Department Profile[]
The Scranton Fire Department, also referred to as the Scranton Bureau of Fire, serves the City of Scranton , and is comprised of the following units:
- 5 Engine Companies (2, 4, 7, 8, 10)
- 2 Truck Companies
- x1 100' Mid Mount Platform (T2)
- x1 75' Rear Mount Aerial (T4)
- 1 Rescue Company
- 1 Assistant Chief (Car 21)
The Scranton Fire Department is a career department that employs 150 firefighters protecting a population of about 75,000 over 25.4 square miles. The department is the largest in Lackawanna County.
History[]
Fire Companies[]
| Company | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Engine 1 | 518 Mulberry Street (Quarters of Engine 4, Truck 2) | Disbanded 1970s |
| Engine 3 | 1115 Division Street | Disbanded 1970s |
| Engine 5 | 710 South Irving Avenue | Disbanded 1973 |
| Engine 6 | 940 Wyoming Avenue (Quarters of Rescue 1) | Disbanded 1990s |
| Engine 9 | 1047 North Main Avenue (Quarters of Truck 4) | Disbanded 2011 |
| Engine 11 | 1631 Dickson Avenue | Disbanded 1973 |
| Engine 12 | 2614 North Main Avenue | Disbanded 1978 |
| Engine 13 | 500 Gibbons Street (Quarters of Engine 2) | Disbanded 1996 |
| Engine 14 | 1917 Luzerne Street (Quarters of Engine 7) | Disbanded 1996 |
| Engine 15 | 1409 Ash Street | Disbanded 2012 |
| Truck 1 | 820 Cedar Avenue | Disbanded 1970s |
| Truck 3 | 820 Cedar Avenue | Disbanded to form Truck 4 |
| Car 20 (Ambulance) | 518 Mulberry Street (Quarters of Engine 4, Truck 2) | Disbanded 1988 |
| Car 22 (District Chief 2) | 1047 North Main Avenue (Quarters of Truck 4) | Disbanded 1993 |
| Car 23 (Ambulance) | 518 Mulberry Street (Quarters of Engine 4, Truck 2) | Disbanded 1988 |
| Car 24 (Ambulance) | 1047 North Main Avenue (Quarters of Truck 4) | Disbanded 1988 |
Apparatus Roster[]
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Engine 2 - 500 Gibbons Street[]
Engine 4 / Truck 2 / Assistant Chief / Fire Headquarters - 518 Mulberry Street[]
Built 1905
- Truck 2 - 2017 Sutphen Monarch SP 100 6x4 (-/-/100' mid-mount platform)
- Engine 4 - 2023 Sutphen Monarch (1500/750)
- Engine 9 (Spare) - 199? Ferrara (Ex-Engine 4)
- Engine 11 (Spare) - 2003 American LaFrance Metropolitan (1500/750) (Ex-Engine 10, ex-Engine 2) (Temporarily loaned to Dumore fire Department)
- Car 21 (Assistant Chief) - 2023 Ford F-150 4x4
- Car 22 (Administrative Captain) - 2022 Ford F-150 4x4
- Car 26 (Deputy Chief) - 2023 Ford F-150 4x4
- Car 27 (Master Mechanic) - 2021 Ford F-250 4x4 utility
- Car 28 (Assistant Chief of Training) - 2020 Ford Expedition 4x4 (Ex-Car 21)
- Car 29 (Emergency Management Specialist) - 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4 (Ex-Car 5, ex-Car 21)
- UTV 50 -
- Inspector 1 - 2023 Ford F-150 4x4
- Inspector 2 - 2023 Ford F-150 4x4
- Inspector 3 - 2023 Ford F-150 4x4
- SOC - 200? Ford F-350 DRW 4x4 (Pennsylvania Company 3 USAR)
Engine 7 - 1917 Luzerne Street[]
Built 1980
- Engine 7 - 2016 KME Predator (1500/750) (SN#GSO-10236)
- Truck 1 (Spare) - 1998 Sutphen (1500/300/90' mid mount platform) (Ex- Westhampton Beach Fire Department)
- Brush 50 - 2015 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 (Ex-Inspector 1)
Engine 8 - 205-207 West Market Street[]
- Attack 1 - 1993 Dodge / Reading (-/200)
- SOC 1 - 2023 Kenworth T480 / Sutphen walk-around rescue
- Engine 8 - 2018 Sutphen Monarch (1500/750)
Engine 10 - 1900 East Mountain Road[]
- Engine 10 - 2015 KME Predator (1500/1000/25F) (Ex-Engine 4)
Truck 4 - 1047 North Main Avenue[]
Built 1964
- Truck 4 - 2025 Sutphen Monarch 6x4 SL 100 (2000/300/100' mid-mount)
- Engine 14 - 1997 Spartan / Ferrara (1250/750) (Ex-Engine 7, ex-Engine 9)
- Engine 15 - 1997 Spartan / Ferrara (1250/750) (Ex-Engine 8, ex-Engine 2)
- UTV 50B -
Rescue 1 - 940 Wyoming Avenue[]
Reserve Center[]
- Engine 1 (Spare) - 1984 Spartan / Young (1500/1250) (Ex-Jonesville Volunteer Fire Department (New York))
- Hazmat 1 - 1992 GMC TopKick / Saulsbury walk-in
- Rescue 3 - 2009 KME Predator walk-around (250/300/30F) (Ex-Rescue 1)
- Fire Prevention Trailer -
- SOC Van -
Assignment Unknown[]
Retired Apparatus[]
- 1993 E-One Hurricane / 2020 refurb (1500/500/75' rear-mount aerial)(Ex-Truck 4)
- 1995 E-One Cyclone pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Rescue 1)
- 1990 Sutphen pumper (1500/750) (Ex-Engine 11, ex-Engine 8, ex-Rescue 1)
- 1990 Sutphen pumper (1500/750) (Ex-Engine 15)
- 1989 Sutphen pumper (1500/750)
- 1987 Sutphen pumper (1500/750) (Ex-Engine 7)
- 1986 Sutphen aerial (1500/250/100' mid-mount platform) (Ex-Truck 1, ex-Truck 2)
- 1978 Ward LaFrance pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 2)
- 1978 Ward LaFrance pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 6)
- 1971 Ward LaFrance pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 8)
- 1970 Ward LaFrance pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 9)
- 1970/1987 American LaFrance aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount) (Ex-Truck 4)
- 1975 International CargoStar / Reading
- 1973 Dodge / Boyertown step van