The first Creeds Fire Station 6 was built in 1954 and was located at 5693 Morris Neck Road on land donated by the Freeman family. The building still stands, but is no longer used as the Creeds Fire Station.
The new Fire Station 6 opened on August 22, 1998, and is now located, just around the corner from the old station at 595 Princess Anne Road. The station consists of 11,369 square feet with four bays. Fire Station 6 is manned by a Captain and four Firefighters who staff a pumper, tanker, brush truck, and a 24-foot aluminum fire boat, which was purchased by the Virginia Port Authority for the Virginia Beach Fire Department. Fire Station 6 is one of three Fire Department Marine Response Teams (MRTs) in the City. The primary waterways of responsibility include the Back Bay and the North Landing River (Inter coastal Waterway); however, the MRT has also been utilized on Search and Rescue (SAR) missions in Currituck, North Carolina, the James and Rappahannock Rivers.
Fire Station 6 personnel serve a rural non-hydrant area and respond to agricultural, structural, and wild land fires. The personnel also provide EMS and Marine services for their area and mutual aid assistance to Currituck, North Carolina. One of the four Firefighters assigned to Fire Station 6 also staffs the EMS driver-only ambulance.
Fire Apparatus Assigned to Station 6
Engine 6
2006 Pierce Quantum
Weighs 45,000 pounds
1500 GPM Waterous Pump
11 HP Honda high pressure brush pump, 20-30 GPM pump
1000 gallon tank
Tanker 6
2009 Pierce tanker with International body and cab
Weighs 64,000 pounds
1500 GPM Hale pump
3000 gallon tank
Dual side dump and rear dump
Brush 6
2006 Ford F350
8 HP Honda high pressure brush pump, 20-30 GPM pump
XL Super Duty Diesel with 4WD
200 gallon tank
Fireboat 6
2010 Metal Shark Relentless 24
Twin 200 hp outboard Mercury Engines
500 GPM pump with 500 GPM monitor
100 gallon fuel tank
200 foot tow line
Top speed of 52 mph and drafts 2 feet of water
Vertical clearance on the water is 9-1/2 feet
Vertical clearance on the trailer is 12-1/2 feet
