anaheim fire & rescue anaheim fire & rescue the anaheim fire & rescue is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for anaheim, california. anaheim fire & rescueoperational areacountry united statesstate californiacounty orangecity anaheimagency overviewannual calls30,744 (2014)employees276 (2020)staffingcareerfire chiefpat russellems levelalsiaff2899facilities and equipmentdivisions3battalions2stations11engines11trucks6hazmat1usar1websiteofficial websiteiaff website history in 1857 the city of anaheim was incorporated and the city's volunteer fire system was established. initially the volunteer department consisted of twenty men. it wasn't until 1915 that the department purchased their first motorized ladder truck. at this time the anaheim city council authorized the employment of two full-time firemen. these two men worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and lived at the anaheim fire station. volunteers continued to provide fire services until 1960, when the number of annual calls reached nearly a thousand and it was felt that the department should be made up of professionally trained fire personnel. metro cities fire authority anaheim fire & rescue is part of the metro cities fire authority which provides emergency communications for multiple departments in and around orange county. the call center, known as metro net fire dispatch, is located in anaheim and provides 9-1-1 fire and ems dispatch to over 1.2 million residents, covering an area of 200 square miles (520 km2). other departments included in metro net include brea fire department, fountain valley, fullerton fire department, huntington beach fire department, newport beach fire department, and orange fire department. stations & apparatus anaheim fire & rescue is divided into two battalions; battalion 1 consisting of six fire stations, and battalion 2 with five stations. fire station number address engine company truck company ems units wildland units other units battalion 1 500 e. broadwayengine 1truck 1ambulance 1 ccru 1 engine 301rehab 1 1 2 2141 w. crescent aveengine 2truck 2ambulance 2 usar 2, rac 22 3 1717 s. clementine stengine 3truck 3 medic 3 ambulance 3 engine 309 light air 32 4 2736 w. orange aveengine 42 5 2450 e. la palma aveengine 5ambulance 5 engine 305 1 6 1313 s. euclid aveengine 6truck 6ambulance 6battalion 2hazmat 62 7 2222 e. ball rdengine 71 8 4555 east riverdale aveengine 8truck 8medic-26 engine 308 patrol 601 battalion 11 9 6300 e. nohl ranch rdengine 9ambulance 9 patrol 602, water tender 1 1 10 8270 e. monte vista rdengine 12truck 10engine 3101 11 3100 west orange aveengine 11ambulance 11 oes 414, oes 1311 2