Firefighters Crossing Borders began assisting firefighters in the State of Jalisco in 2008. Our first mission was a joint effort with TAPFIRE to assist in the creation of a fire department for Ayutla. TAPFIRE, our partner agency, was instrumental in the equipping and training the first-ever fire department of El Grullo in 2006.
In 2012 we took on Puerto Vallarta providing consulting and training opportunities. FFCB assisted in a review and creation of a Master Plan for the City and our regional reprsentative currently heads up the Vallarta Fire EMS Project Team of community organizations working to improve emergency services for the people of PV.
As of the 20th of Feb, the first members of the joint training team are on the ground and setting up for the training of the Ayutla firefighters. Over the next several days the remaining instructors will arrive and get the job done.
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After a successful fund raiser and several thousand dollars donated for the Ayutla project, Jose Lopez and several Gig Harbor citizens are driving the 3,000 miles to Ayutla, Mexico to deliver an ambulance, three police vehicles and fire and medical...
Jose Lopez who’s family owns a local Restaurant called El Publito in downtown Gig Harbor, Wa is behind the group that came together some months ago to start a fire department in his childhood town of Ayutla near Guadalajara in Mexico. Some months...
On March 13 & 14 a class of 42 volunteers attended a basic lifeguard course in Sayulia. Nayarit. The free training was offered by the growing partnership of Firefighters Crossing Borders, Group Pro Sayulita, and Protection Civil de Bahia de...
After two years of effort, the Punta Mita fire station begins construction. The fire station is part of a Unified Community Fire EMS Project focused on improving emergency services for the community of Punta Mita within the municipality Bahia de...
The City of Puerto Vallarta has two additional good used emergency vehicles. An Ambulance and Pickup were purchased on Vancouver Island Canada by B.C. Paramedic Ryan Thorburn with support from his local Rotary and others. Ryan, a FFCB’s...
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