Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue (CMFR)
SoCal · Municipal · Career
Mission
Our Mission as an 'all hazard' team, dedicated to serving and protecting our community through professionalism, leadership, and excellence… grounded and focused on our unwavering commitment to providing the highest level of safety and quality of service to the community.
Source: official department source
Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue is a medium-sized, tightly-knit department with approximately 100 personnel across six stations serving a dense 16-square-mile area.
Preparing for the Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue (CMFR) oral board
Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue (CMFR) runs 6 stations across its community. Build your ARTS Tie-back material from what this department tells you about itself:
- its mission and the values it states
- the community it serves and the calls it runs
- the programs it puts into the community, like community emergency response (CERT) and community risk reduction
- the culture and priorities its own people describe
Themes this profile surfaces
- Why you want to serve Costa Mesa Fire & Rescue (CMFR) specifically, over any other department
- How you would contribute to its community emergency response (CERT) work
- How your own values line up with the department's mission
- Pace and call volume at a department running 14,000+ calls/year (75% medical) a year
Full prep profile
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