Area Served[]
Hanscom Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located predominantly within Bedford, Massachusetts, with portions extending into the adjoining towns of Lincoln, Concord and Lexington. The base is part of the USAF Life Cycle Management Center, one of six such centers within Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC). Hanscom Air Force Base was named on 26 June 1941 in honor of Laurence G. Hanscom (1906–1941), a pilot, aviation enthusiast, and State House reporter who was killed in a plane crash at Saugus, Massachusetts. A non-flying base, Hanscom is home to to over 5,000 active duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard military personnel as well as US Department of Defense (DoD) civilians. The host unit is the 66th Air Base Group assigned to AFMC. Hanscom AFB also supports the Massachusetts National Guard Joint Force Headquarters, the Massachusetts Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory, the MITRE Corporation, as well as various other companies and groups associated with the US Department of Defense.
Department Profile[]
Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), structure firefighting, emergency medical services, technical rescue, hazmat services, fire prevention and inspection for Hanscom AFB is provided by the 66th Civil Engineering Division / Hanscom Fire Department, a subordinate unit of the 66th Air Base Group, comprised of civilian and military firefighters.
Apparatus Roster[]
- All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
- USAF Fleet license plate denoted by AF#.
Fire Station - 3 Robbins Street (Flight Line)[]
- Chief 1 - 2016 Ram 1500 4x4
- Chief 2 (Asst. Chief) - 2016 Ram 1500 4x4
- Rescue 3 - 2000 International 4900 4x4 / Hackney walk-around
- Engine 4 - 2009 Pierce Saber P-22 (1250/550/50F) (SN#29220)
- Utility 5 - 2004 Ford F-350 4x4
- Engine 6 - 2016 KME Predator II P-24 (1250/500/50F)
- Crash 9 - 1994 E-One Titan P-23 8x8 (2000/3300/500F/500 lbs. DC)
- Crash 10 - 1987 Oshkosh P-19 4x4 (1000/1000/130F/500 lbs. DC)
- Foam Trailer 11 - 1993 Stanley / UPF FT1000 (-/-/1000F)
- Hazmat 11 - 2016 KME Panther walk-around
Retired Apparatus[]
- 1996 KME Renegade P-24 4x4 pumper (1250/750/50F) (Sold to Livermore Fire Department (Maine))
- 1996 KME Renegade P-24 4x4 pumper (1250/750/50F) (Sold to Livermore Falls Fire Department)
- 1995 KME Renegade P-24 4x4 pumper (1250/750/50A/50B) (Ex-Engine 6) (Donated to Sand Hollow Fire Protection District)
- (AF94L00193) - 1993 International S 6x4 / West-Mark P-26 tanker (1250/5000) (Ex-Tanker 7) (Sold to Westford Fire Department (Massachusetts)
- (92L322) - 1992 KME Renegade P-22 pumper (1250/750/2X25) (SN#GSO-KFT-793) (Ex-Engine 4)
- (AF90C01480) - 1990 Ford C-8000 / Danko P-8 walk-around hazmat (SO#DL9496) (Ex-Hazmat 11)
- 1990 Ford F-250 / KME P-20 4x4 ramp truck (350 lbs. PKP) (Ex-Crash 8)
- (89L103) - 1990 KME KFT-12 P-22 pumper (1250/500/25A/25B) (SN#GSO-KFT-373) (Ex-Engine 6)
- (89L319) - 1989 GMC 3500 Crew Cab DRW 4x4 / Landoll P-10 walk-around rescue (SO#P-10-065) (Ex-Rescue 3)
- (87L87) - 1987 Oshkosh P-19A 4x4 crash tender (950/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 9)
- (87L67) - 1987 Oshkosh P-19 4x4 crash tender (950/1000/130F) (Ex-Crash 6, ex-Crash 10, ex-Crash 74)
- 1987 International F5070 6x4 / KME P-18 tanker (500/2000) (SO#KFT-128) (Ex-Tanker 7)
- 1985 Dodge Power Ram 4x4 / Fire-Tech P-20 ramp truck (Ex-Crash 1)
- (78L482) - 1978 Ward LaFrance Patriot P-12 pumper (750/600/30F) (Ex-Engine 1)
- 1975 Oshkosh P-4 6x6 crash tender (1250/1500/180) (Ex-Crash 75)
- 1974 Oshkosh P-4 6x6 crash tender (1250/1500/180) (Ex-Crash 6)
- (74L455) - 1974 Ford C-700 / Ward LaFrance P-12 pumper (750/600/30F) (Ex-Engine 5)
- 1973 Chevrolet / Local step van (Ex-Hazmat)
- 1973 Oshkosh P-4 6x6 crash tender (1250/1500/180) (Ex-Crash 5)
- 1972 Ward LaFrance pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 4)