Mint Hill Volunteer Fire Department

Overview[]

The Mint Hill Volunteer Fire Department was organized in 1952 as a volunteer agency providing fire and rescue services in Mint Hill and the surrounding unincorporated areas of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. In 1974, the department also began providing medical transport (ambulance) services for the Town of Mint Hill In 2019, those EMS responsibilities were turned over to the County's EMS provider MEDIC.

As of 2021. the department is a combination department, with 27 full time employees, supplemented by part time and volunteer staff. The department operates from a single station and covers most, but not all of the Town of Mint Hill. The Idlewild Volunteer Fire Department also covers a section of the Town. The department has an ISO rating of 2 and responds to more than 5,000 calls for service per year.

Apparatus Roster[]

All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.

Fire Station - 8313 Fairview Road[]

Engine 1 - 2019 Pierce Impel PUC (1500/750) (SN#33142)

Ladder 1 - 2007 Pierce Velocity (?/?/105' rear-mount) (SN#19498) (Ex-Field unit)

Engine 2 - 2007 Pierce Dash 2000 (2000/1000) (SN#19265)

Engine 3 - 2002 Pierce Enforcer (1500/750) (SN#13365) (Ex-Engine 1)

Tanker 4 - 1993 Mack RD / Allegheny (1000/2500) (SN#93M-1364)

Brush 6 - 1994 Ford F-350 / Quesco (120/300)

Rescue 8 - 201? Chevrolet Tahoe

Car 13 - 200? Dodge Durango

On Order[]

Pierce Velocity (2000/300/100' Ascendant mid-mount platform)

Retired Apparatus[]

2017 Ram Ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 112)

1997 Mack MR / Excellance ambulance (Ex-Rescue 1)

2008 Chevrolet C ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 212)

2006 Ford F-350 rescue (Ex-Rescue 8)

2000 Freightliner FL 60 / Excellance ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 212)

1987 Mack MC / Grumman pumper (1000/500/75' TeleSqurt) (SN#17586) (Ex-Ladder 1) (Sold to New Salem Volunteer Fire Department (North Carolina))

1987 Mack MC / Ward 79 pumper (1500/1000) (SN#2325) (Ex-Engine 2)

1983 Mack MC pumper (1500/1000) (SN#MC686F15-1111) (Ex-Engine 2)

Future Plans[]

Re-assign Rescue 8 as Squad 1.

Land on Lebanon Road, near Margaret Wallace Road, has been acquired to build a second station.

External Links[]

Station Map[]

Mint Hill Volunteer Fire Department (Map)