El Toro Fire Station
18300 Old Monterey Rd
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Built: 1975
El Toro Station is named after the nearby mountain peak with the same name. El Toro station does SCBA tank air refill, and has an extractor (special clothes washer) for cleaning turnouts.
Engine 12 is a 2000 KME with a 1250gpm (4740 l/m) pump.
Truck 12 is a 1992 Pierce with a 1500gpm (5685 l/m) pump. Formerly Reserve Truck 112 (as photographed), it was reassigned to front-line duty.
Patrol 12 is a 2002 Ford F550 4x4. It has a rear-mounted pump panel.
Battalion 12 is a 1995 GMC Suburban.
Reserve Patrol 12 is a 1988 Utah La Grange/Ford 4x4 with a 100gpm (380 l/m) pump.
Reserve Engine 112, formerly Engine 9.
Trailer BS-11 contains extra SCBA tanks, and is towed to major fires.
A Ford staff car is also based at Station 12.
Former Engine 12 was a 1985 Pierce/Arrow with a 1500gpm (5685 l/m) pump, serving the El Toro Station. It was retired from service in 2000.
Former Reserve Engine 112 was a 1985 Pierce/Arrow with a 1500gpm (5685 l/m) pump. It was retired from service in 2002.
For historic photos of Morgan Hill's Fire Department, before it joined County, click here.
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