Madison Hose Company No. 1 (Connecticut)

== Overview==
The Madison Hose Company is one of two fire companies serving the Town of Madison, Connecticut. Along with the North Madison Volunteer Fire Company, Madison's firefighters serve a town of 18,000 approximately 15 miles east of New Haven. Madison Hose's first due is a mixture of residential and commercial, and includes Hammonasset State Park on Long Island Sound (a popular tourist destination in the summer months), a stretch of US Route 1 through downtown Madison, part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor train line (along with a train station), and several wooded areas in the northern part of their district.
==History==
Station	Address 	In Service	Notes
 	679 Boston Post Road	1913-1953 	Now an art gallery
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump and tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station - 665 Boston Post Road===
Built 1923, former car dealership, occupied by the dept. in 1953
:Utility 2-3-1 - 2020 Ford F-350 4x4 w/ Leer canopy
:Utility 2-3-2 - 2002? Ford E-350 / Wheeled Coach (Ex-Madison Ambulance)
:Engine 2-5-1 - 2006 Pierce Enforcer (1500/750) (SN#17633)
:Tanker 2-6-1 - 2010 Spartan Metro Star 6x4 / Crimson (2000/3000)
: Ladder 2-7-1 - 2020 Pierce Velocity 6710 6x4 (-/-/100' Ascendant mid-mount platform) (SN#34251)
:Brush 2-8-1 - 2002 Ford F-550 4x4 / 1996 FD-built body (port./300)
:UTV 2-8-2 - 2020 Can-Am Defender 1000 4x4
:Rescue 2-9-1 - 2016 Pierce Enforcer PUC (1500/500) (SN#29337)
:Marine 1 "Charles R. Daricek" - 2013 Metal Shark Marine Defiant 29' / (2) 250HP (Ex-US Coast Guard Station Tillamook, Oregon; acquired 2021) (Docked at West Wharf during the warmer months)
:Car 2 (Duty Officer Vehicle) - 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe
:Antique - 1926 Foamite-Childs pumper (500/100) (Ex-Ellington Volunteer Fire Department (Connecticut)) (Purchased 1958, used as a brush until 1968, and restored in 1974)
:2017 Zodiac Milpro 16' Inflatable boat
==Retired Apparatus==
:2006 Ford F-550 / Reading Classic utility
:2003 Maritime Skiff 20' boat
:2000 Pierce Dash 2000 quint (2000/400/100' mid-mount) (SN#10425/ED425) (Ex-Ladder 2-7-1) (Sold to Clyde Fire Rescue (New York))
: 1998 Zodiac Inflatable 18' boat
:1995 Freightliner FL 70 / 3D walk-in rescue
:1992 KME Renegade pumper-tanker (1500/2500) (Sold to Grand Saline Fire Department, Texas)
:1988 Pierce Dash pumper (1500/500) (SN#E4082) (Sold to Hankins-North Fork Volunteer Fire Department)
:1979 Dodge Power Wagon 400 / 1996 FD-built body brush (Body later remounted to 2002 Ford)
:1979 Dodge Power Wagon 400 / Pierce walk-around rescue (SN#E0653) (later rebuilt as a brush truck)
:1975 Ford C / Oren pumper/tanker (?/1200)
: 1974 Ford C / Maxim pumper (1000/1000)
:1973 Maxim F-Model pumper (1000/1000/54' Tele-Squrt) (Ex-Guilford Fire Department (Connecticut)) (Purchased 1989, retired 2000)
:1968 Ford F-250 brush
: 1965 Ford C / Maxim pumper (750/750)
: 1958 Ford pumper (?/1000)
:1949 Mack E-Series Type 45 pumper (Sold to Essex Fire Engine Company No. 1)
: 1943 DUKW amphibious vehicle (Acquired 1958)
:1939 Mack E-Series Type 505 pumper (500/-) (Retired 1979)
: 1930 American LaFrance 200 Series Type 91 pumper
: 1927 American LaFrance 100 Series Metropolitan pumper (400/-)
: 1919 Ford Model T / Howe pumper (Destroyed in accident with a train 1929)
==External Links==
*Madison Hose Company
*Madison Hose Company Facebook page
==Station Map==
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Category:Departments operating Metal Shark boats
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Category:Former operators of 3D apparatus
Category:Former operators of Howe apparatus
Category:Former operators of KME apparatus
Category:Former operators of Oren apparatus
Category:Former operators of Maxim apparatus