Murrieta Fire & Rescue is an all-risk accredited organization built on a 75year history of service to the community. Our organization honors this history daily through our community-facing service model, but we have our eyes set firmly on the future to ensure we grow our department with the everchanging city of Murrieta. The great news is that I have never seen a fire department that is more well-suited to do just what the community needs us to do. Our organization has all of the traditions you want to see in a fire department but still has the energy, interest, and motivation to evolve our service to the changing demands we see. At the very core of our fire department is the drive to deliver innovative solutions to public safety for our community, and through the following pages, you will see that we are doing just that.
In this first-ever annual report, the team at Murrieta Fire wanted to provide our residents with an insight into the great work we do for the community every day. The fire department does far more than respond to fires, and the following pages will highlight the work our whole team does to ensure we remain one of the safest and most well-protected cities in the state. You will see our annual statistics for Fire, EMS, Community Risk Reduction, Public Education, Disaster Preparedness - Emergency Management, Personnel Training, and many of the highlights of our staff’s great accomplishments. We celebrated our 75th year as a fire department, and we move into next year with exciting projects and tremendous victories.
As I complete my first year as fire chief of this incredible organization, I find myself in awe of what a great team we have in our fire department and what amazing support we have from our community. I have never seen a fire department that is held in such high regard by the citizen
This is a testament to the partnership with the community that has been in place for the past 75 years and the residents knowing that our firefighters and staff from Murrieta Fire & Rescue are
there to serve them in their time of need. We hope you will see, through this annual report, that we are putting
the pieces in place to ensure the citizens of Murrieta continue to have one of the best fire departments in the country for the next 75 years and beyond.
On April 16, 1947, the citizens of Murrieta voted to form the Murrieta Fire Protection District. With $1,400 donated by the community, the Fire District purchased a 1941 International 4 by 4 crash truck. At the toll of a bell atop the Methodist Church, the 10 Fire District volunteers responded to 6 calls that first year. The original station was located behind the Murrieta Machine Shop.
With a desire to meet the increasing demand for fire service in the Murrieta Valley, we purchased an additional 4 by 4 crash truck in 1957. In 1966, the volunteers built a 500 GPM pumper on a 1957 GMC frame carrying 800 gallons of water. This pumper was later donated to a small town in Mexico.
Late in 1987, we changed from an all-volunteer Fire District to a combined career and volunteer staffed Fire District. On July 9, 1990, we were the first Fire Department in Riverside County to implement the Emergency Medical Technician - Defibrillator (EMT-D).
Murrieta Fire & Rescue provides an all-hazards approach to protecting the lives and property of the residents, businesses, and visitors of Murrieta, California. Murrieta Fire & Rescue is consistently working to achieve and/or maintain the highest level of professionalism and efficiency on behalf of those it serves.
Murrieta Fire & Rescue is a progressive team committed to serving our community by providing all-risk emergency and non-emergency services.
To become the standard from which other progressive fire departments are measured.
Our Core Values
The City Manager is the City's administrative head and is employed by, and responsible directly to, the City Council. She is responsible for the efficient administration of all affairs and departments operating within the City under the City Council's policies.
BERNARD MOLLOY Fire Chief
MIKE LOPEZ Deputy Fire Chief
ADRIA REINERTSON Fire Marshal
STEVE KEAN Battalion Chief
MIKE RAMOS Battalion Chief
DAVE PEREZ Battalion Chief
JENNIFER ANTONUCCI EMS Coordinator
DOUG STROSNIDER Deputy Fire Marshal Training Captain
CALLS
LOSS / SAVE SUMMARY
The Murrieta Emergency Communications Center provides the highest quality service to the communities of Murrieta and Menifee. The center serves more than 200,000 residents combined and is a critical link between the community and first responders in the field.
Total 911 Calls: 65,456
55,974 or 90.47% of calls answered in less than 10 seconds
Murrieta Fire & Rescue is an all-hazard, all-risk agency. Our personnel are trained to mitigate any emergency, no matter the size. We pride ourselves on being customerservice oriented, compassionate and treat our patients like good neighbors.
228 HOURS OF REQUIRED ANNUAL TRAINING (PER FIREFIGHTER)
26,304
TOTAL NUMBER OF DEPARTMENT TRAINING HOURS
2,257
TOTAL NUMBER OF EMS CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS
2,788
TOTAL NUMBER OF ACADEMY / ORIENTATION HOURS
ANDY HAMILTON Engineer/Paramedic 9 YEARS OF SERVICE
The mission of the Community Risk Reduction division is to provide a reasonable amount of fire and life safety through a professional balance of education, engineering, and compliance. The programs within Community Risk Reduction include Fire Plan Review, New Construction and Tenant Improvement Inspections, Development Services, Annual Business Inspections, Annual Fire Code Permits, State-Mandated Inspections, Weed/Brush Management, and Public Education Programs.
1,261 FIRE PLAN REVIEWS
228 ANNUAL PERMITS ISSUED
363 NEW CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS
1,238 ROUTINE & BUSINESS LICENSE INSPECTIONS
363 AB-38 INSPECTIONS
9,100 DEFENSIBLE SPACE INSPECTIONS
For information and to schedule a Defensible Space or Business Inspection, visit:
https://bit.ly/CommunityRiskReduction
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Emergency Management oversees the mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery for disasters within the city. The Emergency Manager ensures the emergency operations center is to ready to be activated at a moment’s notice and that the city’s emergency plans are up to date. A wide range of preparedness topics are provided to residents to ensure citizens are prepared for a variety of hazards. The Emergency Manager works to build relationships with the community and response partners.
130 PUBLIC EDUCATION HOURS
58 CERT CLASS ATTENDEES
250 SMOKE DETECTORS INSTALLED
2 CERT CLASSES
44 HOURS OF CERT INSTRUCTION
2.5 EARTHQUAKE EXCERCISE TRAINING HOURS
2 EOC ACTIVATIONS
2 EOC POSITION TRAINING HOURS
"Neighbors Helping Neighbors" is more than just our department motto, it is a core belief to treat our citizens and fire agencies like neighbors. Murrieta Fire & Rescue participates in the California Mutual Aid System. Mutual aid is emergency assistance that is dispatched upon request across jurisdictional boundaries.
SHEEP FIRE
San Bernardino County
SIX RIVERS LIGHTENING
COMPLEX FIRE
Humbolt County
MILL FIRE
Siskiyou County
MOSQUITO FIRE
Placer / El Dorado County
20TH INCIDENT
Riverside County
WINDY FIRE
Tulare County
MCKINNEY FIRE
Shasta County
CHINA2 FIRE
Siskiyou County
29 MURRIETA FIREFIGHTERS ASSISTED WITH HURRICANE IAN
8
280,854 ACRES FIRES
2022 USAR Deployment
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