Overview[]
The Ansonia Fire Department serves the small city of Ansonia, and is made up of five individual companies: the Charters Hose Company, the Eagle Hook, Hose, and Ladder Company, the Fountain Hose Company, the Hilltop Hose Company, and the Webster Hose Company.
Apparatus Roster[]
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Fountain Hose Company 1 - 191 Howard Avenue[]
- Engine 1 - 2001 Ferrara Inferno (1250/750/40A/20B)
- Antique - 1928 Seagrave pumper (750/-) (SN#51730) (Ex-Engine 1)
Webster Hose Company 3 - 67 Platt Street[]
- Engine 3 - 2009 Pierce Arrow XT (1250/500/30F) (SN#21998)
- Squad 9 - 2003 Freightliner FL 70 / KME walk-around rescue (500/300)
- Antique - 1945 Mack E-Series pumper (Ex-Emergency 9)
Charters Hose Company 4 - 4 Murray Street[]
- Engine 4 - 2006 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal (1500/500/40B/20A)
- Antique - 1981 American LaFrance Century pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 4)
- Antique - 1962 American LaFrance 900 Series pumper (1000 three stage pump/500) (Ex-Engine 4, became department spare as Engine 2 in 1981 when replaced. Retired in 1990)
- Antique - 1925 Seagrave Suburbanite triple combination pumper (350/100/chem) water tank added in 1930s
Hilltop Hose Company 5 - 80 Pulaski Highway[]
- Engine 5 "King of the Hill" - 1997 Pierce Lance (1250/500) (SN#EA539)
- Special Services 2 - 1986 GMC 7800 / E-One walk-around (Ex-Ansonia Rescue & Medical Services)
- Parade - 1972 Mack CF pumper (1000/500)
Eagle Hose, Hook & Ladder Company 6 - 1 Main Street[]
Built 1904
- Engine 6 - 2016 Pierce Arrow XT (1500/500/50F) (SN#29308)
- Truck 7 - 2006 Pierce Dash 2000 6x4 / 2021 refurb (-/-/95' mid-mount platform) (SN#17513)
On Order[]
- Engine 5 - 2025 Pierce Enforcer (1500/500)
- Truck 7 - 2025 Seagrave Capitol 6x4 (-/-/95' Aerialscope)
- Squad 9 - 2025 Pierce Enforcer 7010 walk-around rescue
Retired Apparatus[]
Charters[]
- 1981 American LaFrance Century pumper (1250/500) (presently owned by the company)
- 1962 American LaFrance 900 Series pumper (1000/500) (presently owned by the company, first cab-forward apparatus in the city)
- 1948 Seagrave "Waterfall" E-66 pumper (750/300) (Transferred to Hilltop Hose Company)
- 1925 Seagrave Suburbanite pumper (350/originally equipped with chemical tanks, booster tank installed during the 1930s. presently owned by the company)
- 1915 Locomobile chemical and hose truck.
- 1900's two-wheel hose cart (2nd hose cart) (Ex-Webster Hose)
- 1900's two- wheel hose cart (original and first hose cart of the company) (Ex-Eagle Hose)
Eagle[]
- 1992 Pierce Lance pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 6) (Sold to Claymont Fire Company)
- 1981 American LaFrance Century aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount ladder) (Ex-Truck 7)
- 1971 Maxim F-Model pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 6)
- 1964 Seagrave aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount ladder) (Ex-Truck 7)
- 1951 Seagrave pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 6)
- 1947 Seagrave aerial (-/-/65' mid-mount ladder) (Ex-Truck 7)
- 1924 Seagrave chemical pumper (750/chemical) (Ex-Engine 6)
- 1916 Seagrave city service ladder
- 1914 Maxim pumper
Fountain[]
- 1975 Ward LaFrance Ambassador pumper (1250/500)
- 1954 Seagrave pumper (1000/500)
- 1928 Seagrave pumper (750/chemical tanks later replaced with a booster tank)
- 1916 Locomobile hose and chemical truck
Hilltop[]
- 1999 Ford E-450 / Wheeled Coach walk-in rescue (Ex-Ambulance, ex-Ansonia Rescue & Medical Services)
- 1948 Seagrave 66-750 pumper (750/?) (SN#E-675) (Ex-Charters Hose Company, acquired in 1962, sold privately)
- 1945 Mack E pumper (500/300) (Ex-Webster Hose Company, acquired in 1959)
- 1936 Diamond T pumper (Ex-Orange Volunteer Fire Department (Connecticut), acquired in 1956)
- 19?? Ford tanker (-/1000) (Acquired in 1959)
Webster[]
- 1988 Spartan / FMC pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 3) (Donated to Lee Fire Department (Maine))
- 1977 Pemfab / Saulsbury walk-around rescue (Ex-Squad 9; retired 2003)
- 1969 Mack CF pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 3)
- 1958 International / Seagrave pumper (Ex-Emergency 9)
- 1953 Seagrave pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 3)
- 1945 Mack E-Series emergency truck / pumper (Emergency 3. transferred to Hilltop Hose in 1959, not the same vehicle as the current antique owned by the company)
- 1927 Seagrave pumper (750/?) (Ex-Engine 3)
- 1915 Locomobile pumper (Ex-Engine 3)
- 1907 horse-drawn hose wagon
- 1903 hand drawn ladder wagon
- 1897 hand-drawn hose wagon