Fire Departments

Pender County partners with several local volunteer and municipal Fire Departments to ensure adequate fire coverage is available throughout the county. Those stations are:

• Station 11- Town of Atkinson Fire Department

  • Chief Doyle Retherford
  • 110 N 1st Avenue, Atkinson, NC 28421
  • ISO Class 6, outside of 5 miles but not more than 6 miles, ISO Class 9

• Station 13- Maple Hill Volunteer Fire Department

  • Chief Harold Motley
  • 115 Old Maple Hill Road, Maple Hill, NC 28454
  • ISO 4, outside of 5 miles but not more than 6 miles, ISO Class 9

• Stations 1,14,16,18,21,28,29- Pender EMS & Fire

  • Chief Everett Baysden
  • 805 Ridgewood Avenue(Station 1-Headquarters,) Burgaw, NC 28425
  • ISO Class 3
    • Station 14- 19470 Hwy 17, Hampstead, NC 28443
    • Station 16- 15840 Hwy 17 N, Hampstead, NC 28443
    • Station 18- 11401 Hwy 17, Wilmington, NC 28411
    • Station 21- 227 Scott Road, Rocky Point, NC 28457
    • Station 28- 1015 Island Creek Drive, Rocky Point, NC 28457
    • Station 29- 4849 US Hwy 421, Currie, NC 28435

• Station 15, Town of Burgaw Fire Department

  • Chief Jonathan Prevatte
  • 109 N. Walker Street, Burgaw, NC 28425
  • ISO Class 5, outside of 5 miles but not more than 6 miles, ISO Class 9

• Station 17, Penderlea Volunteer Fire Department

  • Chief Ricky Rivenbark
  • 4005 NC Hwy 11, Willard, NC 28425
  • ISO Class 4, outside of 5 miles but no more than 6 miles, ISO Class 9

• Station 20, Town of Topsail Beach Fire

  • Chief Bo Fussell
  • 816 S Anderson Boulevard, Topsail Beach, NC 28445
  • ISO Class 3

• Station 22, Rocky Point Volunteer Fire Department 

  • Chief Andrew Short
  •  1425 Porters Lane, PO Box 27, Rocky Point, NC 28457
  • ISO Class 3, outside 5 miles but no more than 6 miles, ISO Class 9

• Stations 23 and 25- Town of Surf City Fire Department

  • Chief Allen Wilson
  • 100 Deer Run Road( Station 25- Headquarters,) Hampstead, NC 28445
  • ISO Class 3
    • Station 23- 200 Wilmington Avenue, Surf City 28445