![Fire HQ](/files/assets/city/v/1/public-safety/images/stations-and-apparatus/fire-hq.jpg)
Built in 1999, this 32,000-square foot facility consists of four apparatus bays. Station 1/Headquarters houses fire administration, the marine/dive division, apparatus and vehicle maintenance, and a three-company fire station. This station’s response area includes the central business district of historic downtown Wilmington, which includes the riverfront, as well as a densely populated residential area. The marine/dive division responds to incidents on or along the waterways. An Operations Battalion Chief – District 1, an engine companies, a truck company, and a Squad are housed here.
Administrative Personnel Number: (910) 343-3946 | Fire Personnel Number: (910) 343-3937
![Engine 1](/files/assets/city/v/1/public-safety/images/stations-and-apparatus/engine-1.jpg)
![Truck 1](/files/assets/city/v/1/public-safety/images/stations-and-apparatus/truck-1.jpg)
(Above, from left to right) Engine 1 and Truck 1
![Squad 1](/files/assets/city/v/1/public-safety/images/stations-and-apparatus/squad-1.jpg)
![Battalion Chief 1](/files/assets/city/v/1/public-safety/images/stations-and-apparatus/battalion-chief-1.jpg)
(Above, from left to right) Squad 1 and Battalion Chief 1
![Marine-Dive Unit](/files/assets/city/v/1/public-safety/images/stations-and-apparatus/marine-dive-unit.jpg)
![Marine 1 (docked in the Cape Fear River)](/files/assets/city/v/1/public-safety/images/stations-and-apparatus/marine-1.jpg)
(Above, from left to right) Marine/Dive Unit and Marine 1 (docked in the Cape Fear River)