History[]
Fire Stations[]
| Station | Address | In Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Putnam Avenue at Whitney Avenue | ||
| 6 | 21 Merritt Street |
Overview[]
The Hamden Fire Department serves the Town of Hamden, Connecticut. Like several fire departments in the immediate area, Hamden's firefighters are both career and volunteer. Hamden is a town of 60,000 located immediately north of New Haven. Hamden's target hazards include a heavily-commercialized Dixwell Avenue, Quinnipiac University, Sleeping Giant State Park, which is a common rope-rescue location, a portion of West Rock Ridge State Park, and the Wilbur Cross Parkway.
Apparatus Roster[]
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Fire Station 2 - 71 Circular Avenue[]
- Engine 2 - 2012 Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (1250/750)
- Rescue 2 - 2020 Ford F-350 4x4
- Marine Unit 1 - Zodiac inflatable boat
Fire Station 3 - 421 Hartford Turnpike[]
Opened 1970
- Engine 3 - 2016 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal (1500/750/25F)
- Tower 1 - 2011 Smeal Sirius 6x4 (-/-/100' mid-mount platform)
- Haz-Mat. Unit 1 - 2003 Ford F-550 / E-One walk-in (Ex-Rescue 1)
- Operations Support Unit - 2005 Freightliner M2 106 / Pierce Contender walk-around rescue (Ex-Meriden Fire Department Tactical Unit 2)
- Engine 1 (Spare) - 1998 HME 1871 / Marion (1500/750) (Ex-Engine 3)
- Car 3 (Battalion Chief) - 2021 Ford Expedition 4x4
- Car 7 (Maintenance Unit) - 201? Ford F-350 4x4
- Rescue 3 (Spare) - 2020 Ford F-350 4x4
Fire Station 4 / Fire Headquarters - 2372 Whitney Avenue[]
- Squad 1 - 2008 Spartan Gladiator / Marion (1250/500/40F)
- Rescue 1 - 2020 Ford F-350 4x4
- Car 1 (Chief of Department) - 201? Ford Explorer AWD
- Car 2 (Deputy Chief) - 2004 Ford Expedition 4x4
- Car 4 (Training/Safety Officer) - 2014 Ford F-350 (Ex-Rescue 1)
- Car 5 (Fire Marshal) - 2008 Ford Expedition 4x4
Fire Station 5 - 2993 Whitney Avenue[]
Mount Carmel Volunteer Fire Company #5
- Engine 5 - 2017 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal (1500/480/75' rear-mount aerial)
- Engine 15 - 1978 GMC / Pierce (Ex-Brush 8)
- Brush Unit 5 - 1997 Ford F-350 4x4
Fire Station 9 - 245 Johnson Road[]
- Engine 9 - 2018 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal (1500/1000/40F)
- Truck 1 (Spare) - 1991 Pierce Lance (-/-/105' rear-mount aerial)
Mix District Volunteer Fire Department #7 - 905 Shepard Avenue[]
Dunbar Hill Volunteer Fire Company #8 - 420 Dunbar Hill Road[]
Assignment Unknown[]
- 2014 Ford F-350 4x4 (Ex-Rescue 2)
- 2013 Ford Expedition 4x4 (Ex-Car 3)
- 200? Ford E-350 mini bus (Fire/OEM)
- 1999 HME / Marion pumper (1250/?) (Ex-Engine 4, ex-Squad 1)
Awaiting Deployment[]
- Squad 1 - 2025 E-One Typhoon eMAX pumper
On Order[]
- 2025 E-One Typhoon pumper
Retired Apparatus[]
- 2007 Ford F-550 walk-around rescue
- 2006 Ford F-550 walk-around rescue (First configuration) (Converted into a brush in 2015)
- 2005 Ferrara Igniter pumper (1250/500)
- 1998 Ford F-450 / E-One walk-in rescue
- 1997 HME 1871 / Marion pumper (1500/?/40F)
- 1991 Pierce Lance aerial (?/?/100' rear-mount platform) (Sold to a dept. in Indiana)
- 1990 Ford C / FMC pumper
- 1984 Pierce Dash pumper
- 1979 Mack CF / 1987 Steeldraulics rehab pumper (Ex-MD dept.)
- 1978 Ford F-350 / Pierce mini-pumper (SN#7203D) (Now privately owned)
- 1974 Maxim F-Model pumper
- 1970 Maxim aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount)
- 197? Maxim pumper
- 197? Ford F-350 / Pierce mini-pumper
- 197? GMC walk-in rescue
- 1964 Mack B pumper
- 1958 Maxim aerial (-/-/75' mid-mount)
- 1941 Diamond T / Woods Engineering city-service ladder (Sold to Water Witch Hose Company No. 2 (Connecticut))
- 1939 Diamond T / Maxim pumper (500/?)
- 1939 Diamond T squad
- 1919 Seagrave pumper (750/?)
- 1918 Brockway pumper
- 1915 E.R. Thomas / Maxim pumper (500/-) (Maxim's first motor pumping apparatus)