Fire Chief's Office, Fire Alarm Office, and Fire Investigator's Office relocated to Public Safety Building.

Paramedic program operational--10 paid and 3 volunteer paramedics trained to provided advanced life support.

Kenneth R. Lavoie was hired as Fire Chief. 9-1-1 system operational in Hampton.

Fire at the Fort Monroe Yacht Club Pier.

Incident Command System began.

Mercury Central Fire Station, Station #10 opened.

David T. McCarty was hired as Fire Chief.

Fire at the Grandview Fishing Pier.

Artillery shells initially found at Buckroe Beach after sand replenishment project. Department purchases Pierce TeleSquirt.

Gregory B. Cade was hired as Fire Chief. Life Injury Fire Education House (LIFE House) donated. First Lifepak 300's purchased (semi-automatic defibrillators).

National Furniture & Mattress Fire (Aberdeen Road and 56th Street).

Fire at R. F. Slaughter Lumber. Chamberlain Hotel fire. Langley Air Force Base library destroyed by fire.

3-story duplex under renovation at Fort Monroe catches fire. Newport News Firefighters share quarters at Briarfield Station. Division gets computer savvy with a homepage on the world-wide web. Buckroe Station "remodeled" by cab driver escaping robbery attempt.

Officer Development Program held for the first time. Family Dollar ravaged by fire. Farm Fresh Supermarket damaged by fire.

Hampton's Brush Truck and crew traveled to Florida to assist with forest fires.

Robert N. Green was promoted to Fire Chief. The "Ice Plant" on Kecoughtan Rd. was ravaged by fire.

James A. Gray, Jr. was hired as Fire Chief.