City of Santee Fire Station No. 5 at 9130 Carlton Oaks Drive anchors fire and emergency medical coverage for the Carlton Hills and Fanita Parkway corridors near Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve. The station houses Engine 5 (ALS), Brush 5, and Medic 5 — a three-apparatus complement that provides structure fire suppression, wildland-urban interface response, and paramedic ambulance transport to hospitals and walk-in facilities such as Perlman Clinic Santee on Mission Gorge Road. Brush 5 is a 2025 Freightliner M2 106 4x4 with an HME Ahrens-Fox Type 3 wildland body (500-GPM pump, 500-gallon tank), acquired for $627,000 through a grant from the San Diego Regional Fire Foundation and the San Diego River Conservancy. The station's Carlton Oaks Drive location places it within the first-due response zone for the residential neighborhoods surrounding Carlton Oaks Country Club and the Santee Lakes camping and RV facilities along Fanita Parkway. Community fire-safety outreach in the Carlton Hills district includes partnerships with neighborhood organizations and congregations such as Carlton Hills Lutheran Church on Halberns Boulevard. Engine 5's 2014 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 carries a 1,500-GPM pump and 500-gallon tank with a 30-gallon Class A foam cell for structure and vehicle fire suppression across the eastern half of the city's 16.72-square-mile jurisdiction.