Code 3 Patuxent River, MD Navel Air Station Oshkosh T-3000 Crash Truck 138 (12874)

Code 3 Patuxent River, MD Navel Air Station Oshkosh T-3000 Crash Truck 138 (12874)

Item #: 12874-0000
Scale: 1/64
Release Date: September 2009
Quantity: 1,008

The Patuxent Naval Air Station stretches across approximately 8.5 miles of shoreline at the mouth of the Patuxent River, overlooking the picturesque Chesapeake Bay, 65 miles southeast of Washington D.C. Naval Air Station Patuxent River covers approximately 8,000 acres with an additional 850 acres at the Webster Field Annex, located about 15 miles south of the station. The station was commissioned in 1943 as the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, to centralise widely dispersed air testing facilities. The station has since evolved into the center of excellence for Naval aviation as a full spectrum acquisition research development test and evaluation facility for Naval aviation.

The base supports naval aviation operations by researching, developing, testing and evaluating aircraft, aircraft components and related products. The facilities are also used by foreign governments, academic institutions and private industry for similar projects.

Over the past two decades, the station has grown to include a manned flight simulator, a large aircraft anechoic chamber, an air combat environment test and evaluation facility, the Capt. Steven A. Hazelrigg Flight Test Facility, an aircraft test and evaluation facility, the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School academic building and Aviation Survival Training Center.

These new facilities have significantly improved aviation safety and the quality of naval aviation products. With the consolidated work force and expanded facilities, the Patuxent River Naval Air Station has become the place where the future of naval aviation begins.

Fire Department

The Naval Air Station Patuxent River Fire and Emergency Services is a division of the Naval District Washington (NDW) Fire Region. Patuxent River Fie Department consists of 80 employees including firefighters, lieutenants, captains, battalion chiefs, one division chief and fire inspectors. With the exception of the Division Chief and the fire inspectors, the remainder of the department works on an "A" / "B" 24 hour on / off shift concept. The fire department is divided into several components; Structural, and EMS. Operating from 3 different fire stations, NAS Pax River operates 16 major pieces of apparatus which includes 3 engine companies, 3 Crash Fire Rescue units and cross-man a haz-mat, tower ladder, brush unit, rescue and several support units, and 2 ambulances.