China Lake Federal Fire Department

The China Lake Federal Fire Department provides coverage for Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake.

Installation Information
NAWS China Lake is located in the Western Mojave Desert region of California, approximately 150 miles north of Los Angeles. The installation is the Navy's largest single landholding, representing 85 percent of the Navy’s land for research, development, acquisition, testing and evaluation (RDAT&E) use and 38 percent of the Navy’s land holdings worldwide. In total, its two ranges and main site cover more than 1.1 million acres, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island.

Apparatus Roster

 * All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
 * Navy serial numbers in brackets.

Fire Station 1 - N Lauritson Road (Admin/Housing)

 * Engine 2 - International 4400 pumper
 * Pierce Contender (N73-03339)

Fire Station 2 - Flightline

 * Crash 1 - Oshkosh 4x4 ARFF
 * Crash 2 (N71-03202) - Oshkosh 4x4 ARFF

Unknown Assignment

 * Engine 212 - International 4400 pumper
 * 2015 Ford F-550 / Pierce RIV (SN#28733-2)
 * Pierce rear-mount 75' ladder Photo