Upper Kingsclear Fire Department

== Community Profile ==
Kingsclear Parish is an unincorporated rural area around 20 km west of the provincial capital, Fredericton, New Brunswick. About 2,800 people live within the area of the Kingsclear Service District. 
In January of 2015, the rural unincorporated area of Hanwell (Population of 4,743) opted to shift fire protection from the Fredericton Fire Department to the UKFD. This motion made the total population served by the UKFD around 7,543 which drastically increased budget and services provided. 
In Early 2023, the Kingsclear First Nation Fire Department merged with the Upper Kingsclear Fire Department. 
== Department Profile ==
Upper Kingsclear Fire is currently made up of a full-time fire chief, 50 volunteer firefighters and 3 stations. They cover Upper Kingsclear, Lower Kingsclear, Islandview, Deerwood, Hanwell, Ludford, Yoho, Smithfield, Lake George, and New Market. The department has mutual aid contracts signed with Harvey, Dumfries, New Maryland, and Keswick Ridge. Additionally the department assists the Oromocto Fire Department and the Fredericton Fire Department in times of drastic need. 
==History==
===Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service 	Notes
1 	Driftwood Drive & Highway 102	1965-1967 	
2 	2053 Route 640, Hanwell 	2014-2017 	Temporary facility.
3 	3730 Route 102, Islandview 	2015-present	Former Department of Natural Resources (New Brunswick Forest Fires) facility.
4 	499 Chapel Road 	2023-? 	Former Kingsclear First Nation FD. No longer in use.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in Imperial gallons.
=== Fire Station 1 (Headquarters) - 22 Mazerolle Settlement Road===
Built 1963
*Engine 1 (653) - 2016 International 4400 / Metalfab (1050/1000/20F)
*Pump 1 - 2009 International Quad Cab 7400 / Metalfab (1250/820/20F)
*Tanker 1 - 1984 Ford F-700 / Allain (475/1000) (Ex-New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources)
*Rescue 1 - 2000 International 4900 / Allain walk-in
*Marine 1 - 2002 Lowe Roughneck Boat / 40HP Mercury
*Command 1 - 2017 Ford F-150 4x4
*Support 1 - 1998 Ford E-450 / Dynamic Truck Bodies walk-in box truck (Ex-Juniper Fire Department)
*Remote Rescue 1 - 2011 Kawasaki Mule 4010 4x4 w/ Rescue Sled (Kimpex Track Kit)
*Rescue 11 - (662) - 2017 Ford F-550 4x4 / 2018 Metalfab (1050/300/20F)
*Mobile Command (Trailer-1)
*2009 International 7400 / Metalfab pumper (1250/820/?F) (Ex-Kingsclear First Nation Fire Department)
===Fire Station 2 - 2076 Route 640, Hanwell===
Opened 2018
*Engine 2 (652) - 2010 Freightliner M2 106 / Allain (1250/1100/20F/CAFS)
*Pump 2 - (654) - 2002 Sterling Acterra / Metalfab (1050 top-mount/1200/20F) (New Brunswick Government purchase)
*Ladder 2 - 2000 American LaFrance Eagle tandem (1665/250/110' LTI rear-mount) (Ex-Egypt Fire Association (New York) 2000-2021) (Purchased January 2021 through Brindlee Mountain & Eastcan Fire Trucks Inc.)
*Rescue 2 - 2013 Ford F-250
===Fire Station 3 - 3730 Route 102, Islandview ===
*Engine 3 - 1992 Ford CF-8000 / Metalfab (1050/1000/20F)
*Tanker 3 - 1992 Ford CF-8000 (125/900) (Ex-Oromocto Fire Department)
== Retired Apparatus==
*2002 Sterling Acterra / Metalfab pumper (1050/1000/20A/20B) (Ex-Fredericton Fire Department) (Sold to Bonny River - Second Falls Fire Department)
*1990 GMC TopKick / Metalfab pumper (625/1200) (Sold to North Lake Fire Department)
*1984 Ford F-800 / Metalfab tanker (250/1000)
*1978 Chevrolet / Metalfab tanker
*1962 Chevrolet tanker
==External Links==
*Upper Kingsclear Fire Department
*Upper Kingsclear Fire Department Facebook page
==Station Map==
Category:York County, New Brunswick
Category:New Brunswick departments operating Allain apparatus
Category:Departments operating American LaFrance apparatus
Category:New Brunswick departments operating Metalfab apparatus