Fully ALS equipped - Town of Oak Island

Town of Oak Island
Fire and Rescue
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Operates 3 stations
Station 1-Located 101 E. Oak Island Dr.
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Station one has 24 hour staffing of 3
firefighter/EMTs
1 Fire Chief Monday through Friday business
hours
1 Part time administrative assistant
Operates 1 Aerial Ladder, 1 Ambulance, 1 Heavy
Rescue, 1 Beach/Support Truck
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2009 Rosenbauer
75 ft aerial ladder
500 Gallon Tank
1500 gpm Pump
6 Man cab
Fully ALS equipped
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2005 Freightliner
commercial chasis
500 Gallon tank
1000 gpm capacity
2 Person cab
Heavy rescue state
certified, carrying a full
compliment of heavy
rescue tools
Light tower
Onboard class A foam
tank.
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2009 Ford F450
Fully ALS equipped
Equipped with
MARVLIS (MDT)
and GPS call routing
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Station 2-Located 8510 E. Oak Island Dr.
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Currently houses the Yaupon Beach Volunteer Fire
Department and Oak Island Fire Reserve Ladder 2
Also houses the Brunswick County EMS
ambulance, Base 7
Has no fire department full time staff or medical
personnel associated with Oak Island
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Station 3-Located 4151 Vanessa Dr.
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Station three is staffed with 3 full time
firefighter/EMTs 24 hours a day
1 Assistant Chief/Training Chief Monday through
Friday during business hours
Operates 1 Engine, 1 Squad, 1 Platform Aerial
Ladder
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2000 E One
1000 Gallon tank
1250 gpm pump
capacity
6 Person cab
Onboard class A
foam tanks
Fully ALS equipped
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1999 E One
95 ft Platform aerial
500 Gallon tank
1500 gpm pump
capacity
5 Person cab
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2009 Ford F450
Fully ALS equipped
Equipped with
MARVLIS (MDT)
and GPS call routing
Oak Island Fire and rescue provides fire, ALS
medical, and heavy rescue response
capabilities with
24 hours a day/7 days a week staffing
 20 Full time staff
 6 Full time personnel daily operating (3) 24-hour
shifts 0800-0800
 2 Chief officers working Monday-Friday
 10 Part time staff
 4 Volunteer staff
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Oak Island Fire and Rescue also provides fire
inspections, CPR classes for the public, fire
extinguisher classes, and is a certified car seat
safety check station.
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Staff Certification
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All full time staff are required to be
 NC Firefighter I&II
 NC Class B driver license, Driver operator pumps, Driver
operator aerials
 Hazardous materials operations
 Rescue technician general
 NIMS compliant to ICS 400 standard
8 Full time NC EMT-Paramedics, 5 part time medics
 7 Full time NC EMT-Intermediates, 2 PT Intermediates
 2 Full Time NC EMT-Basics, 2 Part Time NC EMT-Basics
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In addition to general training requirements,
several staff are certified in advanced topics
such as structural collapse, high angle ropes,
confined space, advanced vehicle extrication,
water rescue, land search, fire code inspection,
and arson investigation.
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Oak Island Fire Inspections Division currently
operates
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1 Level III fire inspector
3 Level I fire inspectors
4 Probationary level I inspectors
This function annually helps to generate revenue for
the Town of Oak Island.
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Oak Island Fire and Rescue is a regional heavy
rescue provider with
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16 Technical rescue general certified staff
7 Specialized confined space rescue staff
3 Specialized structural collapse rescue staff
3 Specialized trench rescue staff
6 Specialized wilderness search and rescue staff
8 Specialized high angle rope rescue staff
1 Specialized agricultural rescue staff
All staff are required to obtain specialized water
rescue training
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More staff certifications
14 Fire Officer Level I
 9 Fire Officer Level II
 1 Fire Officer Level III
 3 Chief 101
 1 Fire Investigator
 7 Certified Fire or EMS instructors
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Oak Island Fire and Rescue staff must meet
mandatory yearly continuing education
training hours in specified topics and are
required to train on a monthly basis. They
include
Monthly EMS topics
 Infection Control
 Fire and Rescue
 Instructor Updates
 Inspector Updates
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Training isn’t all that is required of the staff
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All paid staff must pass a rigorous yearly medical
physical based on the NFPA 1582 standards
Yearly SCBA fit testing
Yearly job related physical agility test
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In 2012 Oak Island Fire and Rescue responded
to 1,178 emergency requests
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892 Emergency Medical Requests
286 Fire Related Responses
 27 were working building or structure related fires
 3 vehicle fires
 14 grass or brush fires
 242 Alarms with no fire
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Oak Island Fire and Rescue had an average
response time to all incident types in all areas
of its primary response district, and mutual aid
districts of 6 min 31 sec from the time of
dispatched to time of arrival.
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In addition to emergency response, staff conduct
several hundred hours of service and support
work every year, including
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Annual hydrant testing, maintenance, and inspection for
more than 800 town hydrants
Hose, ladder, and pump tests, and light maintenance
Annual business fire inspections, and business preplanning
School fire education and fire safety programs
Special event medical standby
Smoke alarm installation and assisting with battery
changing
Daily truck and equipment detailed inspections
Some of our recent events and training!