (1500/500/30F) (SN#32048) (CA#1506245)

Rescue Ambulance 91 (ALS) - 2020 Ram 5500 4x4 / Gen-T GT-171 Type I (CA#1628931)

Battalion Chief 92 (Spare) (892) - Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Crew Cab 4x4 w/ SnugTop canopy

Engine 791 (Spare) - 2008 Pierce Arrow XT (1500/500/30F) (SN#21180) (CA#1298799) (Ex-Engine 91)

Rescue Ambulance 791 (Spare) (ALS) - 2018 Ram 4500 4x4 / Life Line Superliner Type I (CA#1443095) (Ex-Rescue Ambulance 91)

Fire Marshal - 2017 Ford Explorer

Antique - 1920 Seagrave pumper

Antique "Old No. 1" - 1923 American LaFrance pumper (750/200) (Ex-Engine 1)

Retired Apparatus[]

2007 Ford E-350 / Road Rescue Type III ambulance (CA#1279760) (Ex-Rescue Ambulance 91) (Sold to Pasadena Fire Department)

2005 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 4x4 (CA#047478) (Ex-Battalion 9)

2001 Ford E-350 / Road Rescue Type III ambulance (CA#1069224) (Ex-Rescue Ambulance 91)

1998 Ford E-350 / Road Rescue Type III ambulance (CA#1003804) (Ex-Rescue Ambulance 791 Spare, ex-Rescue Ambulance 91)

1995 Pierce Dash pumper (1500/500) (CA#1003890) (Ex-Engine 791 Spare, ex-Engine 291 Spare, ex-Engine 91)

1992 GMC Safari (Ex-Battalion 9)

1990 Ford / Leader Type II ambulance (Ex-Rescue Ambulance 9)

1988 Pierce Arrow (1500/750) (SN#E4208) (Ex-Engine 91)

1985 Ford / Stoner Type II ambulance (Ex-Rescue Ambulance 92)

1984 Hendrickson 1871 / Van Pelt pumper (1500/500) (SN#830304) (Ex-Engine 92)

1969 Chevrolet Suburban / Stoner Type I ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 21)

1969 Crown Firecoach CP125-56D pumper (1250/500) (SN#F-1575) (Ex-Engine 93 Reserve, ex-Engine 2) (Preserved by private owner / Crown Firecoach Enthusiasts)

1967 Crown Firecoach CP150-109 pumper (1250/385) (SN#F-1493) (Ex-Engine 24, ex-Pasadena Fire Department)

1957 Mack B pumper (750/200) (CA#98469) (Ex-Engine 3, ex-Engine 1)

1951 Seagrave pumper (750/200) (Ex-Engine 3) (Static display/play equipment at Lacy Park, 1485 Virginia Road; removed after becoming dilapidated)

1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe (CA#24472) (Ex-Chief)

1935 Mack pumper (750/500) (CA#43935) (Ex-Engine 2)

Station Map[]

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