Grass Valley, CA — The Grass Valley Fire Department is proud to announce the official receipt of a new State of California Office of Emergency Services (OES) Type 1 fire engine now assigned to Grass Valley. This apparatus strengthens our local, regional and statewide fire and rescue capabilities and reinforces our commitment to protecting the residents, visitors and businesses of Grass Valley.
This brand new Type 1 engine is built and designed specifically for structural firefighting, wildland urban interface deployment and all-hazard operations. As part of the State OES program, this unit will not only be available to serve the Grass Valley community daily — but will also be deployed to major incidents statewide when needed. When the engine returns from those missions, the community benefits from increased experience, enhanced training opportunities and additional cost reimbursement back into the City and fire department.
“Our community continues to face increasing fire behavior, density growth and all-risk responses,” said Chief Mark Buttron. “This OES engine adds an additional front-line capable resource that increases depth, enhances surge capacity during peak risk periods and directly supports our mission to provide rapid response, modern standards of care and resiliency for Grass Valley.”
This fire engine is funded, maintained, and equipped through the State OES Fire & Rescue Mutual Aid Program partnership — ensuring the Grass Valley Fire Department can expand capability without increasing local expense burdens to residents.
What this means for Grass Valley:
- Additional staffed, modern frontline fire engine available locally
- Increased protection capacity during major fire weather / Red Flag events
- Additional capability during times where multiple incidents may occur at once
- Statewide response capability that benefits the entire mutual aid system
- Local fiscal benefit with reimbursement funding coming back after deployments
The Grass Valley Fire Department remains committed to forward movement, modernization, partnership and proactive readiness. This OES Type 1 engine makes our system stronger — and ultimately makes our community safer.