Stinson Beach Fire Type 1 WUI Fire Engine

 

To bolster community resilience and emergency services in one of California's most popular and vulnerable regions

 
 

The Stinson Beach Fire Protection District needs a new Type 1 WUI (Wildland Urban Interface) Fire Engine to safeguard coastal Marin's:

  • 9 unincorporated communities 

  • 2.5 million annual visitors

  • 225 sq mi of public land

SBFPD is funded primarily by property taxes on 759 parcels, yet: 

  • 51% of calls are beyond SBFPD jurisdiction

  • 83% of SBFPD territory is federal and state land

On a busy day, Stinson Beach alone sees 7,050 visitors to the beach and 5,400 vehicles on CA-1

 
 

Stinson Beach is also on the frontline of our state's most urgent climate threats (wildfire, sea level rise, flooding, earthquakes) and SBFPD is critical in preventing localized disturbances from becoming regional catastrophes. This new apparatus is essential to meet the increasing demands of this region because it offers:

  • Higher clearance for more extreme overland and floodwater transportation.

  • Greater pumping and hose capacity for more remote wildfire suppression.

  • Increased storage space for consolidation of "all-risk" equipment (medical, rope and water rescue, vehicle extrication) on one apparatus.

The photo above is short wheel base Spartan that was built as a Wildland Urban Interface Type 1.

 

Project cost:

  • Cab + Chassis $450,000

  • Build-out $400,000

  • Labor $300,000

  • Outfitting $150,000

Total Project Cost $1,300,000

 
 

This new Type 1 engine will allow us to go further and do more. Recognizing the service we provide to West Marin's communities, public lands, and visitors, I hope you'll consider us for congressionally directed spending this year.

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