Station 46 is our local firehouse. I remember when it opened in 2004 to serve the growing…read moredevelopment of Black Mountain Ranch South, specifically Santaluz where we live. The station has three large equipment bays, but only Engine 46 is permanently housed here. Its crews respond to 9-1-1 search and rescue, fire, and medical incidents. They are professional, approachable and friendly.

I've been to this location for a couple of civic meetings. Very kind of them to open their "house"…read moreto strangers. Nothing really to base my rating on, other than the fact that they had plenty of parking. The room we were in was well lit, and it didn't have broken chairs or trash lying around.

My heroes!!! Literally…read more On 6/28/18, I was experiencing severe dizziness and embarrassingly fainted on the floor of the front desk lobby. My co-worker who found me passed out called 911. They arrived in mere minutes and were quick to tend to me, asking me all the relevant questions, checked my vitals and gently prepared me for the trip to ER. They gave me nauseau medication and loaded me up in the ambulance quickly but with great care. On the ride to the ER, they did a chest CT scan to make sure all was good and got me to Pomerado Medical Center lightning fast. I am so thankful for these awesome guys and impressed by their professionalism and humor. They cracked jokes with me a few times and made me smile so I appreciated their kind disposition. I don't remember my last ambulance ride being so warm and fuzzy so this was a welcome change. Lastly, confession: My female co-workers love us some Firefighters/Firefighter EMTs so in a way, this whole incident was a dream come true for all of us. LOL!! I even joked with one of the EMTs that they were the only reason all the ladies came down to see what was going on was; that the team was easy on the eyes and that was the most excitement they were gonna have all week. HA! Can't say I blame them. He replied "Awwww, and we're the B Squad". Nope, definitely not the B squad! Thank you for all you do!

Very professional service and a great group of guys (from what I remember, haha). I endured a bit…read moreof a mishap on the 15, and ended up in their driveway in need of medical assistance. They got me bandaged up and ready for the ambulance in quick order. I went back the next day to thank them, and I was delighted by the humility and candor they displayed. God speed, gentlemen!

Great guys on 3rd shift (Late night staff around midnight/1am)!! I failed to get any names but they…read morewere clutch with saving a finger. My 4yr old daughters ring had gotten stuck, her finger was super swollen and the ring needed to come off IMMEDIATELY!!! Although it was a painful process to watch, they got the ring off with the baby saw ring remover thing. We were visiting from out of state (TX). ER wouldn't have been quick enough. Can't thank you guys enough for helping us. Thank you guys SO MUCH!!! Life savers!! -Little Girl with the BIG hair lol

On April 9th, 2026, I had a medical emergency while working out at the PQ YMCA. The station 40 Team…read moreresponded very quickly and made a undoubtably correct decision to transport me directly to Scripps La Jolla. Within 90 minutes upon their arrival to the YMCA and post-op surgery, my life was spared. My career for 45 years was in Health Care and I have to say, this team was superb! Thank you! Diane S.

Station 40 serves the Rancho Peñasquitos area. It's located off Paseo Montalban just east of…read moreRancho Peñasquitos Towne Center. This fire house has three equipment bays that regularly house an engine and a ladder truck. There's also a ladder repair shop here. Before Station 46 was built, Station 40 was the closest City of San Diego Fire-Rescue Station to our home. The firefighters I've met from here while grocery shopping are approachable and friendly.

The hero's of Carlsbad Fire came to our home tonight to take Jim H to the hospital in Encinitas…read more Compassion, humility, professionalism and well plain old love of fellow man ......these paramedics and fireman displayed such gentleness and love of their patient. Words will never express my appreciation.

This department deserves a 5 star! They actually stopped a fire from happening. We had a townhome…read morethat could of had a fire but because they took the time to look for an area of heat inside they ended up stopping it before it started. Thank you for saving us all a lot of grief Carlsbad fire dept!! Who knows what could have happened.

I am so glad to have these fine firefighters so close to my home…read more The building is new and architecturally beautiful. It is days like today that I want to stop and thank the fire station for everything that they do.

This message is not just a review as it is a plea to Cease and desist from all First Responders and…read morepeople associated with them. As an African American male and being child of Civil Rights activates I have experienced unacceptable behavior from organizations people would never suspect and I will try and explain as much as I can in this review since there is so much more to this problem that needs to be addressed. For the last 5 years I have underwent the utmost hostile behavior from the people who drive and operate AMBULANCES and FIRE TRUCKS. It first started when they would show up everywhere I was going no matter where I was on the cost of California. At first they would follow me to the grocery store, mall, parks, restaurants. Now, they started showing up at my job and my home. With that being said, there isn't much that goes on in my area so they pretty much sit around all day waiting for me to leave my house or work to come find me and harass me by blowing threw traffic with their sirens, terrifying people and almost casing collisions and driving toward traffic on the opposite side of the lane just to get to where I'm at on the road and pretend to almost run into me blowing their horns just to turn off there sirens a second later like nothing happened leaving everyone in confusion. This has been happening to me everyday for years and has almost caused me to wreck numerous times. I've been forced to drive with a dash cam for my own safety against the very people who are supposed to be our hero's. On that note, they have been following me to my home waiting for me to come out of my house where they would be blowing there horns and sirens until I would go back inside or get in my car to go to work. This would even take place at my job. If you take a look at the people on the fire departments squads or the people inside the Fire Trucks and Ambulances in San Diego County they are all Caucasian leaving a desensitization towards the needs of minority groups as we all know and has been proven throughout history. With that being said, theses organizations also have patterns as well, harassing me more when Holidays come around or political events such as the 2020 election where I was harassed to the point where I had to call in the police station ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT to introduce myself and explain my concerns to the supervising officer since the police also started joining in the hostile behavior I mentioned earlier to the point where I was FEARING FOR MY LIFE. I have even filed a police report about their misconduct. Usually, after the completes are made they would stop harassing me for a while then come right back for that this point I don't think they have the ability or know how to stop harassing me even if they tried. Fortunately, I have discovered threw on duty officers as well as retired police veterans, who resigned because they didn't want to be apart of the corruption that goes on in these organizations, that the Fire Department shares personal information and location serves threw everyone of our cellphones from the police stations illegally and with out a warrant everyday. This is how they were showing up everywhere I was going and where they would then stock for me until I came out of any building where they would then blowing their horns/sirens and chasing me acting like they were going to harm me with their vehicles. I have many audio/video recoding of them blowing their horns/sirens at me in different locations including my job and work. On a side note, this personal information even leaks out to common folk and groups like BIKER CLUBES, that consist of off duty or retired veterans and even pedestrians who ride Harley Davidsons who have been illegally stalking me everywhere as well. It's unfortunate that the Chiefs of these organizations dont have a grasp of their teams and let them run rampant while wearing a badge that suppose to mean "Serve and Protect". Then when something happens or things get out of hand they are forced to resign or get terminated. Unfortunately, these organizations often retaliate and are vengeful to who ever speaks up against them as displayed during the last few years befor, during and after the election. Luckily, there are review friendly systems inline that provide a paper trail and are viewed world wide forever. For any Journalist, News Organization, Civil Rights group etc who would one day like to know even more of what is going on behind the scenes or need a statement to any active civil suite against theses organizations please drop your credentials and reach out to me threw the comments. You can also find me on yelp where I will be placing future reviews as my experience get worse.

Station 5 is a very up to date on communication equipment and fire apparatus. Fighter Fighters are…read morehighly trained professionals who love and protect their city with pride.

This place is great. I met with a firefighter and told him I'm a tourist and would like to get a…read moreshirt or hat. He said no problem I just need cash got payment. Do I needed to get to a bank first. Thank you guys for making my trip worthwhile. Lew

These guys and gals are great. Always on the spot to help. BUT, but, this thing about hiding in the…read morebushes and chasing down people shopping on Grand Ave. for seat belt violations has got to stop. Too much govt. in our face, generating big bucks for, stupid nanny laws. End of story. Enforce other stuff. ps. as to the fire dept. and ambulane. BEST in world. 5 minute responce time. and experts on the site, even engine co. - I guess we are luck about that!!!

Joe Mata was a horrible man! He was a racist man and was extremely rude when we tried speaking to…read morehim. I don't know how a man so cruel is a chief or whatever he is. He deserves to be fired and kicked out the police force for having a fragile ego and a huge racist.

If only I could have whipped out my phone to check Yelp while I was being strapped to a board by…read morefire department personnel... The ambulance ride was pleasant. That's really all I can say about San Diego Medical Services without frothing at the mouth. My bike accident was in February '13. When I received the bill a month after service in March '13 - nearly $2000 for about a half mile - I called them and provided all my insurance info - Anthem Blue Cross. In July of '13, I received a notification from Blue Shield that my claim was not being covered because I wasn't a member at the time. Uh, no shit. I immediately called SDMS - in July '13 - to notify them that the insurance info had been sent to the wrong provider. They told me "No, we sent it to the correct insurer, Blue Shield." After several attempts to explain that I was in fact covered by Anthem Blue Cross, this is literally the response I got: "Oh, we DEFINITELY sent the bill to Blue Shield AND Anthem Blue Cross." Wow. I immediately called Anthem Blue Cross, who confirmed that no bill had been submitted. The rep there called SDMS and learned that, in addition to the provider being listed incorrectly, all of my membership info was mistyped. He assured me he'd fix it. By the end of July '13, I thought things were getting resolved. In December '13, I received a collections notice from SDMS. My bill still hadn't been paid, I was going to be referred to a collection agency, etc. Yet no claim had been processed by Anthem Blue Cross. They insisted that they had still not received a bill. I called SDMS and had them read me all the details in their records. Sure enough, the mistyped information from July '13 had never been fixed - they were repeatedly sending the bill with entirely inaccurate information, all the while threatening me. Further, SDMS insisted that, while they would suspend collections activity, they couldn't send me confirmation in writing or tell me for how long. Because at this point I had no reason to trust them, I called back a week later. My insurance information was still listed incorrectly. I spoke to a manager, who assured me it would be changed. I asked him to send me confirmation in writing; he insisted that couldn't be done. Finally, in January '14, an insurance rep asked me to just send the copy of my collections notice to her so that she could do all the processing on their end. It's obviously my fault for not thinking of that sooner, but I also wish it hadn't taken 11 months for the insurance agents to suggest it when clearly SDMS wasn't going to get their shit together. As of February '14, one calendar year and ten days after my accident, the claim has been processed. In that span, SDMS: - inaccurately recorded my insurance information - billed the wrong insurance provider and lied about it - billed the correct insurance provider but with incorrect information such that the claim couldn't be processed - thrice lied to me about updating my insurance information - threatened to send my account into collections - refused to send me written confirmation about changes to my account or the suspension of collections activity SDMS is an absolutely disgusting, parasitic company that preys on people in their weakest and most desperate moments. I know that a bad Yelp review won't do anything to change that, but I really felt the need to put this out into the universe.

You're better off crawling into a ditch and dying…read more They will charge you $2000 to drive you half a mile. They are out of contract with many health insurance companies and hospitals, so your insurance will not cover their services. Don't even think about using so much as a tissue from them, or they will charge you for that too. Seriously the worst possible service to ever exist on this planet.