CFB Comox Fire Department

== Area Served ==
Canadian Forces Base Comox, commonly referred to as 19 Wing Comox, is a Canadian Forces Base located 4.63 kilometers north northeast of the Town of Comox, in an area known as Lazo, on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The base and town are named for the Kʼómoks or Kʼomoks First Nation people. CFB Comox operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force with the largest lodger unit being 19 Wing. CFB Comox is the primary air defence installation on Canada's Pacific coast and serves as the home base for maritime patrol/anti-submarine aircraft and fixed-wing and rotary-wing search and rescue (SAR) aircraft. CFB Comox's airfield is also used by civilian aircraft with the civilian passenger terminal building operations called the Comox Valley Airport, operated by the Comox Valley Airport Commission. 
== Department Profile ==
Aircraft rescue and firefighting, structural firefighting, technical rescue, fire prevention and fire inspection for CFB Comox is provided by the 19 Wing Comox Fire Department, comprised of 40 military firefighters. 19 Wing Comox Fire Department does not provide EMS and ambulance transport services as part of its mandate. All EMS and patient transport is provided under contract by BC Ambulance Service.
==History==
The Royal Air Force (RAF) constructed the airfield at Comox in the spring of 1942 to guard against a possible Japanese threat to North America. In 1943, the RCAF took over control of the airfield, renaming the facility RCAF Station Comox. From 1946 until 1952 the base was mothballed until the onset of the Cold War prompted reactivation and the establishment of a permanent RCAF base on Canada's Pacific coast. On February 1, 1968, the RCAF was amalgamated with the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army as part of the unification of the Canadian Forces and the base was renamed Canadian Forces Base Comox (CFB Comox). In August 2011, Air Command reverted back to its historic name of Royal Canadian Air Force.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in Imperial gallons.
===Fire Hall===
*Red 1 - 2013 E-One Cyclone II pumper (1250 TME/835/30A/30B) (SN#138172)
*Red 4 - 2017 Rosenbauer Commander 4000 tandem aerial (1050/250/115' T-Rex platform)
*Red 7 - 2012 E-One Titan 4x4 crash tender
*Red 8 - 2012 E-One Titan 8x8 crash tender
*Red 9 - 2012 E-One Titan 4x4 crash tender (1500/1320/205F/500 lbs. DC) (SN#137283)
*Red 10 - 2012 E-One Titan 4x4 crash tender (1500/1320/205F/500 lbs. DC)
*Red 14 - 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD (2014 SpaceKap rescue module removed September 2023)
*Red 15 - 201? Ford F-350 4x4 w/ SpaceKap command
*Red 16 - 201? Ram 1500
==Retired Apparatus==
*2014 Ford F-350 4x4 w/ SpaceKap rescue (Ex-Red 14 / SpaceKap transferred to 2021 Silverado 3500 HD)
*2007 Ford F-350 w/ SpaceKap Wild canopy command (Ex-CFB Comox Red 14)
*2005 Sterling Acterra rescue (Ex-demo) (Ex-Red 15, transferred to CFB Trenton)
*1997 Ford F-450 / Superior hazmat (SN#SE 1776) (Ex-CFB Comox Red 13) (Sold to HazPro Environmental)
*1995 Pemfab Imperial T964 MFD / Tibotrac pumper (1500/500/25A/10B/50' CET TeleBoom) (SN#58499) (Ex-Red 4) (Sold January 2019 $11,000.00 Kijiji Comox BC) (For sale August 2022 Castlegar BC)
*1996 Pemfab Imperial T964 MFD tandem / Tibotrac pumper (1050/500/25A/10B/75' CET Teleboom) (SN#58494) (Transferred April 2001 to CFB Petawawa)
*1994 Dodge Ram 250 Van command
*1993 Oshkosh TA1500C 6x6 crash tender (1050/1250/188/450 lbs. DC)
*1993 Oshkosh TA1500C 6x6 crash tender (1050/1250/188/450 lbs. DC)
*1993 Oshkosh TA1500C 6x6 crash tender (1050/1250/188/450 lbs. DC)
*1992 Spartan Gladiator GA42M-2142 MFD / NovaQuintech pumper (1050 top-mount/500/7A/7B) (SN#NQT01V01A0N0516) (Ex-CFB Gander 1992-1998) (Moved To CFB Comox as Red 1) (Sold January 28, 2015 for $12,500.00 on GC Surplus to Coronach Fire Department)
*1988 Oshkosh T2500 6x6 crash tender (1500/2100/265F) (Ex-Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department)
*1984 Walter CP4500 4x4 crash tender (625/1000/2x75F/500 lbs. PK) (Ex-CFB North Bay, ex-CFB Cold Lake)
*1984 Ford C-8000 / Thibault pumper (840/500/35F) (Transferred to CFB Gander in 1997)
*1982 Walter R-2000 4x4 RIV (535/500/40F/450# DC)
*1975 International CO1950B / King pumper (840/500) (SN#75053) (Sold to Big River Fire Department (Saskatchewan))
*1953 LaFrance 710-PJC pumper (840/500) (SN#L-4749)
*1942 LaFrance B-601 pumper (840/250) (SN#L-1867) (Ex-CFB Esquimalt) (Sold to Prince George College in 1956, restored 1981 & now sits at Rail & Forest Museum in Prince George)
*1941 International K-8 open cab / Bickle-Seagrave pumper (420/400) (SN#K8571 & 6598) (Transferred January 1955-1957 to RCAF Station Tofino Fire Department) (Returned December 1957 to RCAF Comox after RCAF Tofino closed) (Sold to private collector Courtenay BC)
*194? CFR 6x6 (Sold to Nakusp, BC)
==Station Map==
Comox
Category:Comox Valley Regional District
Comox
Category:British Columbia departments operating E-One apparatus
Category:British Columbia departments operating Oshkosh apparatus
Category:British Columbia departments operating Rosenbauer apparatus
Category:Former operators of Bickle / Bickle-Seagrave apparatus
Category:Former operators of King-Seagrave apparatus
Category:Former operators of LaFrance apparatus
Category:Former operators of NovaQuintech apparatus
Category:Former operators of Pierre Thibault apparatus
Category:Former operators of Tibotrac apparatus
Category:Former operators of Walter apparatus