Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Fire Department

==Area Served==
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma or MCAS Futenma (Kaiheitai Futenma Kōkū Kichi in Japanese), formerly Futenma Air Base, is a United States Marine Corps air station located in Ginowan City, in Okinawa Prefecture, some 5 nautical miles northeast of the city of Naha, on the island of Okinawa, one of the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. It is home to approximately 3,000 Marines of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1 MAW) and to its subordinate unit, Marine Aircraft Group 36 (MAG-36), as well as to other units, and has been a US military airbase since the defeat of the Japanese Imperial Army in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. The air station is tasked with operating a variety of fixed wing, rotary wing and tilt rotor aircraft in support of the III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF), the Japan U.S. defense alliance, as well as other allies and treaty partners in the Asia-Pacific region. The base includes a 8,990 by 148 ft. runway at 246 ft. elevation, as well as extensive barracks, administrative and logistical facilities and is part of the Marine Corps Installations Pacific Command (MCIPAC). MCAS Futenma is also used as a United Nations air distribution hub facility for response to disaster or other crisis requiring air supplies due to the length of the runway and elevation. 
==Department Profile==
The Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC) / MCAS Futenma Fire and Emergency Services Department provides structural fire suppression, advanced life support (ALS), emergency medical services (EMS), technical rescue, hazmat services, fire prevention and inspection to the MCAS Futenma community. The department is comprised of US and Japanese civilian career firefighters however, aircraft rescue and firefighting for MCAS Futenma is provided by USMC enlisted personnel assigned to the MCAS Futenma Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Division. 
==History==
Futenma Airfield was constructed by the US military following the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. It was initially allocated for Eighth Air Force use to station B-29 Superfortress strategic bombers in the planned Invasion of Japan. With the end of the war, the airfield became a United States Air Force Far East Air Force installation known as Futenma Air Base, and was used as a support airfield for the nearby Kadena Air Base, hosting fighter-interceptor squadrons as part of the air defense of the Ryukyu Islands. The base was transferred to the United States Navy on 30 June 1957 and was subsequently developed into a United States Marine Corps air station by Seabees from USN Mobile Construction Battalion 3 augmented by a detachment from MCB 2. There have been various plans to relocate Marine Corps Air Station Futenma base—first off the island and then within the island—however, as of November 2014 the future of any relocation is uncertain.
== Apparatus Roster ==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
=== ARFF Station - South Flightline===
:Rescue 26 - Ford F-550
:Rescue 40 - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC)
:Rescue 43 (MC282329) - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC)
:Rescue 44 (MC301385) - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC)
:Rescue 47 - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC)
:Engine 51 - Pierce Saber
:2019 Pierce Saber pumper (SN#32187-01)
:2015 Pierce Saber pumper (SN#28469)
:(MC678618) - Oshkosh P-19R 6x6 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. Halotron)
== Station Map ==
Category:US Marine Corps Fire Departments
Category:Military fire departments (Extra-Territorial)
Category:Okinawa Prefecture
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus