Naval Air Station Key West Fire and Emergency Services

== Area Served ==
Naval Air Station Key West or NAS Key West also known as Boca Chica Field, formerly Naval Air Base Key West and Naval Air Facility Key West, is a United States Navy airfield located on Boca Chica Key, four miles east of the central business district of Key West, Monroe County, Florida. NAS Key West is a training facility for air-to-air combat fighter aircraft of all military services, with favorable flying conditions year round and nearby aerial ranges. The station and its associated offshore air combat maneuvering ranges are equipped with the P5 Combat Training System/Tactical Combat Training System (P5CTS/TCTS) which tracks and records aerial maneuvers. On a broader scale, NAS Key West's national security mission supports operational and readiness requirements for the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security (e.g., US Coast Guard), Air National Guard and Army National Guard units, other federal agencies, and allied military forces. The air station is also host to several US Navy tenant commands, the US Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School and Headquarters and Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF South).
=== Mutual Aid ===
NAS Key West F&ES has mutual aid agreements with Monroe County Fire Rescue (Florida), and with the Key West Fire Department (Florida)
== Department Profile ==
Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), structure firefighting, shipboard firefighting, emergency medical services, hazmat services, technical rescue, fire prevention and inspection for NAS Key West is provided by Navy Region Southeast / Naval Air Station Key West Fire and Emergency Services, comprised of civilian career firefighters. 
== History ==
The US Navy's presence in Key West dates back to 1823 when a Naval Base was established to stop piracy in the area. The base was expanded during the Mexican–American War, with the construction of Fort Zachary Taylor and other fortifications in the Key West area commencing in 1845 and continuing through to its completion in 1866. During World War I (1914–1918) the base was expanded again, and in 1917, a US naval submarine base was established on the main island of Key West on what is now naval air station "annex" property. Its mission during World War I was to supply oil to the US fleet and to block German ships from reaching Mexican oil supplies. On December 18, 1917, Naval Air Base Key West was commissioned. The seaplane base was designated as a Naval Air Station Key West on 15 December 1940 and served as an operating and training base for fleet aircraft squadrons, to include seaplane, land-based aircraft, carrier-based aircraft and lighter-than-air blimp squadrons. NAS Key West was to become a focal point during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, which posed the first doorstep threat to America in more than a century, with Key West cementing its claim to the title "Gibraltar of the Gulf". On October 5, 2001, Naval Air Station Key West was temporarily downgraded and re-designated as Naval Air Facility Key West, but on April 1, 2003, the air facility was upgraded and restored back to full air station status as Naval Air Station Key West. 
===Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service 	Notes
1 	Boca Chica Field Bldg. A-132	1940 - 2015	Closed and demolished in May 2017 and replaced by current Fire Station 1
2 	Trumbo Point Annex 	WWII - 2017	Former WWII Seaplane hangar damaged by Hurricane Irma on September 10, 2017. Closed and demolished and replaced by current Fire Station 2
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 1 - Midway Avenue & Saratoga Avenue / Boca Chica Field===
Dedicated April 27, 2017
:Unit 903 - Chevrolet Tahoe (Ex-Chief 1)
:Unit 907 - Chevrolet Tahoe (Ex-Chief 2)
:Water Tender 921 - 2020 KME Predator 6x4 dryside (1250/3000) 
:Engine 921 (N73-03560) - 2016 Pierce
:Ladder 932 (N74-00121) - 2012 Pierce Velocity aerial (2000/500/75' rear-mount) (SN#24835-01) (Ex-Ladder 1) 
:Crash 941 - Oshkosh Striker 1500 4x4 ARFF (1500/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC/450 lbs. Halotron)
:Crash 942 - Oshkosh Striker 3000 6x6 ARFF (2000/3000/420F/550 lbs. DC)
:Crash 943 - 201? Oshkosh Striker 3000 6x6 ARFF (2000/3000/420F/550 lbs. DC) (Job#131374)
:Hazmat/Rescue 951 (N76-00070) - 2012 Pierce Velocity 8420 walk-around (SN#24716) (Ex-Rescue 1)
:Ambulance 971 (G31-01488) - Ford F-450 / Wheeled Coach
=== Fire Station 2 - Sigsbee Road / Sigsbee Park Housing Area ===
Opened January 2021
:Engine 922 - 2021 Pierce Saber 7000 (1250/750/50B (SN#35119)
=== Fire Station 3 - DeKalb Avenue / Truman Annex ===
:Engine 923 (N73-03337) - 2012 Pierce Contender (1250/500/40A) (Ex-Engine 3) 
=== Assignment Unknown ===
:(N73-03336) - 2012 Pierce Contender (1250/500/40A) (SN#25486) (Ex-Engine 922, ex-Engine 2)
:2012 Pierce Velocity pumper (SN#24717)
== Retired Apparatus ==
:2008 Pierce Contender (SN#20206-01)
:2008 Pierce Contender (SN#20206-02)
:2008 Pierce Contender (SN#20206-03)
:2002 International 4900 / Pierce pumper (1750/750/50A/50B) (SN#13573-03228287)
:(N71-03101) - 1998 Oshkosh T-1000 4x4 ARFF (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 3, ex-Crash 943)
:1994 KME Renegade (1250/750/25A/25B) (SN#G-2107) (Transferred to Naval District Washington)
:(N73-02943) - 1988 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/750/200F) (SN#E-4159-05) (Ex-Engine 5) 
:(N71-02688) - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 ARFF (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 4)
:Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 ARFF (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 2)
:Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 ARFF (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 1)
:Oshkosh MB-5 4x4 ARFF (325/400/65F) (Ex-Crash 8)
==External Links==
NAS Key West Fire and Emergency Services Facebook page
==Station Map ==
Category:Monroe County, Florida
Key West
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Military departments operating Oshkosh apparatus (United States)
Category:Military Fire Departments (Florida)