El Cajon Firefighters would like to thank the El Cajon community for their tremendous support in the building of this new state-of-the-art fire station!
Thanks to the approval of Proposition O in November of 2004 funds were approved to help build this facility and will help in upgrading the other three fire stations in El Cajon. (Photo by Mary Ann Prall)
El Cajon Fire Department has joined fire agencies from throughout San Diego County to become a designated site for the Safely Surrendered Baby program. The purpose of the law is to encourage parents to bring unwanted infants, up to three days old, to reception centers such as hospitals or fire stations, rather than abandon them in dumpsters or bushes. No names are required and the parent(s) will not be subject to prosecution for child abandonment.
El Cajon Fire Department is proud to announce the certification of two new disaster search dogs. The dogs along with their handlers, Fire Captain Steve Swaney and Fire Engineer Marco Maldonado recently passed the Department of Homeland Security/FEMA certification test.
Congratulations to the graduating class of the 18th Heartland Fire Academy. Twenty-two young men graduated on April 13, 2008 at ceremonies held at the Ronald Reagan Community Center. This class consisted of paid firefighters and reserve status firefighters for El Cajon, Mt. Laguna and Alpine Fire Departments and the San Miguel Fire District and college enrollment students from Miramar College.
An El Cajon man was fatally injured Monday morning when a collision caused a semi to plow into an oncoming vehicle, then through a fence into a backyard swimming pool being cleaned by the homeowner. The man's two-year-old daughter, who was nearby, was unharmed.
March 14, 2008 -- Just before 12 noon today, at 11:53 a.m., a white pickup truck traveling eastbound on Billy Mitchell Drive collided with a south bound trolley at the Billy Mitchell crossing near Marshall. The solo elderly female driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene by El Cajon Firefighter-Paramedics. There were no injuries reported to passengers onboard the trolley.
Damage is estimated at $2 million dollars in a Feb. 27th fire at Allen's 98 Cents Discount Store in the 700-block of East Main Street. One firefighter was taken to a hospital with a hand injury. No one was reported to be in the store at the time of the fire. The fire is now under investigation.
El Cajon Fire's Monica Zech loves her work as Safety Educator, and it shows after an awarding year with the department. She was awarded a Distinguished Service Award for her work as the Safety Educator & Public Information Officer for the City of El Cajon.
Fire Chief Mike Scott
