Ellsworth Air Force Base Emergency Services

== Area Served==
Ellsworth Air Force Base, formerly Rapid City Army Air Base, is a United States Air Force base located about 10 miles northeast of Rapid City, in Pennington County, South Dakota, just north of the town of Box Elder. Ellsworth AFB has a population of about 8,000 military members, family members and civilian employees. On June 13, 1953, the base was named by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in honor of Brigadier General Richard E. Ellsworth (July 18, 1911 – March 18, 1953), a 28th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing commander who was killed when the Convair RB-36 Peacemaker strategic aerial reconnaissance aircraft he was co-piloting struck an 896-foot hill at 800 feet in bad weather and crashed near Nut Cove, Newfoundland, Canada during a training flight from Lajes Field in the Azores. The host unit at Ellsworth is the 28th Bomb Wing, assigned to Global Strike Command's Eighth Air Force.
==Department Profile==
Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), structure firefighting, emergency medical services, technical rescue, fire prevention and inspection for Ellsworth AFB is provided by the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron / Ellsworth Air Force Base Fire & Emergency Services, a subordinate unit of the 28th Mission Support Group, consisting of a mix of civilian and military firefighters.
== History ==
===Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service	Notes
1 	1820 Vandenberg Court	1951- 	Closed
== Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station - 1800 Lemay Boulevard===
:Chief 1 - Dodge Ram
:Chief 2 - Dodge Ram
:Crash 2 (AF96L00330) - E-One / Teledyne P-23 8x8 ARFF (2000/3300/500B 500 lbs. PK)
:Crash 3 - Oshkosh Striker 3000 6x6 ARFF (2000/3000/420AFFF/500lbs DC)
:Crash 4 - Oshkosh Striker 3000 6x6 ARFF (2000/3000/420AFFF/500lbs DC)
:Rescue 5 -
:Water Tender 6 -
:Engine 7 - 2011 Pierce Contender P-22 (1250/500/25A/25B) (SN#24524-02)
:Unit 8 - 2012 Ford F-550 4x4 / Pierce P-34 RIV (UHP/500/15A/56B)
:Engine 9 (AF13L00014) - 2012 KME Predator 4x4 P-24 (1250/500/25A/25B)
:Truck 10 (AF11C00439) - 2012 E-One Typhoon HP75 P-33 (1250/500/75' rear-mount)
:Brush 18 - 2018 Freightliner M2 106 / Rosenbauer Maverick Type 3 wildland (500/520) (SN#17674)
:Brush 19 -
:Polaris Ranger XP 1000 4x4 Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2011 Pierce Contender P-22 pumper (1250/500/25A/25B) (SN#24524-01) (Sold to Lakota Fire Department)
:2001 Colet Jaguar K-15 4x4 crash tender (750/1500/100F/96B)
:1989 KME KFT-12 P-24 pumper (1000/600/55B) (Ex-Engine 9)
==Station Map==
Category:Pennington County, South Dakota
Category:Meade County, South Dakota
Category:US Air Force Fire Departments
Category:Military departments operating E-One apparatus (United States)
Category:Military departments operating KME apparatus
Category:Military departments operating Oshkosh apparatus (United States)
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Military departments operating Rosenbauer apparatus
Category:Military Fire Departments (South Dakota)
Category:Former operators of Colet apparatus