Chester Bureau of Fire (Pennsylvania)

==Overview==
The City of Chester Bureau of Fire is a career agency with about 46 firefighters protecting a population of approximately 32,000 residents out of two firehouses in a area of 6 square miles. Chester is located just under 20 miles southwest from Philadelphia, and was the first city founded in the State of Pennsylvania. 
==History==
The Chester FD was originally comprised of five separate volunteer fire companies (Felton, Franklin, Goodwill, Hanley and Moyamensing), all operating of the banner of "Chester Bureau of Fire", until properly consolidating into one unified career department in the 1970s (except for one, the Felton Hose & Chemical Company; which still existed as the only volunteer dept. in the city, and later broke off and became the Chester Township Fire Company (Pennsylvania)).
===Fire Stations===
Station 	Address 	In Service	Notes
Felton Hose First Former Station 	2003 West Third Street	1910-1954 	
Felton Hose Second Former Station	431 Highland Avenue 	1954-2005 	
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Delaware County Fire Station 81 - 1501 West Third Street===
Built 1978
*Engine 83 - 2009 Pierce Arrow XT (2000/750/30F) (SN#21025-01 or 02)
*Squrt 81 - 2018 Seagrave Marauder ll (2000/750/60' HydroForce boom)
*Utility 81 - 2005 Chevrolet / Reading
*Marine 81 - 2002 23' Maritime boat w/motor & trailer
===Delaware County Fire Station 82 (Headquarters) - 320 East 14th Street===
Built 1984
*Engine 82 - 2017 Pierce Enforcer (2000/750) (SN#30456)
*Ladder 82 - 2017 Rosenbauer Commander (-/-/100' rear-mount)
*Engine 84 (Spare) - 2009 Pierce Arrow XT (2000/750/30F) (SN#21025-02 or 01) (Ex-Engine 82)
*Ladder 84 (Spare) - 1999 E-One Cyclone (500/350/105' rear-mount) (2013 E-One refurb) (Ex-Conshohocken Fire Department, ex-Washington Fire Company No. 1 (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania))
*Car 1 (Commissioner) - 2018 Ford F-150
*Car 2 (Deputy Commissioner) - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe
*Car 3 (Battalion Chief) - 2020 Ford F-150
*Car 4 (Training Captain) - 2014 Chevrolet Tahoe (Ex-Car 3)
*Rescue Boat & Trailer - 2007 15' Zodiac Milpro w/ motor and trailer
*Utility 82 & Prevention/Safety Trailer - 2020 Ford F-250
*UTV 82 - Polaris Ranger
==Retired Apparatus==
===Career===
*2014 Rosenbauer Commander 6x4 aerial (2000/300/101' Cobra rear-mount platform) (Ex-Tower 82) (Returned to Rosenbauer, and then later sold to Thomaston Fire Department (Connecticut))
*2002 Pierce Lance 6x4 aerial (2000/300/50F/85' rear-mount platform) (SN#13415) (Ex-Tower 84, ex-Tower 82)
*1996 HME 1871 / Southern Coach aerial (-/-/105' AI rear-mount) (Ex-Ladder 84) (Sold) (Ex-Lower Frederick Fire Co.)
*1990 Pierce Lance pumper (1750/500/54' Squrt) (Ex-Squrt 81)
*1989 Pierce Dash pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 84) (Ex-Parkside Fire Company)
*1989 Pierce Dash pumper (1750/750) (Ex-Engine 83)
*1985 Pierce Dash pumper (1250/500) (Ex-Engine 82-1)
*1984 Pierce Arrow aerial (100/300/100' rear-mount)
*1984 Hahn pumper (Ex-Penn Wynne-Overbrook Hills Fire Company, acquired ?)
*1981 Seagrave HB pumper
*1979 Seagrave PT aerial (-/-/100' tractor-drawn)
*1979 Mack MB / Howe / 1988 Pierce refurb pumper
*1974 International 4x4 / Pierce mini-pumper
===Volunteer===
====Felton Hose & Chemical Co.====
See Chester Township Fire Company (Pennsylvania) for more 
*1953 Seagrave 70th Anniversary Series aerial (-/-/75' tractor-drawn)
* 1950 Ford F-7 / American LaFrance pumper
*1948 Buffalo quad (Sold to Lennox Park Fire Company)
*1938 Ahrens-Fox pumper
*1928 Ahrens-Fox aerial (-/-/75' tractor-drawn)
*1923 Seagrave pumper (1000/?)
*1917 Seagrave chemical wagon (1750gpm pump later added) (Sold to Betterton Volunteer Fire Department)
*1915 Mack / 1911 Seagrave aerial (-/-/55' tractor-drawn)
*1915 American LaFrance / 1886 Amoskeag steam pumper
*1911 Seagrave horse-drawn ladder wagon (Trailer later motorized with a 1915 Mack)
*1903 Seagrave horse-drawn hose wagon
* 1886 Amoskeag 1st size horse-drawn steam pumper (First configuration, body later motorized and remounted to a 1915 ALF chassis)
*1884 Bernard McVey horse-drawn hose carriage (Ex-Marion Fire Co. of Philadelphia, later sold to Colwyn Fire Company)
==== Franklin Fire Co.====
* 1970 International LoadStar / Gerstenslager walk-in rescue 
* 1963 REO Gold Comet / John Bean pumper (Ex-Berlin Fire Company No. 1 (New Jersey))
* 1956 Mack B85 pumper 
* 1954 Mack L85 pumper 
* 1949 Mack E / Allegheny walk-rescue 
* 1937 Ahrens-Fox pumper 
* 1937 Diamond T / Allegheny walk-in rescue 
* 1924 Pierce-Arrow rescue wagon (Sold to Betterton Vol. Fire Dept.)
* 188? Silsby 1st size horse-drawn steam pumper 
====Goodwill Fire Co.==== 
*1958 Mack B85 pumper
*1953 Mack LS85 aerial (-/-/75' mid-mount)
*1949 Mack L85 pumper (750/300) (Sold to Green Ridge Fire Company (Pennsylvania))
*1937 Mack pumper 
*1931 Mack Type 19 pumper 
*1929 Mack Type 90 city-service ladder 
*1915 Ahrens-Fox pumper 
*1890 horse-drawn hose wagon
====Hanley Hose Co.====
*1971 Duplex / Great Eastern pumper
* 1956 Mack B rescue pumper (Sold to Aston Beechwood Fire Company)
*1947 Ahrens-Fox pumper (1000/200) (Sold to Town Bank Volunteer Fire Company)
*1919 Ahrens-Fox pumper (Sold to Auburn Fire Department (Indiana))
====Moyamensing Hook & Ladder Co.====
*1973 Chevrolet stepvan canteen/rehab unit (Ex-Kenhorst Fire Company, ex-telephone company)
*1972 Mack CF pumper
* 1970 International LoadStar / Allegheny walk-in rescue (Sold to Hegins Valley Fire-Rescue)
*196? Ford / 1949? ? body canteen/rehab unit (Box remounted from older truck)
* 1956 Maxim aerial (-/-/100' tractor-drawn)
*1951 Mack L pumper
* 1949? Chevrolet / ? walk-in canteen/rehab unit (First configuration, box later remounted to 1960s Ford chassis)
*1940 Diamond T / ? walk-in canteen/rehab unit
*1931 Mack aerial (-/-/75' tractor-drawn)
==External Links== 
*Chester Fire Department
*Chester Firefighters IAFF Local 1400
*Chester Firefighters IAFF Local 1400 Facebook page
Category:Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Rosenbauer apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Zodiac boats
Category:Former operators of Ahrens-Fox apparatus
Category:Former operators of American LaFrance apparatus
Category:Former operators of Amoskeag apparatus
Category:Former operators of Buffalo apparatus
Category:Former operators of FMC / Bean apparatus
Category:Former operators of Gerstenslager apparatus
Category:Former operators of Great Eastern apparatus
Category:Former operators of Hahn apparatus
Category:Former operators of Mack apparatus
Category:Former operators of Maxim apparatus
Category:Former operators of Seagrave apparatus
Category:Former operators of Silsby apparatus