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Heartland Fire & Rescue

SoCal · Municipal · Career

Mission

Heartland Fire & Rescue will selflessly strive to serve the needs of their communities through collaboration, innovation, and personal accountability while embracing change and planning for the future.

Source: official department source

1 · Stations30,000+ calls/year · Annual callsnearly 200,000 · Population servedBent Koch (as of Jul 15, 2026) · Fire Chief

Heartland Fire & Rescue is a medium-large Joint Powers Authority serving three East County cities with over 130 sworn personnel and 8 stations.

Preparing for the Heartland Fire & Rescue oral board

Heartland Fire & Rescue serves nearly 200,000 residents from 1 stations. 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 specialized work it runs, from wildland and interface fires
  • the programs it puts into the community, like community emergency response (CERT)
  • the culture and priorities its own people describe

Themes this profile surfaces

  • Why you want to serve Heartland Fire & Rescue specifically, over any other department
  • Scenario questions that touch its wildland and interface fires work
  • How you would contribute to its community emergency response (CERT) work
  • How your own values line up with the department's mission
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