Hemet-Ryan Air Attack Base Replacement Project

Hemet-Ryan Air Attack Base Replacement Project

CAL FIRE is proposing to replace the existing HRAAB facilities and construct a new, modern HRAAB facility that would allow the base to continue to provide high-quality fire protection and emergency response services. The Project would result in improved fueling operations; improved flight capability and improved response time by updating aircraft and aircraft pads and ancillary features; and replacing administrative and support uses. The Project would be developed on approximately 15.25 acres in the south-central portion of the existing airport, portions of which are currently operating as a helitack base. The Project includes the following components: • A two-story air operations building with a control room • Landing pads and retardant loading pits. • A 32-bed barracks/mess hall to replace the existing modular units. • A combination helicopter/OV-10 hangar • Two aircraft storage canopies • A helicopter training tower with a hoist system for repelling training • A fire retardant mixing station • A vehicle storage building to protect and store firefighting equipment • A generator yard/electrical building Site work would consist of the demolition of an existing RCSD helipad, barracks, pilot’s building, office, Quonset hut, tanks, gas shed, canopies, maintenance and storage buildings; the replacement of existing structures with new facilities; the relocation of the existing control tower; and the installation of sewer connections, fencing, paving, landscaping, associated utilities, appurtenances, and other related site work. The facility lease would be extended to 50 years.

Hemet

Riverside

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 20, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Other (Replace existing CAL FIRE Air Attack Base with a new modem facil), Transportation:Air/Heliport (CAL FIRE Air Attack Base Replacement Project)

Redevelopment

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire