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Big Bear Fire Department The Big Bear Fire Department serves the area of Big Bear City, Sugarloaf, the City of Big Bear Lake, We serve the community 24 hours a day. Unrelated Content
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Office hours at Headquarters, Station 281 are Mon-Thu 8am to 5pm

BIG BEAR FIRE DEPARTMENT FACEBOOK DISCLAIMER:

This is the Big Bear Fire Department’s Official page. We are a highly responsive team of firefighters, paramedics, and fuels management professionals dedicated to support our public safety mission. We provide fire protection and life safety services to our residents, visitors, and commercial businesses 24hrs a day, every day. The Big Bear Fire Department is proud of its status as a premier EMS provider. We currently provide state-of-the-art Advanced Life Support (ALS) and paramedic ambulance services to the residents and visitors of the Big Bear Valley and surrounding areas. This includes a 256 square mile response area within the San Bernardino National Forest. Three ALS ambulances and three ALS equipped engines are staffed around the clock, 365 days a year. An additional fourth ALS ambulance is staffed during peak periods, with the ability to staff additional ALS ambulances as needed. All employees of the Big Bear Fire Department are trained as Fire Fighter/Paramedic or Fire Fighter/Emergency Medical Technician. We strive to provide accurate, appropriated, and valid information on our page, however we are not liable for any errors, omissions, or delays on any presented information, or damages from information presented, losses from said information, injuries or damages from use of the information posted on this page. DO NOT USE BIG BEAR FIRE DEPARTMENT’S WEBPAGE TO POST OR REPORT AN EMERGENCY!!! CALL or TEXT 911 IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY

The Big Bear Fire Department’s Comment Policy:

Comments, postings, and links that are not from Big Bear Fire Department are not the opinion of the Big Bear Fire Department. The Big Bear Fire Department reserves the right to remove any comments containing:

a. Profane language and/or content
b. Content found to be discriminatory, racist, sexual or obscene or links to sexual or obscene content
d. Solicitations of products or services
e. Illegal activity content
f. Inappropriate conduct or encouraging such conduct.

10/27/2026

Fire personnel from the San Bernardino National Forest are planning for prescribed fire operations. Additional information related to location and specific date will be posted here.

Factors such as wind and weather, permissive burn day, resource availability, etc. may postpone or cancel intended burn days.

No road closures are planned, however, roads near burn areas will be busy with fire personnel and equipment; drivers should use caution in the area.

You may see and smell smoke. There is no need to report.

Residential and commercial property owners can pick up sandbags at their designated location(s). No need to bring shovel...
10/21/2026

Residential and commercial property owners can pick up sandbags at their designated location(s). No need to bring shovels, we'll fill them for you!
Sandbags are available in limited supply at station 282 in Big Bear city.




It's that time of year again! Make sure you're winter ready for weather related power outages.
10/16/2026

It's that time of year again! Make sure you're winter ready for weather related power outages.




Congratulations to firefighter Lutcavish on completing your probation! He started with Big Bear Fire in 2023 as an ambul...
09/23/2026

Congratulations to firefighter Lutcavish on completing your probation!
He started with Big Bear Fire in 2023 as an ambulance operator and is currently working on completing paramedic school. He's also our resident Sparky. 😉 IYKYK





Sign up today!The course is $75/person and held at our Big Bear Lake Fire Station.BigBearFire.org👉🏻Programs & Services👉🏻...
09/01/2026

Sign up today!
The course is $75/person and held at our Big Bear Lake Fire Station.
BigBearFire.org👉🏻Programs & Services👉🏻CPR AED Classes



We're hiring AO-Medics! Please send your completed application and all position related documents to employment@bigbearf...
08/11/2026

We're hiring AO-Medics!
Please send your completed application and all position related documents to [email protected].


The Big Bear Professional Firefighters are hosting another blood drive! Sign up online or walk in to station 281 between...
07/30/2026

The Big Bear Professional Firefighters are hosting another blood drive! Sign up online or walk in to station 281 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.



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07/28/2026

Update

***UPDATE 7/28/26 11:55 a.m.***

The fire was mapped at 55 acres today at 11:30 a.m.

Green Fire - Morning Update 6/28/26
The fire is holding at 33.5 acres as crews are working diligently to solidify a handline around it. Aircraft worked throughout the night and mitigated threats to structures. Highway 38 is open with an es**rt. Crews are remaining in Unified Command.

Acres: 33.5
Containment: 5%
42 Pieces of Equipment (Dozers, Water Tenders, Engines)
~650+ Firefighters
Unified Command: San Bernardino National Forest, State DPA, SRA, CAL FIRE San Bernardino/Inyo/Mono Unit

For up to date information on road status, please visit: https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/...

For up to date information on evacuations in San Bernardino County, please visit: https://sbcounty.maps.arcgis.com/.../basic/index.html.

Highway 38 is open with one-way controlled traffic
07/28/2026

Highway 38 is open with one-way controlled traffic

The Green Fire  is approximately 10 acres and an evacuation warning has been issued for Mountain Home Village. CHP has a...
07/28/2026

The Green Fire is approximately 10 acres and an evacuation warning has been issued for Mountain Home Village. CHP has also requested the closing of HWY 38.

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41090 Big Bear Boulevard
Big Bear Lake, CA
92315

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