The San Juan Bautista Fire Department is a full-service Emergency Services Organization that provides fire suppression, emergency medical services (basic life support), fire prevention public education, and rescue and extrication services to an area encompassing approximately 70 square miles. The San Juan Bautista Volunteer Fire Department was formed in 1868 to help protect the citizens from damaging and deadly fire. Just as the times have changed, so has our mission. Today, we provide the community with a full range of quality emergency services. Your fire department is the community's first line of protection during times of emergency crisis. We also have a Fire Explorer program that gets the youth of our community (ages 15-18) involved with community service.
In Late February 2005, San Juan Bautista took delivery of a new 2005 Pierce Contender Custom Pumper. This new, state of the art pumper has seating for six (five with SCBA), air conditioning, remote control back-up camera to assist the driver, heated, remote controlled mirrors, tilt control steering, and air-ride seating for the driver. Pump features include a Waterous 1250 gpm single stage pump, a Foam Pro 1600 single agent foam system with 20 gallon foam cell, and a 750 gallon poly water tank, with ladder storage through the tank. Unit features an Vulcan RF remote controlled deck gun which can be operated from the pump panel or remotely, all LED emergency lights, an on-board 5000 watt Honda generator, and all Gortite roll-up doors. The “growler” siren on the front bumper was recovered and refurbished from our old 1963 American LaFrance pumper that is no longer with us.