IAFF Local 935, is a labor organization that represents the men and women of the San Bernardino County , Big Bear City , Big Bear Lake, Colton, Loma Linda , and Montclair Fire Departments. Its members are dedicated to the protection and safety of the Communities they serve. The firefighters of Local 935 are committed to the well being of the public through our humanitarian efforts, donations, and events.
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VIDEO VAULT | March 8, 2025 | San Bernardino County
This archival structure-response video shows career firefighters represented by Local 935 working from Medic Engine 227 while tools, hose lines and protective equipment are organized around the fire building. A well-managed incident scene allows crews to find what they need quickly and supports accountability as assignments change.
Structure firefighting requires many functions at once: fire attack, search, ventilation, water supply, rapid intervention, medical support and command. Maintaining trained crews, reliable apparatus and adequate staffing is what allows those responsibilities to happen together instead of one at a time.
Safety Message of the Day: Test smoke alarms regularly and practice a home escape plan. If fire occurs, get outside, stay outside and call 911 from a safe location.
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#photooftheday | MARINE OPERATIONS
San Bernardino County
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The all-risk mission extends beyond roads and structures. Fire-rescue boats give our members a stable working platform for medical access, shoreline incidents, search operations, deploying rescue swimmers and moving personnel or equipment where conventional apparatus cannot reach.
Water-rescue capability requires more than owning a boat. Members must train for changing currents, limited visibility, patient packaging, communications and coordination with law-enforcement and other partner agencies. The vessel, trailer, safety equipment and medical gear also require continuous inspection and maintenance.
Specialized resources are part of the broad service Local 935 members provide throughout San Bernardino County.
SAFETY MESSAGE: Wear a properly fitted life jacket, tell someone your plan and never operate a boat while impaired.
SERVICE • PROFESSIONALISM • DEDICATION
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LOOKING BACK | May 24, 2026 | 18200 block of Lords Rd., Helendale
Our members responded to a fire at an abandoned structure with a history of previous fires. The new fire spotted onto a nearby hillside, creating a simultaneous structure and vegetation-fire problem. Firefighters stopped the vegetation fire at two acres with assistance from MCLB Fire and the BLM California Desert District.
This incident illustrates the North Desert challenge: long travel distances, remote properties and fires that can quickly expand from structures into open vegetation. Mutual aid is essential, but dependable local staffing, apparatus and facilities are also necessary to maintain coverage while crews remain committed.
Local 935 continues advocating for the personnel and capital improvements needed throughout the desert service zones.
SAFETY MESSAGE: Report smoke early, keep clear of abandoned structures and maintain defensible space around occupied properties.
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RESOURCE DEPLOYMENT | STRIKE TEAM 6231C
GANN FIRE | CALAVERAS COUNTY, CA
August 7, 2026
Five San Bernardino County Fire Type 3 brush engines remain deployed as Strike Team 6231C on the Gann Fire near Valley Springs.
Each engine is staffed with 3 firefighters and supported by a Strike Team Leader, for a total of 16 Local 935 members.
The strike team departed Station 164 at approximately 11 p.m. and drove through the night, arriving at incident base before 6 a.m. Crews were then assigned to Division Lima.
During the deployment, some of the work completed by ST6231C has included mobile pumping operations on hot spots and deploying approximately 1,600 feet of hose up a hillside where access by Type 3 apparatus was not possible.
That work highlights the versatility of a Type 3 strike team. These 4WD engines are designed for wildland operations and can provide mobile fire attack, progressive hose lays, patrol, mop-up and structure defense. When terrain prevents apparatus access, crews can extend hose operations beyond the engine to continue working the fireline.
As of August 7, the Gann Fire is 10,374 acres and 40% contained. There are 3,121 personnel assigned, with 18 structures destroyed, 1 confirmed civilian fatality and 1 firefighter injury reported. Fire activity is currently minimal as crews continue strengthening containment lines and mopping up remaining hot spots.
Our members continue working alongside firefighters from agencies throughout the state as suppression and containment operations continue.
Stay safe.
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ORIGINAL INCIDENT: May 24, 2025 | Riviera Marina, Lake Havasu
Our members aboard specialized Boat 18 responded to a fully involved vessel fire as wind threatened to spread flames to neighboring boats. The crew towed the burning craft to a safer location and used deck-mounted hose lines to extinguish the fire within minutes. The operator escaped without injury.
Boat 18 does far more than fight vessel fires. Its crew can reach injured or stranded boaters, support drowning rescues and recoveries, protect shoreline structures, and provide water for fires where hydrants do not exist. These specialized resources extend the all-risk mission across lakes and the Colorado River.
SAFETY MESSAGE: Wear a properly fitted life jacket, maintain marine fire extinguishers and fuel systems, and know how to call for help before leaving the dock.
SERVICE • PROFESSIONALISM • DEDICATION
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#photooftheday | ARCHIVAL INCIDENT PHOTO | 2020–2024 | San Bernardino County
This older County Fire image captures the coordination required during a structure-fire response. Firefighters are visible working around the residence and on the roof while hose lines are positioned across the incident scene and smoke continues to move from the building.
Roof operations can help crews assess conditions and create openings that release heat and smoke when tactics and building conditions allow. At the same time, engine companies advance hose lines, crews search for occupants and command personnel track changing hazards. Every assignment depends on training, communication, adequate staffing and firefighters working together as one coordinated team.
Safety Message of the Day: Maintain working smoke alarms on every level of your home and practice an escape plan with two ways out. Once outside, stay outside and call 911.
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#PhotoOfTheDay | #Throwback
July 29, 2021 | San Bernardino County
A firefighter advances across open terrain during wildland suppression operations. Ground crews work in heat, smoke and uneven terrain to extend hose lines, secure the fire’s edge, protect exposures and prevent rekindles.
Five years later, the fundamentals remain the same: realistic training, clear communication, hydration, dependable equipment and enough firefighters to rotate crews before fatigue creates additional risk.
Wildland incidents can keep resources committed for hours or days. Maintaining coverage for the next emergency requires both effective incident staffing and depth throughout the regional system.
SAFETY MESSAGE: During extreme fire weather, avoid spark-producing activities and follow evacuation warnings early. Keep roads clear for responding equipment.
SERVICE • PROFESSIONALISM • DEDICATION
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VIDEO VAULT | March 18, 2025 | San Bernardino County
Wildland firefighting is a coordinated effort across the ground and the air. This scene shows a firefighter working in steep terrain while an aviation resource operates overhead—two parts of a larger system used to assess conditions, move resources and support suppression work.
Our members train for changing wind, limited access, difficult topography and long operational periods. Effective wildland response depends on experienced crews, clear communication, specialized equipment and enough staffing to sustain operations while maintaining emergency coverage elsewhere.
Safety Message of the Day: Create and maintain defensible space around your home, keep access routes clear and follow evacuation warnings early. Preparation gives residents and firefighters more options when wildfire threatens.
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#PhotoOfTheDay | WILDLAND OPERATIONS
July 27, 2026 | San Bernardino County
A firefighter monitors conditions while an aircraft works above a wildland incident. Effective aerial support depends on firefighters below identifying hazards, communicating changing fire behavior and coordinating each drop with the incident’s ground plan.
Aircraft can slow fire spread, cool difficult terrain and buy valuable time, but they do not replace firefighters. Ground crews still build and secure the fireline, protect structures, search affected areas and complete the long work of mop-up.
San Bernardino County’s size and terrain require continued investment in both aviation capability and adequately staffed ground resources.
SAFETY MESSAGE: If aircraft are working a fire, keep drones grounded. An unauthorized drone can force emergency aircraft to leave the area.
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WILDLAND RESOURCE DEPLOYMENTS | CALIFORNIA & OREGON
August 6, 2026
As significant wildfire activity continues across California and the Pacific Northwest, Local 935 members are once again deployed away from their home communities supporting major incidents through the coordinated fire mutual aid system.
Late on the night of August 4, five San Bernardino County Fire Type 3 brush engines were assembled into Strike Team 6231C and deployed north. Additional Local 935 members are currently deployed as a Rapid Extraction Module Support (REMS) team, a wildland hand crew, a dozer resource with support vehicle, and aboard a Cal OES Brush Patrol assigned as part of a multi-agency strike team.
These deployments represent several very different capabilities, each designed to support large and complex wildland incidents.
TYPE 3 BRUSH ENGINE STRIKE TEAM | ST6231C
GANN FIRE | CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Five Type 3 brush engines, each staffed with three firefighters, were assembled with a Strike Team Leader and deployed as Strike Team 6231C to the Gann Fire near Valley Springs.
Type 3 engines are specifically designed for wildland operations. Their four-wheel-drive capability, shorter wheelbase, specialized hose complements and wildland equipment allow crews to operate in areas that may be difficult or impossible for larger structural engines to access.
These companies can perform direct wildland fire attack, progressive hose lays, patrol and mop-up operations, and structure defense throughout the wildland-urban interface.
The Gann Fire has burned 10,374 acres and is 26% contained. Seven structures have been destroyed and one firefighter injury has been reported. More than 2,700 personnel are assigned to the incident as crews continue suppression and containment operations.
RAPID EXTRACTION MODULE SUPPORT | REMS
COLEMAN CREEK FIRE | OREGON
Four Local 935 members are deployed as a Rapid Extraction Module Support, or REMS, team on the Coleman Creek Fire near Juntura, Oregon.
REMS is a specialized firefighter rescue resource pre-positioned on wildland incidents to provide rapid access, emergency medical treatment and extraction when a firefighter becomes injured, ill or trapped in difficult or remote terrain.
The four-person team operates as a single resource and combines wildland, technical rescue and emergency medical capabilities. The team includes a Captain who is Engine Boss qualified, at least one paramedic, at least one certified ARV operator, and personnel who are rope-rescue qualified.
Using equipment including rope rescue systems, Stokes baskets and a highly mobile All-Terrain Rescue Vehicle, the team can rapidly access areas where conventional ambulances or fire apparatus may not be able to travel and begin treatment while moving an injured firefighter from the fireline.
The Coleman Creek Fire has burned 309,803 acres and is 70% contained, with hundreds of personnel assigned to the incident.
CAL OES BRUSH PATROL
Local 935 members are also deployed aboard a Cal OES Brush Patrol as part of a strike team assembled with firefighters and resources from multiple agencies.
A Brush Patrol is built on a pickup-truck chassis and carries an onboard water tank, pump, hose and wildland firefighting equipment. It carries less water than a traditional fire engine, but its smaller size and four-wheel-drive capability give crews increased mobility in narrow roads, trails, rugged terrain and other locations that larger fire apparatus may not be able to access.
These units provide a highly maneuverable firefighting platform capable of supporting mobile attack, patrol, mop-up and structure-defense operations.
DOZER RESOURCE
A San Bernardino County Fire dozer, operator and supporting swapper vehicle are also deployed in support of wildland suppression operations.
Fire dozers provide a capability few other resources can duplicate. They can rapidly remove vegetation, construct and improve fireline, reinforce containment lines, open access routes and support crews working in rugged terrain.
The accompanying swamper provides the transportation and logistical support necessary to move the dozer and associated equipment between assignments as operational needs change.
WILDLAND HAND CREW
San Bernardino County Fire Suppression Aides assigned to our wildland hand crews are also deployed in support of ongoing wildfire operations.
Hand crews work directly on the fireline, often in steep or remote terrain inaccessible to engines and other apparatus.
Their assignments can include constructing and improving handline, removing vegetation, supporting firing operations, holding containment lines, extinguishing hot spots and completing mop-up operations after the main fire front has passed.
Their mobility, endurance and ability to work in difficult terrain make hand crews a critical component of large wildland fire operations.
MUTUAL AID | WORKING TOGETHER WHEN COMMUNITIES NEED IT MOST
Large wildfires quickly require more personnel, equipment and specialized resources than any single fire agency can maintain on its own.
California’s Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System allows local, state and federal fire agencies to coordinate resources and rapidly move firefighters and equipment to areas experiencing significant fire activity or other major emergencies.
Through Cal OES and established interstate mutual aid agreements, resources can also be sent beyond California when neighboring states need additional support.
That cooperation allows engines, crews, dozers, specialized rescue teams and other resources from multiple agencies to come together and operate as part of one coordinated incident response.
It is one of the strengths of the fire service: agencies supporting one another, sharing specialized capabilities and moving resources where they are needed most while communities face significant emergencies.
Our Local 935 members remain deployed alongside firefighters from across California, Oregon and throughout the regional mutual aid system, supporting ongoing wildfire suppression operations.
Stay safe.
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ORIGINAL INCIDENT: May 4, 2025 | Deep Creek Hot Springs
An injured hiker was stranded deep in the San Bernardino Mountains, miles from vehicle access. Rain initially grounded the Sheriff's helicopter, turning the response into a lengthy technical-rescue operation.
Our Urban Search & Rescue members hiked one to two miles carrying medical and rescue equipment while a County Fire side-by-side moved personnel and gear as far down the trail as terrain allowed. When conditions cleared, Sheriff's aviation hoisted the patient from the canyon to a waiting ambulance. The five-hour operation involved three engines, a USAR company, ambulance crews and a battalion chief.
The cooperative aviation crew pairs Sheriff’s pilots and crew chiefs with fire personnel on designated days. Local 935 supports that partnership and advocates for a full-time, dedicated fire-rescue-EMS helicopter platform capable of serving this mission consistently across our 20,000-square-mile county.
SAFETY MESSAGE: Remote hikers should share their route, carry water and navigation tools, check weather and never assume helicopter access will be immediately available.
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LOOKING BACK | May 26, 2026 | E. Daley Canyon Rd. & N. Chiquita Ln., San Bernardino
Our members arrived to a vegetation fire burning in light-to-medium fuels with a moderate rate of spread. Firefighters immediately established hose lines and began an aggressive direct attack. Strong coordination among responding agencies stopped forward progress at 3.63 acres.
No structures were threatened and no injuries were reported. Crews remained through the afternoon reinforcing containment lines and completing mop-up while investigators worked to determine the cause.
Quick initial attack requires ready engines, trained wildland firefighters and enough regional depth to build an effective response before a small fire becomes a major incident.
SAFETY MESSAGE: Maintain defensible space, remove dead vegetation and avoid mowing, welding, dragging chains or parking hot vehicles in dry grass during elevated fire conditions.
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