Operations - City of Sunland Park

FIRE DEPARTMENT | OPERATIONS

Fire Response

The Sunland Park Fire Department provides fire protection, rescue, and emergency medical services out of two stations. Established as a volunteer fire department in 1966, the Sunland Park Fire Department now proudly serves the City of Sunland Park,New Mexico and surrounding communities with a professional, career department. The men and women of the Sunland Park Fire Department are committed to the activities necessary to prevent or minimize the loss of life and property when a fire starts.

Emergency Medical Response

The goal of the Sunland Park Fire Department is to provide the highest level of Emergency Medical Services to our residents and visitors. We facilitate the delivery of Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ALS) and emergency medical transportation services for the City of Sunland Park in coordination with other emergency organizations to prevent the unnecessary loss of life or complications of injury in the case of accident or sudden illness. Our firefighters are trained to the minimum level of Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-Basic) and train regularly to ensure our patients receive the highest quality of medical care.

Emergency Response

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Fire Station #1

Engine 1 – Staffed 24/7

Squad 1 – Rescue Ambulance Staffed 24/7

Brush 1

Light Rescue 1 – Ranger Polaris UTV response unit

Fire Station #2

Engine 2 – Staffed 24/7

Battalion 1 – Staffed with a Command Battalion Chief

Brush 2

Light Rescue 2 – Search & Rescue Humvee

Medical Emergencies

Firefighters responding to emergency situations can not take time to locate cell phones to look for contact information, and Sunland Park Fire personnel will rarely look through patients’ purses or wallets for emergency contact information. If you have a preexisting medical condition, consider wearing a med-alert tag that has an emergency contact number. Since many medical emergencies occur in the home, post a card on the front of your refrigerator for each family member, listing the following:

Name
Age
Prescription medications and dosage
information about any advanced directives or physicians orders
Name and number of person to contact in the event of an emergency

This information will help emergency personnel provide the best medical care as quickly as possible and in accordance with your wishes.

Warning Signs of Heart Attack

Heart attacks result from blood vessel disease in the heart. A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle itself is severely reduced or stopped. This occurs when one of the arteries that supplies blood to the heart muscle is blocked by an obstruction, such as a blood clot, that has formed on plaque due to atherosclerosis. If the blood supply is cut off drastically for a long time, heart muscle cells suffer irreversible injury and die.

Disability or death can result, depending on how much heart muscle is damaged. Your body will likely send one or more of these warning signals of a heart attack:

Uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing, or pain discomfort
Shortness of breath
Lightheadedness or dizziness
Nausea or vomiting
Sweating
Unusual fatigue

If some of the symptoms listed above occur, get help fast. If you notice one or more of these signs in another person, don’t wait! Call 9-1-1 to activate your emergency medical system.

Warning Signs of Stroke

Stroke is a form of cardiovascular disease that affects the arteries of the central nervous system. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel carrying oxygen and nutrients to the brain bursts or is clogged by a blood clot or other particle. Because of this rupture or blockage, part of the brain doesn’t get the flow of blood it needs. Deprived of oxygen, nerve cells in the affected areas of the brain cannot function and die within minutes. When nerve cells can’t function, part of the body controlled by these cells can’t function either. The devastating effects of stroke are permanent because dead cells aren’t replaced. The warning signals of a stroke are:

Sudden weakness or numbness of the face, arm, or leg on one side of the body.
Sudden dimness or loss of vision, particularly in only one eye.
Loss of speech of trouble talking or understanding speech
Unexplained dizziness, unsteadiness, or sudden falls, especially along with any of the previous symptoms.

If some of the symptoms listed above occur, get help fast. If you notice one or more of these signs in another person, don’t wait! Call 9-1-1 to activate your emergency medical system.

How can I tell if someone else might be having a stroke? Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify, and the ultimate determination should always be made by medical professionals. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness among the general population spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke and act immediately. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by performing the following assessment:

F = FACE – Ask the person to smile. Look for one-sided facial droop.
A = ARMS – Ask person to raise their arms. Look to see if one arm drifts downward.
S = SPEECH – Ask person to repeat a simple phrase. Listen for word slurring and correct repeating of the phrase.
T = TIME – If any deficiencies are noted – facial droop, arm drift, speech slurring – time is critical. Call 911 immediately.

Technical Rescue Response

Sunland Park firefighters are developing our technical rescue program to provide victim extrication, emergency stabilization to entrapped persons and animals requiring specialized rescue. We are always enhancing our search and rescue capabilities as we provide rescue from fires and situations that include specialized skills such as mountain rescue and water rescue during severe flooding.

Ramiro Rios

Battalion Chief Station #2

Abraham Garcia

Captain | Station 1

Joseph Mayorga

Captain | Station 2