Robinson Volunteer Fire Department (North Carolina)

== Department Profile==
The Robinson Volunteer Fire Department provides fire, EMS, and rescue services to Eastern Mecklenburg County, NC. The service area extends from the Charlotte City Limit to Cabarrus County line. The District is bordered to the West by the Charlotte Fire Department and to the South by Mint Hill Fire Department. North and East they are bordered by Harrisburg Fire Department and Flowes Store Volunteer Fire Department in Cabarrus County. The Robinson Fire Department operates out of one station, with approximately 30 members and responds to an average of 1,000 calls per year.
== History ==
Originally formed in 1953 as the Hickory Grove Volunteer Fire Department, their first station was located on Hickory Grove Road in Charlotte. In their first year, they responded to 21 calls. As the City of Charlotte grew and annexed much of Hickory Grove's district, HGVFD built a substation further east, near the Cabarrus County Line in 1984. By 1988, what remained of the Hickory Grove District was better served by the substation, so the department officially reorganized as the Robinson Volunteer Fire Department, closed the Hickory Grove Station and consolidated their equipment and resources at the Mecklenburg Shrine Club Road location. The station was expanded from 4 bays to 6 bays. 
In 2020, Mecklenburg County's Land Use and Environmental Services Agency recommended shutting down two Mecklenburg County Volunteer Fire Departments. The County found that the districts for the Cook Community and the Robinson Volunteer Fire and Rescue departments didn't raise enough in taxes to support the operations of the departments and they could be more efficiently protected by the Charlotte Fire Department. After several contentious public hearings, the county tabled the proposal. 
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
=== Fire Station - 5304 Mecklenburg Shrine Club Road, Charlotte===
:Engine 1 - 1998 Pierce Saber (1500/750) (Job#EB-915)
:Engine 2 - 2001 Pierce Saber (1250/1000/30F) (SN#12815)
:Engine 4 - 1989 Ford / Grumman (1250/1000) (SN#18234)
:Brush 6 - 2020 Ford F-550 / Anchor-Richey EVS (250/400) 2011 Ford F-550 (500/400)
:Rescue 8 - 2001 Spartan / Marion (SN#60663)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2011 Ford F-550 (500/400) (Ex-Brush 6)
Category:Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Category:Departments operating Anchor-Richey apparatus
Category:North Carolina departments operating Grumman apparatus
Category:North Carolina departments operating Marion apparatus
Category:North Carolina departments operating Pierce apparatus