Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg Fire Department

== Area Served ==
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Naval Support Activity (NSA) Mechanicsburg, formerly the Naval Supply Depot Mechanicsburg, is an 824-acre US Navy installation located off the Carlisle Pike, at the eastern boundary of the borough of Mechanicsburg, approximately 7 miles west of the capital city of Harrisburg, in Hampden Township and Cumberland County, Central Pennsylvania. It is the headquarters of the Naval Supply Systems Command, and is also the parent installation of Naval Support Activity Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Navy Yard Annex. The various land uses at NSA fall into four functional areas: administrative; housing and community facilities; warehousing; and open storage. The 806-acre installation has some 40 tenant commands, consists of 150 buildings with 7.9 million square feet of warehouse space, and it employs about 190 military and 5,000 civilian personnel.
=== Mutual Aid ===
The NSA Mechanicsburg Fire Department has mutual aid contracts with departments in surrounding townships and communities
== Department Profile ==
The NSA Mechanicsburg Fire Department responds to all medical, fire, hazmat, and rescue situations on the base and to surrounding communities under mutual aid contracts. Within Cumberland County, the department is designated Station 37, is dispatched as Company 37, and falls under the umbrella of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Fire & Emergency Services.
==History==
The NSA Mechanicsburg Fire Department was commissioned on October 1, 1942, along with the installation. At the height of activity on the base in 1946, the department consisted of 90 civilian officers and men. In the early days of the base, a large watch tower was constructed to overlook the installation and provide early warning of any smoke or fire. This watch tower was located adjacent to the main fire station. Three steel water towers were originally needed to maintain adequate hydrant pressure throughout the base. High costs associated with maintaining the tanks prompted the Navy to upgrade the NSA Mechanicsburg water system. As part of the upgrade, the Navy removed the towers from service and demolished the structures in the summer of 2000.
===Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service	Notes
2 	Building 504A	19?? - ? 	Co-located with water tower
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
=== Fire Station 1 - Building 306A - 3rd Avenue & F Street===
County designation in brackets
:Quint 52 (Engine 1-37) - 2018 Pierce Enforcer 7000 (2000/500/107' Ascendant rear-mount) (SN#31551) (Ex-stock unit)
:Engine 52 (Engine 2-37) - 2002 Freightliner FL 80 / Pierce / 2014 Firetrucks Unlimited refurb
:Squad 52 - 2021 Ford F-550 / Pierce walk-around rescue (SN#34309)
==Retired Apparatus==
US Navy serial numbers in brackets
:2004 Pierce Enforcer pumper (1500/500/65' TeleSqurt) ( (SN#15593) (Ex-Quint 52)
:Ford F-350 with hazmat trailer (Ex-Utility 51)
:19?? KME Renegade / 2014 Firetrucks Unlimited walk-around rescue (Ex-Squad 52)
:1999 E-One Cyclone pumper (1250/750/40F) (Ex-Engine 1, ex-Reserve Engine 52)
:1999 E-One Cyclone pumper (1250/750/40F) (Ex-Engine 2)
:(76-00003) - 1992 Ford L-8000 / Pierce walk-in hazmat (Ex-Hazmat 37)
:(73-03016) - 1990 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/500/100F/65' TeleSqurt) (SN#E5917-01) (1999 Pierce refurb) (Ex-Engine 3) (Transferred to Brunswick Naval Air Station Fire Department)
:(73-01341) - 1990 Simon-Duplex / Ward 79 / Fire Apparatus Unlimited refurb pumper (1000/750/100F) (Ex-Engine 2)
:1984 Ford F-Series (Chief)
:1977 Dodge Power Wagon with Ansul PKP unit (Ex-Foam 3)
: 1974 Ward LaFrance aerial (100' rear-mount ladder) (ex-Ladder 1)
:(73-01934) - 1967 International / FTI pumper (750/300) (Ex-Engine 2)
:(73-01813) - 1964 International / FTI pumper (750/250/30F) (Ex-Engine 3)
:(172153) - City Service Unit
:1942 Seagrave Model 66-750 pumper (SN#B4505)
==External Links==
:Cumberland County Company 37 Facebook page
==Station Map ==
Category:Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Category:Military departments operating KME apparatus
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Former operators of E-One apparatus
Category:Former military operators of FTI apparatus
Category:Former operators of Ward 79 apparatus
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Category:Military Fire Departments (Pennsylvania)