Overview[]
The Tolland Fire Department serves the town of Tolland, Connecticut. Located about 20 miles northeast of Hartford, the TVFD responds to a largely rural town that has experienced rapid growth in recent decades, especially along Route 195. In addition, Tolland Firefighters respond to Interstate 84, a busy interstate that serves as a major link between New York City and Boston.
History[]
Fire Station[]
| Station | Address | In Service | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 140 | 273 Tolland Stage Road | Now a framing shop. |
Apparatus Roster[]
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
Fire Station 140 - 64 Crystal Lake Road[]
- Engine-Tank 140 - 2000 Pierce Dash 2000 / 2021 refurb (1500/1000) (SN#10897/ED897)
- Tank 140 - 2003 Kenworth T300 6x4 / US Tanker elliptical (1500/3000)
- Service 140 - 2015 Ford F-550 / Eastford Fire & Rescue Sales walk-around
- Ambulance 540 - 2024 Ford F-550 / AEV
- Antique - 1967 Ford F-850 / Farrar pumper (750/850)
Fire Station 240 (Headquarters) - 3 Rhodes Road[]
- Car 40 (Duty Officer) - 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe (Ex-demo, acquired 2025)
- Engine-Tank 240 - 2005 Pierce Dash 2000 (1500/1000/30F) (SN#17070)
- Truck 240 - 2009 Pierce Arrow XT PUC 6x4 / 2023 refurb (1500/300/105' rear-mount) (Ex-Terrytown Fifth District Volunteer Fire Department acquired 2023)
- Squad 240 - 2022 Spartan Gladiator LFD / 4 Guys walk-around (1500/1000/40F) (SN#3315)
- Service 240 - 2005 Ford F-250 4x4
- UTV 240 - Polaris 6x6
- Ambulance 640 - 2015 Ford F-550 / Life Line
Fire Station 340 - 247 Gehring Road[]
Torn down and rebuilt 2024
- Engine-Tank 340 - 1994 Pierce Dash (1500/1000) (SN#E7815)
- Tanker 440 - 2003 Kenworth T300 6x4 / US Tanker elliptical (1500/3000)
- Service 340 - 2003 Ford F-350 4x4 / 2015 flatbed
- Polaris quad UTV
- Ambulance 740 - 2022 Ford F-450 / Life Line
Fire Station 440 - 107 Plains Road[]
Opened 1989
- Engine-Tank 440 - 1993 Pierce Dash (1500/1000) (SN#E7814)
- Service 440 - 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4
Unknown Station/Assignment[]
- 2018 Ford F-450 / Life Line ambulance (Ex-Ambulance 540)
Retired Apparatus[]
- 2011 Ford E-450 / Life Line ambulance (Ex-Rescue/Ambulance 640; retired 2018)
- 2007 Ford E-450 / Life Line ambulance (Sold to Scotland Fire Department (Connecticut) in 2015)
- 2002 KME Excel walk-around rescue (Sold 2022)
- 2001 Ford E-450 / Excellance ambulance (Sold 2007)
- 1997 Freightliner FL 70 / Road Rescue ambulance (Retired 2004)
- 1991 Pierce Arrow aerial (1500/300/75' rear-mount) (SN#E6079) (Sold to West Rutland Fire Department in 2014)
- 1989 Pierce Arrow 6x4 aerial (-/-/105' rear-mount) (SN#E5359) (Ex-Truck 240) (Ex-Kensington Fire Rescue (Connecticut), acquired 2014, for sale August 2023)
- 1989 Ford F-350 / 1981 ambulance (Remount from 1981 Chevrolet)
- 1987 GMC General / Middlesex / 2007 Firematic refurb (1250/1000) (Ex-Engine-Tank 440, ex-Engine-Tank 540) (Sold in 2023 to Walnut Community Volunteer Fire Department (North Carolina))
- 1988 Ford F-350 / Mobile Medical ambulance
- 1983 GMC Brigadier / Middlesex pumper (1250/500)
- 1981 Chevrolet ambulance (Retired 1988 after chassis caught fire; box remounted)
- 1977 Chevrolet walk-in rescue
- 1978 Mack R / Saulsbury walk-in rescue (Ex-Rescue 240; retired 2002)
- 1976 American LaFrance Pacemaker pumper (1250/1000) (Ex-Engine-Tank 140; retired 2000)
- 1973 American LaFrance Pacemaker pumper/tanker (1250/2000) (Sold to Jefferson County Fire District 7 (Kansas) in 2003, now privately owned back in CT)
- 1970 International step van rescue
- 1967 Ford F-250 / Farrar mini-pumper/brush (500 front-mount/250)
- 1965 Ford F-850 / Farrar pumper/tanker (500 front-mount/1500)
- 1962 Ford F-850 / Farrar pumper (750/500)
- 1957 International civil defense rescue van (Written off following 1969 crash)
- 1952 Jeep brush
- 1952 GMC 6x6 brush
- 1949 Chevrolet / FD-built pumper (?/500)
- 1947 Dodge Power wagon brush (port./150)
- 1947 Ford tanker (port./1000) (Ex-oil company)
- 1934 Ford / Local pumper (250/500)
- 1919 Pierce-Arrow hose wagon