Fresno Kings Unit Battalion 11
Amber Storey, Battalion Chief
Email: Amber.Story@fire.ca.gov
Battalion 11 is located the northeast side of the Fresno Kings Unit from the rural edges of Fresno and Clovis to the foothills of the Sierra below Shaver Lake and includes the San Joaquin River drainage above and below Millerton Dam & Millerton Lake State Recreation Area.
CAL FIRE and Fresno County Fire Protection District Fire stations in Battalion 11 serve Friant, Millerton State Recreation Area, Table Mountain Rancheria, Prather, Auberry, Big Sandy Rancheria and the un-incorporated areas in the north-eastern foothills of Fresno County.
Interesting Battalion history
McKenzie Fire Camp: The first “fire camp” in Fresno County was established along the old SJ&E railroad line between Millerton and Hurley on property now owned by the Sierra Conservancy at the McKenzie Table Mountain Preserve. It was opened in the early 1930’s and remained in service until 1948 when the Hurley Fire Station was opened.
Copper Peak Lookout: Located on Owens Mountain above the east end of rural Clovis and closed in 1980. It burned down in 1985.
CAL FIRE Hurley Station
25627 Auberry Road
Clovis, CA 93619
559-855-2244
CAL FIRE Hurley Station
The original Hurley Fire Station was built on property owned by John Hurley, who was a county fire warden in 1948. The station was upgraded with a new barracks, kitchen and day room in the 1990’s.
Hurley is staffed by Engine 4371 and Engine 4381. Engine 4381 was added to the station in 2019 and is one of the new “year-round” staffed engines, staffed with firefighter II’s.
