About Baja California

Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California. It has an area of 70,113 km² (27,071 sq mi), or 3.57% of the land mass of Mexico and comprises the northern half of the Baja California peninsula, north of the 28th parallel. The state is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the east by Sonora, the U.S. State of Arizona, and the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez), and on the south by Baja California Sur. Its northern limit is the U.S. state of California.

The state has a population of 2,844,469 (2005 census), and estimated 3,165,776 (June 2009) much more than the sparsely populated Baja California Sur to the south, and similar to San Diego County, California on its north. Over 75% of the population lives in the capital city, Mexicali, in Ensenada, or in Tijuana. Other important cities include San Felipe, Rosarito and Tecate.

Baja California is where it all began, our visit to Tecate in 1999 started us on our path. We began working with the city of Tecate and the Bomberos from around the state. We have been working to bring agencies representing millions of citizens in the State together for more collaborative training and operations. Where borders were distinct and rarely crossed there is now more mutual assistance and development of resources.

In 2009, we began working with the group Bomberos De San Diego, a group of San Diego Fire firefighters that work in the area doing similar work. We partnered to bring training to Tecate initially and eventually worked in Tijuana Bomberos and were able to organize regional training at both Tecate and Tijuana inviting bomberos from around the area. Today, being one of the largest Cities in Mexico, we regularly rely on these Bomberos to assist us in our training.

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4th Day of Training/ 2nd Day in Tijuana…

on 27 March 2009. Posted in Baja California

We arrived in Tijuana bright and early this AM for Day 2 of the training being led by the Bomberos de San Diego (with help from the Chula Vista, CA firefighters). The five Station rotation kept all the Bomberos busy througout the day. Both Tecate and Tijuana were represented at today’s training. The CA fireifghters brought their “A” game, facilitating a very challenging and fun program. Those guys just ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!

While the CA guys were doing all the “work”, the FFCB contingent were “assisting” with the training evolutions and being entertained by Tijuana Fire’s own Battalion Chief Padilla (a top notch, fantastic guy). We got some shopping in (for our families), one emergency response (a structure fire out prior to our arrival), and an amazing lunch at the Centro Estacion in Tijuana (prepared by the Fleet Maintenance staff). We feasted on Cerviche, Pulpo (octopus), and Marlin. What an amazing meal!!!!

We wrapped the day around 5pm with an informal awards ceremony led by the Tijuana Fire Chief, Chief Raphael Carrillo. Both the instructional staff and students received certificates from Tijuana Fire, as well as a heart felt thanks for the tremendous effort this week.The training was an amazing success and we look forward to being able to get together again in the future.

We’re off to bed, and actually get to sleep in past 6am tomorrow….. Yeah!!! Until next time.

Tags: Training Missions Tijuana

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