emergency services within the Victorville city limits. VFD is staffed with 70 personnel. The department is led by a Fire Chief, a Division Chief and three Battalion Chiefs. Together, the command staff possesses more than 100 years of experience.
In addition to the VFD, Mission Fire Rescue (Mission) services the Southern California Logistics Airport (SCLA) and coordinates with VFD for all fire emergencies within VMUS' proximities. VMUS and airport staff are able to communicate with Mission Fire Rescue through 400-megahertz radios or by calling their station directly. Additionally, the control tower has a direct line to Mission's fire station, which rings throughout the station and opens the bay doors alerting them of an emergency.
CONFIRE provides dispatch services for the VFD and Mission. CONFIRE is a regional dispatch agency that also provides services for Apple Valley Fire Protection District, and San Bernardino County Fire Protection District. CAL FIRE has a separate dispatch agency. CONFIRE coordinates incident command requests to several other agencies such as Southwest Gas, Southern California Edison, AMR, and other local agencies to assist in an emergency. CONFIRE also functions as the Operational Area (OA) dispatch for the County of San Bernardino, and can coordinate mutual aid on request of VFD as needed.
At the county level, a San Bernardino County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) talk group is programmed into an 800-megahertz frequency band radio and is used to communicate with EOCs within San Bernardino County during a disaster or emergency. The City of Victorville contracts with San Bernardino County Sheriffs. They too utilize 800-megahertz frequency band radios to communicate and have the capability to patch in California Highway Patrol, CAL FIRE, and other county resources to assist during emergencies.
The Victorville Fire Department will evaluate the comprehensiveness of the VMUS' WMP on the following measures:
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