San Bernardino County Professional Firefighters Local 935
IAFF Local 935 is a labor organization that represents the men and women of the San Bernardino County Fire Departments in Big Bear City, Big Bear Lake, Colton, Loma Linda, and Montclair.
The International Association of Fire Fighters Local 935 is the labor organization that represents the men and women of the San Bernardino County Firefighters and the affiliate membership of the Colton, Loma Linda, Big Bear, and Montclair Fire Departments.
The Fire Fighters of Local 935 pride themselves on over 100 years of service to the communities within San Bernardino County. Each year, Local 935 Firefighters give their time and money to the local communities to foster relationships and serve those with special needs.
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is the driving force behind nearly every advance in the fire and emergency services in the 21st century.
We’re more than just a union; we’re a movement, a brotherhood and sisterhood that is powering advancements in fire and emergency services in the United States, Canada, and around the world.
With offices in Washington, D.C., and Ottawa, Ontario, the IAFF is the fire service’s strongest voice at the federal level. Our Political Action Committee, FIREPAC, is among the top one-half of 1% of all federally registered PACs in the United States.
Today, 85% of communities across the U.S. and Canada are protected by our over 365,000 members.
RECENT INCIDENT | AUGUST 11, 2026 | LYTLE CREEK
On the night of August 11, our members responded to a vegetation fire burning in the Lytle Creek area within the San Bernardino National Forest.
Wildland incidents can spread rapidly through steep terrain, dense fuels and limited access, especially after dark. County Fire personnel worked alongside the U.S. Forest Service and regional fire partners to attack the fire, protect surrounding areas and support coordinated control efforts.
This Fire District video was posted August 12 with a reference to “last night.” It documents the August 11 response and is not a current incident alert.
No single agency carries every resource needed for every incident. California’s mutual aid system works because trained personnel, properly equipped wildland apparatus, interoperable communications and dependable staffing are available before the alarm. Strong relationships among County Fire, federal and municipal partners allow cooperators to combine resources quickly, regardless of jurisdiction, when communities and natural areas are threatened.
Continued investment in firefighters, wildland equipment, communications and regional response capacity strengthens that system and helps protect the public when multiple incidents compete for resources.
WILDFIRE SAFETY: Maintain defensible space around your home, clear dry vegetation and combustible debris, keep evacuation routes in mind and leave early when officials issue an evacuation warning or order.
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VIDEO VAULT | JULY 26, 2025 | NEEDLES, COLORADO RIVER
This archival San Bernardino County Fire video documents a vegetation fire south of Jack Smith Park that grew to approximately 20 acres before crews stopped its forward progress. No structures were damaged and no injuries were reported.
Needles-based Local 935 members initially attacked the fire from land and water while additional resources traveled to the incident. Crews staffed an engine, a water tender and a fire-rescue boat. As the response expanded, Boat 32 drafted water directly from the Colorado River to supply engine companies working hot spots and containment lines in an area with limited water supply.
The full response included nine engines, a strike team of Type 3 brush engines, two water tenders, heavy equipment, a hand crew, four chief officers and an incident support unit. We appreciate the assistance of Mohave Valley Fire, Golden Shores Fire, and the San Bernardino County and Mohave County sheriff’s departments.
This incident shows why specialized apparatus and trained personnel matter in the South Desert. Remote communities and the I-40 and Colorado River corridors face long travel distances, limited resource depth and the potential for extended response times. Local 935 continues to advocate for additional staffing, modern fire stations, apparatus replacement and capital improvements across Division 5 and the South Desert service zones. Specialized resources are most effective when trained personnel are available and equipment is positioned close enough to respond.
WILDLAND SAFETY: Clear dry vegetation and combustible debris from around your home, outbuildings and vehicles. Avoid outdoor activities that can create sparks during hot, dry or windy conditions, and report smoke or fire immediately.
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RECENT INCIDENT | AUGUST 14, 2026 | 300 BLOCK SOUTH PEAR STREET, SAN BERNARDINO
On August 14, our members responded just after 5 a.m. to a well-involved residential structure fire on the 300 block of South Pear Street in the City of San Bernardino.
Firefighters confirmed every occupant had safely evacuated, then launched a coordinated offensive fire attack. Crews knocked down the fire in approximately 20 minutes. No civilians or firefighters were injured. Three adults and one child received assistance from the American Red Cross.
This video documents the August 14 response and is not a current incident alert.
Residential fires require many critical jobs to happen at once, including fire attack, search, ventilation, water supply and incident support. Adequate staffing and dependable apparatus allow those functions to occur simultaneously, improving the ability of our members to protect lives, neighboring homes and the community. Continued investment in staffing, equipment and neighborhood fire protection matters before the next alarm sounds.
STRUCTURE FIRE SAFETY: Install working smoke alarms on every level and inside sleeping areas. Test alarms monthly, practice a home escape plan with two ways out, close doors behind you when escaping, get out and stay out, then call 911 from a safe location.
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VIDEO VAULT | SEPTEMBER 24, 2025 — I-15, CAJON PASS
Our members recently responded after a vehicle fire on the Interstate 15 shoulder extended into surrounding vegetation. High temperatures and up-canyon winds created difficult conditions as the fire moved away from the freeway.
San Bernardino County Fire personnel worked with the U.S. Forest Service and CAL FIRE to stop the vegetation fire at approximately 12 acres. The response demonstrates the value of California's mutual-aid system: agencies crossing jurisdictional lines and combining personnel, engines and specialized wildland resources around one objective.
One firefighter was transported for a heat-related medical issue. No civilian injuries were reported.
The Cajon Pass and the I-15 corridor carry enormous traffic through challenging terrain. Reliable staffing, strategically located stations, properly maintained apparatus and sufficient surge capacity are essential when a roadside emergency quickly becomes a wildland incident.
WILDLAND SAFETY: Never park a hot vehicle over dry vegetation. Maintain your vehicle, secure trailer chains so they cannot drag and spark, and report roadside smoke or fire immediately from a safe location.
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VIDEO VAULT | APRIL 18, 2025 — SCHOOL CAMPUS CARDIAC-ARREST RESPONSE
Firefighters and paramedics do far more than fight fires. This remarkable save demonstrates the EMS mission our members perform every day.
When a 13-year-old student suffered sudden cardiac arrest at school, immediate CPR began and the emergency-response system was activated. Our members arrived with advanced life-support equipment, continued resuscitation and delivered defibrillation as part of a coordinated chain of survival.
The student regained circulation, made a full recovery and was discharged from the hospital two days later. The responders and community partners involved were later recognized by the Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency.
Survival from cardiac arrest depends on every link in the chain: recognizing the emergency, calling 911, beginning high-quality CPR, using an AED and rapidly delivering advanced paramedic care. This outcome reflects trained bystanders, prepared school staff, properly staffed fire-based EMS resources and hospital care working together.
PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGE: If someone collapses and is not breathing normally, call 911, begin hands-only CPR and use an AED if one is available. Push hard and fast in the center of the chest until help arrives.
SERVICE • PROFESSIONALISM • DEDICATION
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WILDLAND DEPLOYMENT UPDATE | STRIKE TEAM 6231C
FOUR INCIDENTS | ONE DEPLOYMENT
August 13, 2026
Since deploying late on the night of August 4, San Bernardino County Fire Strike Team 6231C has continued moving where resources are needed, receiving assignments on four separate wildland incidents across California.
ST6231C consists of 5 Type 3 brush engines, each staffed with 3 firefighters, and a Battalion Chief serving as Strike Team Leader, for a total of 15 Local 935 members.
The strike team initially deployed north to the Gann Fire and has since been reassigned three additional times as incidents were contained and resources became available for new assignments.
CURRENT DEPLOYMENT HISTORY:
GANN FIRE | CALAVERAS COUNTY
Valley Springs | Hogan Dam Rd. & Gann Rd.
10,339 acres | 100% contained
This was the strike team’s initial assignment following its August 4 deployment. During operations, crews were assigned to Division Lima, conducted mobile pumping on hot spots and deployed approximately 1,600 feet of hose up a hillside beyond apparatus access.
RIDGE FIRE | GORMAN
Los Angeles County | Near Gorman School Rd.
1,134 acres | 100% contained
Following the Gann Fire assignment, ST6231C was reassigned south to the Ridge Fire near Gorman, where crews supported operations as the incident moved toward full containment.
ANTELOPE FIRE | SAN LUIS OBISPO / KERN COUNTIES
Near Highways 41 & 46, east of Paso Robles
2,410 acres | 100% contained
The strike team was next reassigned to the Antelope Fire, another fast-moving wildland incident requiring resources from multiple agencies.
TIMBER FIRE | BIG SUR
Monterey County | Los Padres National Forest
4,245 acres | 7% contained
ST6231C is now assigned to its fourth incident, the Timber Fire burning in the rugged Big Sur area.
Unlike the previous three assignments, the Timber Fire remains an active and developing incident. Crews are operating in steep, difficult terrain where access remains challenging and hundreds of structures are threatened.
WHAT IS A TYPE 3 STRIKE TEAM?
A strike team brings together 5 engines of the same resource type under a single Strike Team Leader, allowing the group to deploy, communicate and operate as one organized resource on a large incident.
Type 3 brush engines are specifically designed for wildland operations. Their 4WD capability, shorter wheelbase, specialized wildland hose complements and equipment provide increased mobility and allow crews to operate in areas where larger structural engines may have limited access.
Their capabilities include mobile fire attack, progressive hose lays, structure defense, patrol, mop-up and extended hose operations into terrain the apparatus itself cannot reach.
In this case, all 5 engines and the Strike Team Leader are San Bernardino County Fire resources. Working with personnel from the same organization helps simplify communication, command and control, logistics and operational coordination while still integrating into the larger incident command structure.
The progression of ST6231C from the Gann Fire, to the Ridge Fire, to the Antelope Fire and now the Timber Fire demonstrates one of the strengths of California’s mutual aid system. As an incident stabilizes, resources can be released and rapidly reassigned to another community where they are needed.
Our members remain deployed on the Timber Fire supporting ongoing wildland operations in Big Sur.
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ORIGINAL INCIDENT: November 9, 2023 | 11000 block A Avenue, Hesperia
Our members arrived shortly before 1 a.m. to a working fire in a single-story apartment unit. Firefighters advanced hose lines inside to search for occupants and stop the fire while truck-company members supported them with coordinated roof ventilation.
Crews held the fire to the unit of origin, limiting neighboring apartments to smoke damage. Victorville Fire assisted with two engines through mutual aid. No civilian or firefighter injuries were reported.
Apartment fires can place multiple families at risk from a single unit. Successful containment depends on a rapid, properly staffed response capable of search, fire attack, ventilation, exposure protection, EMS and command at the same time.
SAFETY MESSAGE: Never ignore a sounding alarm. Leave immediately, close doors behind you, use stairs instead of elevators and meet at your designated location.
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THE POWER OF SOLIDARITY | SOCIAL SECURITY FAIRNESS ACT
This week, IAFF General President Edward Kelly spoke about the successes our union has achieved by identifying issues affecting firefighters, developing solutions, and using our collective voice to move those solutions through Congress.
One of the most significant recent examples is the Social Security Fairness Act.
For more than 40 years, firefighters and other public employees were impacted by two provisions of federal law known as the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO).
These provisions could significantly reduce Social Security benefits for public employees who earned a pension from employment not covered by Social Security, even when they had also worked other jobs and paid Social Security taxes. The GPO could also reduce Social Security spousal and survivor benefits.
For firefighters, this was particularly significant. Many firefighters work second jobs throughout their careers, paying Social Security taxes and earning benefits just like millions of other Americans. Yet when they retired, WEP could reduce the Social Security benefit they had earned.
The IAFF recognized this inequity decades ago and made eliminating WEP and GPO a long-term federal legislative priority.
What followed demonstrates why organized labor and political advocacy matter.
For years, IAFF leaders and members worked with lawmakers from both political parties, testified and advocated on Capitol Hill, built coalitions with other public employee organizations, and repeatedly asked Congress to correct the law.
The effort gained significant momentum with the Social Security Fairness Act, H.R. 82, legislation designed to completely repeal WEP and GPO.
Despite overwhelming bipartisan support, the legislation remained stalled in the House Ways and Means Committee.
Rather than allow the legislation to die in committee, the IAFF and its partners helped support an extraordinary effort to force it to the House floor through a discharge petition, a rarely successful congressional procedure that allows a majority of House members to bypass a committee.
The effort succeeded.
It was only the seventh successful discharge petition in 50 years.
The House ultimately passed the Social Security Fairness Act 327-75.
The fight then moved to the Senate.
IAFF members across the country mobilized. More than 30,000 emails were sent by IAFF members to members of Congress through the IAFF Advocacy Center urging passage.
The Senate responded by passing the legislation 76-20, sending it to the President.
On January 5, 2025, the Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law, finally eliminating WEP and GPO and restoring Social Security benefits to millions of retired firefighters, police officers, teachers, and other public servants.
The law applies to benefits payable beginning after December 2023.
This victory represents much more than one piece of legislation.
It demonstrates what organized labor can accomplish.
An issue affecting firefighters was identified. A legislative solution was developed. Relationships were built on both sides of the political aisle. Members were educated and mobilized. Thousands of firefighters made their voices heard. And after more than four decades of advocacy, Congress acted.
No individual firefighter could have accomplished this alone.
Together, we did.
That is the power of solidarity and the importance of having firefighters represented at every level of government.
Our collective voice gives us the ability not simply to react to decisions being made in Washington, but to help shape the laws that affect firefighters, our families, and our retirement.
The Social Security Fairness Act is proof of what can happen when firefighters stand together, remain engaged, and refuse to give up on an issue simply because the fight is difficult or takes years to win.
When firefighters speak with one voice, lawmakers listen.
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RECENT INCIDENT | AUGUST 4, 2026 | HIGHWAY 18 BELOW BIG BEAR DAM
Recently our members responded to a traffic collision involving a vehicle approximately 300 feet over the side of Highway 18 below Big Bear Dam.
Witnesses reported seeing a single occupant exit the vehicle and continue downslope. Firefighters initiated a coordinated search using ground and air resources in steep, difficult terrain. At the time of the Fire District's video update, the occupant had not yet been located.
This post documents yesterday's response and is not a current incident alert.
Responses like this require enough trained personnel, technical-rescue capability, specialized equipment, emergency medical resources and access to aviation support. Mountain communities and travel corridors depend on nearby staffing and maintained apparatus because steep terrain can quickly turn a traffic collision into a complex, extended rescue operation.
MOUNTAIN ROAD SAFETY: Slow down, wear your seat belt, avoid distractions and use extra caution on winding mountain roads. If a vehicle leaves the roadway, call 911 and do not enter steep terrain unless directed by rescuers.
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