San Bernardino County Professional Firefighters Local 935
IAFF Local 935 is a labor organization that represents the men and women of the San Bernardino County Fire Departments in Big Bear City, Big Bear Lake, Colton, Loma Linda, and Montclair.
The International Association of Fire Fighters Local 935 is the labor organization that represents the men and women of the San Bernardino County Firefighters and the affiliate membership of the Colton, Loma Linda, Big Bear, and Montclair Fire Departments.
The Fire Fighters of Local 935 pride themselves on over 100 years of service to the communities within San Bernardino County. Each year, Local 935 Firefighters give their time and money to the local communities to foster relationships and serve those with special needs.
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is the driving force behind nearly every advance in the fire and emergency services in the 21st century.
We’re more than just a union; we’re a movement, a brotherhood and sisterhood that is powering advancements in fire and emergency services in the United States, Canada, and around the world.
With offices in Washington, D.C., and Ottawa, Ontario, the IAFF is the fire service’s strongest voice at the federal level. Our Political Action Committee, FIREPAC, is among the top one-half of 1% of all federally registered PACs in the United States.
Today, 85% of communities across the U.S. and Canada are protected by our over 365,000 members.
OCTOBER 15, 2026 | PHOTO OF THE DAY | SAN BERNARDINO
THE CLIMB IS PART OF THE JOB
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Before a tool reaches the ground, someone has to carry it there. This image from the Kendall Drive vegetation fire shows firefighters moving uphill with hand tools and packs, a reminder that access on a hillside often means working on foot.
The October 15 response brought County Fire, CAL FIRE's San Bernardino Unit and San Manuel Fire together during Santa Ana winds. The fire was held to approximately two acres, with no structures threatened.
Wildland work takes more than the effort visible in a single photograph. Crews have to move across uneven terrain, bring their equipment with them and keep track of one another as conditions change. Physical preparation and teamwork matter long before the last hot spot is out.
What would you like to learn about the equipment firefighters carry on a hillside?
Thank you, @iepulse_, for capturing the work. October 15 photo, not a live incident update.
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VIDEO VAULT | SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 — ETIWANDA FALLS, LYTLE CREEK AREA
Our members recently responded after an adult hiker fell approximately 100 feet near Etiwanda Falls.
The initial crew from Fontana Fire Station 79 hiked the steep trail and reached the patient below the falls. Operating in a narrow area, firefighters began medical treatment while additional engines and specialty rescue personnel capable of technical-rope operations responded.
Given the terrain and the patient's location, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Aviation provided the safest extraction method. A flight rescuer was lowered, secured the patient in a rescue litter and completed a hoist to the aircraft for transport to a trauma center.
This rescue demonstrates the importance of coordinated ground and aviation resources. County Fire personnel provide patient access, medical care and technical-rescue capability while aviation can overcome terrain that makes a ground carry dangerous or excessively slow. Local 935 continues to support the long-term goal of a dedicated, full-time fire-rescue and EMS helicopter platform for the Fire District's all-risk mission.
TRAIL SAFETY: Wear footwear suited to the terrain, carry water and navigation equipment, stay on established trails, tell someone your route and avoid climbing near waterfalls or unstable edges.
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OCTOBER 4, 2026 | PHOTOS OF THE DAY | WEST 11TH STREET, SAN BERNARDINO
One address, several views of the work.
On October 4, County Fire responded to a garage fire at a single-story home in the 1600 block of West 11th Street. Crews made a quick knockdown. These photos revisit that response, not an active incident.
Look through the different perspectives: firefighters outside the home and on the roof, and an interior view of a firefighter using a long-handled tool at the ceiling. A street-side camera cannot show everything happening inside a building, just as an interior photo cannot show the whole scene outside.
Local 935 shares these views to recognize the people doing the work and help our communities understand more of the job. The tools, protective equipment and teamwork are easier to appreciate when you can see more than one angle.
What part of the work in these photos would you like your firefighters to explain?
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OCTOBER 15, 2026 | RECENT INCIDENT | SAN BERNARDINO
Hose lines, hand tools and work that continues after the main fire front has passed. This footage takes you onto the hillside near Kendall Drive and Cambridge Avenue during an October 15 vegetation-fire response.
At 11:21 a.m., approximately two acres were burning in light fuels, hose line was around the fire and no structures were threatened. Crews were expected to remain for about another hour of mop-up. A rapid, reinforced response during Santa Ana winds helped keep the fire small, with assistance from CAL FIRE's San Bernardino Unit and San Manuel Fire.
Hand-crew work is physical and deliberate. Firefighters use hand tools to remove combustible material and build fireline. Mop-up means finding and extinguishing remaining heat near the line, including burning material that can be hidden beneath the surface. The visible flames are only part of the job.
County Fire's professional hand-crew program began in 2012 and has grown beyond that first crew. These crews are a regional resource, working close to home and assisting outside the county when requested. Their assignments extend beyond vegetation fires.
Hand crews can help carry an injured or ill person out of remote terrain, clear storm-damaged trees, and help communities remove mud and debris after flooding. At commercial fires, including recycling facilities, crews can assist with labor-intensive overhaul and mop-up, opening material so remaining fire can be reached. Support for specialist rescue teams is based on training and operational needs.
That sustained work also supports the rest of the response system. When conditions and incident command allow, hand crews can continue needed work while engine companies return to service for other fire and medical calls. It is not simply a matter of sending more people, but matching trained firefighters, tools and capabilities to the work that remains.
What would you like us to explain next about the work of a hand crew?
Video: San Bernardino County Fire. October 15 footage, not a live emergency alert.
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OCTOBER 15, 2026 | RECENT INCIDENT | FONTANA
PREPLANNING BEFORE THE FIRST ALARM
A strong-wind forecast calls for decisions before a fire starts. Near Mango Avenue and Sierra Lakes Parkway, a prepositioned strike team was en route to reinforce the first-alarm response during the October 15 fire.
Two separate fires were burning within the landfill, each approximately two acres. Firefighters were assigned to adjacent structures to watch for wind-carried embers and spot fires. At 5:02 p.m., hose lines were tied in around the fire, but heavy winds still posed a spot-fire threat. County Fire and Rialto Fire were operating in unified command.
Across Southern California, Cal OES coordinates with local agencies to stage additional firefighters and equipment ahead of elevated fire weather. Local officials assess needs, request support and determine staging and assignments. The purpose is to have reinforcement available sooner, alongside the crews already protecting their communities.
For firefighters, advance planning means looking beyond the first engine: what conditions are forecast, where additional help may be needed, and how to support a response while other emergencies continue. Prepositioning puts that forethought into action. It augments local suppression capability before a growing incident forces every decision to be made under pressure.
The Mango response shows the practical value of having a prepositioned team available to send.
Photo: ALERTCalifornia / UC San Diego, shared by San Bernardino County Fire. October 15 recap through 5:02 p.m., not a live emergency alert.
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OCTOBER 4, 2026 | RECENT INCIDENTS | HIGH DESERT
Two fires at the same time, with different demands on the regional response system.
LUCERNE VALLEY: Medic Engine 8 found a fully involved outbuilding in the 31700 block of Purdy Lane, with fire extending into vegetation and threatening additional structures. An additional water tender and three additional Type 3 engines were requested. By the 12:37 p.m. update, the forward rate of spread had stopped and the structure fire had been knocked down. Crews expected to remain for approximately two more hours of mop-up, overhaul and extinguishment.
POWERLINE FIRE: At the same time, County Fire was assisting the Bureau of Land Management near Bell Mountain Road and Powerline Road in the remote desert area northwest of the Town of Apple Valley. The initial estimate was 40 to 50 acres. By the afternoon update, the forward rate of spread had stopped at 59.4 acres. Crews planned to work through the night reinforcing containment lines and extinguishing hot spots.
In areas without a nearby hydrant, water tenders bring the water supply to the incident. Four-wheel-drive Type 3 brush engines are built for vegetation-fire work. Different terrain and hazards call for different tools, but every apparatus still needs trained firefighters to put it to work.
For Local 935, simultaneous emergencies reinforce a continuing concern: limited Division 5 staffing and equipment must cover a large High Desert region. Meeting the demands of one fire cannot be the only consideration. Communities also need capacity for the next emergency while crews remain committed to the first.
Photos 1-4 show the Lucerne Valley fire; photo 5 shows the Powerline Fire. This is an October 4 recap, not an active incident alert.
Incident information and Powerline photo: San Bernardino County Fire.
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VIDEO VAULT | SEPTEMBER 14, 2025 — 25000 BLOCK OF BASEL DRIVE, CRESTLINE
Our members recently responded to an early-morning residential structure fire and found a smoke-filled home with two adult residents suffering from smoke inhalation.
Firefighters escorted both patients to a paramedic ambulance and began an aggressive interior search. Using thermal-imaging cameras, crews traced the fire to the area of a floor heater, with extension into surrounding walls and concealed spaces. The flames were knocked down, followed by extensive overhaul and salvage work to locate remaining heat and protect property.
During the operation, firefighters found the family's dog unresponsive. County Fire paramedics immediately provided medical care, successfully reviving the dog and reuniting it with its owners.
Both residents were transported for treatment of minor smoke inhalation. No firefighter injuries were reported.
This response required fire attack, search, patient care, thermal imaging and overhaul to occur together. Mountain communities depend on nearby, properly staffed companies with dependable apparatus and paramedic capability.
FIRE SAFETY: Working smoke alarms provide critical early warning. Install alarms on every level, inside bedrooms and outside sleeping areas; test them monthly and replace alarms according to manufacturer guidance.
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OCTOBER 8, 2026 | PHOTOS OF THE DAY | DEVORE
The work does not end with the initial knockdown.
On October 8, firefighters responded to a vegetation fire north of Interstate 15, south of Devore. The fire was held to approximately one-quarter acre, and crews continued with mop-up. These photos revisit that response, not an active incident alert.
Mop-up is the follow-through: extinguishing or removing remaining burning material near the fire's edge. It can be less visible than the initial suppression effort, but it is part of making the burned area safer. A small fire still calls for careful work after the flames have diminished.
These nighttime views put some of that work in perspective, with firefighters, hose and apparatus alongside the roadway and vegetation. Local 935 is proud to recognize the people doing the work, including the parts that do not always make the highlight reel.
What part of the work after a fire would you like us to explain?
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OCTOBER 14, 2026 | THIS MORNING'S INCIDENT | FONTANA
A closer look at this morning's three-alarm recycling-yard fire on Slover Avenue.
County Fire received the call at 7:15 a.m. for a large metal-scrap pile burning at a recycling center in the 14100 block. Santa Ana winds created an immediate threat to neighboring commercial properties, including a large trucking yard to the south. Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga firefighters assisted in the response.
This produced incident video shows an excavator moving debris while firefighters direct water into the pile. The work requires coordination around moving equipment, changing access and wind-driven conditions. What the public sees as one fire can involve several tasks happening together, with crews continually reassessing the hazards around them.
Local 935 recognizes the firefighters doing that demanding work and the cooperating agencies working alongside them.
At the time of the district's video update, no injuries or evacuations were reported. As of 11:59 a.m. PDT, crews remained on scene for overhaul. This video and information are from this morning's incident, not a live view.
Produced video and incident information: San Bernardino County Fire.
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OCTOBER 14, 2026 | INCIDENT UPDATE | FONTANA RECYCLING-YARD FIRE
Seventy-eight personnel responded as a wind-driven recycling-yard fire threatened neighboring businesses on Slover Avenue. The fire was contained to the original property and declared under control at 12:35 p.m. No civilian or firefighter injuries were reported, and no evacuations were ordered.
County Fire received the call at 7:15 a.m. for the facility at 14187 Slover Avenue. Arriving crews found a scrap-metal pile approximately 200 feet long, 100 feet wide and 20 to 30 feet high burning intensely. Santa Ana winds gusting to 20 mph pushed heat and smoke toward adjacent commercial properties.
With employees confirmed safe, firefighters worked from defensive positions, applying water through ground hose lines and elevated master streams. Additional crews protected a trucking yard to the south and checked the surrounding community for signs of fire extension. The third-alarm response included 15 engines, three truck companies, two medic squads, a heavy-equipment team, six chief officers and additional overhead personnel.
Thanks to Ontario Fire Department and Rancho Cucamonga Fire District for their assistance.
A major fire also creates demands beyond the incident itself. Other communities still need emergency medical care, fire protection and rescue response while companies remain committed. County Fire's regional service model allows personnel and apparatus from different divisions and communities to support one another. Move-up companies can reposition to help maintain coverage while other crews remain committed.
The district's broader capabilities include specialized operations, hand crews and heavy equipment. Hand crews provide personnel for labor-intensive work such as mop-up, allowing engine companies to return to service when incident needs permit. Heavy equipment can separate burned and unburned material and open compacted piles so hidden fire can be reached. Dozers and other specialized equipment are selected according to the work and conditions. Today's release specifically confirms a heavy-equipment team; these broader examples describe the regional system, not a list of every resource used at this fire.
Behind the apparatus are shared training, fleet maintenance, warehouse operations and logistics that keep equipment and supplies available. That support is part of sustaining a response, not just sending the first engine.
Communities served through district membership, including annexation, or through service contracts can access this regional depth. Those are different arrangements, but the practical benefit is a coordinated system of local stations, specialized resources and support services that can be drawn on as needs change. Cooperation with neighboring fire agencies remains an important part of that response.
Final produced video and incident information: San Bernardino County Fire. Footage is from the October 14 incident, not a live view.
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OCTOBER 14, 2026 | THIS MORNING'S INCIDENT | FONTANA RECYCLING-YARD FIRE
A large debris pile, strong winds and neighboring businesses at risk. This morning, San Bernardino County Fire responded to a fire at a recycling facility at 14187 Slover Avenue in South Fontana. The response grew to a third alarm.
Winds were around 25 mph, with Santa Ana winds pushing the fire south toward adjacent commercial properties. The footage shows firefighters operating hose lines alongside the pile while elevated streams apply water from above.
On a wind-driven fire, the work extends beyond the flames in front of the camera. Crews must continually assess the direction of spread, the safety of their working positions and the threat to nearby properties. Conditions can change while water is being applied, so communication and coordinated work remain essential.
Local 935 represents the firefighters behind that work. This footage offers a closer look at the hands-on effort involved in containing a fire's spread and protecting the surrounding community.
What would you like your firefighters to explain about working a wind-driven fire?
Information and footage from this morning's incident. As of 11:59 a.m. PDT, crews remained on scene for overhaul.
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RECENT INCIDENT | OCTOBER 9, 2026 | McDONALD'S FIRE, SAN BERNARDINO
Fire was burning where it could not be seen easily, inside an exterior wall and between the ceiling and roof of a north San Bernardino restaurant.
County Fire responded at 3:34 p.m. on October 9. The McDonald's had been evacuated before firefighters arrived, and crews found light smoke above the indoor playground. Firefighters worked from the exterior, roof and interior to locate and extinguish the concealed fire. The operation took approximately one hour.
High outdoor temperatures added to the demands of the work. One firefighter was transported for a heat-related issue. No civilian injuries were reported.
A relatively small amount of visible smoke does not tell the whole story. Firefighters still have to find where a fire is traveling, gain access to concealed spaces and coordinate work in different parts of a building. This district video offers a closer look at that work. Local 935 recognizes the firefighters whose skills and teamwork brought the incident under control.
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October 9 incident recap, not an active emergency alert.
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