Hartford Fire Department (Connecticut)

Department Profile[]

The Hartford Fire Department (HFD) is the largest fire department in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Operating from 11 stations it is currently comprised of the following units:

11 Engine Companies (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16)
5 Ladder Companies
- 3x 95' mid-mount platforms (2, 3, 5)
- 2x 100' rear-mount aerials (4, 6)
1 Tactical (Heavy Rescue) Company (1)
2 Districts (1, 2)
1 Deputy (Tour Commander)

Response Area[]

The Hartford Fire Department is a career department that protects the city of Hartford, the state capital and Connecticut's fourth-largest city. They respond to a wide variety of hazards, including the sizeable and historic state capitol (as well as associated state government buildings), multiple high rises in downtown, a large convention center, a 16,000 seat arena (the XL Center), the minor league Hartford Yard Goats baseball stadium, an art museum, the Connecticut Science Center, a popular theater (The Bushnell Performing Arts Center), two large hospital complexes (Hartford and St. Francis Hospitals), several large and popular parks, multiple busy highways, a combined train/bus station, numerous residential and commercial areas (including the Coltsville historic district, with several notable old factory buildings), and part of the Connecticut River. The Brainard Airport, located in the southern part of the city, has their own small fire department; for which HFD responds to as mutual aid.

History[]

Closed / Disbanded Fire Companies and Former Firehouses[]

Company	Address	In Service	Notes
Engine 3	181 Clark Street		Engine 3 disbanded at the quarters of Engine 7.
Engine 4 Ladder 1 Tactical Unit 1 District 1	275 Pearl Street	1918 / Rebuilt 1926-2020	Engine 4 disbanded in 1990. Ladder 1 disbanded in 1992. Tac. Unit 1 moved to Engine 11. District 1 moved to Engine 10 in 2020.
Engine 6	34 Huyshope Avenue	1937-1984	Engine 6 disbanded in 1984.
Engine 12	150 Sisson Avenue		Engine 12 disbanded at the quarters of Engine 11, Ladder 5.
Tactical Unit 2	1515 Main Street	1984-1992	Tactical Unit 2 disbanded at the quarters of Engine 2, Ladder 3, District 2.
District 3	129 Sigourney Street		District 3 disbanded at the quarters of Engine 5.

Apparatus Roster[]

All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.

1st District[]

South Hartford

Engine 1 / Ladder 6 - 197 Main Street (South Green / Sheldon Charter Oak)

South Green Firehouse / Built 1920

Engine 1 - 2024 E-One Typhoon (1250/500/30F)

Ladder 6 - 2022 E-One Cyclone Metro 100 (-/-/100' rear-mount)

Engine 8 - 721 Park Street (Frog Hollow)

Frog Hollow Firehouse / Built 1960

Engine 8 - 2014 Sutphen Shield S2 (1500/500/50F)

Engine 6 (Spare) - 2004 Ferrara Inferno (1500/500/50F) (Ex-Engine 1)

Engine 9 - 655 New Britain Avenue (Southwest)

Southwest Firehouse / Built 1929

Engine 9 - 2003 Ferrara Inferno (1500/500/50F) (Ex-Engine 5)

Engine 12 (Spare) - 1999 Pierce Saber (1500/500/50F) (SN#10362-01 or 02/ED362-01 or 02) (Ex-Engine 15)

Engine 10 / District 1 - 510 Franklin Avenue (South End / South Meadows)

South End Firehouse / Built 1959

Engine 10 - 2009 Sutphen Shield S2 (1500/500/50F)

District 1 - 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD

Ladder 1 (Spare) - 2000 Sutphen SP 95 (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (Ex-Ladder 2)

Engine 15 / Ladder 2 - 8 Fairfield Avenue (Barry Square)

Built 1909

Engine 15 - 2011 Sutphen Shield S2 (1500/500/50F)

Ladder 2 - 2015 Sutphen Monarch SP 95 (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform)

2nd District[]

North Hartford

Engine 2 / Ladder 3 / District 2 - 1515 Main Street (Downtown / Clay Arsenal)

Clay Arsenal Firehouse / Built 1910

Engine 2 - 2020 E-One Typhoon (1250/500/30F)

Ladder 3 - 2007 Sutphen Monarch SP 95 (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform)

District 2 - 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD

Car 35 (Fire Investigation Unit) - Ford E-350 box truck

Engine 5 - 129 Sigourney Street (Asylum Hill)

Asylum Hill Firehouse / Built 1939

Engine 5 - 2020 E-One Typhoon (1250/500/30F)

Engine 7 / Deputy Chief - 181 Clark Street (Northeast / North Meadows)

Northeast Firehouse / Built 1960

Engine 7 - 2024 E-One Typhoon (1250/500/30F)

Car 6 (Deputy Chief/Tour Commander) - 2017 Ford Expedition

Rehab Unit - 2003 Freightliner / FD-Built bus (Ex-school bus)

Ladder 8 (Spare) - 2001 Sutphen Monarch SP95 aerial (2000/300/95' mid-mount platform) (Ex-Ladder 4)

Engine 11 / Ladder 5 / Tactical Unit 1 - 150 Sisson Avenue (West End / Parkville)

West End Firehouse / Built 1960

Engine 11 - 2012 Sutphen Shield S2 (1500/500/50F) (SN#HS-5119)

Ladder 5 - 2004 Sutphen Monarch SP 95 (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (Ex-Ladder 6)

Tactical (Tac) Unit 1 - 2020 Spartan Gladiator / Marion walk-in rescue

Car 72 (Foam Unit 1) - 2006 Freightliner M2 106 / 2006 UPF body / 2020 FD-built refurb foam and deluge unit (500/-/500B) (Ex-Bristol Fire Department (Connecticut) state haz-mat unit, body from Hartford's state foam trailer)

Engine 14 / Ladder 4 - 25 Blue Hills Avenue (Upper Albany)

Chief John B. Stewart Jr. Firehouse / Built 1989

Engine 14 - 2010 Sutphen Shield S2 (1500/500/50F)

Ladder 4 - 2020 E-One Cyclone Metro 100 (-/-/100' rear-mount aerial)

Car 35 (Haz-Mat. Unit 1) - 2005 Freightliner M2 106 / Pierce Contender walk-in (SN#16638-xx) (Part of the state hazmat task force)

Decon. Trailer - ACSI trailer (Part of the state hazmat task force)

Engine 4 (Spare) - 2003 Ferrara Inferno (1500/500/50F) (Ex-Engine 8)

Engine 16 - 636 Blue Hills Avenue (Blue Hills)

Blue Hills Firehouse / Built 1927

Engine 16 - 2003 Ferrara Inferno (1500/500/50F) (Ex-Engine 2)

Engine 3 (Spare) - 2000 Pierce Saber (1500/500/50F) (SN#11085-01/EE085-01) (Ex-Engine 10)

Fire Headquarters - 253 High Street (Downtown)

Hartford Fire / Police Public Safety Complex

Car 1 (Chief of Department) - 2012 Ford Expedition 4x4

Car 2 (Assistant Chief of Support Services) - 2012 Ford Expedition 4x4

Car 3 (Assistant Chief of Emergency Services) - 2017 Chevrolet Suburban

Car 4 (Fire Marshal) - 2008 Ford Expedition 4x4

Car 5 (Deputy Chief of Training) - 2019 Ford Expedition 4x4

Car 7 (Special Services Captain) -

Car 8 (Executive Lieutenant) -

Car 9 (Public Information Officer) -

Machine Shop / Equipment Maintenance Division - 38 Jennings Road (Northeast)

Car 10 (Maintenance Superintendent) -

Car 12 (Fire Alarm Maintenance Unit) - 2008 Ford E-350

Car 13 (Fire Alarm Maintenance Unit) - Ford F-250 4x4

Car 14 (Machine Shop Unit) - 200? Isuzu / Morgan box truck

Car 33 (Fire Alarm Maintenance Unit) - 201? Ford F-250 / Tecco bucket truck

Car 34 (Fire Alarm Maintenance Unit) - 200? Freightliner FL 70 / Versalift bucket truck

Marine Unit 1 - 2001 Ford F-250 towing 2005 22' SeaArk River Runner aluminum rescue boat

Technical Rescue Unit - TA enclosed trailer

Ladder 7 (Spare) - 2008 Sutphen Monarch SP 95 aerial (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (Ex-Ladder 6)

Tactical Unit 2 (Spare) - 2006 Ferrara Inferno walk-in rescue (Ex-Tac 1)

District 3 (Spare / Special Events) - 2008 Ford Expedition (Ex-District 1)

Fire Academy - 1 Fischer Road (Northeast)[]

Assignment Unknown[]

2016 Sutphen Shield S2 pumper (1500/500/50F) (Ex-Engine 1)

2005 Ferrara Inferno pumper (1500/500/50F) (Ex-Engine 7)

2012 Ford Expedition (Ex-District 1)

2012 Ford Expedition (Ex-District 2)

Retired Apparatus[]

2000 Pierce Saber pumper (1500/500/50F) (SN#11085-02/EE085-02) (Ex-Engine 16, ex-Engine 14)

1999 Pierce Saber pumper (1500/500/50F) (SN#10362-02 or 01/ED362-02 or 01) (Ex-Engine 9)

1999 Pierce Arrow 6x4 / 1987 Sutphen aerial (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (Ex-Spare, ex-Ladder 5)

1996 Mack MR 6x4 / Saulsbury walk-in rescue (Ex-Tac. Unit 1, ex-Rescue 1, ex-Spare Tac)

1996 Mack MR / Saulsbury pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Spare, ex-Engine 9)

1996 Mack MR / Saulsbury pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Spare, ex-Engine 16)

1994 Mack MR / Saulsbury pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Spare, ex-Engine 1)

1991 Sutphen Deluge SP 95 (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (Ex-Ladder 5, ex-Ladder 2, ex-Ladder 8)

1987 Sutphen aerial (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (Body remounted on a Pierce Arrow cab/chassis in 1999)

1987 Sutphen pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 8)

1985 Pirsch pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 4, ex-Engine 7)

1985 Pirsch pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Spare, ex-Engine 14)

1984 Sutphen aerial (1500/300/100' mid-mount platform)

1984 Pirsch pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 7)

1983 Duplex D350 / Grumman aerial (-/-/106' rear-mount ladder)

1983 Ford L-8000 / Ranger walk-in rescue (Ex-Tac. 1)

1983 Ford L-8000 / Ranger walk-in rescue (Ex-Tac. 2, company disbanded 1992; sold to East Granby Fire Department)

1982 Pierce Arrow pumper (1250/500/100F) (Ex-Engine 11)

1982 Pierce Arrow pumper (1250/500/100F) (Ex-Engine 16, ex-Engine 10)

1982 Duplex D350 / Grumman pumper (1250/600) (Ex-Spare, ex-Engine 1)

1980 Mack CF / 1996 Gowans-Knight refurb pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Spare, ex-Engine 9)

1980 Mack CF / Baker / 1993 Middleboro refurb aerial (-/-/75' Aerialscope mid-mount platform) (Ex-Ladder 3) (Sold to Willington Fire Department No. 1)

1980 Sutphen aerial (1000/300/100' mid-mount platform)

1975 American LaFrance Century aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount)

1975 American LaFrance Century pumper (1000/500)

1971 American LaFrance 1000 Series aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount)

1971 American LaFrance 900 Series pumper (1000/500) (Now privately owned in New Hampshire)

1971 American LaFrance 900 Series pumper (1000/500)

1971 American LaFrance 900 Series pumper (1000/300)

1968 Maxim aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount ladder) (Ex-Spare, ex-Ladder 2)

1966 Mack C-Model pumper (1000/500)

1965 Mack B-Model pumper (1000/300)

1963 Seagrave K-Series aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount)

1961 Mack B-Model pumper (750/200)

1960 Mack B-Model pumper (1000/300)

1958 Mack B-Model pumper (750/200)

1955 American LaFrance 700 Series aerial (-/-/100' tractor-drawn)

1953 American LaFrance 700 Series pumper (750/250)

1952 American LaFrance 700 Series pumper (1000/250)

1952 American LaFrance 700 Series pumper (1000/225)

1952 American LaFrance 700 Series pumper (1000/500)

1951 American LaFrance 700 Series aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount ladder)

1949 American LaFrance 700 Series aerial (-/-/85' mid-mount ladder)

1949 Mack L-Model pumper (750/150)

1949 American LaFrance 700 Series pumper (750/500)

1949 Seagrave aerial (-/-/65' mid-mount)

1948 American LaFrance 700 Series pumper (750/500) (Sold to a private collector in the UK)

1948 American LaFrance 700 Series aerial (-/-/85' mid-mount)

1948 American LaFrance 700 Series pumper (750/500)

1947 American LaFrance 700 Series pumper (1000/150)

1945 American LaFrance 600 Series pumper (750/150)

1942 American LaFrance Type 600 pumper (1000/?)

1939 Mack / 1929 Mack aerial (-/-/85' tractor-drawn)

1938 American LaFrance 500 Series pumper (1250/150) (Sold to Andover Fire Department (Connecticut))

1938 Mack E-Series pumper

1937 Mack aerial (-/-/85' tractor-drawn)

1933 American LaFrance 300 Series pumper (1000/-)

1930 American LaFrance 200 Series pumper (1000/-)

1929 American LaFrance 100 Series pumper (1000/-)

1928 American LaFrance 100 Series pumper (1000/90) (Now preserved at the Connecticut Fire Museum)

1928 American LaFrance 100 Series pumper (1000/-)

1928 American LaFrance 100 Series aerial (-/-/85' tractor-drawn)

1925 American LaFrance 100 Series pumper (1000/-)

1923 Mack AC aerial (-/-/85' tractor drawn) (Trailer later mated to a 1939 Mack)

1920 Mack AC chemical pumper (500/-)

1919 Pope Mfg. chemical car/hose wagon

1917 American LaFrance Type 10 pumper (750/-)

1916 American LaFrance Type 10 pumper (750/-)

1915 American LaFrance Type 10 city-service ladder

1915 American LaFrance Type 10 pumper (750/-)

1914 American LaFrance Type 10 pumper (750/-)

1914 American LaFrance Type 10 aerial (-/-/85' tractor-drawn)

1914 American LaFrance Type 10 aerial (-/-/75' tractor-drawn)

1914 American LaFrance Type 10 chemical pumper

1912 Pope Mfg. chemical car/hose wagon

1912 Clapp & Jones steam pumper

1912 American LaFrance aerial (-/-/65' tractor-drawn)

1911 American Automatic water tower (-/-/55') (Motorized in 1919) (Now preserved at the CTFHS Museum in Manchester)

1911 Pope Mfg. chemical car/hose wagon

1910 Pope Mfg. chemical car/hose wagon

1907 Knox chemical car/hose wagon (?/35)

1901 Amoskeag steam pumper

1896 Clapp & Jones steam pumper (motorized in 1915)

1896 Clapp & Jones steam pumper (motorized in 1914)

1853 A.W. Roberts hand-drawn pumper

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