National Institutes of Health Fire Department

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fire Department is a federal fire department in Bethesda, Maryland

The National Institutes of Health campus is the largest biomedical research facility in the United States, with over 3,500 research laboratories spread across 99 buildings on a 320 acre campus. The campus has a daytime workforce of approximately 18,000 people.

Inside the NIH Fire Department's first due response area is a 1,000-bed research hospital, animal facilities, computer facilities and data centers; a cyclotron facility, chemical and radioactive waste facilities, high hazard bio-containment (Biosafety Level 4) laboratories; commercial and industrial occupancies; a child care center, and an undeground metro station (Medical Center Station). The tallest structure on the campus is a 17-storey Ambulatory Care Clinical Research Center.

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All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.

Fire Station 751 - 51 Center Drive, Bethesda (at Cloister Court)

 * Engine 751 - 2015 Pierce Arrow XT
 * Tower 751 - 2003 Pierce Dash (2000/300/100' rear-mount platform)
 * Hazmat 751 - 2005 Pierce Lance walk-around with command vab
 * Hazmat Support 751 - 2008 Ford F-550 with utility body
 * Ambulance 751 - 2005 International / Wheeled Coach BLS unit
 * Command 751 - 2007 Chevrolet Suburban
 * 2004 International / Hackney hazmat support unit
 * 2004 International / Hackney hazmat support unit
 * 1998 Load-Hauler mass decon trailer
 * Kenco Co., Inc. explosive containment trailer

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 * 1998 Pierce Saber (1500/500/100F) (former Engine 751)
 * Chevrolet Silverado (Assistant Chief/Training)
 * Ford Expedition (Fire Chief)