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Contact Us 631 9th Street Arcata, CA 95521 (707) 825-2000 (office) (707) 822-7951 (fax) Mon-Fri 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Closed All Holidays |
About Arcata Fire
The Arcata Fire Protection District (AFPD) serves a dynamic community that covers an area of approximately 63 square miles with a population of 36,000 residents. The Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating for the Fire District is a class 4 for areas with hydrants and class 8 for areas without hydrants. This is an excellent rating for a Combination Department and helps keep insurance costs at a respectable rate.
The Fire District boundaries range from Indianola in the south to the area of Crannell to the north. The west boundary begins 100 yards south of the Samoa Bridge on Hwy 255 and extends east on Highway 299 to the area of 1100 block of Glendale Drive and ¾ of a mile into the community of Fieldbrook. The Fire District encompasses the city of Arcata, the communities of Bayside, McKinleyville and Manila. Other out-lying rural areas such as the Arcata Bottoms, West End Road, 4 miles up Fickle Hill and the Jacoby Creek area are also within our coverage zones. Our District consists of private, City, County, State, and Federal lands containing over 13,000 individual parcels.
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 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
