Wallops Flight Facility Fire Department

The Wallops Flight Facility is located in northern Accomack County, Eastern Shore, Virginia, and consists of three separate parcels of land totaling 6,200 acres in size.

The Wallops Flight Facility Fire Department protects the NASA facilities at both the Main Base and on Wallops Island. The department responds from two stations, one located at the Wallops Main Base, and one situated on Wallops Island, approximately seven miles southeast of the Main Base.

The department has 45 full-time personnel and five part-time personnel, and provides 24/7, 365 day-a-year protection. The firefighters are contract employees of LJT & Associates. Apparatus and equipment is owned by NASA. The department runs between 1,000 and 2,000 calls per year.

Apparatus Roster
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.

Station 25 - Wallops Main Base Building B-129 - Oreiley Street & Jensen Street
Built 1955
 * Ambulance 25-1 - 1997 Chervolet / Wheeled Coach
 * Ambulance 25-2 - 2011 Ford E450 / PL Custom
 * Engine 25-3 - 2007 Pierce Contender (1250/500)
 * Engine 25-4 - 1993 Pierce Dash (1250/500/40F) (reserve) (ex-United States Navy)
 * Crash 25-10 - 2013 Oshkosh Striker 6x6 (1950/3000/425 AFFF/550 lbs PK)
 * Crash 25-11 - 2007 Oshkosh Striker (1950/3000/420 AFFF/500 lbs PK)
 * Crash 25-12 - 2007 Oshkosh Striker (1950/3000/420 AFFF/500 lbs PK)
 * Hazmat 25 - 2006 Chevrolet 3500 4x4 walk-around utility
 * Chief 25 - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe

Station 26 - Wallops Island Building X-15 - North Seawell Drive

 * Ambulance 26-2 - 2011 Ford E450 / PL Custom
 * Engine 26-3 - 2007 Pierce Contender (1250/500)
 * Brush 26 - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado / CET skid unit (250/200/5F)
 * Argo 26 - 2007 Argo Response 8x8 ATV

Future Plans
In June 2015, NASA awarded Facility Support Services, LLC of Richmond, VA with a $6 million contract to construct a new Station 26 on the north end of Wallops Island. The 16,900 square foot facility was expected to be completed late Summer 2016.123

Retired Apparatus

 * 1992 Amertek (1000/1000/120F) (former Crash 25-10) (ex-Lewis Research Center Fire Department, OH) (Sold to Lexington Fire Department (North Carolina))
 * 1989 Amertek (1000/1000/120F/500 lbs PK) (former Crash 25-12)
 * 1989 Amertek (1000/1000/120F/500 lbs PK)
 * 1986 Oshkosh P-19 (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs PK) (former Crash 25-14) (ex-Kennedy Space Center)
 * 1984 Oshkosh T-1500 (1000/1585/200/120 lbs PK) (former Crash 25-15) (ex-Kennedy Space Center)
 * 1984 E-One Hurricane (1250/500) (former Engine 25-3) (ex-Kennedy Space Center)
 * 1984 E-One Hurricane (1250/500) (former Engine 25-4) (ex-Kennedy Space Center)
 * 1984 E-One Hurricane (1250/500) (former Engine 26-3) (ex-Kennedy Space Center)
 * 1980 Seagrave ladder (100' rearmount) (former Ladder 25) (ex-Langley Research Center Fire Department) (ex-Newport News Fire Department, ex-Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue (Virginia))
 * 1980 White Road Commander II tractor with Almont Welding Works foam trailer (650/0700/1200F)
 * 1995 Chevrolet 3500 / Wheeled Coach ambulance
 * 1997 Chevrolet 3500 / Wheeled Coach ambulance
 * 1956/1957 Ward LaFrance M-5 (400/400/30F)
 * 1953 Dodge M-56 / Gichner Iron Works crash truck (PTO/160/11F)

=External links=
 * Wallops Flight Facility - NASA
 * Mike Legeros: Who Responds When a Rocket Explodes?
 * Easternshorefire Photo Gallery
 * Mike Sanders smugmug gallery