Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Fire and Emergency Services

==Area Served==
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni (MCAS Iwakuni) is a US Marine Corps facility located in the Nishiki River Delta, 1.3 nautical miles southeast of the city of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Honshu, the main island of Japan. At present the station is home to about 15,000 US military and Japanese defense force employees. It is also home to approximately half of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) headquartered on Okinawa, Marine Aircraft Group 12 (MAG-12), elements of the 3rd Marine Logistics Group, Navy Carrier Air Wing 5, the US Navy's only forward-deployed carrier strike group, Fleet Air Wing 31 of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, as well as other units of the JMSDF. A civilian passenger terminal was built at MCAS Iwakuni and completed in 2012. Scheduled daily commercial flights to Tokyo started December 13, 2012. 
==Department Profile==
MCAS Iwakuni Fire and Emergency Services (FES) provides structural fire suppression, advanced life support (ALS), emergency medical services (EMS), technical rescue, hazmat services, fire prevention and inspection to the community from three fire stations on the base proper, and 1 fire station at the Atago military housing complex. MCAS Iwakuni FES is made up of 86 personnel; 71 of which are operational civilian US and Japanese career firefighters. The department operates 11 pieces of front line structural fire apparatus. Aircraft rescue and firefighting for the base is provided by USMC enlisted personnel assigned to the MCAS Iwakuni Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Division who work closely with the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force ARFF units assigned to the Japanese part of the base. Since 2012, MCAS Iwakuni has shared runways with civilian Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport with the MCAS ARFF Division having been made responsible for any civilian aircraft emergencies in addition to military aircraft. 
==History==
The Japanese government bought a large portion of what is today MCAS Iwakuni in 1938, with the view of establishing a naval air station. They commissioned the new base on July 8, 1940. When World War II started, the Iwakuni air station was used as a training and defense base. After the end of the war, various military forces from the United States, Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand occupied the base and it was repaired by No. 5 Airfield Construction Squadron RAAF and designated a Royal Australian Air Force Base in 1948. The Americans first occupied the base in 1950 to use it as a springboard for aircraft heading to the Korean War with the US Air Force taking command of the station on April 1, 1952. During its period of command, the Air Force did much to improve the base's facilities and infrastructure. The US Navy took over the station on October 1, 1954 and Naval Air Station Iwakuni was greatly enlarged in July 1956 when the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing moved its headquarters there from South Korea. A whole new area was procured on the north side of the station to make room for approximately 2,500 incoming Marines. The Marine Corps first took control of the installation as Marine Corps Air Facility Iwakuni in 1958. The station, which is just over 1,300 acres, was officially designated as Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in 1962. Its mission includes support of operations, maintenance and supply of tenant units and ships.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
=== Fire Station 1 and Headquarters - 6119 Lightning Avenue - Flightline Area ===
:Engine 1 (MC299100) - Pierce Quantum (?/500/100F) (RH steering)
:Engine 101 (MC302674) - Pierce
:Truck 1 (MC298297) - Pierce Quantum 6x4 aerial (85' rear-mount) (RH steering)
:USAR 1 - Pierce Quantum walk-around (RH steering) (SN#18661)
:Crash 22 (MC301654) - Morita MAF-125 6x6 crash tender
:Crash 23 (MC302461) - Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 crash tender (UHP/3000/423F/500 lbs. DC)
:Rescue 25 - Mitsubishi Canter walk-around
:Crash 32 -
:Crash 33 (MC277017) - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (950/1000/130B)
:Crash 35 (MC279439) - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (950/1000/130B)
:Water Tender 37 -
:Crash 47 (MC550061) - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (950/1000/130B)
:Crash 49 (MC520910) - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (950/1000/130B)
:Crash 66 - Oshkosh P-19R 6x6 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. Halotron)
:Crash 67 - Oshkosh P-19R 6x6 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. Halotron)
===Fire Station 2 - 119 6th Street===
:Engine 2 (MC302346) - 2014 Pierce Saber (SN#27719)
===Fire Station 3 - 3119 Portside Port Area===
:Engine 3 (MC294027) - 2009 Pierce Quantum (?/500/100F) (SN#21523)
=== Fire Station 4 - ATG119 Alfred Avenue, Atago Hills Housing ===
:Engine 4 (MC301264) - 2011 Pierce Saber (SN#24126)
:Ladder 2 (MC303592) - 2018 Pierce aerial (?/?/75' rear-mount) (SN#32184)
===Station Unknown===
:Ladder 1 - 2019 Pierce aerial
===Assignment Unknown===
:2020 Pierce Saber pumper (SN#33735)
:2018 Pierce Saber pumper (SN#32187-02)
:2015 Pierce Saber pumper (SN#28470)
== Retired Apparatus==
:Seagrave pumper (Ex-Engine 2)
== Station Map==
Category:Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Category:Military departments operating Oshkosh apparatus (United States)
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Departments operating Morita apparatus
Category:Former operators of Seagrave apparatus
Iwakuni
Category:Military fire departments (Extra-Territorial)