Patrick Space Force Base Fire Department

== About ==
Patrick Space Force Base is a United States Space Force installation located on a barrier island between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida. Patrick SFB is home to Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45), known as the 45th Space Wing when it was part of the Air Force. In addition to its host wing responsibilities at Patrick SFB, SLD 45 controls and operates Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as well as the Eastern Range, the rocket range that supports missile and rocket launches from the two major launch heads located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the adjacent Kennedy Space Center. Additional tenant activities at Patrick SFB include the 920th Rescue Wing, the Air Force Technical Applications Center, and the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI). Total employment is 10,400. There are 13,099 military, dependents, civilian employees and contractors on base.
== Department Profile ==
Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), structure firefighting, emergency medical services, hazmat services, fire prevention and inspection for Patrick SFB is provided by the 45th Civil Engineer Squadron / Patrick Space Force Base Fire Department, a subordinate unit of the 45th Mission Support Group, comprised of civilian and military firefighters.
==History==
The installation was opened in 1940 and operated until 1947 as Naval Air Station Banana River, a US Navy airfield that supported seaplane patrols. NAS Banana River was deactivated in 1947 and placed in caretaker status until it was transferred to the US Air Force on September 1, 1948, and renamed the Joint Long Range Proving Ground on 10 June 1949. The installation was renamed Patrick Air Force Base on August 26, 1950, in honor of Major General Mason Patrick (December 13, 1863 – January 29, 1942), who led the United States Army Air Service during and after World War I and became the first Chief of the Army Air Corps when it was created on July 2, 1926. Permanent launch complexes were built in the 1950s and 1960s. On December 9, 2020 Patrick Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station were renamed as the first installations of the US Space Force by Vice President Mike Pence.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station - Control Road at South Patrick Drive / Flightline===
:Engine 8 - 2012 Pierce Contender P-22 (1500/750/25A/25B) (SN#24852)
:Water Tender 13 - 2006 International WorkStar 7600 SBA 6x4 / Pierce dryside ( SN#17258)
:2011 Pierce Arrow XT 100' rear-mount platform (SN#24585)
==Retired Apparatus ==
:1996 KME P-22 pumper (1250/750/25A/25AFFF) (Transferred to Loring Fire Department)
:1994 E-One / Teledyne P-23 8x8 / 2005 refurb (1500/3300/500AFFF/500 lbs. DC) (Transferred to Joint Base Cape Cod Fire Department, 2012)
==Station Map==
Category:Brevard County
Category:US Space Force Fire Departments
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Former military operators of KME apparatus
Category:Former operators of E-One apparatus
Category:Military Fire Departments (Florida)