Naval Air Station Oceana Fire Department

==Area Served==
Naval Air Station Oceana or NAS Oceana is a United States Navy Naval Air Station located in the city of Virginia Beach, on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The base is under the jurisdiction of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic and is the headquarters of Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic and Carrier Air Wings 1, 3, 7 and 8. The field serves as home for 14 deployable Strike Fighter squadrons, a Strike Fighter Fleet Replacement Squadron, an adversary squadron, and a logistics squadron and, as such is classified as a master jet base. Additionally, NAS Oceana operates Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress (Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fire Department), a practice carrier landing field in nearby Chesapeake, VA, and Training Support Center Hampton Roads (formerly FTC Dam Neck Annex), a separate secured facility in Virginia Beach that is home to other non-flying commands. The NAS Oceana airfield itself is known as Apollo Soucek Field, named in honor of Vice Admiral Apollo "Sockem" Soucek (February 24, 1897 – July 22, 1955), a Navy Test Pilot who set the global altitude record in 1930 by flying a Curtiss "Hawk" biplane to an altitude of 43,166 feet. Aside from its military function, NAS Oceana was an alternative landing site for NASA's Space Shuttle until the program ended in 2011.
=== Mutual Aid ===
NAS Oceana FES has a close working relationship with Virginia Beach Fire-Rescue with which it has a mutual aid agreement.
==Department Profile ==
Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), structure firefighting, emergency medical services, hazmat services, technical rescue, fire prevention and inspection for NAS Oceana, as well as for Training Support Center Hampton Roads and NALF Fentress is provided by Navy Region Mid-Atlantic / NAS Oceana Fire and Emergency Services with approximately 80 federal civilian personnel at all three installations. 
== History==
In 1940, the US Navy acquired the land that would eventually become Naval Air Station Oceana. At that time, the surrounding area was mainly farmland susceptible to flooding, but it served as a useful outlying field for the rapidly expanding Naval Air Force centered at NAS Norfolk and allowed units to work up for deployments away from the crowded base there. Constructed in 1941, and officially commissioned in 1943, NAS Oceana has been home to carrier-based aircraft since its inception. 
== Apparatus Roster ==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
=== Fire Station No. 7 - 770 Hornet Drive, Virginia Beach / Apollo Soucek Field - Building 220 ===
:Crash 2 (N71-03299) - 2012 E-One Titan 6x6 ARFF (3000/405F/500 lbs. PK)
:Crash 4 - Oshkosh Striker 1500 4x4 ARFF (1500/210F/500 lbs. PK)
:Crash 6 (N71-03356) - 2016 Oshkosh Striker 1500 4x4 ARFF (1500/210F/500 lbs. PK)
:Engine 31 (N73-03355) - 2009 Pierce Contender (1250/750/70F) (SN#21450-01/02/03)
:Quint 32 (N74-00113) - 2009 Pierce Velocity aerial (2000/500/75' rear-mount) (SN#21713-02)
:Ambulance 31 (G31-0148M) - 2012 Ford F-450 / Wheeled Coach Type l
:Ambulance 34 (G31-0113N) - 2015 Ford F-450 / Wheeled Coach Type l
:Squad 31 (N76-00049) - 2013 Spartan Metro Star / Rosenbauer walk-around
:Assistant Chief 3 (G62-1390K) - 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe
:Engine 30 (Reserve) (N73-03342) - 2008 Pierce Contender (1250/750/70F) (SN#20191-xx) (Ex-Engine 31 Reserve, ex-Naval Station Norfolk Fire Department Engine 14)
===Fire Station No. 8 - 489 Polaris Street / Training Support Center Hampton Roads, Virginia Beach (Building 525)===
:Quint 33 (N74-00098) - 2008 Pierce Velocity 7010 (1500/375/75' rear-mount ladder) (SN#20195-08647334)
:Brush 31 (N73-03483) - 2013 Ford F-550 4x4 / KME (100/300/30F)
:Ambulance 32 (G31-015XX) - 2011 Ford F-450 / Wheeled Coach Type l
:Battalion 31 (G62-0761L) - 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe
:Dart 2 - Polaris RTV
===Fire Station - 2500 Lockhead Road, Chesapeake===
See Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fire Department
===Assignment Unknown===
:(N71-03257) - 2009 Oshkosh TI-1500 4x4 ARFF (1750/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 4)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2009 Ford F-450 4x4 / Pierce (120/260) (Ex-Brush 31) (Transferred to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story Fire Department as Brush 32)
:(N71-03258) - 2009 Oshkosh TI-1500 4x4 ARFF (1750/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 5) (Reassigned to unidentified USN station in 2017)
:(G31-0008B) - 2005 Ford F-350 / Wheeled Coach Type l (Ex-Ambulance 31)
:(71-03289) - 2005 Oshkosh TI-1500 4x4 ARFF (1750/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 4) (Reassigned to Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fire Department) (Wrecked in 2012 and written off)
:(N71-03178) - 2004 Oshkosh T-1500 4x4 ARFF (1500/1500/210F/450 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 8)
:(71-03168) - 2004 Oshkosh T-1500 4x4 ARFF (1500/1500/210F/450 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 2, ex-Brunswick Naval Air Station Fire Department)
:(N71-03164) - 2003 Oshkosh TI-1500 4x4 ARFF (1750/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 5) (Reassigned to Fentress Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fire Department)
:(N71-03163) - 1998 E-One Cyclone II pumper (1250/500/100/50' Telescope) (Ex-Engine 32)
:(N71-03086) - 1998 Ford F-350 / KME (Ex-Squad 31)
:1996 AM General HMMWV / Darley brush (250/250) (Ex-Brush Tender 309)
:(N71-03021) - 1988 Pierce Arrow aerial (1000/500/65' rear-mount) (Ex-Engine 308)
==Station Map==
Category:Military Fire Departments (Virginia)
Oceana
Category:Military departments operating E-One apparatus (United States)
Category:Military departments operating KME apparatus
Category:Military departments operating Oshkosh apparatus (United States)
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Military departments operating Rosenbauer apparatus
Category:Former operators of Darley apparatus