The Escondido Firefighters

The Escondido Fire Dept and the EFFA invited Santa to come down to FS1! Many families enjoyed the opportunity to get a holiday photo and tell Santa their Christ...

Thank you Dennis Duffy from Farmers Insurance. He donated 2 fresh turkeys (that he raised) to FS1 & 2 for Thanksgiving. Sta 1’s bird was 40lbs. He’s been donati...

November Engine Company Training Our crews spent the month sharpening essential skills, including: • Circular saw three-cut method • 35’ ladder operations • Fo...

Congratulations to Paramedic Watkins. Jason was recently promoted from EMT to Paramedic.

Veterans Day Bshift bottle drill. 3 teams 5towers 6 dummy drags each

Thank you to all of our veterans.

Brush 134 is officially in service at Station 4! This apparatus strengthens our wildland response capacity and ensures we’re ready to meet the challenges of ano...

Engine 134 and Truck 131 responded to a reported vehicle fire on the northbound I-15 at the Via Rancho Parkway off-ramp. Upon arrival, crews found a Honda Civic...

Some lucky community members from St. Mary’s School were able to come visit Station 1 for dinner! They even got to enjoy seeing Engine 131 leave for several eme...

Today Station 7C had a special visitor jp_the_amputee Earlier this year, our crew responded to a devastating motorcycle accident. The patient sustained catast...

IMCI Drill, 10/29 in vista, at Moonlight Amphitheater. North county fire agencies teamed up with the sheriffs department and local law-enforcement agencies to t...

After eight weeks of intensive training, four new probationary firefighters completed the Escondido Fire Department Academy. On Thursday they demonstrated their...

Probationary FF/PM Alonzo begins his normal assignment tomorrow at Escondido fire station 2, A-shift. Over the next year, he will be mentored through a Paramed...

Frankie is one of four recruits that are completing our in-house firefighter academy. They will hit the floor in the coming weeks to begin their year long jour...