Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Fire Department

==Area Served==
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar), formerly Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Miramar and Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. The air station is located in Miramar, a neighborhood in the northern part of the city of San Diego in San Diego County, Southern California, The station covers 23,015 acres thirteen miles north of downtown San Diego and four miles east of the Pacific Ocean. MCAS Miramar is twelve miles long from east to west and four miles wide from north to south, and has an estimated total daily population Monday through Friday of 21,550. Approximately, 2,750 military personnel and dependents occupy military housing on the Station. The airfield portion of MCAS Miramar, known as Mitscher Field since 1955 when the facility was a naval air station, was named in honor of former United States Navy Admiral Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher (January 26, 1887 – February 3, 1947). Admiral Mitscher was a pioneer in naval aviation and the commander of Task Force 58 in the Pacific during the latter half of World War II. Since 1997 when the facility once again became a marine corps air station, it has also been known as Foss Field, in honor of former USMC aviator Major Joseph Jacob Foss (April 17, 1915 – January 1, 2003), a leading Marine fighter ace in World War II. 
=== Mutual Aid ===
MCAS Miramar Fire Rescue has automatic aid agreements with San Diego County Fire and with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. 
==Department Profile==
Miramar Fire Rescue and Emergency Services Department was legally established on October 1, 1997 and provides structural as well as wildland fire suppression, advanced life support (ALS), emergency medical services (EMS), technical rescue, hazmat services, fire prevention and inspection to the MCAS Miramar community. The department is comprised of 55 civilian career firefighters which provide staffing for two fire stations covering two fire districts broken into fourteen fire zones. Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) for MCAS Miramar / Mitscher Field is provided by USMC enlisted personnel assigned to the MCAS Miramar Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Division. 
==History==
The Base Realignment and Closure Committee (BRAC) actions of 1993 transferred Naval Air Station Miramar (NAS Miramar) to the United States Marine Corps (USMC). On October 1, 1997, the transfer was completed and the installation became MCAS Miramar. As NAS Miramar, the air station was best known as the former location of the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (NFWS), its TOPGUN Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program as well as for the movie of the same name. During the heyday of TOPGUN at NAS Miramar, the station was nicknamed "Fightertown USA". In 1996, NFWS was relocated to Naval Air Station Fallon in western Nevada, 60 miles east of Reno and merged into the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC). Prior to October of 1997, the Federal Fire Department San Diego (FFDSD) was the fire agency identified to provide the structure, wildland, aircraft and fire protection and fire prevention services for NAS Miramar. 
==Apparatus Roster ==
===Fire Station 61 - 7224 Mitscher Way===
Built 1952
*Chief 01 (G622999U) - Ford F-Series 4x4
*Engine 60 - 2022 Pierce Saber FR7010 (1250/750/25A) (SN#36667)
*Engine 61 (MC301187) - 2011 Pierce Saber (1250/500/25F) (SN#24120)
*Water Tender 61 (MC302541) - 2015 Freightliner M2 106 / KME dryside (500/1800)
*Brush 61 (MC304461) - 2024 International WorkStar / KME Type 3 wildland (500/600/25A)
*Rescue 61 (MC294620) - 2004 Pierce Saber walk-around (SN#14068)
*Medic 61 (Miramar 1) (MC303655) - Chevrolet Express 4500 / Wheeled Coach Type III
*Division 61 (Operations) (MC6631900V) - 2020 Ford F-350
*Division 63 (Training) (MC6631694W) - 202? Ford F-250
*Medic 63 (Miramar 3) (Reserve) -
*Engine 163 (Reserve) (MC294598) - 2007 Pierce Saber (1250/?) (Ex-Engine 61)
*Brush 163 (Reserve) - 2002 International 4800 4x4 / West-Mark Type 3 wildland (500/?) (Ex-Brush 61)
===Fire Station 62 (East Miramar) - 21434 H Avenue / Camp Elliott===
Converted 1999
*Engine 62 - 2009 Pierce Saber (1250/500/25F) (SN#21367)
*Brush 62 (MC304462) - 2024 KME / International Type 3 wildland (500/600/25A)
*Hazmat Decon 62 -
*Medic 62 (Miramar 2) - Chevrolet Express 4500 / Wheeled Coach Type III
*HazMat Decon Support Trailer -
===ARFF Station - 9227 Sparrow Road / Joe Foss Field Flightline===
*Hazmat 2 -
*Rescue 25 (MC292930) - 2007 Ford F-550 4x4 / Pierce walk-around (SN#20131)
*Rescue 26 - 1990 Pierce Dash D-8000 4x4 / Pierce refurb walk-in (SN#E5470-05) (Ex-Camp Pendleton Fire Department)
*Rescue 29 - Ford F-550 4x4
*Car 31 - 20?? Chevrolet Trailblazer
*Attack 35 - Ford F-550 4x4
*Rescue 40 - Oshkosh P-19R 6x6 crash tender (1000/1000/130B/500 lbs. Halotron)
*Rescue 41 - Oshkosh P-19R 6x6 crash tender (1000/1000/130B/500 lbs. Halotron)
*Rescue 51 - Oshkosh P-19R 6x6 crash tender (1000/1000/130B/500 lbs. Halotron)
*Rescue 55 (MC578573) - Oshkosh P-19R 6x6 crash tender (1000/1000/130B/500 lbs. Halotron)
*Rescue 56 (MC678577) - Oshkosh P-19R 6x6 crash tender (1000/1000/130B/500 lbs. Halotron)
*Rescue 57 - Oshkosh P-19R 6x6 crash tender (1000/1000/130B/500 lbs. Halotron)
===Reserve===
*2009 International 7400 4x4 / West-Mark Type 3 wildland (500/500/16A) (Ex-Brush 62)
===Station/Assignment Unknown===
*(MC291242) - 2007 Pierce Saber (1250/750/100F) (SN#18792) (Ex-Engine 60)
*Ram 4x4 (Ex-Division 63)
*Chevrolet Suburban 4x4 (Ex-Division 61)
==Retired Apparatus==
*2000 Pierce Arrow pumper (1250/750/100F) (Ex-Engine 163)
*1995 Chevrolet V3500 Type 1 ambulance (Sold to Thetis Island Volunteer Fire Department)
*1994 International tanker (?/1200) (Ex-Water Tender 61)
*1992 Amertek CF4000 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 37, ex-Rescue 37)
*1992 Amertek CF4000 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 36, ex-Rescue 36)
*1992 Amertek CF4000 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 35, ex-Rescue 35)
*1992 Amertek CF4000 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 34, ex-Rescue 34)
*1989 Pierce Dash D-8000 4x4 walk-in (Ex-HazMat 2)
*1989 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/750/80F/50' Tele-Squrt) (Ex-Engine 60, ex-Marine Corps Air Station Tustin)
*1988 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/750/80F/50' TeleSqurt) (Ex-Marine Corps Air Station El Toro Fire Department)
*(MC282325) - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 57, ex-Rescue 57)
*(MC282324) - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 54, ex-Rescue 54)
*(MC279437) - 1986 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender / ATAP Inc. rehab / CRES rehab (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 51, ex-Rescue 51)
*(MC276001) - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 50, ex-Rescue 50) (Sold to Bear Lake County Fire District)
*Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 58, ex-Rescue 58)
*Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 56, ex-Rescue 56)
*Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 53, ex-Rescue 53)
*Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 52, ex-Rescue 52)
*Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 41, ex-Rescue 41)
*Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 40, ex-Rescue 40)
==External Links==
*Miramar Fire Rescue
*Miramar Fire Local F289
*MCAS Miramar Fire Department Facebook page
==Station Map==
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