A Little About Us
We are a fully paid Fire Department. We serve the citizens of Kinston 24 hours a day seven days a week working a 48 hour on 96 hour off rotation with three shifts. Our total staff is currently 52 Personnel. We have three Fire Stations that service 16.9 square miles and a population of approximately 21,677 citizens.
We have three front line Fire Engine Companies, Engine 11, running out of Fire Station 1, Engine 22, running out of Fire Station 2, and Engine 33, running out of Fire Station 3. We have a front line Ladder Company Truck 1, running out of Fire Station 1. We have two reserve fire engines and two reserve Ladder Trucks, Engine 12 and Engine 23 at Fire Station 1, Truck 2 at Fire Station 2 and Truck 3 at Fire Station 3. We also have an Origin and Cause Fire Investigations Team (OCFIT). We have a military transport vehicle, EVAC 1 "The Black Pearl", a 2022,16 foot, aluminum-clad One Boat brand (Lowe Boat Manufacturers) Rescue Boat 1, Currently Unnamed, and a 16 foot, extra wide, aluminum-clad Weld-Craft brand flat bottom johnboat-style Rescue Boat, Rescue Boat 2 "Queen Anne's Revenge" at Fire Station 1, which are both used for severe weather evacuations and rescues.
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