SPECIAL FEATURE

ONCE FEDERAL SERVICE:

NOW FIRE TRUCKS

 

 

  

 

I thought it might be interesting to see in a collection format what 

communities have done with former military & other federal equipment obtained 

through one of the federal surplus property programs. As you will see below,

 most of these former military/federal rigs have been transformed into brush 

or forestry units, but others have even become rescue or squad vehicles,

and occasionally an engine, a ladder, or even a crash truck too! 

Not bad when you consider the purchase price is $0.

 

 

Abington Engine 4 - Former Navy Unit - 

South Weymouth Naval Air Station

 

Abington Forest Fire 1 {former Navy Ambulance}

 

Adams Forest Wardens Brush 1

 

Agawam Brush 1

 

Amherst R-4

 

Ashburnham Tanker 1

 

Ashburnham Engine 5

 

Ashfield Brush 1

 

Ashland Brush 2

 

Athol Tanker 1 {Retired - Now Lancaster E-5}

 

 

Attleboro Brush 2

 

Auburn Forestry 1

 

Barre Forestry 1

 

Barre Forestry 2

 

Belchertown Forestry 7

 

Bellingham Engine 8 {Retired}

 

Bellingham Tanker 1 {Retired}

 

Bellingham Tanker 2

 

Berkley Forestry 1

 

Berkley Forestry 2

 

Blackstone Tanker 1

 

Blackstone Tanker 2

 

Blackstone Tanker 3

 

Blandford Brush 3

 

Bondsville {Palmer} Tanker 1 {Retired}

 

Bourne Breaker 127

 

Bourne Breaker 128 {Former Brewster Breaker 235}

 

Bourne Breaker 129

 

Boxborough Engine 68

 

Boylston Forestry 2

 

Bridgewater Forest Fire 1

 

Bridgewater Forest Fire 2

 

Brimfield Brush 1

 

Brookfield Tanker 2

 

Buckland Brush 1

 

Charlemont Brush 1

 

Charlemont Rescue 1

 

Cheshire Truck 7

 

Chester Brush 1

 

Chester Tanker 2

 

Chesterfield Brush 5

 

Colrain Brush 4

 

Conway Brush 1

 

Daytona Beach, FL Brush Attack 7

 

Daytona Beach, FL Brush 7

 

Deerfield Tanker 1

 

Devens Forestry 1

 

Devens Tanker 1

 

Devens Engine 4

 

Dighton Forestry 1 {Retired}

 

Dighton Forestry 2

 

Douglas Tanker 1

 

Dudley ISU

 

Dunstable Forestry 1

 

Duxbury Truck 49

 

Eastham Special Hazards 158

 

Easthampton Brush 1

 

Erving Brush 1

 

Erving Brush 2

 

Essex County Tech. Rescue Team TRT-A

 

Essex County Tech. Rescue Team TRT-B

 

Fall River Engine 6

 

Florida Truck 5

 

Foxborough Special Hazards 27 {Retired}

 

Franklin Brush 3

 

Franklin Tanker 1 {Retired}

 

Freetown Breaker 3

 

Freetown Forest Fire 1 {Retired}

 

Georgetown Brush 1

 

Goshen Brush 1

 

Grafton Forestry 1

 

Grafton Forestry 3

 

Grafton Tanker 1

 

Granby R2

 

Granville Brush 1

 

Groton Forestry 2

 

Hadley Brush 1

 

Hadley M5

 

Hadley Tanker 1

 

Halifax Car 2

 

Halifax Forest Fire 55 {Retired}

 

Hampden Brush 9

 

Hancock Engine 7

 

Hancock Tanker 5

 

Hawley Brush 1

 

Heath Brush 1

 

Holland Forestry 1

 

Holliston Tanker 1

 

Holliston Tanker 2

 

Hopedale Brush 2 {former Uxbridge Brush 1}

 

Hopedale Tanker 1

 

Hopkinton Forestry 6 {Retired}

 

Huntington Brush 6

 

Hyannis Heavy Utility 824 {Retired}

 

Kingston Car 4

 

Lancaster Engine 5

 

Lanesborough Forestry 7

 

Lanesborough Rescue 6

 

Lee Brush 1

 

Lee Tanker 4

 

Lenox Truck 7 {Retired}

 

Leominster Engine 7

 

Leominster Engine 8

 

Leverett Brush 1

 

Leverett Rescue 1

 

Leyden Squad 1

 

Little Compton, RI Forestry 1

 

Marion Breaker 2

 

Marlborough C-7

 

Mashpee Breaker 354

 

Mashpee Forestry 350

 

Mass. Military Reservation Ladder 406

 

Mass. Military Reservation Engine 407

 

Mass. Military Reservation Foam 403

 

Mass. Military Reservation Foam 404

 

Mass. Military Reservation Breaker 408

 

Mass. Military Reservation Breaker 409

 

Mendon Brush 1

 

Mendon Tanker 3 {Retired}

 

Methuen Brush 1

 

Middleborough Forest Fire 2

 

Middlefield Tanker 3

 

Middleton Engine 6

 

Milford Tanker 1

 

Milford Tanker 2

 

Millbury Forestry 1

 

Millville Tanker 1

 

Millville Tanker 2 {Retired}

 

Milton Squad 1

 

Montague Center Brush Tanker 1

 

Montgomery Engine 3

 

New Ashford Tanker 1

 

New Marlborough Rescue 7

 

New Marlborough Brush 6 {Retired}

 

New Salem Squad 1

 

Newbury Half-Track 307 {OOS}

 

Newton Rescue 1 {Retired}

 

North Attleborough Brush 1 {Retired}

 

North Brookfield Engine 2

 

North Brookfield Tanker 1

 

North Reading Engine 6

 

North Smithfield, RI Tanker 2

 

Northborough Forestry 2 {Retired}

 

Northfield Tanker 1

 

Norton Squad 3

 

Norwood Lighting Plant

 

Oakland-Mapleville, RI Brush 1

 

Oakland-Mapleville, RI Forestry 1

 

Osceola County, FL Brush Tanker 71

 

Onset Beaker 148

 

Onset Tanker 147

 

Orange Squad 9

 

Pelham Brush 1

 

Pepperell Forestry 2

 

Peru Brush 1

 

Phillipston Forestry 4

 

Phillipston Forestry 5

 

Plainfield Brush 1

 

Plainfield Tanker 4

 

Plainville Brush 2

 

Plymouth Tanker 2

 

Plymouth Tanker 3

 

Princeton Engine 3

 

Princeton Engine 4

 

Raynham Breaker 1

 

Rehoboth Brush 2

 

Rehoboth Forestry 1

 

Richmond Brush 6

 

Rockland Forest Fire 1

 

Rowley Forestry 1

 

Royalston Brush Tanker 1

 

Rutland Tanker 1 {Retired}

 

Sandwich Breaker 461

 

Sandwich Breaker 463

 

Sandwich Tanker 464

 

Savoy Forestry 7

 

Seekonk Forestry 2

 

Shelburne Brush 1

 

Shelburne Squad 1

 

Sherborn Brush 1

 

Shirley Forestry 1

 

Shirley Forestry 2

 

Shirley Forestry 3

 

Shutesbury Brush 1

 

South Deerfield Brush 1

 

South Deerfield Tanker 1

 

Southampton Utility 1

 

Southampton Brush 1

 

Southborough Brush 24

 

Southbridge Forest Fire 3

 

Sterling Forestry 2

 

Sutton Tanker 4

 

Sutton Squad 2

 

Swansea Forestry 1

 

Swansea Forestry 5 {Retired}

 

Templeton Forestry 1

 

Templeton Forestry 3

 

Tiverton, RI Forestry 1

 

Tolland Brush Tanker 2

 

Townsend Forestry 2

 

Townsend Forestry 3

 

Tyringham Tanker

 

Upton Brush 1

 

Upton Tanker 1

 

Upton Tanker 2 {Retired}

 

 

Upton Engine 4 {Retired}

 

Upton Engine 6 {Retired}

 

Uxbridge Forestry 1

 

Uxbridge Tanker 1 {Retired}

 

Walpole Brush 2

 

Ware Rescue 1

 

Wareham Forestry 2

 

Wareham Forestry 3

 

Warwick Tanker 4

 

West Barnstable Breaker 295

 

West Barnstable Tanker 286

 

West Boylston Tanker 1

 

West Bridgewater Forest Fire 1

 

West Bridgewater Forest Fire 3

 

West Brookfield Forestry 1

 

West Glocester, RI Tanker 37

 

West Glocester, RI Brush 34 {Retired}

 

West Springfield Brush 1 {Retired}

 

West Stockbridge Rescue 3 {Retired}

 

West Tisbury Breaker 731

 

Westborough Engine 5 {Retired}

 

Westport Engine 7 {Retired}

 

Weymouth H-2

 

Weymouth Engine 3 {Retired - Now MA LAST Unit}

 

MA LAST TEAM CAISSON

 

Whitman Forest Fire 1

 

Williamsburg Engine 3

 

Winchendon Forestry 5

 

Winchendon Forestry Tanker 6

 

Windsor Brush 1

 

Windsor Tanker 4

 

Worthington Ladder 10

 

Worthington Brush 1

 

Worthington Engine 2

 

Wrentham Squad 6

 

Yarmouth Forestry 49

 

And, let's not forget the agency that has made the most of the former military rigs

that they have acquired and transformed into fire apparatus over the years....

a tip of the cap to Massachusetts Forest Fire Control!

 

 

Breaker 9-6

 

Breaker 14-7 {Retired}

 

Crew 2-6

 

Engine 6-8

 

Patrol 7-4

 

Patrol 9-3

 

Forestry 1-5

 

Tender 1-7

 

Crew 1-8

 

Tanker 4-6

 

Tanker 14-7