The Coronado Firefighters's Page

Good morning, everyone! I hope you enjoyed your extra hour of sleep today--but it's time now to do something very important with this extra hour.



As a public service, your Coronado Firefighters would like to remind everyone about the tradition of changing your smoke detector batteries every time you change your clocks for Daylight Savings Time. Smoke detectors are one of the cheapest and best safety devices you have to protect you in your home. Carbon Monoxide detectors are another and… Continue

It's the day you've been waiting all summer for!



The Coronado Firefighters will be having their Annual Spaghetti Dinner to raise money for the Burn Institute on Sunday, July 11th from 4:00pm to 7:00pm at the Fire Department Headquarters Station: 1001 Sixth Street.



Come one, come all! There will be Burn Run T-Shirts, a… Continue

Some of you may have read in the Weekly Update about the upcoming emergency siren test on May 5th. There was a typo and it should have said Wednesday, May 5th. Sorry for any confusion, but if you hear the sirens going off at 09:00 am on Wednesday, the 5th of May, don't worry--it's only a test.…

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PSA: Texting while driving (not for the younger ones)



EVERY driver should see this, especially teenagers. It is very graphic and is recommended for 18 and older but if they wait till 18 to see it, they may not reach 18. As firefighters, we see this stuff all too often and it is getting worse every year.



PARENTS: Watch this by yourself first then WITH your kids (the comments posted below the video on… Continue

The Coronado Firefighters are pleased to welcome back Fire Chief E. John Traylor, who is returning as Head of Fire Services starting today. Chief Traylor will be officially sworn in at tomorrow's City Council meeting.



Chief Traylor had previously been instrumental in many advances in Coronado's Public Safety: a move to a regional Heartland Fire Dispatch, upgrading to 800MHz radios, joining the County's Regional… Continue