About[]
The Coast Guard Yard Fire Department is all-hazards department that protects the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland, home to the Coast Guard’s only heavy maintance facility. It is the only Coast Guard Fire Department that is comprised of 100% active duty military members, including the Fire Chief, and is staffed by enlisted Damage Controlmen, Machinery Technicians and Health Services Technicians. Previously, a Coast Guard Auxiliary (the civilian volunteer component of the U.S. Coast Guard) flotilla provided supplemental staffing in addition to the active duty servicemembers until around 2020. Personnel assigned may report already previously certified as firefighters and EMTs or may attend Department of Defense or local fire and EMS academies, including with the Baltimore City Fire Department and Prince George’s County Fire & EMS Department. The unit provides limited mutual aid into the local community, as the department duty hours cover the normal workday only. Local civilian agencies respond to on-base emergencies outside of the normal workday to include nights, weekends and holidays.
The CGFD is additionally responsible for fire inspections and prevention, and maintains a welding and carpentry shop in support of the installation.
CGFD provides Basic Life Support with members certified to at minimum First Aid and CPR, with most becoming Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technicians.
The ambulance program was transferred to the on-base medical clinic by 2000, and dis-established in 2015. Local EMS provides transport and the base clinic provides a basic life support quick response service only.
Apparatus Roster[]
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Fire Station - Building 79[]
Built 1942
- Engine 2 - 2023 Rosenbauer Warrior (1500/750)
- Squad 22 - 2023 Rosenbauer Warrior (1500/750)
- Utility 2 - 2022 Ford F-150 XL
- ASAP 1 - 201? Polaris Ranger 6x6 / ASAP ATV ambulance (operated by the on-base medical clinic)
Retired Apparatus[]
- 2005 Chevrolet 2500 / Knapheide brush (250/250/5F)
- 1998 International / BME pumper (1000/500/25F) (Ex-Engine 9870) (Transferred from USCG Training Center Petaluma Fire Department)
- 1995 E-One Protector pumper (1250/1000/25) (Ex-Engine 2) (Transferred from Fort Monroe Fire and Emergency Services)
- 1991 KME Renegade (1500/750/100F) (Ex-Engine 2) (Ex-Governors Island United States Coast Guard Fire Department)
- 1965 International pumper (750/300) (Ex-Engine 2) (Transferred to Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown Fire Department) (Sold to private owner in Virginia).
- 194? Ford / American LaFrance