City of El Centro

Mission Statement

Protect life, property, and environment through mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery actions. We accomplish our mission through: Mitigation – Action taken to prevent future emergencies and disasters and/or action taken to minimize their effect....

History

The El Centro Fire Department was established in May of 1908, as a Volunteer Fire Department. Today the department is directed by a Chief and three Battalion Chiefs. We currently respond to over 4,600 emergency calls per year and provide fire protection to over 42,000...