Hemet-Ryan Air Attack Base Replacement Project

Hemet-Ryan Air Attack Base Replacement Project

CAL FIRE is proposing to replace the existing Hemet-Ryan Air Attack Base with a new facility. The Project includes a two-story air operations building with a control room; landing pads and retardant loading pits; a 32-bed barracks/mess hall; 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; and a generator yard/electrical building. Site work would include 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, and the installation of sewer connections, fencing, paving, landscaping, utilities, 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 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 Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), 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

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

Redevelopment

Cultural Resources