Naval Support Facility Indian Head Fire Department

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==Area Served==
Naval Support Facility Indian Head, formerly the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, Indian Head Proving Ground, Naval Powder Factory, Naval Propellant Plant and Naval Ordnance Station, is a United States naval installation in Charles County, Maryland, approximately 25 miles southwest of Washington, DC. The name comes from the first English settlers to the area who called the land "Indian Head," a shortened form of "Indian Headlands," referring to the "Indian Peninsula" overlooking the Potomac River. The facility is home to a NAVSEA Warfare Center dedicated to advanced research in energetics (i.e., explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics, reactive materials, and their application in propulsion systems and ordnance). The facility consists of the main Installation on Cornwallis Neck Peninsula and the Stump Neck Annex on the Stump Neck Peninsula. The Warfare Center currently employs 3,700 people.
==Department Profile==
Structural, as well as wildland fire suppression, emergency medical services, technical rescue, hazmat services, fire prevention and inspection for NSF Indian Head is provided by Naval District Washington / NSF Indian Head Fire and Emergency Services, comprised of 43 civilian career firefighters.
NSF Indian Head is also home to the United States Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), a unit responsible for countering the effects of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) incidents.
==History==
Naval Support Facility Indian Head was founded in 1890 as the Naval Proving Ground which was the Navy’s first established presence in southern Maryland. By 1913 it had expanded from guns and ammo to include shells and powder, then began producing smokeless powder for the US during World War I, prompting a name change to the Naval Powder Factory. It soon became a chemical factory and the Bureau of Ordnance allowed research of experimental new propellants in 1947. Along with the ever-changing productions of this station, the name changed just as often with the the Naval Powder Factory becoming the Naval Propellant Plant in 1958 and soon changed once again in 1966 to the Naval Ordnance Station (NOS). In 2003, the management of Naval Ordnance Station changed over to Commander Navy Installation Command (CNIC) to provide shore installation management to all Naval activities. As an installation in the National Capital Region, NOS was aligned with Naval District Washington (NDW) and was renamed Naval Support Facility Indian Head. In 1994, the resident Warfare Center absorbed the function of the closed Naval Ordnance Laboratory, formerly in White Oak, Montgomery County, MD. 
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
=== Fire Station 20 - 4193 W Farnum Road, Bldg. 878, Indian Head ===
:Engine 201 - 2019 Pierce Saber (1250/750/30A) (SN#31437-01)
:Truck 20 - 2023 Pierce Enforcer 7000 (2000/500/107' Ascendant rear-mount ladder) (SN#39196)
:Hazmat 20 -
:Boat 20 -
:Boat 20B -
:Medic 209 - Ford F-450 / Wheeled Coach
:Utility 20 -
=== Fire Station 21 - Archer Avenue, Stump Neck Annex ===
:Engine 211 -
:Brush 21 (N73-03461) - 2012 Ford F-550 / Pierce brush (SN#25184)
:Utility 21 -
===CBIRF - 3399 Strauss Avenue, #219===
:2013 Freightliner M2 106 / Pierce Encore walk-around (SN#26699-01)
:2013 Freightliner M2 106 / Pierce Encore walk-around (SN#26699-02)
:2013 Freightliner M2 106 / Pierce Encore walk-around (SN#26699-03)
:2013 Freightliner M2 106 / Pierce Encore walk-around (SN#26699-04)
=== Unknown Assignment ===
:2011 International / Pierce walk-around rescue (SN#23879-01)
:2010 Pierce Contender pumper (SN#22457-09)
:2009 Pierce Contender pumper (SN#21446)
:1999 Pierce Saber pumper (SN#EB981)
==Retired Apparatus==
:(N73- 02874) - 1988 Pierce Arrow pumper / Local rebuilt (1000/750/200F) (SN#E3679-10) (Ex-Engine 202) 
==Station Map==
Category:Charles County
Indian Head
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Military Fire Departments (Maryland)