The Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department (Calvert County Station 5) was officially established in May of 1975 as a substation of the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department. Dunkirk began providing Emergency Services to Calvert, Anne Arundel, and Prince Georges Counties with two engines, one brush truck and two ambulances. The engines were 51, a Peirce, and engine 53, a Ford. The brush truck was a Ford pickup truck and ran as Engine 55. The ambulances were 58 and 59. When the station began, the top runners typically had credit for between 50-100 calls per year. The first Chief of DVFD was Ray Hardesty, and the first President was Leonard"Buck" Jones Jr.

Dunkirk split from the North Beach Volunteer Department in 1982, and today has over 100 active and probationary members. The station runs two engines, a tanker, a rescue pumper, a brush truck, two ambulances and two command units.

Ambulance 58 2006 Ford E450, Road Rescue Type III
Ambulance 59 2006 Ford E450, Road Rescue Type III
Brush 5 2003 Ford F-350, 250 gal tank
BX 5 1986 Chevrolet Diesel 1 1/4 ton pickup
Utility 5 2005 Ford F250
Car 5 2000 GMC Yukon
Command 5 2003 GMC Yukon
Zodiac 5 2005 Apex Zodiac, 14.6’ 50hp outboard motor
Squad 5 2003 Seagrave, 1250 gpm pump, 500 gal tank, 30 gal foam and AMKUS ultimate system
Tanker 5 2007 Peterbilt by 4Guys, Inc., 1500 gpm, 3000 gal tank, 200 gal foam
Engine 51 2006 Seagrave, 1500 gpm pump, 750 gal tank, 30 gal foam
Engine 52 1998 Seagrave, 1500 gpm pump, 750 gal tank, 30 gal foam
Dunkirk now responds to approximately 1,900 to 2,300 calls per year.