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 Hook & Ladder Company 1 / Fire Headquarters - 379 Coram Avenue (Downtown)===
Built 1961 
*Squad 1 - 2014 Pierce Velocity 6x4 PUC walk-around wet rescue (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===
*Victor 10 - 2020 Mercedes Sprinter / AEV ambulance
*Victor 11 - 2008? Ford E-350
*Victor 12 - 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe SUV
*Victor 14 - 2013 Ford Explorer SUV
*Victor 15 - 2005/6? Ford F-450 / Excellance ambulance
*Victor 20 - 2020 Mercedes Sprinter / AEV ambulance
*Victor 21 - 2006 Ford Expedition SUV
*Victor 22 - 2009 GMC TopKick 4500 / Utilimaster panel van special operations unit
*Victor 25 - 200? Ford E-Series ambulance
*Victor 35 - 201? Chevrolet Express ambulance
*Victor 45 - 2017? Ford E-Series ambulance
*Victor 50 - 2014 Ford E-350 ambulance
*John Deere Gator
*Special Operations Trailer
===Huntington Fire Co. No. 3 - 44 Church Street===
Built 1918 
*Car 3 (Assistant Chief) - 201? Ford Explorer
*Rescue 30 - 2014 Pierce Velocity walk-around (SN#27325)
*Utility 31 - 2020 Ram 4500 / Reading
*Engine 32 - 2004 Pierce Enforcer (1500/750/40F) (SN#15103-01/02/03/04)
*Engine 35 - 2002 Pierce Dash 2000 6x4 (1500/2000/40F) (SN#13200)
*Antique - 1957 Ford F-800 Big Job / American LaFrance (750/500)
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=== Pine Rock Fire Co. 4 - 722 Long Hill Avenue===
Built 1933 
* Marine 1 - 1995 Wahoo rescue boat
*Marine 4 - 18' Zodiac boat
*Car 4 (Assistant Chief) - 201? Ford Explorer
*Service Truck 40 - 2003 Ford F-350
*Antique Engine 41 - 1937 Ahrens-Fox (500/80) (Ex-Darien Volunteer Fire Department (Connecticut))
*Engine 42 - 2004 Pierce Enforcer (1500/750/20A/20B) (SN#15103-/03/04/01/02)
*Brush 43 - 1999 International 4800 4x4 / Pierce (500/400/40F) (SN#10132/ED132)
*Rescue 45 - 2018 Freightliner M2 106 / 1987 RSI walk-in / 2018 refurb (box ex Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Company No. 1)
*Ladder 47 - 2014 KME Predator Severe Service (2000/500/79' Aerialcat rear-mount aerial)
*Rehab 48 - step van
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=== 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 aerial)
*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 - 201? GMC Sierra 4x4
==On Order== 
:Engine 32 - 2023 Seagrave Marauder pumper (1500/750)
:Engine 52 - 2023 Seagrave Marauder pumper (1500/750)
==Retired Apparatus== 
*200? Chevrolet Suburban
*1996 KME aerial (2000/-/95' Aerialcat rear-mount platform) (Ex-Tower 7)
*1991 KME Firefox pumper (1500/750/40) (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) (Ex-Engine 34)
*1978 Ford L-Series / Pierce pumper (750/500) (SN#7249D)
*1978 Ford L-Series / Pierce pumper (750/500)
*1977 Maxim F-Model / 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 pumper / 1990 Gowans-Knight refurb (1000/1000) (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 C / Hahn pumper (750/500)
*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)
*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 pumper (750/200)
*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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