Antarctic Fire Department

==Overview==
Providing emergency services on the coldest, driest, and windiest continent on earth has forced the Antarctic Fire Department to develop and implement innovative, effective tools and tactics for Antarctic fireground operations. The environment proves challenging, but the AFD continues to provide the services necessary to keep McMurdo and Amundsen-Scott Stations safe from the threat of fire.
Target hazards for the AFD include nearly every structure. All buildings are considered critical to USAP operations and the loss of a single structure could effectively shut down a significant portion of station operations, if not the entire station altogether.
Major target hazards within McMurdo Station alone include the Crary Scientific Laboratory, the heart of McMurdo Station's operational purpose, as well as the Heavy Shop (vehicle maintenance facility); power plant; water treatment facility; water de-salination facility; multiple fossil-fuel storage tanks; airfields and aircraft; various storage facilities; station dormitories; and misc. Haz-Mat around the station.
At Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, every square inch is vital to station operations. Damage from fire could have catastrophic consequences for station operations. Similar to McMurdo, hazards also include the scientific laboratories, various hazmat, power plants, and airfields. https://www.antarcticfire.org/operations.html
==History ==
The US Navy provided fire protection at McMurdo Station Antarctica from 1956 - 1994. In 1994 fire protection was taken over by the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National Science Foundation. 
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 1 - Building 182, McMurdo Station===
:Engine 1 - 2012 Pierce Arrow XT 6x6 (1250/2000/50F) (Built on a Striker ARFF chassis) (SN#24901-01)
:Engine 2 - 2012 Pierce Arrow XT 6x6 (1250/2000/50F) (Built on a Striker ARFF chassis) (SN#24901-02)
:Rescue 4 - 1999 Ford F-350 walk-around
:SCAT 1 - 200? E-350 12 passenger crew van
:Ambulance 2 - 2013 Ford E-350 4x4 / Wheeled Coach Crusader
:Unit 123 - 200? Ford F-350
===Fire Station 2 - Building 31, Pegasus Airfield / Ice Runway=== 
:Red 1 (85-27836) - 1991 Foremost Chieftain crash tender (1200/1200 gwt with 6% AFFF concentrate) (Ex-US Navy)
:Red 2 (95-27833) - 1991 Foremost Chieftain crash tender (1200/1200 gwt with 6% AFFF concentrate) (Ex-US Navy)
:Red 3 (TL00160) - 2004 Ford F-550 4x4 TAU RIV (Trimax TM-5300 CAFS/550F/200 lbs. PKP)
:Red 4 (TL00161) - 2004 Ford F-550 4x4 TAU RIV (Trimax TM-5300 CAFS /550F/200 lbs. PKP)
:Red 5 (TL00159) - 2004 Ford F-550 4x4 TAU RIV (Trimax TM-5300 CAFS/550F/200 lbs. PKP)
:Red 6 - 2004 Ford F-550 4x4 RIV (Trimax TM-5300 CAFS/550F/200 lbs. PKP)
:Ambulance 1 (VA00222) - 2013 Ford E-350 4x4 / Wheeled Coach Crusader
:ARFF Sled 1 - Foremost Nodwell Diesel/N2 driven (1200/-/710F/N2/500 lbs. PK)
:ARFF Sled 2 - Foremost Nodwell Diesel/N2 driven (1200/-/710F/N2/500 lbs. PK)
:ARFF Sled 3 - Foremost Nodwell Diesel/N2 driven (1200/-/710F/N2/500 lbs. PK)
===Fire Station 3 - NPX Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station===
===Unknown Assignment ===
*198? Pierce Arrow (Ex-Engine 1)
*Unit 402
==Retired Apparatus== 
:(Ex-Red 3)
:(73-02823) - 199? Pierce Arrow 4x4 pumper (Ex-Engine 2, US Navy)
:1992 Pierce Saber pumper (1000/750) (SN#E7247-01)
:1992 Pierce Saber pumper (1000/750) (SN#E7247-02)
:1982 Foremost Nodwell 110 (-/1500 lbs. PKP) (Ex-Red 3 ,US Navy)
:(98-39707) - 198? Foremost Nodwell 110 (-/1500 lbs. PKP) (Ex-Red 4, US Navy)
:(73-02821) - 1979 Ward LaFrance 6x6 pumper/tanker (?/3500) (Ex-Tanker 3, US Navy)
==External Links==
*About The Antarctic Fire Department
*111emergency.co.nz: Antarctica Fire Appliances
*Antarctic Fire Dept - Scott's Antarctic Experience
*9-1-1 Magazine: Antarctica Fire: Public Safety Under Down Under
*PolarTREC: Firefighting in Antarctica
*PolarTREC: Meet McMurdo - Fire Department
==References==
==Station Map==
Category:Antarctica
Category:Former operators of Ward LaFrance apparatus
Category:Federal fire departments
Category:Federal departments operating Pierce apparatus