Programs and Services

Emergency Medical Services

All McKinley County fire stations provide emergency medical services with ambulance services available at strategic locations and Medflight services available out of Gallup.  According to Hilda Bowman, 85% of the fire station runs involve emergency medical services.

Emergency Rescue Services

All twenty-one of McKinley County's fire stations also provide emergency rescue services including vehicle extrication for vehicles stranded by floods or mudslides and livestock rescue for cattle stuck in cattle guards.

Fire Suppression

Firefighting services are available throughout McKinley County twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days per year.  Firefighting personnel are on call, and each fire station has a distinct pager tone.  Typical firefighter response from home to the fire station is two to three minutes.

First Responders

About 275 of McKinley County's 350 volunteer firefighters, including all those classified as Firefighter 1, also have received 120 hours of First Responder training.  Every Rescue Truck carries at least one trained First Responder.  McKinley's First Responders also serve as reinforcements to fight forest fires on wild land, depending on the jurisdiction.

Fleet Maintenance

Three full-time mechanics in the Fire and Rescue Department provide maintenance services for the McKinley fleet of vehicles, including all Sheriff's Department vehicles.

Haz Mat Team

McKinley County provides services in the form of both money and equipment to help support the Gallup HazMat Team to ensure the ability to respond to emergencies involving hazardous materials.

Homeland Security

The Emergency Manager in the Fire and Rescue Department is in charge of Homeland Security for McKinley County, overseeing the distribution of funding coming in to replace old equipment such as the Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) used by the fire department.