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Victorville Fire Department

SoCal · Municipal · Career

Mission

Victorville Fire Department protects 74.01 square miles of the Victor Valley region of San Bernardino County, at the southwestern edge of the Mojave Desert, from five stations. It is a career department providing fire suppression, advanced life support emergency medical services with medic engines, a medic truck, and medic squads, aerial ladder operations, wildland firefighting with Type 3 and Type 6 companies, statewide mutual aid through an OES Type 3 wildland company, and hazardous materials response along the I-15 corridor.

5 · StationsApproximately 25,600 Calls for service in 2024. The City states this makes Victorville Fire The busiest non-contract fire department in san bernardino county and one of the busiest departments in the nation, and that the large call volume Is straining the staff and equipment relied upon to respond, so the City is actively considering ways to further expand fire and medical services. The immediately preceding City report gives nearly 24,000 calls per year for 2023 - a rise of roughly 1,600 calls in one year on the City's own figures. · Annual callsBobby Clemmer (as of Aug 08, 2026) · Fire Chief

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Pace and call volume at a department running Approximately 25,600 Calls for service in 2024. The City states this makes Victorville Fire The busiest non-contract fire department in san bernardino county and one of the busiest departments in the nation, and that the large call volume Is straining the staff and equipment relied upon to respond, so the City is actively considering ways to further expand fire and medical services. The immediately preceding City report gives nearly 24,000 calls per year for 2023 - a rise of roughly 1,600 calls in one year on the City's own figures. a year

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