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Shelton Fire Department (Connecticut)

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Overview[]

The Shelton Fire Department serves the City of Shelton, located in the lower Naugatuck Valley of south-central CT. The dept. is made up of four separate companies (plus an EMS station), all under the unified command of one fire chief, they are: the Echo Hose Hook, & Ladder Co. #1, Echo Hose Ambulance, the Huntington Fire Co. #3, the Pine Rock Park Fire Co. #4, and the White Hills Volunteer Fire Co. #5.

History[]

Former Firehouses[]

Station Address In Service Notes
Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Company 1 / Fire Headquarters 470 Howe Avenue 1882-1961 Currently a restaurant

Apparatus Roster[]

All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.

Echo hose

Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Company 1 / Fire Headquarters - 379 Coram Avenue (Downtown)[]

Built 1961

  • Squad 1 - 2014 Pierce Velocity 6x4 PUC walk-around (1500/500/40F) (SN#27323)
  • Engine 2 - 2004 Pierce Enforcer (1500/750/40F) (SN#15103-01/02/03/04)
  • Truck 3 - 2020 Pierce Velocity (2000/300/100' Ascendant mid-mount platform) (SN#33381) (Ex-demo)
  • Utility 4 - 2005 Ford F-350 / Knapheide walk-around (Ex-Truck 9)
  • Car 6 (Assistant Chief) - 201? Ford Explorer AWD
  • Engine 24 (Spare) - 1990 Seagrave (1500/500/40B) (Ex-Engine 44)
  • Antique Engine 1 - 1939 Ahrens-Fox BT (1250/200) (SN#4024)
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Echo Hose Ambulance (Shelton EMS) - 100 Meadow Lane[]

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Huntington Fire Co. No. 3 - 44 Church Street[]

Built 1918

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Pine Rock Fire Co. 4 - 722 Long Hill Avenue[]

Built 1933

White hills

White Hills Fire Co. No. 5 - 2 School Street[]

Built 1947

  • Ranger 5 - 2018 Polaris Ranger 6x6 UTV / Kimtek FireLite
  • Car 5 (Assistant Chief) - 201? Ford Explorer AWD
  • Marine 5 - 1995 Wahoo rescue boat
  • Ladder 51 - 2014 KME Severe Service (2000/500/79' rear-mount)
  • Engine 52 - 2004 Pierce Enforcer (1500/750/20A/20B) (SN#15103-01/02/03/04)
  • Service Truck 54 - 1996 Ford F-Super Duty 4x4 / 1986 Yankee body / 1996 Gowans-Knight refurb brush (30/150)
  • Antique Truck 54 - 1948 Dodge Power Wagon / 1968 FD-built brush (250/300)
  • Service Truck 55 - 2006 Ford F-550 4x4 / Gowans-Knight walk-around rescue
  • Tanker 59 - 2002 Kenworth T800 6x4 / Pierce elliptical (1000/3000) (SN#13213)

City Hall (Headquarters / Fire Marshal's Office) - 54 Hill Street[]

  • Car 1 (Chief of Department) - 201? Ford Expedition 4x4
  • Car 2 (Deputy Chief) - 201? Ford Expedition 4x4
  • FM 1 (Fire Marshal) - 201? GMC Sierra 4x4
  • FM 2 (Fire Marshal) - 201? GMC Sierra 4x4

On Order[]

Engine 32 - 2023 Seagrave Marauder (1500/750)
Engine 52 - 2023 Seagrave Marauder (1500/750)

Retired Apparatus[]

  • 200? Chevrolet Suburban 4x4
  • 1996 KME aerial (2000/-/95' Aerialcat rear-mount platform) (Ex-Tower 7)
  • 1991 KME Firefox pumper (1500/750/40) (SN#GSO-1152) (Sold to Bowerbank Fire Department) (Ex-Engine 53)
  • 1990 Pemfab / Gowans-Knight pumper (1250/750) (Ex-Engine 20)
  • 199? Ford Explorer 4x4
  • 199? Ford Explorer 4x4
  • 1986 Pierce Arrow pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 4)
  • 1986 Ford F-350 / Yankee brush (250/250) (Body later remounted on a 1996 Ford)
  • 1985 Ford LN-8000 / RSI walk-in rescue (Body later remounted on a 2018 Freightliner chassis) (Ex-Squad 5)
  • 1985 Hahn / Ranger walk-in rescue (Ex-Squad 30)
  • 1985 Chevrolet / E-One walk-around rescue (Ex-Rescue 31, ex-Rescue 45)
  • 1984 Ford C / Pierce pumper (1000/500) (Now privately owned)
  • 1981 Seagrave / 1991 Excelsior aerial (1250/200/100' rear-mount) (Ex-Ladder 33, ex-FDNY Ladder 103) (Acquired 1999, retired 2015)
  • 1980 Hahn pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 2)
  • 1980 Mack R tanker (250/1800) (Ex-Tanker 39)
  • 1980 Mack R tanker (250/1800) (Ex-Tanker 59)
  • 1980 Mack / 1990 Pemfab pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 3, ex-Engine 20)
  • 1980 Mack CF pumper (1000/500) (Totaled in an MVA in 1982)
  • 1979 Mack CF / 1990 Gowans-Knight refurb pumper (1250/750) (SN#CF611F-2002) (Ex-Engine 34)
  • 1978 Ford L-Series / Pierce pumper (750/500) (SN#7249D)
  • 1978 Ford L-Series / Pierce pumper (750/500)
  • 1977 Maxim FFC82LR100 / 2000 refurb aerial (-/-(/80' rear-mount ladder) (Ex-Ladder 1) (Second configuration, ladder cut to 80') (Now privately owned)
  • 1977 Maxim F-Model aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount ladder) (First configuration)
  • 1976 Hahn / 1991 Gowans-Knight refurb pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 2) (Sold to Waltham Volunteer Fire Department (Maine))
  • 1973 Hahn C10 pumper / 1990 Gowans-Knight refurb (1000/1000) (Ex-White Hills Co.5 Engine 52) (Sold to a dept. in Mississippi)
  • 1975 Ford F-700 / Saulsbury walk-around rescue (Sold to Seymour Volunteer Fire Department (Connecticut))
  • 1972 International / Imperial mini-pumper/brush (250/250) (Ex-North Branford Fire Department)
  • 1971 Diamond REO tanker (150/2600)
  • 1970 Ford C850 / Hahn pumper (750/500) (Ex-Pine Rock Park Co. 4 Engine 44)
  • 1970 Hahn / 1989 Gowans-Knight refurb pumper (1000/750)
  • 1970 Ford C / Gerstenslager walk-around rescue (Ex-Rescue 5)
  • 1964 American LaFrance 900 Series pumper (1000/500) (SN#5-1-9919) (Ex-Engine 3)
  • 1964 Dodge / Morysville Body Works walk-in rescue
  • 1962 Ford C / American LaFrance pumper (750/500)
  • 1959 Dodge / American LaFrance pumper (750/1000)
  • 1959 American LaFrance 900 Series pumper (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 3)
  • 1954 American LaFrance 700 Series pumper (1000/300)
  • 1954 Ford C pumper
  • 1950 American LaFrance 700 Series aerial (150/100/75' mid-mount) (Sold to New Haven Fire Department (Connecticut))
  • 1949 Chevrolet pumper (350/300)
  • 1949 Dodge pumper (500/?)
  • 1946 Chevrolet / Sealand walk-in rescue (200/135)
  • 1946 Chevrolet pumper
  • 1935 Ford pumper (booster pump/300)
  • 1934 Ahrens-Fox VR pumper (500/200) (SN#7041)
  • 1928 Maxim pumper (500/100) (Ex-Turn of River Fire Department Inc.)
  • 1925 American LaFrance city-service ladder
  • 1916 Brockway / American LaFrance chemical pumper
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