Menlo Park Fire Protection District

Schapelhouman Fire Museum and carriage house open on August 30

The Fire Museum and Carriage House (700 Oak Grove Avenue — behind Station 6) will be open Saturday, August 30, from 10:00 am to 2:00

by Linda Hubbard
on August 27, 2025

Tragic Texas flooding event is winding down, with two victims still missing

The specially-trained human remains detection (HRD) canines, their handlers, a team leader, search specialist and a logistics specialist — will be returning to the Bay

by Harold Schapelhouman
on July 28, 2025

Schapelhouman Fire Museum will be open on July 26

The Fire Museum and Carriage House (700 Oak Grove Avenue — behind Station 6) will be open tomorrow, Saturday, July 26, from 10:00 am to

by Linda Hubbard
on July 25, 2025

Fire in the Hills – Part 2: Firefighters share their stories 40 years later

Editor's note: Menlo Park Fire District retired Chief Harold Schapelhouman (pictured) is looking back 40 years when three separate local wildland fires changed how municipal

by Harold Schapelhouman
on July 16, 2025

Menlo Fire sends team to Texas for grisly task of finding human remains

On Tuesday evening, seven members of California Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Force 3 (CA-TF3), sponsored by the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, boarded

by Contributed Content
on July 10, 2025

Fire in the hills – Three separate local wildland fires that changed how municipal fires are handled today – Part 1

Forty years ago, in the first week of July, 1985, three separate wildland fires in the hills of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties became

by Harold Schapelhouman
on July 3, 2025

Schapelhouman Fire Museum is open on Saturday, June 28

Schapelhouman Fire Museum is open for public tours on Saturday, June 28, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. It is located behind Menlo Park Fire

by Linda Hubbard
on June 27, 2025

Menlo Park Fire Station 1 turns 70 years old

Seventy years ago, in June of 1955, the Menlo Park Fire Protection District relocated and began operations at it new Headquarters Fire Station 1 at

by Harold Schapelhouman
on June 13, 2025

Local fire personnel involved in massive search and recovery effort underway at the Palisades Fire

Editor's note: This recap was current as of early this morning (January 19). Sixty-two members of California Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Task Force 3

by Harold Schapelhouman
on January 19, 2025

BSA Troop 222 hosts timely disaster preparedness event

On Sunday, January 12, BSA Troop 222 held a Disaster Preparedness event that took on new urgency in light of the recent fires in Southern

by Contributed Content
on January 13, 2025