DATE: April 18, 2021
CONTACT: Mike McClintock, Battalion Chief / Public Information Officer
(909) 677-7413, MMcClintock@sbcfire.org
This week the Fontana Fire District in partnership with the Fontana Rotary donated a ladder truck to Mexicali Fire Department.
The 2002 American LaFrance ladder trick totes a 75’ ladder, a 1500 gallon per minute pump (GPM), ground ladder compliment, and a 300-gallon water tank. Prior to donation, the ladder truck served the City of Fontana out of fire station 77, then was used in the reserve fleet.
The donated ladder truck will proudly serve the City of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. The city of Mexicali is home to more than 650,000 people. San Bernardino County Fire & Fontana Fire District has worked hand in hand with the Fontana Rotary Club to facilitate multiple apparatus donations to our neighbors to the South.
” The Fontana Fire District in cooperation with San Bernardino County Fire District are proud to be a part of a solution that will continue to serve our brothers and sisters across the border and provide service to the communities they serve and protect.” According to #SBCoFD Division 1 Assistant Chief Jeff Birchfield who oversees Fontana Fire District operations.
Before departing back to Mexicali, SBCoFD crews completed an in-service training on the aerial apparatus, going over function and operation of the ladder truck.
