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The Morehead City Fire Department was established in 1906 and the Morehead City EMS Department was formed in 1958 as
Morehead City Rescue Squad. On July 1, 2000 the departments were merged. The Department protects a City of 6.81 square
miles and the Mitchell Village-Crab Point Fire District of 11 square miles, with an approximate polulation of 20,000
residents between two districts. The Department currently operates two ambulances,two engines, one engine-tanker, one
quint truck, one fireboat, one dive/rescue boat, and several cars and pickup trucks for support functions.
Morehead City/EMT has a split insurance rating of 5/95 and is constantly working on improving that rating. The Department has
27 career personnel comprised of a Chief, Deputy Chief, Fire Marshal, (3) Captains, (6) Lieutenants and the remainder as
Firefighter/Engineers. Seven of the career staff have EMT-Paramedic Certification, several have EMT-Intermediate
Certification and the remaining personnel have EMT-Basic Certification.
The Department employs twelve (12) part-time personnel and uses a volunteer force of fifteen (15) member comprised of an Assistant
Chief, Captain, two (2) Lieutenants and firefighters. The Department covers approximately 2500 calls for service each year.
Facilities
The Morehead City Fire/EMS Department currently has two stations; Fire Station I located at 1406 Bridges Street and Station II
is located at 3308 Arendell Street. Station III is scheduled to open April 2007 at 5293 Hwy. 70.
Communications
The Department is dispatched and operates on its own VHF fire frequency (154.445). The dispatching is handled by the Police
Department. Calls for service come in on a County-wide Enhanced 911 system and all 911 calls inside the City Limits come directly
to the dispatch office. Calls for Fire or Rescue service in the Rural District go to the County and they transfer them directly to
our dispatch. Volunteers are notified by radio paging with all members being issued pagers.
Fire Marshal Office
The Fire Department currently has numerous Fire Inspectors. The town Fire Marshal works 8:00 AM thru 5:00 PM Monday thru Friday. The
other inspectors are used as a back up as needed. Many of our are Level III certified by the state. They conduct commercial building
inspections and review plans.
Fire Prevention
Fire Prevention is a very important part of our Fire Department, each year we conduct classes, tours and lectures to over a 1,000 children
and adults. The Fire Marshal coordinates all Fire Prevention and Public Education activities with each shift. Students are taught the
proper prcedures for home escape planning, dailing 911, fire and injury prevention and many other safety applications. We also offer fire
extinguisher classes to business's and organizations in our response area. The only cost is to recharge the fire extinguishers used during
the training. For more information contact Morehead City Fire Marshal at 726-5308, or you can Email him @ lfreeman@townofmorehead.com
Volunteer Firefighters
The Fire-EMS Dept. relies heavily on volunteer members and is always looking for good Volunteer members. Requirements and Applications can be
picked up from Chief Lail at Station 1.
Staff Information
Station Information
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