White Sands Missile Range Fire and Emergency Services

== Area Served ==
The US Army White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), formerly the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range (1941), the White Sands Proving Ground (July 9, 1945) and the New Mexico Joint Guided Missile Test Range (1947), is a military testing area operated by the United States Army and located in southcentral New Mexico at an altitude of approximately 4,000 ft Mean Sea Level (MSL), on the north side of U.S. Route 70 approximately 32 miles northwest of the city of Alamogordo and 67 miles northeast of the city of Las Cruces. White Sands Missile Range is part of the Developmental Test Command (DTC), which reports to the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC). As the largest overland testing facility in the Department of Defense, WSMR encompasses over 2.2 million acres that includes parts of five New Mexico counties, namely: Doña Ana County, Otero County, Socorro County, Sierra County and Lincoln County. The White Sands Test Center headquartered at the WSMR "Post Area" has branches for Manned Tactical Systems & Electromagnetic Radiation and conducts missile testing and range recovery operations. WSMR also includes the White Sands Space Harbor (WSSH), a spaceport that was formerly used as a Space Shuttle runway, a test site for rocket research, and the primary training area used by NASA for Space Shuttle pilots practicing approaches and landings in the Shuttle Training Aircraft and T-38 Talon aircraft. Altough run by the US Army, both the US Navy and the US Air Force have a presence at White Sands. White Sands National Park is entirely located within the range.
== Department Profile ==
Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), structure firefighting, emergency medical services, technical rescue, hazmat services, fire prevention and inspection for White Sands Missile Range is provided by the White Sands Missile Range's Fire and Emergency Services Division, comprised of 60 Department of Defense civilian firefighters.  
== History ==
The first atomic bomb, code named Trinity, was test detonated at Trinity Site near the northern boundary of the range on 16 July 1945, seven days after the White Sands Proving Ground was established. After the conclusion of World War II, 100 long-range German V-2 rockets that were captured by U.S. military troops were brought to WSMR. Of these, 67 were test-fired between 1946 and 1951 from the White Sands V-2 Launching Site. This was followed by the testing of American rockets, which continues to this day, along with testing other technologies. NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia landed on the Northrop Strip at WSMR on 30 March 1982 as the conclusion to mission STS-3. This was the only time that NASA used WSMR as a landing site for the space shuttle.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 1 - 155 Dyer Street===
:Engine 1 (W040714) - 2012 Pierce Saber (1500/1000/40A) (SN#25586-01)
:Truck 1 - 2011 Pierce Arrow XT (2000/300/100' rear-mount platform) (SN#24151)
:Rescue 1 (W040576) - GMC C5500 / Pierce Contender walk-around
:Tanker - 
:Medic - 
:Chief - Chevrolet Suburban
===Fire Station 2 - 23480 Nike Avenue===
:Engine 2 - 2015 Pierce Saber FR 4x4 (1250/500/2x25F) (SN#28549-01)
===Fire Station 3 - 34228 West Stallion===
:Engine 3 - 2015 Pierce Saber FR 4x4 (1250/500/2x25F) (SN#28549-02)
===Fire Station 4 - Range Road 264 (Helstaf)===
:Engine 4 - Pierce Arrow pumper
:Crash 8 - Oshkosh Striker 1500 4x4 ARFF (1500/1500/300F/200 lbs. PKP)
===Station/Assignment Unknown===
:Tower 1 - 2000 Pierce Lance 2000 (?/?/100' rear-mount platform) (SN#10273)
:2015 Peterbilt 348 / Pierce P-26 dryside tanker (1250/4000) (SN#28106-12)
:2008 GMC C5500 / Pierce mini-pumper (SN#18309)
:2008 GMC C5500 / Pierce mini-pumper (SN#18307)
:2005 Pierce Dash 2000 Glider pumper (SN#16573)
:2001 Pierce Dash 2000 pumper (SN#12565)
:(W041643) - E-One Typhoon pumper (1250/780/30F)
==Future Plans==
In FY 2024 appropriations, White Sands Missile Range received $8.2 million to construct a headquarters fire station, they also received $4.45 million to construct a fire station at the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility.
== Station Map ==
Category:Doña Ana County
Category:Military Fire Departments (New Mexico)
Category:US Army Fire Departments
Category:Military departments operating E-One apparatus (United States)
Category:Military departments operating Oshkosh apparatus (United States)
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus