The Escondido Firefighters

On September 11th, a group of off-duty Escondido Firefighters (and one future firefighter) teamed up with Homes For Our Troops to help landscape a home built fo...

Never forget. 9/11/01

The Dixie Fire continues to rage. The crew currently staffing 8632 will be relieved this evening with a team of fresh firefighters starting a two week deploymen...

Escondido Police & Fire Associations joined forces for good in our community by sponsoring SPHS woman's athletes to run in the Grape Day 5K. This great event is...

Early morning outdoor fire. Rise and shine 🌅.

Engine 132 ans Engine 137 got together today for a quick drill. The two engines went back to the basics preparing for the heat wave by practicing some wildland ...

Four of your Escondido Firefighters have been hard at work for the last 2 weeks on the Dixie Fire in Northern California. They will be relieved by four fresh Es...

The Dixie Fire continues to grow. Today our second strike team is timing out (completing their 14 day assignment) and being replaced with a fresh group of firef...

We are hiring paramedics! Application open now! Click the link in our bio to apply today!

This week agencies from across the North Zone came together to practice palm tree rescue. Ocassionally, tree trimmers become entrapped in palm fronds. The weig...

Last week Captain Collins and Firefighter San Nicholas took a Rapid Extrication Module Support (REMS) Class. REMS teams are dispatched to large incidents like ...

Congratulations to Paramedic Camus on her promotion. She began her career with the Escondido Fire Department as an EMT-Basic. Paramedic Camus's strong work ethi...

Our final single resource out on the line tonight is Engineer Aubele. He is serving as a line medic on the Dixie Fire. Engineer Aubele is putting in long days a...

Continuing to highlight our single resource operations. Captain Collins was recently deployed to the Lava fire in Weed, CA . He worked for the communications un...

Did you know that firefighters don't always respond to large incidents in fire engines? It takes a huge team of people working together to meet all the demands ...