Refinery Terminal Fire Company

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Refinery Terminal Fire Company (RTFC) functions as a cooperative entirely owned by it's industrial membership. RTFC currently protects over 60 individual facilities owned by 13 different corporations.
==History==
RTFC, also known as “Fire Company,” was established in 1948, in the wake of the Texas City, Texas disaster, and today is the largest non-profit industrial firefighting group in the United States. The Fire Company’s goal was to provide fire department services to The Port of Corpus Christi and the related refining and petrochemical port industries.
==Manned Stations==
===Port of Corpus Christi Authority - Corpus Christi===
Manned 1948
====Apparatus Roster====
Firefighting barge (8000/15000)
===Lyondellbasell LP - Corpus Christi===
Manned 1995 
A total of 21 fire professionals protect the plant and work RTFC’s standard 24-hour on/48-hour off, three platoon system. Each seven-person staff consists of one Captain, one Senior Firefighter, and five Firefighters.
===Flint Hills Resources (Former Koch Petroleum Group LP) - Corpus Christi===
Manned 1997
====East====
A total of 15 fire professionals protect this plant. Each shift consists of one Captain, one Senior Firefighter, and three Firefighters.
====West====
West Refinery is staffed by a six person shift comprised of one Captain, one Senior Firefighter, and four Firefighters.
===CITGO - Corpus Christi===
Manned 1988
A total of 15 fire professionals protect the plant. One Captain, one Senior Firefighter, and three Firefighters staff each of the three shifts.
====Apparatus Roster====
===INEOS - Chocolate Bayou, Texas (Former LyondellBasell Olefins Plant)===
Manned 2001 - 2010, 201? -
A total of 18 fire professionals and one Assistant Chief protect the plant. One Captain, one Senior Firefighter, and four Firefighters staff each of the three shifts. The Plant ceased operations in the fall of 2010 due to the economic downturn. The plant was re-started in ?.
====Apparatus Roster====
: 2015 Ferrara pumper (3000/500/500F) (SN#H-5585)
:2015 Ferrara walk-around rescue (SN#H-5584)
===Motiva - Port Arthur, TX (formerly Flint Hills Resources)===
Manned 2008
A total of 18 fire professionals and one Deputy Fire Chief protect the plant. One Captain, and five Firefighters staff each of the three shifts.
===Mississippi Power Company - Meridian, MS===
Manned 2013
A total of 15 fire professionals and one Division Chief protect the facility. One Captain and four Firefighters staff each of the three shifts.
=== Cheniere LNG===
====Sabine Pass, LA====
Manned August 2015
A total of 21 fire professionals, 3 paramedics, and one chief officer protect the facility. 1 Captain, 6 Firefighters, and 1 Paramedic staff each of the three platoon system shifts.
====Corpus Christi, TX====
Manned May 2018
A total of 18 fire professionals and one chief officer protect the facility. 1 Captain and 5 Firefighters staff each of the three platoon system shifts.
=== RTFC MAIN STATION - 1001 McBride Lane, Corpus Christi===
Manned 2016
The Main Station staffs a crew to respond to its member companies in the South Texas area 24/7. It will also respond as requested to assist the City of Corpus Christi Fire Department.
====Apparatus Roster====
:Foam 1 - 2009 Ferrara Ignitor XD (3000/400/2000F)
:Foam 2 - Sutphen / CustomFIRE (3000/-/2000F)
:Foam 3 - 2017 Sutphen Monarch EFD 6x4 (4000,300F/400/2000F) (SN#HS-5978)
:Foam 4 - 2022 Sutphen Monarch LFD 10"RR 6x4 / CustomFIRE (4000/400/2000F)
:Foam 5 - Spartan (3000/500/2000F)
:Foam 6 - E-One (3000/500/2000F)
:Foam Tower 2 – American LaFrance (3000/-/800F/85' mid-mount boom)
:Foam Tower 3 - American LaFrance (3000/-/800F/85' mid-mount boom)
:Foam Tower 4 - Sutphen (SN#HS-6364)
:Foam Tender 1 - Freightliner elliptical tanker (350/-/4000F)
:Foam Tender 2 - 2010 Ferrara Igniter (-/-/4000F) (SN#H-4595)
:Foam Tender 3 - 2021 Freightliner 114SD 6x4 / Alexis (-/-/4000F) (SN#2435)
:Brush 1 - 2016 Freightliner M2 106 / Ferrara (500PTO/750/50F) (SN#H-5884)
:Transport 1 - Prime mover (-/5000 tractor-drawn tanker)
:Transport 2 - Prime mover (-/5000 tractor-drawn tanker)
:Pump 1 - trailer mounted pump (3000/-)
:Foam Gun 1 “Big Foam Gun” - (18”/14000gpm)
:Command - LDV Specialty step van
:2 x trailer mounted pump (3000/-)
====Unknown Assignment==== 
:2013 Ferrara Igniter pumper (3000/400/2000F) (SN#H-5326 ) (Ex-Foam 2) 
:2007 Ferrara pumper (3000/400/2000F) (SN#H-3587)
: Spartan (1750/400/700F) (Ex-Foam 4)
===RTFC TRAINING ACADEMY - 3920 Carbo, Plant Road Corpus Christi===
The Training Academy is situated on approximately nine acres of land and is equipped with a variety of live fire, hazardous materials and rescue training props.
== Retired Apparatus ==
:1990 Spartan / National Foam tanker
:1980 International / Fire-X (CO2/DC) (Ex-TAU-2)
:1977 Autocar Constructor/ Fire-Tec / 1987 National Foam rehab (2000/1350F) (Ex-Foam 2)
==External Links==
*Refinery Terminal Fire Company
Category:Industrial Fire Departments (Texas)
Category:Industrial Fire Departments (United States)
Category:Texas departments operating American LaFrance apparatus
Category:Departments operating Custom Fire apparatus
Category:Texas departments operating Ferrara apparatus
Category:Departments operating LDV Specialty apparatus
Category:Texas departments operating Sutphen apparatus
Category:Former operators of Fire-X apparatus
Category:Former operators of National Foam apparatus