Overview[]
The Avon Volunteer Fire Department serves the Town of Avon, Connecticut. Located in the hills 10 miles northwest of Hartford, Avon's firefighters serve an affluent community of 18,000. Target hazards include Routes 44 and 202 - and Route 44's pass over Talcott Mountain - known locally as "Avon Mountain" - a notoriously dangerous road; as it was the site of a serious 20 vehicle crash in 2005 that killed 4 people and injured 14, and large houses up long driveways.
Apparatus Roster[]
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Company 1 (Headquarters) - 25 Darling Drive[]
- Engine 7 - 2016 Spartan Metro Star / Gowans-Knight (1500/750/30F)
- Rescue 8 - 2020 Spartan Metro Star / Rescue 1 walk-around (Ex-demo)
- Truck 16 - 2020 GMC Sierra 4x4 fire police/utility
- Truck 17 (41601) - 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 4x4 training/utility
- Truck 18 - 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 4x4
- Car 19 (Duty Officer) - 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe
- Argo 1 - 2016 Argo Avenger ATV 8x8
- Argo trailer
- Boat
Engine 7
Rescue 8
Truck 16
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Truck 17
Duty Officer
Argo 1
Company 2 - 108 Secret Lake Road[]
- Engine 10 - 2001 HME 1871 / Gowans-Knight / 2018 refurb (1500/750)
- Engine 13 - 2019 Ford F-550 4x4 / HME Ahrens-Fox MiniEvo (1500/300/15F)
Engine 13
Company 3 - 490 West Avon Road[]
- Ladder 12 - 2002 HME 1871 / Rosenbauer / 2018 refurb (-/-/103' Metz rear-mount platform)
- Engine 14 - 2001 HME 1871 / Gowans-Knight (1500/1000)
- Truck 15 - 2004 Ford F-550 4x4 / 2020 utility body (Ex-Brush 15)
- Truck 19 - 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD 4x4 / Reading utility/fire police (Ex-Truck 6)
- Tanker 20 - 1997 International S2674 / Gowans-Knight / 2018 refurb (1250/3200/25A/50B) (SN#1013)
Ladder 12
Engine 14
Truck 19
Company 4 - 365 Huckleberry Hill Road[]
- Engine 11 - 2016 Spartan Metro Star / Gowans-Knight (1500/750/30F)
Muster Station[]
- Engine 3 (Parade) - 1934 Mack Type 80 pumper (750/?)
1934 Mack Parade Engine
On Order[]
- Ladder 12 - 2024 Pierce Enforcer 100' mid-mount Ascendant platform (SN#40323)
- 2024 Pierce Enforcer PUC pumper (1500/1000/30F)
Retired Apparatus[]
- 2007 Ford Expedition (Ex-Car 19) (Sold to Church Creek Volunteer Fire Company)
- 2004 Ford F-550 4x4 / Gowans-Knight brush (250/300) (First configuration, utility body added in 2020) (Old GK body sold to Francestown Fire Department in 2021)
- 1997 Ford F-350 / Reading walk-in rescue/fire police
- 1994 HME 1871 / Ferrara Intruder pumper (1250/1000) (SN#64664) (Ex-Engine 9) (Sold June 30, 2023 GovDeals)
- 1989 Sutphen Deluge / Ranger / 2000 Gowans-Knight refurb pumper (1500/1250)
- 1989 Ford E-450 / Road Rescue walk-in rescue (Ex-New Britain EMS)
- 1986 International S2674 / 1987 Ranger walk-in rescue (Ex-Rescue 8)
- 1985 Ford C / Middlesex / 2000 Gowans-Knight refurb pumper (1250/1000)
- 1982 Continental Compac pumper (1250/500)
- 1981 Continental Compac pumper (1250/500)
- 1978 GMC General / Moody tanker (750/3500) (Ex-Tanker 5)
- 1976 Ford C8000 / Middlesex pumper (1250/500) (SN#112) (Ex-Engine 10)
- 1975 Ford F-Series hose reel truck
- 1974 Ford C / Maxim aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount ladder)
- 1970 Ford C / Farrar pumper (1000/1000) (Ex-Engine 7)
- 1968 Ford 4x4 / Farrar brush (250 front-mount/250) (Sold to Goshen Fire Department (New Hampshire))
- 1967 GMC / Gerstenslager walk-in rescue (Ex-Wethersfield Fire Department) (Ex-Rescue 8)
- 1967 Jeep M715 brush (Ex-US Army)
- 1966 Ford C850 / Farrar pumper (750/1000) (Ex-Engine 11)
- 1959 Mack B tanker (-/3500)
- 1953 Chevrolet / Maxim pumper (500/500)
- 1941 American LaFrance JOX aerial (-/-/85' mid-mount ladder) (SN#L-1490) (Ex-Mount Vernon Fire Department (New York))