Niantic Fire Department (Connecticut)

The Niantic Fire Department is one of two fire companies serving East Lyme, Connecticut. Niantic's first due is made up primarily of residential areas, including many seasonal properties, a busy state beach (along with several municipal beaches), and the state's only women's prison.

Apparatus Roster
Niantic's fleet consists of three engines, a brush unit, a ladder, a support unit, a heavy rescue, and several boats, spread out over two stations.

Station 1 - 8 Beckwith Street (opened 1972)
B-1 (Chief's wagon) - 2014 Ford Explorer Interceptor

B-11 (Engine 1) - 1991 Simon-Duplex/3D 1500/750/20B

B-12 (Engine 2) - 2007 HME 1871/Smeal 1500/750

B-15 (Truck 1) - 2005 HME 1871/Smeal UT100 100-foot rear-mount aerial (short wheelbase and low profile to fit into very close quarters, while maintaining a tandem axle configuration)

B-17 (Rescue 1) - 1995 Mack MR/Saulsbury walk-in heavy rescue

B-100 (Ambulance) - 2013 GMC C4500/LifeLine

Station 1 Annex - 8 Grand Street
The annex is the original Niantic fire station. The bulk of the apparatus were moved into the Beckwith Street location in 1972.

B-16 (Service/Utility) - 2003 Ford F-350 single-rear-wheel (Purchased by the East Lyme Ambulance Association)

Gator - John Deere 4x4

Boats - 1971 Boston Whaler (B-91) and Zodiac inflatable rigid-hull (B-91-1)

Station 2 - 227 West Main Street
B-13 (Engine 3) - 2011 Spartan Metro Star/Smeal (1500/750/?F)

B-14 (Brush) - 1961 Dodge Power Wagon (?/200)

B-300 (Spare Ambulance) - 2003 Ford E-450/LifeLine (ex Flanders B-200)

Retired Apparatus
2007 Ford E-450/LifeLine ambulance (retired 2013)

2001 Ford E-450/LifeLine ambulance (retired 2007, transferred to Water and Sewer Department)

1986 Duplex D-350/FMC (1500/500/20B) (retired 2011, sold to a department in Central America)

1978 Maxim J-Cab (1500/500/15B) (refurb 1990 by Fire Resources) (retired 2007, sold to private collector living in Rhode Island)

1975 Ford F-800/Reading heavy rescue (sold to Franklin Fire Department in 1995, then sold to a Scout Reservation)

1972 Maxim J-Cab 100-foot rear-mount aerial (retired in 2005, possibly sold to local collector)