Mokelumne Rural Fire District

Our department recently wrote a grant and was awarded extrication equipment for Lodi Fire and Liberty Fire in addition to our district. This vehicle extrication equipment was funded through a grant received from the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). There are three main pieces of equipment pictured below - a cutter, a spreader, and a ram. They are used in multiple scenarios, but mainly vehicle extrication. Departments across the country use these tools, or a variant, to cut and... open up vehicles to gain access to pinned/trapped victims. Due to their versatility and effectiveness they have earned the title of Jaws of Life. At Mokelumne Fire, we put in for these grants on a regular basis to update our equipment. We will use these tools to best serve our community. With the travel season around the corner, we would like to remind everyone to drive safe!

UPDATE: Our crew has been giving COVID vaccinations for these last few weeks. In this picture we have firefighter Alvarez giving a vaccination to firefighter Martinez. We will continue to give vaccinations and serve our community with pride.

Good work! Get ready for the next one

UPDATE - Public announcement: We will be completing a training burn at a house on Highway 88 between Brandt and Jacktone bypass on January 13th. Please be cautious of fire crews when driving through the area. Thank you!

Public announcement: We will be completing a training burn at a house on Highway 88 between Brandt and Jacktone bypass the week of January 11th. The date is tentative. We will advise a day before the drill. Please be cautious of fire crews when driving through the area. Thank you!

Rest In Peace brother, our thoughts and prayers go out to your family and friends.

Announcement: The Lockeford Community Center is going to be hosting the 2nd dose of vaccinations on April 1st. Vaccinations will only be given out to the ones that received their first shot at the Community Center. If you want a vaccination at another site please dial 211 or go online at SJready.org. Our crews will be giving the second dose at this event and we look forward to helping our community again.

Our crew was able to go out today and support Teri and Heather in their 5k run! Today, they ran in honor of Veterans Day and to help support the Wounded Warrior Project. We are always happy to support local groups whenever we are able to. Thank you for doing your part!

Rest In Peace Captain Mettler

On scene of a vehicle fire with Linden-Peters Fire District

Be advised the burning of propane will begin today at noon and will continue for the next few days during daylight hours.

Public Safety Announcement: During this week or next, Lockeford residents may see four large clean burning flames in the area of Hwy 88 and Locke Road. Be advised this is a planned burn to burn off some residual propane. It will be conducted under the approval of the Fire Department and it will be monitored at all times.

A special thank you to Pete’s Coffee! Our guys at the station and the crews at the North Complex Fire were very happy when they received their coffee

Mokelumne Fire is mourning the death of our dear friend and retired Captain Jon Mettler. Jon was an important member of our fire family and his commitment to the department will never be forgotten. Rest easy Cap.

UPDATE: E13-2 is currently on strike team deployment along with Clements Fire, Linden-Peters Fire, Lathrop-Manteca Fire and Manteca Fire Department. They spent the last 9 days at the Lake Fire and are now enroute to the LNU Lightning Complex Fire.

Firefighters of San Joaquin County Local 1243 represents the professional firefighters from Linden-Peters, Waterloo Morada, and Mokelumne Fire Districts. We are dedicated to providing the best and fastest service possible to the people we serve!

Thanks to United Way of San Joaquin county we are now giving out face mask kits to help fight Covid-19! If you would like a kit come by the station and pick one up. We will be passing them out Monday-Saturday 8am-5pm until they are gone!

Early this morning our members were dispatched to a 3 alarm structure fire in Downtown Lodi. Thank you to everyone including our neighboring agencies for your a...ssistance today. Stockton Firefighters Local 456 Cosumnes Fire Department Woodbridge Fire District Waterloo Morada Fire District Mokelumne Rural Fire District See more

Yesterday at 3am E13-2 was sent out on a strike team along with units from Linden-Peters, Waterloo Morada, Clements and Lathrop Manteca. Today they are in Gardnerville, Nevada, working 12 hour shifts.

Just a reminder: ALL fireworks are illegal in San Joaquin County. We have already had one fire due to them. Everyone stay safe tonight and have a nice 4th of July!

Keep up the good work! #StayHome

The Autism Awareness Society of America has named April Autism Awareness Month. This month they are promoting their Celebrating Differences campaign. This campaign is designed to build a better awareness of the signs, symptoms, and realities of autism, #CelebrateDifferences focuses on providing information and resources for communities to be more aware of autism, promote acceptance, and be more inclusive in everyday life. In honor, this year we will be wearing our new Autism Awareness shirts in support. We also would like to take the time to tell everyone to be safe and remember that if you have to go out, social distance yourself to prevent the spread of COVID-19.