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The County this week celebrated the start of construction for the first true headquarters of the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District.
“Thank you to the Board of Supervisors and everyone else involved for their support in bringing this project to fruition,” said County Fire Chief Dan Munsey. “This headquarters facility will benefit the residents of San Bernardino County, who we are proud to serve.”
Utilizing the former Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) building on South Tippecanoe Avenue in San Bernardino, the new headquarters will house for the first time under one roof the fire district's Administration, Fire Marshal, and Training, Safety & EMS divisions. This will enable the County to terminate costly leases and allow the district to work more efficiently as it provides protection to residents throughout San Bernardino County.
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“The Board of Supervisors is committed to investing in County Fire,” said Supervisor Joe Baca, Jr., who attended the celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 16, and announced that the headquarters site will eventually include a firefighters memorial and feature water and energy conservation features. The San Bernardino County Fire Protection District is a community-based, all-risk/full-service, premier fire, rescue and EMS department. Its jurisdiction encompasses 19,278 square miles of extremely diverse environments that stretch from the Los Angeles, Riverside, Kern, Inyo, and Orange county lines to the Colorado River, Arizona, and Nevada. It provides services to more than 60 communities and all of the county’s unincorporated areas. The district operates 48 fire stations and seven paid-call/volunteer fire stations and has 1,060 employees, including more than 760 firefighters. |