2900 Benefit Rd.
Chesapeake, Va. 23322

Fire Department

Welcome to CFD STATION 13
"Cornland"

Fire Station 13 is located in the rural southern portion of Chesapeake. The first run area of the Station consists of mostly rural farm land with some light industry. The Chesapeake Municipal Airport is also located within this run area.

The Station opened for service in the fall of 1974, and was manned with a paid crew of 1 Officer and 1 Firefighter.

Station 13 was originally staffed with 2 pumper Engines and a Jeep Brush Truck. Both pumpers carried 750 gallons of water. This was because the area surrounding Station 13 is classed as a no water zone. Water for firefighting was drafted from local ditches or fingers of the Northwest River, and shuttled to the fire scene.

The Station was the center of the Community and was used for picnics, bar-b-cues, social events and even used on occasion by the Firefighters to dress deer that were killed by vehicles from the surrounding areas.

Prior to the construction of Station 13 the southern area of the City was covered by Stations 8, 5 and 7 with long response times. Since the construction of Station 13 run times have been drastically reduced to 6 to 8 minutes on the average.

Since 1987 a third Firefighter was assigned to Station 13. This continued until 1997 when staffing was increased to 1 Officer and 3 firefighters. In 1991 a Pierce 4 man enclosed cab Engine with a 1000 gallon tank was purchased and assigned to Station 13. This Engine currently continues to be used.

Engine 13 is specially equipped with the Hurst Tool and related rescue appliances. It is also equipped with a HeartStart Defibrilator and EMS supplies to assist patients until arrival of Medic units. There are plans in the near future to purchase and staff an Engine that is able to accommodate equipment and drug boxes to class the engine as a Paramedic Engine. This would also require one firefighter to be trained as a Firefighter/Paramedic.

For the year ending 1998, Engine 13 responded to 228 alarms that included structure fires, grass/brush fires and vehicle accidents. Brush Truck 13 responded to 22 grass/brush fires. The call volume is increasing at a steady rate due to the number of single family dwellings being built 'in the country' to escape the suburban areas.

Station 13

Engine 13

Brush Truck 13