Eglin Air Force Base Fire Department

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==Area Served==
Eglin Air Force Base, formerly Valparaiso Airport was founded in 1933. It is a United States Air Force base located in the western Florida Panhandle, about three miles southwest of the City of Valparaiso in Okaloosa County. The base covers approximately 720 square miles of Okaloosa, Walton and Santa Rosa counties and was used in 1935 as the Valparaiso Bombing and Gunnery Base. On August 4, 1937, the installation was renamed Eglin Field in honor of Lt. Col. Frederick Irving Eglin (February 23, 1891 – January 1, 1937), who was killed in a crash of his Northrop A-17 Nomad attack aircraft on a flight from Langley Field, Virginia to Maxwell Field, Alabama. Eglin is an Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) base serving as the focal point for all Air Force armaments. The base is responsible for the development, acquisition, testing, deployment and sustainment of all air-delivered non-nuclear weapons. The host unit is the 96th Test Wing, formerly the 96th Air Base Wing, which is responsible for the test and evaluation of Air Force air-delivered weapons, navigation and guidance systems, command and control systems, and Air Force Special Operations Command systems.
Part of the greater Eglin Air Force Base reservation are two additional flying installations; Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field No. 3, known as Duke Field, is located 20 miles northeast of Eglin. Duke is primarily an Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) installation with its host unit being the the 919th Special Operations Wing (919 SOW). The field is named for 1st. Lt. Robert Lewis Duke (May 5, 1919 - December 29, 1943) who died in the crash of a Curtiss A-25A-20-CS Shrike near Spencer, Tennessee. The second installation is Hurlburt Field located southwest of Eglin and west of the town of Mary Esther. Hurlburt Field is home to Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), the 1st Special Operations Wing (1 SOW), the USAF Special Operations School (USAFSOS) and the Air Combat Command's (ACC) 505th Command and Control Wing. It was named for First Lieutenant Donald Wilson Hurlburt (June 16, 1919 - October 1, 1943) who died when his Lockheed AT-18 Hudson gunnery trainer crashed on takeoff from Eglin Field Military Reservation. Hurlburt Field consists of nearly 6,700 acres and employs nearly 8,000 military personnel. Eglin is also one of the few military air bases in the United States to have scheduled passenger airline service as the Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) is co-located on the base property.
==Department Profile==
The base has two independent fire fighting organizations; aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), structure firefighting, emergency medical services, technical rescue, fire prevention and inspection for Eglin AFB is provided by the 96th Civil Engineer Squadron / Eglin Fire & Emergency Services (EF&ES), a subordinate unit of the 96th Civil Engineer Group. EF&ES consists of approximately 200 firefighters in a mix of civilian and military personnel, who operate out of 8 base fire stations. The other organization is Eglin's Natural Resources Management, known as Jackson Guard, which provides primary wildland fire management and control on the base property.
==History==
In 1940 the base was expanded when 340,000 acres of the neighboring Choctawhatchee National Forest were transferred from the U.S. Forest Service to the War Department. With the establishment of the U.S. Air Force in 1948, Eglin Field became Eglin Air Force Base. In 2011, the United States Army's 7th Special Forces Group relocated to a newly constructed cantonment on the Eglin Air Force Base reservation from Fort Bragg, as part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round realigning Fort Bragg. It is tasked with conducting special operations in Latin America.
==Apparatus Roster==
===Fire Station 1 - Nomad Way===
===Fire Station 2 - 501 North Barrancas Avenue===
:Red (AF11C00358) - 2012 Ford F-550 4x4 / Pierce P-34 RIV (90uhp/400/15A/56B) (SN#23850-13)
:Red 72 - Oshkosh TI-1500 4x4 crash tender (1750/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC)
:Red 74 - Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (950/1000/130F)
===Fire Station 3 - 80 Gaffney Road===
:Engine 80 - E-One Typhoon P-22 pumper (1250/500/30F) 
:Hazmat 40 - 2000 Pierce Arrow Glider walk-around (SN#11416)
=== Fire Station 4 - Bennet Avenue (Hurlburt Field)===
Built 2017
:Tanker 49 - International / KME P-26 dryside (1250/4000)
:Red 73 - 2006 Oshkosh Striker 1500 4x4 crash tender (1500/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC/450 lbs. Halotron/50' Snozzle HRET)
:Engine 84 - Pierce Saber P-22 pumper (1250/500/?)
===Fire Station 5 - 99 Grand Camp Terrace===
===Fire Station 7 - Just Cause Way===
===Fire Station 9 - Short Street (Duke Field)===
===Fire Station 10 - Jackson Road===
===Station/Assignment Unknown===
:Red 64 - 2012 Ford F-550 4x4 / Pierce P-34 RIV (90uhp/400/15A/56B) (SN#23850-14)
:Red 77 - 1986 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130AFFF/500 lbs. DC)
:Ladder 85 - Pierce rear-mount
:2014 Pierce Saber P-22 pumper (1250/500/25A/25B) (SN#27572)
:2012 Pierce Saber P-22 pumper (1250/500/25A/25B) (SN#24848-09)
:2012 Pierce Saber P-22 pumper (1250/500/25A/25B) (SN#24848-08)
:2012 Ford F-550 4x4 / Pierce P-34 RIV (90uhp/400/15A/56B) (SN#23850-12)
:201? Rosenbauer Panther 4x4 crash tender (UHP/3000/420F) (SN#104504)
:2009 Piece Saber P-22 pumper (1250/500/25A/25B) (SN#22238-03)
:2009 Piece Saber P-22 pumper (1250/500/25A/25B) (SN#22238-02)
:2009 Piece Saber P-22 pumper (1250/500/25A/25B) (SN#22238-01)
:1996 Pierce Arrow walk-around rescue (SN#EA159-05)
==Retired Apparatus==
:1995 E-One / Teledyne P-23 8x8 ARFF (2000/3300/500F/500 lbs. PKP) (Ex-Crash 50)
:1995 E-One / Teledyne P-23 8x8 ARFF (2000/3300/500F/500 lbs. PKP) (Ex-Crash 51)
:1995 E-One / Teledyne P-23 8x8 ARFF (2000/3300/500F/500 lbs. PKP) (Ex-Crash 6)
:1990 Ford F-350 / KME / Fire Combat skid P-20 (-/-/350 lbs. PKP/500 lbs. Halon) (Ex-Crash 64)
:(89L-265) - 1988 GMC Sierra K3500 / Landoll P-10V3 rescue (SN#P10-11) (Ex-Rescue 4) (Retired 2004)
:1987 Oshkosh P-19 4x4 ARFF / 2008 CRES refurb (1000/1000/130AFFF/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 53) (Transferred to Joint Base Cape Cod Fire Department, 2020)
:1987 Oshkosh P-19 4x4 ARFF (1000/1000/130AFFF/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 77)
:1986 Oshkosh P-19 4x4 ARFF (1000/1000/130AFFF/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-Crash 8)
:1986 International PayStar F5070 6x6 / KME P-18 dryside (500/2000) (Ex-Tanker 46)
==Jackson Guard==
Jackson Guard is part of the Eglin AFB Natural Resources Branch and provides the primary wildland firefighting response and fuels management for the many thousands of acres of open space on the base. It can field approximately 50 forestry firefighters comprised of civilian Air Force employees, other federal employees on TDY assignments, and contract employees. Jackson Guard is named for the old US Forest Service Jackson Guard Station near Niceville, FL which serves as the location for the offices and housing for the apparatus and equipment of the organization.
==Apparatus Roster==
===Fire Station - 107 State Road 85 North, Niceville===
==Station Map==
==External Links==
Eglin Air Force Base Fire Department Facebook page
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