Marine Corps Air Station Tustin

== History ==
===Area Served===
Marine Corps Air Station Tustin, formerly Naval Air Station Santa Ana and Marine Corps Air Facility Santa Ana, is a former United States Marine Corps air station, located in the city of Tustin, in Orange County, Southern California. It was the country's first air facility developed solely for helicopter operations, supporting the rotary wing aircraft of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and Marine Aircraft Group 16. About 4,500 residents once lived on the base, and it employed nearly 5,000 military personnel and civilians. Two large blimp hangars, built in 1942 of Oregon Douglas fir, are among the largest free-standing wooden structures in the world, and were placed on the National Register of Historic Places as well as designated National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks. MCAS Tustin was designated for closure by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission in 1991 and again in 1993 with operational closure of the base occurring in July 1999. However, the north hangar is still used as a storage and repair center for commercial blimps. Of the approximately 1,600 acres, some 1,294 acres, now known collectively as "Tustin Legacy," have been conveyed to the city of Tustin, private developers and public institutions for a combination of residential, commercial, educational, and public recreational and open-space uses. The remaining 300-plus acres will be conveyed to federal agencies, the city of Tustin and public institutions for the same uses once environmental clean-up operations have been concluded. Much of the former base has now become residential housing and in September 2007, the Orange County Sheriff's Department opened its basic training academy to a portion of the former air station. 
===Department Profile===
The MCAS Tustin Fire Department provided structural fire suppression, emergency medical services (EMS), fire prevention and inspection to the MCAS Tustin community. The department was comprised of civilian career firefighters however, aircraft rescue and firefighting for MCAS Tustin was provided by USMC enlisted personnel assigned to the MCAS Tustin Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Division.
=== Fire Stations ===
Station	Address 	In Service	Notes
1 	Building 13 	?-1999 	Closed and demolished
2 	6120 Gooden Street 	?-1999 	Closed and demolished
ARFF 	Building 183 - Flightline	?-1999 	Closed and demolished
==Apparatus==
:1991 Chevrolet / Reading (Ex-Rescue / Tropic Heat 35)
:1990 GMC / Landoll (Ex-Rescue / Tropic Heat 25)
:1989 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/750/80F/50' Tele-Squrt) (Ex-Engine 1) (Transferred to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Fire Department)
:1986 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash / Tropic Heat 44)
:1986 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash / Tropic Heat 42)
:1986 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash / Tropic Heat 41)
:1986 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash / Tropic Heat 40)
:1985 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash / Tropic Heat 43)
:1984 Duplex / Yankee-Walter pumper (1000/500/25F) (Ex-Engine 2) 
:1980 Pettibone 40-ton aircraft salvage crane / rear-wheel drive tractor (Rescue / Tropic Heat 29) 
:1978 Seagrave MB pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Reserve Engine 3)
Category:Defunct fire departments of Orange County, California
Tustin
Category:Former military operators of Oshkosh apparatus
Category:Former Military operators of Pierce apparatus
Category:Former operators of Seagrave apparatus
Category:Former operators of Walter apparatus
Category:Defunct Military Fire Departments (California)