Fire Protection & Emergency Medical Services

PBCSD has a contract for structural fire protection services with CAL FIRE formerly the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF). Under the contract CAL FIRE provides fire protection and first-responder emergency medical services personnel and PBCSD provides facilities, equipment and supplies for the services. 

There are two fire stations serving the District. The main Pebble Beach Fire Station located at Forest Lake and Lopez next to the District Administrative Office is fully owned by the PBCSD. The District equipment at the Pebble Beach Fire Station includes the following:

• One 2004 Emergency One Truck with 75' Aerial Ladder, 1500 GPM flow capacity, and 500 gallon water tank capacity, staffed by three personnel for 24-hours. 
• One 2002 Ford PF1030, 1-ton Wildland Quick-Attack Fire Apparatus, staffed by two personnel as needed.
• One 2000 Emergency One Fire Engine, Class A Triple Combination Pumper, with 1500 GPM flow capacity, staffed by three personnel for 24-hours.
• One 1993 Emergency One Back-up Fire Engine, Class A Triple Combination Pumper, with 1500 GPM flow capacity.

In addition the District owns 25% equity interest in the Carmel Hill Fire Station located inside the Highway One Gate. The other owners of the station are Cypress Fire Protection District (CFPD) with 25% and, CAL FIRE with 50%, interest in the station. The station is strategically located within PBCSD to provide regional wildland fire protection as well as structural fire protection within PBCSD and CFPD. One fire engine staffed by three personnel for 24-hours provide serves to two districts.

The following full-time personnel are stationed at the Pebble Beach Fire Station covering 3 shifts:

• 5 fire captains,
• 6 fire apparatus engineers,
• 3 firefighter/paramedics 
• 6 firefighters,
• 2 fire prevention captains

The following personnel is shared by the PBCSD, CFPD and Carmel Highlands Fire Protection District:

• 1 division chief, 
• 3 battalion chiefs,
• 1 fire training captain,
• 3 fire captains,
• 3 fire apparatus engineers,
• 3 firefighter/paramedics,
• 3 firefighters, 
• 4 support personnel,
• 1 paramedic captain

Beginning November 2007, the District will take over paramedic services in the Forest to continue providing advanced life support paramedic service to mitigate slow ambulance response times within the District. The ambulance service within the District is provided pursuant to a county-wide contract between the County of Monterey and Westmed ambulance company (Westmed). Previously the District contracted Westmed for a single paramedic to provide advanced life support service within PBCSD's boundaries in order to meet the nationally recommended time standards. With the upgrade, in total, the District will have six of its CAL FIRE-contracted firefighters trained as paramedics to cover all shifts. Providing a expectation to deliver advanced life support to resident within four minutes or less after a 911 call-far below the county's eight minute response requirement.