Learn more about the Pinetop Fire District
The Pinetop Fire District provides fire, emergency, and medical services to more than 9,500 residents with a seasonal population that can double to more than 20,000. The district has 25 full-time fire fighters, 6 wildland specialists, and can employ up to two dozen seasonal wildland firefighter employees depending on the needs of the community. Currently the district is served by two stations – Station 11 on the 260 and Pine Lake Road and Station 12 on Buck Springs. The Pinetop Fire District responds to approximately more than 2,000 calls a year for service – 70% of which are for emergency medical services.
Pinetop Fire Fuels Suppression Module going to work
Tunnel Fire Flagstaff 2022
For questions regarding the district, please contact (928) 367-2199. For emergencies, please dial 911.
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Fire Restrictions have been lifted starting July 1, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. To see the White Mountain Fire Coordination Group press release for additional information, please click here.
Questions About Burn Permits?
Remember, all permits expire December 31st. You must get a new one if you want to burn leaves, pine needles, etc. Use this link for the burn permit form and instructions.
Questions About CPR/First Aid?
CPR/AED/First Aid classes are now offered the first and third Wednesday of every month. For information about CPR/First-Aid classes, use this link.
Message from the Fire Chief
Thank you for taking the time to learn more about the Pinetop Fire District. It is my honor to serve you as the Fire Chief for the past ten years. Prior to my service here in the White Mountains, I served as Assistant Fire Chief for the City of Casa Grande and Deputy Fire Chief for the Apache Junction Fire District.
Pinetop Lakeside is a wonderful community in which to live. Our district, which has an ISO fire rating of class 3, maintains a strong partnership with the community we serve as described by our mission statement.
I work closely with the Fire Board to ensure that the district is a good steward of the taxpayer dollars – continuing to find ways to do more with less. For example, we secured a grant from Governor’s Office of Highway Safety for the purchase of extrication equipment and recently secured a federal grant to help pay for our wildland fire fighting activities and provide base of operations for fighting wildfires.
The Pinetop Fire District provides fire, emergency, and medical services to more than 9,500 residents with a seasonal population that can double to more than 20,000. The district has 25 full-time fire fighters, 6 wildland specialists, and can employ up to two dozen seasonal employees depending on needs. In addition to our career fire fighters our department has a public fire and life safety educator, training officer, and an administrative secretary who perform a variety of important roles.
To accomplish our mission, we ask for your continued support and understanding of our operations. I hope that our website contributes to building an even better and stronger partnership between the district and the community. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at any time.
Best wishes,
Jim Morgan