Federal Fire Ventura County

==About==
Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) is a United States Navy base in Port Hueneme, California. NBVC is a diverse installation comprising three main facilities: Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island, serving as an all-in-one mobilization site, deep water port, railhead, and airfield. Located adjacent to the City of Oxnard in Ventura County, southern Central California, the base was established on October 11, 2000 during a ceremony held at the former NAS Point Mugu. The two commands of Naval Air Station Point Mugu and Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme were consolidated into a completely new organization. San Nicolas Island, the most remote of the Channel Islands, was transferred to NBVC on October 1, 2004, after several years under the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division. NBVC supports more than 100 tenant commands, and with a base population of over 19,000 military and civilian personnel, makes it the largest employer in Ventura County. 
NBVC operates two runways at Point Mugu and a 36,000 square mile sea test range, anchored by San Nicolas Island. The range allows the military to test and track weapons systems in restricted air and sea space without encroaching on civilian air traffic or shipping lanes. At Port of Hueneme, NBVC operates the only deep-water port between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The port also boasts 16 miles of rail with dedicated access for on and offloading military freight for the various branches of service. The port is the west coast homeport of the US Navy Seabees and supports the training and mobilization requirements for more than 2,600 active duty personnel. 
At San Nicolas Island (SNI), NBVC operates Naval Outlying Landing Field San Nicolas Island, which has a 10,002-foot concrete and asphalt runway capable of accommodating aircraft the size of a C-5 Galaxy. In December 1988, the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing began moving from its home in Van Nuys to a new facility built on 204 acres of state-owned land adjacent to the Point Mugu facility. Known as Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, the annex was constructed at a cost of more than $70 million and was fully activated in April 1990. In September 2016, the Coast Guard Air Station in Los Angeles was relocated to Naval Base Ventura County from its former location at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) when the lease on the existing facility ended.
===Mutual Aid===
NBVC F&ES has a mutual aid/automatic aid agreement with the Ventura County Fire Department, the Ventura City Fire Department, the Oxnard Fire Department, and the Fillmore Fire Department.
==Area Served==
Aircraft rescue and firefighting, structure firefighting, shipboard firefighting, wildland firefighting, emergency medical services, hazmat services, technical rescue, fire prevention and inspection for Naval Base Ventura's three separate facilities is provided by Navy Region Southwest / Federal Fire Ventura, consisting of 79 career civilian firefighters. 
== History ==
The facility at Point Mugu began life as a United States Navy anti-aircraft training center during World War II and was developed in the late 1940s as the Navy's major missile development and test facility. NAS Point Mugu has been home to many ordnance testing programs, and the test range extends offshore to the Navy-owned San Nicolas Island in the Channel Islands. The facility at Port Hueneme was built as a temporary depot to train, stage, and supply the newly created Seabees. The base was officially established and began operating on May 18, 1942 as an Advance Base Depot (ABD). In 1945 the Advance Base Depot was renamed a Naval Construction Battalion Center. During the 1920s or early 1930s, the Civil Aviation Authority built two emergency dirt landing strips of 2,300 and 2,100 ft. long on San Nicholas Island. In January 1933, the CAA relinquished the airstrips as the Navy took over ownership of the island. NAAS San Nicholas commissioned on September 26, 1944, an auxiliary of NAS San Diego
==Apparatus Roster==
===Crash Station 71 - 11th Street at Main Road, Point Mugu flightline===
:Crash 13 (N71-03404) - 2021 Oshkosh Striker 1500 4x4 crash tender (2000/1500/210F/500 lbs. PK)
:Crash 16 (N71-02730) - 1986 Oshkosh P-19 4x4 crash tender (750/1000/130AFFF) (Ex-Crash 18)
:Crash 17 (N71-03323) - 2015 KME Force 4x4 crash tender (1500/1500/200AFFF/500 lbs. DC) (SN#GSO-9532)
:Crash 18 (N71-03389) - 2020 Oshkosh Striker 3000 6x6 crash tender (2000/3000/420F/500 lbs. DC)
:Rescue 71 (N71-03120) - Ford F-350 Crew Cab 4x4 DRW / Knapheide
:Brush 371 (N73-03448) - 2008 International 7400 SFA 4x4 / Pierce Contender Type 3 wildland (500pto/500/25A) (SN#7301-08792240)
:Ambulance 701 - Ford F-450 / Wheeled Coach Type I
:Ambulance - Ram 3500HD
===Fire Station 72 - 642 11th Street, Point Mugu===
:Engine 72 (N73-03402) - 2010 Pierce Contender (1250/750/40A) (SN#22457-21)
:Engine 172 (N73-03367) - 2009 Pierce Contender (1250/750/40A) (SN#21445) (Ex-Engine 72)
:Quint 72 (N74-00100) - 2008 Pierce Velocity 7010 (1500/375/75' rear-mount aerial) (SN#20195-08647320)
:Hazmat/Heavy Rescue 72 (N76-00138) - 2011 Pierce Velocity 7020 3dr walk-around (SN#23800)
:Ambulance 702 (31-0131N) - Ford F-450 / Wheeled Coach
:Chief 72 (Asst. Chief) - Chevrolet Suburban
:2016 Ford F-550 4x4 / Pierce RIV / E.J. Metals skid (10uhp,120aux/350/10F) (SN#28909)
===Fire Station 73 - 430 Patterson Road at Cargo Road, Port Hueneme===
:Quint 73 (N74-00094) - 2008 Pierce Velocity 7010 (1500/375/75' rear-mount aerial) (SN#20195-08647311)
:Brush 373 - 2008 International 7400 SFA 4x4 / Pierce Contender Type 3 wildland (500pto/500/?F) (SN#7300-08791529)
:Ambulance 703 (31-0130N) - Ford F-450 / Wheeled Coach
===Fire Station 74 - Building 144, Naval Outlying Landing Field San Nicolas Island===
:Crash 13 - 2012 Oshkosh 1500 4x4 crash tender (1500/1500/210F/550 lbs. DC) (SN#740244) (US Air Force asset)
:Engine 74 - 2003 International 4400 / Pierce (1250/750/?F) (SN#14008-03)
:Engine 75 (N73-03306) - 2003 International 4400 / Pierce (1250/750/?F) (SN#14008-01)
:Rescue 74 - 2016 Ford F-550 4x4 / Pierce RIV / E.J. Metals skid (16uhp/?) (SN#29319)
:Ambulance 704 (G31-0082P) - Ram 3500HD
===Assignment Unknown===
:Crash 15 - 2022 Oshkosh Striker 1500 4x4 crash tender (2000/1500/210F/500 lbs. PK)
:2010 International WorkStar 7400 SFA 4x4 / Pierce Type 3 wildland (500pto/500/?F) (SN#23391-02)
:2010 International WorkStar 7400 SFA 4x4 / Pierce Type 3 wildland (500pto/500/?F) (SN#23391-01)
:2003 International 4400 / Pierce pumper (1250/750/?F) (SN#14281-03824365)
:2003 International 4400 / Pierce pumper (1250/750/?F) (SN#14008-02)
==Retired Apparatus==
:(N71-03183) - 2006 Oshkosh T-1500 4x4 crash tender (1520/1500/210AFFF/450 lbs. PKP) (Ex-Crash 18)
:(N71-03199) - 2005 Oshkosh T-1500 4x4 crash tender (1520/1500/210AFFF/450 lbs. PKP) (Ex-Crash 14)
:2005 Pierce Saber pumper (1250/750/?A/?B) (SN#16936-05694034)
:2005 Oshkosh T-1500 4x4 crash tender (1520/1500/210AFFF/450 lbs. PKP) (Ex-Crash 17 )
:2004 Pierce Saber pumper (1500/500/?A/?B/55' Sky-Boom) (SN#15592) (Ex-Rescue Engine 72)
:2004 Pierce Saber pumper (1500/500/?A/?B/55' Sky-Boom) (SN#15590-01) (Ex-Rescue Engine 73)
:(G62-2533H) - Chevrolet Suburban (Ex-Chief 2)
:(N73-01404) - 1994 KME Renegade pumper (1250/750/20A/20B) (Ex-Engine 172)
:1995 Pierce Dash 4x4 walk-around rescue (SN#E8994) (Ex-Hazmat 2)
:1991 Amertek 4000L 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130FFF) (Ex-Crash 16)
:(7162Y) - 1991 Amertek 4000L 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130FFF) (Ex-Crash 15)
:1991 Amertek 4000L 4x4 crash tender (1000/1000/130FFF) (Ex-Crash 14)
:(7101B) - 1993 Ford F-Series / Knapheide rescue (Ex-Rescue 36)
:1990 Chevrolet utility box (Ex-Squad 32)
:1989 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/750) (Ex-Engine 35)
:(N73-03099) - 1988 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/750/80/50' Tele-Squrt) (Ex-Engine 72, ex-Rescue-Engine 73, ex-Engine 1)
:(N73-32967) - 1987 Pierce Dash pumper (1000/750/80) (Ex-Engine 72 Reserve, ex-Engine 2)
:1987 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/500/100F) (Ex-Engine 72)
:1987 Pierce Dash pumper (1000/750/80) (Ex-Engine 3 Reserve, ex-Engine 3)
:1986 Pierce Dash pumper (1000/750/80) (SN#E3018-07) (Ex-Engine 1)
:1986 Oshkosh P-19 4x4 crash tender (750/1000/130AFFF) (Ex-Crash 13)
:1986 Oshkosh P-19 4x4 crash tender (750/1000/130AFFF) (Ex-Crash 12)
:GMC TopKick 4x4 (Ex-Brush Engine 371)
:(73-02477) - 1980 FTI pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 33)
:1977 Seagrave pumper (1000/500/80) (Ex-Engine 2 Reserve, ex-Engine 2)
:(71-02459) - 1975 Oshkosh P-4 6x6 crash tender (1200/1500/180AFFF) (Ex-Crash 14)
:1975 Oshkosh P-4 6x6 crash tender (1200/1500/180AFFF) (Ex-Crash 16)
:1975 Oshkosh P-4 6x6 crash tender (1200/1500/180AFFF) (Ex-Crash 17)
:1974 FTI pumper (750/300) (ex-Engine 34 Reserve. ex-Engine 34)
==External Links==
*Ventura County Federal Firefighters Association on Facebook
==Station Map ==
Category:Ventura County
Category:Navy Region Southwest
Category:Military Fire Departments (California)
Category:Military departments operating KME apparatus
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Military departments operating Oshkosh apparatus (United States)
Category:Former operators of Amertek apparatus
Category:Former military operators of FTI apparatus
Category:Former operators of Seagrave apparatus