firehall

NAS Grosse Ile
Fire Department

FIRE HALL 1999

This is the fire station as it looked before it was demolished in August 2000. Some of the bricks were saved and used in the restoration of Hanger 1. The main difference from this view is the color of the bay doors. When the base closed in 1969 they were painted red. - Stanley Outlaw

Navy Day 1945.	Grosse Ile 3 MB-5 in the early 60s	Crash 7 NAS Glenview 1971 Oshkosh MB-5.
	Fire Fighters 1944	1944 Equipment
		Base Fire Boat
Seaplane Hanger Burns Circa 1968	Demolition August 2000	Salvage Barge
1945 training	Fire and Crash Crew	1946 Fire Crew

At the time the base closed in 1969 the fire department was manned by both Navy and civilian firefighters. The motorized equipment they used consisted of 2 old John Bean High Pressure 750 GPM structural pumpers, 1 MB-1, 2 MB-5 (a 65 and 69 models) crash trucks, 1 Purple K unit mounted on a 4x4 pickup, 8000 gallon tanker trailer pulled by an International cab and 2 reserve MB-5 ( I believe they were 1955 models) crash trucks. - Stanley Outlaw