I would like to welcome everyone to our Webpage. We are dedicated to serving our Community through the provisions of Suppression, Rescue, Education, Medical Responder and Community Involvement. The Department continues serving with Pride and Proficiency since 1895. Please enjoy our page and feel free to contact us with any concerns and/or questions.
Chief Damien Locklear
Mission Statement:
To provide, with compassion, the highest level of professional service to the customers we serve through Pride, Proficiency & Integrity.
We are a fully paid Fire Department. We serve the citizens of Kinston 24 hours a day seven days a week working a 24 hour on 48 hour off rotation with three shifts. Our total staff is currently 51 Personnel. We have three Fire Stations that service 16.9 square miles and a population of approximately 21,677 citizens.
We have three front line Fire Engine Companies, Engine 11, running out of Fire Station 1, Engine 22, running out of Fire Station 2, and Engine 33, running out of Fire Station 3. We have a front line Ladder Company Truck 1, running out of Fire Station 1. We have two reserve fire engines and two reserve Ladder Trucks, Engine 12 and Engine 23 at Fire Station 1, Truck 2 at Fire Station 2 and Truck 3at Fire Station 3. We also have an Origin and Cause Fire Investigations Team (OCFIT). We have a military transport vehicle, EVAC 1 "The Black Pearl", and a 16 foot, extra wide, aluminum-clad Weld-Craft brand flat bottom johnboat-style Rescue Boat, Rescue Boat 1 "Queen Anne's Revenge" at Fire Station 1, which are both used for severe weather evacuations and rescues.
Mailing Address P. O. Drawer 339 401 E Vernon Avenue Kinston , NC28502
Phone: 252-939-3164
Fax: 252-939-3157
Emergency: 911
Administration Offices
Hours of Operation
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Monday thru Friday
Holidays, Weekends, and After Hours
Contact On Duty Battalion Commander
252-939-3230
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