The Fullerton Fire Department is the agency that provides fire protection

Fire protection

Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of fires. It involves the study of the behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as well as the research and development, production, testing and application of...

 and emergency medical services

Emergency medical services

Emergency medical services are a type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care and/or transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient, or the medical practitioner, believes constitutes a medical emergency...

 for Fullerton, California

Fullerton, California

Fullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 135,161.It was founded in 1887 by George and Edward Amerige and named for George H. Fullerton, who secured the land on behalf of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway...

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Apparatus

The Fullerton Fire Department currently has six fire stations strategically located throughout the city. Fire Station 1 (Headquarters) houses the most active apparatus in the city: Engine 1; Truck 1; Battalion Chief 1; USAR 1; USAR Support 1. Each of the five other stations houses one engine whose unit number corresponds with the respective station (e.g., Station 2 houses Engine 2 and so on). Fully staffed paramedic engines (also termed ALS or Advanced Life Support units) include Engine 1; Engine 2; Engine 4; and Engine 5. Currently, Engines 3 and 6 and Truck 1 are Paramedic Assessment Units (PAUs or Basic Life Support units), staffed by EMTs who are trained to evaluate and stabilize patients for hospital transport or further treatment by an ALS unit if necessary.

Response

The Fullerton Fire Department is dispatched by Metronet, a regional dispatch facility located in Orange, California. The facility is responsible for dispatching fire personnel in several cities throughout Orange County (Anaheim, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Orange, Huntington Beach, and Newport Beach). Calls placed to 9-1-1 in Fullerton are answered by dispatchers at the Fullerton Police Department; fire and paramedic requests are then transferred to Metronet.

Ambulance Service

Medical transport via ambulance is provided by Care Ambulance Service

Care Ambulance Service

Care Ambulance Service provides ambulance transport and 9-1-1 response services providing basic life support and critical care for patients in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Care Ambulance is divided into 2 divisions, Orange County and Los Angeles County...

, an independent contractor with the City of Fullerton. Three ambulances are stationed throughout the city at all times and are dispatched by Metronet on the same radio frequency as fire personnel. This allows firefighters to communicate directly with ambulance personnel via radio.