Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue (CMFR)
SoCal · Municipal · Career
Mission
Costa Mesa Fire and Rescue is an all risk department committed to protecting the community from all emergencies and disasters through innovative leadership, service and excellence.
Source: official department source
Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue is budgeted for 90 full-time staff - 84 sworn and six non-sworn - plus four full-time-equivalent part-time positions, organised into three divisions: Fire Administration; Fire/Rescue/EMS Operations; and Fire Prevention/Community Risk Reduction.
Preparing for the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue (CMFR) oral board
Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue (CMFR) serves Approximately 111,918 residents as of the 2020 census from 6 stations. Build your ARTS Tie-back material from what this department tells you about itself:
- its mission and the values it states
- the community it serves and the calls it runs
- the specialized work it runs, from urban search and rescue
- the programs it puts into the community, like community risk reduction
- the culture and priorities its own people describe
Themes this profile surfaces
- Why you want to serve Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue (CMFR) specifically, over any other department
- Scenario questions that touch its urban search and rescue work
- How you would contribute to its community risk reduction work
- How your own values line up with the department's mission
Full prep profile
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