Merced Fire Department

Every year Merced Fire Department personnel respond to more than 12,000 emergency calls and Fire Chief Derek Parker is sure those numbers will increase in future years. Why? Merced's population continues to grow every year and there has been a significant increase in the number of rubbish-trash fires ignited by homeless people, according…

Merced Fire Chief Derek Parker joined members of the Merced Sunrise Rotary at Paul’s Place for a recent meeting. Chief Parker spoke with members as part of…

Editor’s note: Merced City Councilman Fernando Echevarria provided Times Publisher John Derby with the following information outlining his stance on Measure C.…

Local firefighters from numerous departments converged on a structure fire near the corner of Collins Drive and M Street in Merced last Sunday afternoon, Nov. 29. The fire started inside a vacant two-story building that previously housed a Travis Credit Union branch located at 3180 M Street. The fire began before 1 p.m., with large…

Nearly a month ago, Merced Fire Engineer Grant Parker and a few fellow firefighters were navigating a narrow mountain road in near pitch-black…

Girl Scout Troop 3003 was overjoyed when they found out one of the pet oxygen kits donated to the Merced Fire Department by the troop, had successfully been…

Merced leaders have paved the way for the city’s fire crews to provide “Advanced Life Support (ALS) interventions for patients during emergencies. Private ALS units are often called to a scene to provide additional, life-saving care after first responders arrive, but sometimes the wait delays transport to the hospital. Scenarios include…

A neighbor of Merced County Supervisor Lloyd Pareira thought he found something cool on a country home property in Merced Falls near Snelling.  It…

Billy Alcorn started as a firefighter in the Merced Fire Department and rose through the ranks to become the department’s fire chief. Alcorn was named…