NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center Fire Department

==Area Served==
The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center, is located on Merritt Island, in Brevard County, on Florida's Space Coast, north-northwest of adjacent Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), midway between Miami and Jacksonville and due east of Orlando. KSC is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers and, since December 1968, has been NASA's primary launch center for human spaceflight. The management of the two entities (KSC & CCSFS) work very closely together, share resources and operate facilities on each other's property. There are about 700 facilities and buildings grouped across the center's 144,000 acres. Among the unique facilities at KSC are the 525-foot tall Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for stacking NASA's largest rockets, the Launch Control Center, which conducts space launches at KSC, the Operations and Checkout Building, which houses the astronauts dormitories and suit-up area, a Space Station factory, and a 3-mile long Shuttle Landing Facility with its 15,000-foot runway. There is also a Visitor Complex open to the public on site.
CCSFS and KSC fire protection is divided into two districts. District One encompasses the Cape Canaveral Space Station with three fire stations providing protection for all processing and launching of expendable launch vehicles. District Two encompasses the Kennedy Space Center with three fire stations, providing protection for the processing, launching and landing of the space shuttle vehicle (since retired). 
=== Mutual Aid ===
KSC Fire provides mutual aid to Brevard County Fire Rescue, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Fire Department, and Canaveral Fire Rescue.
==Department Profile==
Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), structure firefighting, emergency medical services, technical rescue, hazardous materials response, fire prevention / inspection as well as launch / landing suppression and rescue team coverage for all manned and unmanned missions at Kennedy Space Center is provided by the NASA KSC Fire Department, comprised of nearly 80 federally employed civilian firefighters under contract by Chenega Global Protection LLC of Chantilly, Virginia. 
== History==
President John F. Kennedy's 1961 goal of a crewed lunar landing by 1970 required an expansion of launch operations. On July 1, 1962, the Launch Operations Directorate was separated from the Marshall Space Flight Center to become the Launch Operations Center (LOC). Also, Cape Canaveral was inadequate to host the new launch facility design required for the mammoth 363-foot tall, 7,500,000-pound-force thrust Saturn V rocket, which would be assembled vertically in a large hangar and transported on a mobile platform to one of several launch pads. Therefore, the decision was made to build a new LOC site located adjacent to Cape Canaveral on Merritt Island. NASA began land acquisition in 1962, buying title to 131 square miles and negotiating with the state of Florida for an additional 87 square miles. Construction began in November 1962, and Kennedy visited the site twice in 1962, and again just a week before his assassination on November 22, 1963. On November 29, 1963, the facility was given its current name by President Lyndon B. Johnson under Executive Order 11129. Though the first Apollo flights and all Project Mercury and Project Gemini flights took off from the then-Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the launches were managed by KSC and its previous organization, the Launch Operations Directorate. Starting with the fourth Gemini mission, the NASA launch control center in Florida (Mercury Control Center, later the Launch Control Center) began handing off control of the vehicle to the Mission Control Center in Houston, shortly after liftoff; in prior missions it held control throughout the entire mission. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 1 - Mercury Gemini Road at West Skid Strip Road===
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Fire Department
===Fire Station 2 (Shuttle Landing Facility) - Kennedy Parkway North===
:Engine 2 - 2011 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 PUC (1500/750/F) (SN#24011-02)
:Hazmat 2 (HE 744-130) - 2011 Pierce Velocity 10420 3-door walk-around (SN#24019)
:Ladder 2 - 2019 Sutphen Monarch HD SPH 100 (2000/300/112' mid-mount ladder) (SN#HS-6401)
:Rescue 2 - 2006 Pierce Enforcer walk-around (SN#17486)
:Medic 2 (ALS) (G31-0033D) - Ford
:Squad 2 -
:Car 2 -
:ARFF 40 - 2008 Oshkosh Striker 3000 6x6 crash tender (1950/3000/420F/500 lbs. PK)
===Fire Station 4 - 3rd Street SE and C Avenue SE===
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=== Fire Station 5 - 680 Magellan Road===
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Fire Department
===Fire Station 6 (Vehicle Assembly Complex), Utility Road at Saturn Causeway===
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===Station/Assignment Unknown=== 
:Engine 1 - 2017 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 PUC (1500/750/F) (SN#30699)
:Rescue 1 -
:Truck 1 - 2019 Sutphen Monarch SLR 75 aerial (2000/500/40F/75' rear-mount ladder) (SN#HS-6435)
:Engine 3 -
:Car 6 -
:Rescue 7 - Hagglund Bandvagn 206 (Bv 206) all-terrain carrier
:ARFF 10 (HE-704-116) - Oshkosh T-1500 4x4 crash tender (1750/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC)
:ARFF 20 (HE-704-118) - Oshkosh T-1500 4x4 crash tender (1750/1500/210F/500 lbs. DC)
:ARFF 30 - 2019 Oshkosh Striker 3000 6x6 (2000/3000/420F/500 lbs. DC/50' Snozzle/HRET)
:ARFF 50 -
:2011 Pierce Arrow XT 6710 PUC pumper (1500/750/F) (SN#24011-01) (Ex-Engine 1)
:(HE-703-508) - BAE Systems Inc. / Armor Holdings, Inc. Caiman MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) LTV / Emergency Egress Vehicle (Ex-US Army)
:(HE-703-509) - BAE Systems Inc. / Armor Holdings, Inc. Caiman MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) LTV / Emergency Egress Vehicle (Ex-US Army)
:(HE-703-510) - BAE Systems Inc. / Armor Holdings, Inc. Caiman MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) LTV / Emergency Egress Vehicle (Ex-US Army)
:(HE-703-5XX) - BAE Systems Inc. / Armor Holdings, Inc. Caiman MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) LTV / Emergency Egress Vehicle (Ex-US Army)
:Parade - 1939 Seagrave Model 66E pumper (750/-) (SN#A-2040) (Ex-Baltimore City Fire Department)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2005 Pierce Dash 2000 aerial (2000/400/100' SkyArm rear-mount) (SN#16025) (Ex-Ladder 2)
:1993 Pierce Arrow pumper (1250/1000) (SN#E7597)
:1986 Oshkosh P-19 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. PK) (Ex-US Navy) (Transferred to Wallops Flight Facility Fire Department)
:1985 Pirsch aerial (-/-/110' Skytop rear-mount ladder) (SN#3364) (Sold to Seale Fire Department)
:1984 Oshkosh T-1500 4x4 crash tender (1000/1585/200/120 lbs. PK) (Transferred to Wallops Flight Facility Fire Department)
:1984 E-One Hurricane pumper (1250/500) (Transferred to Wallops Flight Facility Fire Department)
:1984 E-One Hurricane pumper (1250/500) (SO#3655) (Transferred to Wallops Flight Facility Fire Department)
:1984 E-One Hurricane pumper (1250/500) (Transferred to Wallops Flight Facility Fire Department)
:1984 E-One aerial (1250/300/95' rear-mount platform) (SO#3519) (Sold to Baden Volunteer Fire Department)
:1983 Ford C-8000 / Grumman Tigercat pumper (1250/600)
:Oshkosh Ti-3000 6x6 crash tender (1500/3000/420AFFF/500 lbs. DC) (Ex-ARFF 30)
:(HE-704-080) - FMC M113A2 APC Emergency Crew Evacuation Vehicle (Ex-ECEV 1)
:(HE-704-084) - FMC M113A2 APC Emergency Crew Evacuation Vehicle (Ex-ECEV 2)
:(HE-704-082) - FMC M113A2 APC Emergency Crew Evacuation Vehicle (Ex-ECEV 3)
:(HE-704-08X) - FMC M113A2 APC Emergency Crew Evacuation Vehicle (Ex-ECEV 4)
==External Links==
*NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center Fire Department
*NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center Fire Department Facebook page
==Station Map==
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Category:Former operators of Grumman apparatus
Category:Former operators of Pirsch apparatus