Fire Station 56 serves the north Malibu coast from a leased site at Camp Joan Meier on Yerba Buena Road. Initially this station was staffed by a single firefighter around the clock. Many fire stories abound about duty at Fire Station 56. The station is a two-bedroom apartment with a downstairs garage. In addition a shed was built in the early 1990’s to accommodate larger engines. The Malibu Fire Station is staffed daily by three firefighters and houses a 1999 Luverne Pumper (Engine 56) and a 1999 4WD brush patrol (Patrol 56). The Luverne pumper is based on a commercial chassis (Freightliner) and is part of a three-engine study. This study will decide whether the commercial chassis, which is significantly cheaper, can replace the custom chassis found on our other fire trucks. Also, the size of the pumper is being studied to determine if it will work better in the confining environment of rural settings such as Malibu. At this time a new Fire Station 56 is under development closer to the Pacific Coast Highway.