Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans Fire Department

== Area Served ==
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, formerly NAS New Orleans and also known as NAS Belle Chase, is a United States Military air facility located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Belle Chasse, part of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. NAS JRB New Orleans has a population of about 10,000 Navy, Marines, Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Louisiana Air National Guard personnel, including civilian employees and retirees, spread over 3,800 acres of land, The airfield is known as Alvin Callender Field. NAS JRB New Orleans is home to a Navy Reserve strike fighter squadron as well as a Navy fleet logistics support squadron, the headquarters of the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (Reserve), Marine Transport Squadron Belle Chasse, Detachment A of Marine Corps Reserve light helicopter attack squadron 773, Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, the 159th Fighter Wing of the Louisiana Air National Guard, as well a certain US Army assets. 
== Department Profile ==
Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), structure firefighting, emergency medical services, technical rescue, fire prevention and inspection for NAS JRB New Orleans is provided by Navy Region Southeast / NAS JRB New Orleans Fire & Emergency Services, comprised of a mix of career civilian and military enlisted firefighters.
== History ==
Naval Aviation first came to New Orleans in July 1941, when the Naval Air Reserve Air Base, located on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain, was commissioned. Due to the Navy's need for Naval Aviators in the early part of World War II, the station was re-designated a Naval Air Station in November, 1942, and assumed the role of a training base. In the summer of 1948, the idea of a Joint Reserve Air Training Center was conceived and the plans laid for the present facility. The first aircraft from Naval Air Reserve squadrons took off from its runways on January 6, 1958. The installation was dedicated in April 1958 to honor Alvin Andrew Calendar (July 4, 1893 – October 30, 1918), a native of New Orleans, an American pursuit pilot and flying ace, who lost his life in World War I as a flight commander with the British Royal Flying Corps. 
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
=== Fire Station - 400 Russell Drive (Bldg. 2) ===
:Chief 801 (G62-1547S) - Dodge Durango
:Asst. Chief 803 (G62-2479S) - Dodge Durango
:Unit 806 - 
:Engine 822 (N76-00072) - 2009 Pierce Contender (1250/500/40A) (SN#21576)
:Ladder 831 (N74-00114) - 2006 Pierce Enforcer aerial (2000/500/75' rear-mount) (SN#17447)
:Crash 842 (N72-03241) - Oshkosh TI-1500 4x4 crash tender (1750/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC)
:Crash 844 (N73-03361) - 2016 Oshkosh Striker 3000 6x6 crash tender (2000/3000/420F/500 lbs.) (SN#778918)
:Crash 845 - 2019 Oshkosh Striker 1500 4x4 crash tender (1500/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC/450 lbs. Halotron)
:Ambulance 871 - 2011 Ford F-450 / Wheeled Coach
:Special Operations (N76-00072) - 2014 KME Predator SS walk-around
:2003 International 4400 / Pierce pumper (1250/750) (SN#14281-03824359)
=== Fire Station - 400 Russell Drive (Bldg. 2A) ===
Renovated 2017
:Crash 841 (N71-03173) - 2005 Oshkosh T-1500 / 2015 Firetrucks Unlimited refurb 4x4 crash tender (1500/1500/210F/450 lbs. PKP) (FTU SN#1265)
:Ambulance 872 (G31-0047M) - 2020 Ford F-450 / Wheeled Coach
==Retired Apparatus==
: (N71-03165) - 2003 Oshkosh T-1500 4x4 crash tender / 2015 Firetrucks Unlimited rehab (1520/1500/240/500 lbs. DC) (Transferred to Naval Air Station Patuxent River Fire Department)
:(73-02693) - 1982 Ward 79 pumper (Ex-Engine 18)
==External Links==
*NAS JRB New Orleans Facebook page
==Station Map==
Category:Plaquemines Parish
New Orleans
Category:Military Fire Departments (Louisiana)
Category:Military departments operating KME apparatus
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Military departments operating Oshkosh apparatus (United States)
Category:Former operators of Ward 79 apparatus