About Arcata Fire

The following is a sample broad list of community assets and target hazards located within the Arcata Fire Protection District that must be protected:

$1.8 billion dollars of assessed private property
$400 million in tax exempt (public) property

Arcata/Eureka Airport

• Commuter Airline Service - United, Horizon, Delta with 20-79 passenger planes
• Private Planes and Jets
• Passenger Terminal with Restaurant and Fueling services
• Private Hangars

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station complex

• Multiple Rescue Helicopters
• C-130 planes for transport and cargo
• Hanger
• Dormitory
• Maintenance shops
• Dispatch/Operations center
• Fuel Storage

Humboldt State University

• 7,500+ students
• 116 buildings 
• 4 story dormitories
• 9 floor dormitory
• 4 story science building with numerous chemicals
• 6 story Behavioral Sciences Building
• Redwood Bowl – sporting events and graduation

Heavy Industry

• Sierra Pacific Lumber Mill
• Arcata Redwood Company Lumber Mill
• Humboldt Flake Board

Light Industrial

• Lathe Mills
• O&M Industries
• Industrial Electric
• North Coast Fabricators

Manufacturing

• Tomas Jewelers
• Sunfrost
• Kokatat
• Wings Inflatable
• Holly Yashi
• Thomas Home Center (Truss and Cabinets)
• Multiple cabinet shops

Agricultural

• Sun Valley Floral Farms
• Agricultural Farms/Ranches (beef)
• Dairies

Commercial businesses

• Professional offices
• Health clinics
• Trucking Companies
• Freight Distribution 
• Storage Facilities

Assemblies

• 2 Arcata Community Centers
• Van Duzen Theater
• Azalea Hall
• Activity Center
• Grange Halls
• Veterans Building
• Restaurants

Retail/Mercantile Businesses and Strip Malls

• Arcata Plaza
• Uniontown Shopping Center
• Valley West Shopping Center
• Sunnybrae Shopping Center
• Mill Creek Shopping Center with a 100,000 sq. ft. Big K store 
• McKinleyville Shopping Center
• 2 movie theaters
• 3 car dealers – All in McKinleyville
• 13 gas stations
• Lumber Yards

Residential Areas

• 500+ apartment complexes of 3 or more units
• Multiple trailer parks with Lazy J the largest in the county.
• 44 Licensed Residential Care Facilities
• Large Residential Care Facility in McKinleyville – Timber Ridge
• Senior Living Complexes
• 10 motels
• 4 Bed & Breakfasts
• 2 RV parks
• KOA campground
• High-density and Low-density neighborhoods
• Gated Neighborhoods
• Residential growth in the rural mountainous areas
• Farmhouses
• 1-3 story Victorian style residences
• Historical Buildings
• Balloon Frame Construction

Other areas of special interest:

• Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District facility and pump station that distributes domestic drinking water to 7 municipalities with over 80,000 people
• Mad River Hospital
• United Indian Health Center
• Arcata Corporation Yard (chlorine and sulfur dioxide tanks)
• Arcata Pump Station – Alliance Road (chlorine tanks)
• MCSD treatment facility – Hiller Road (chlorine tanks)
• Amerigas – K st. (2 - 30,000 gallon propane storage tanks and fill station)
• Sequoia Gas – Heindon Road (2 – 30,000 gal. Propane tanks – West End Rd.)
• Arcata Community Forest – approx. 622 acres
• PG&E transfer stations
• 2 AT&T communication buildings
• A&L Feed Store (age, size, contents)
• Auto Repair shops
• Body shops with paint booths
• Arcata Marsh area
• Natural History Museum
• Nurseries (pesticides and fertilizers)
• Community Pool (Chlorine tanks)
• Health clubs 
• Cal-Trans Yard
• County maintenance yard
• CHP Office
• Mad River
• Numerous sloughs, streams and creeks
• Beaches and dune areas
• 4 Highways  (101, 299, 255, 200)
• 14+ schools
• 45+ Churches
• Urban Interface Areas
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Office Complex and land
• Bureau of Land Management Office Complex and land
• California Welcome Center

Future Outlook:

• Population increase
• Airport Business Park growth
• Airport expansion
• Miller Farms Subdivision
• Timber Ridge expansion
• HSU population growth
• Increased tourist travel