Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay

== Area Served==
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay (SUBASE) is United States Navy installation located adjacent to the city of St. Marys, on the North River in Camden County, southeastern Georgia, some 38 miles north of Jacksonville, Florida. The Submarine Base is the US Atlantic Fleet's home port for US Navy ballistic missile nuclear submarines capable of being armed with Trident missile nuclear weapons. NSB Kings Bay covers about 16,000 acres of land, of which 4,000 acres are protected wetlands. The base has a population of approximately 9,500 on a typical business day, and of 3,000 around the clock submarine support operations provided by tenant organizations and submarine support commands. SUBASE Kings Bay is home to 8 Ohio-class nuclear ballistic submarines assigned to US Navy Submarine Group 10, the senior commander at Kings Bay, and a subordinate command to Commander Submarine Force US Atlantic Fleet. In addition, Marine Corps Security Force Battalion Kings Bay conducts security operations in Direct Support (DS) of Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic (SWFLANT). The battalion is commanded by a senior Marine Corps officer and provides security operations for the base as approved by the Chief of Naval Operations, in coordination with the Commandant of the Marine Corps. 
== Department Profile==
Structural, shipboard, as well as wildland fire suppression, emergency medical services, technical rescue, hazmat services, fire prevention and inspection for SUBASE Kings Bay is provided by Navy Region Southeast / SUBASE kings Bay Fire and Emergency Services, comprised of 43 civilian career firefighters, operating out of 3 fire stations. SUBASE Kings Bay FES has automatic aid agreements with, among others, Camden County Fire Rescue, the Georgia Forestry Commission, St. Marys Fire Department, Kingsland Fire Rescue and Nassau County Fire Rescue, across the border in Florida
==History==
The US Army began to acquire 7,000 acres of land at Kings Bay in 1954 to build a military ocean terminal in order to ship ammunition in case of national emergencies. Construction began in 1955 and was completed in 1958 after a 200-foot-wide channel was dredged to Cumberland Sound that included two turning basins. It was soon realized that there was no immediate operational need for the installation, so it was placed in an inactive ready status, and Blue Star Shipping Company signed a lease to use the wharf in 1959. In 1975-1976, the Chief of Naval Operations ordered studies to select a new fleet ballistic-missile submarine base on the East Coast, after Spain discontinued the use of their base at Rota for similar US subs. After careful review, Kings Bay was selected in November 1976. Naval Submarine Support Base Kings Bay was established in a developmental status 1on July 1, 1978. The base—now Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, not only occupies the former Army terminal land, but several thousand additional acres.
== Apparatus Roster ==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
=== Fire Station 1 - 855 USS Hunley Avenue - Bldg. 2004 ===
:Chief 1303 (Asst. Chief) (G62-1132P) - Ford Expedition 
:Chief 1304 (Asst. Chief) (G62-1020K) - Ford Expedition
:Engine 1321 (N73-03515) - 2015 Pierce Saber (SN#28072-03)
:Engine 1323 (N73-03194) - 1999 E-One Cyclone II (1250/500/75F) (Ex-Engine 1323)
:Tower Ladder 1331 (N74-00131) - 2014 Pierce Velocity 7000 6x4 (?/?/100' rear-mount platform) (SN#27638-02)
:TAU-1357 (N71-03351) - 2016 International 7400 4x4 / Pierce TAU (SN#29314)
:Rescue-Hazmat 1368 (N7X-00067) - KME Predator Severe Service walk-around
:Fire Chief (G62-1131P) - Ford Expedition 
=== Fire Station 2 ===
:Engine 1322 (N73-03465) - 2012 Pierce Saber (1250/750/25F)(SN#25489)
:Brush 1356 (N73-03458) - 2012 Ford F-550 / Pierce Type 6 wildland (SN#25187)
=== Fire Station 3 ===
:Medic 1371 (G31-0014U) - Ford F-450
:Medic 1372 (G31-0015U) - Ford F-450
== Retired Apparatus ==
:1990 Pierce Arrow pumper (1000/500/100F/65' TeleSqurt) (SN#E5917-03)
== Station Map ==
Category:Camden County, Georgia
Kings Bay
Category:Military departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Military Fire Departments (Georgia)