Hamden Fire Department (Connecticut)

==History==
===Fire Stations===
Station	Address 	In Service	Notes
3 	Putnam Avenue at Whitney Avenue	 	
6 	21 Merritt Street 	 	
==Overview ==
The Hamden Fire Department serves the Town of Hamden, Connecticut. Like several fire departments in the immediate area, Hamden's firefighters are both career and volunteer. Hamden is a town of 60,000 located immediately north of New Haven. Hamden's target hazards include a heavily-commercialized Dixwell Avenue, Quinnipiac University, Sleeping Giant State Park, which is a common rope-rescue location, a portion of West Rock Ridge State Park, and the Wilbur Cross Parkway.
==Apparatus Roster ==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 2 - 71 Circular Avenue===
:Engine 2 - 2012 Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (1250/750)
:Rescue 2 - 2020 Ford F-350 4x4
:Marine Unit 1 - Zodiac inflatable boat
===Fire Station 3 - 421 Hartford Turnpike===
Opened 1970
:Engine 3 - 2016 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal (1500/750/25F)
:Tower 1 - 2011 Smeal Sirius 6x4 (-/-/100' mid-mount platform)
:Haz-Mat. Unit 1 - 2003 Ford F-550 / E-One walk-in (Ex-Rescue 1)
:Operations Support Unit - 2005 Freightliner M2 106 / Pierce Contender walk-around rescue (Ex-Meriden Fire Department Tactical Unit 2)
:Engine 1 (Spare) - 1998 HME 1871 / Marion (1500/750) (Ex-Engine 3)
:Car 3 (Battalion Chief) - 2021 Ford Expedition 4x4
:Car 7 (Maintenance Unit) - 201? Ford F-350 4x4
:Rescue 3 (Spare) - 2020 Ford F-350 4x4
===Fire Station 4 / Fire Headquarters - 2372 Whitney Avenue===
:Squad 1 - 2008 Spartan Gladiator / Marion (1250/500/40F)
:Rescue 1 - 2020 Ford F-350 4x4
:Car 1 (Chief of Department) - 201? Ford Explorer AWD
:Car 2 (Deputy Chief) - 2004 Ford Expedition 4x4
:Car 4 (Training/Safety Officer) - 2014 Ford F-350 (Ex-Rescue 1)
:Car 5 (Fire Marshal) - 2008 Ford Expedition 4x4
===Fire Station 5 - 2993 Whitney Avenue===
Mount Carmel Volunteer Fire Company #5
:Engine 5 - 2017 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal (1500/480/75' rear-mount aerial)
:Engine 15 - 1978 GMC / Pierce (Ex-Brush 8)
:Brush Unit 5 - 1997 Ford F-350 4x4
===Fire Station 9 - 245 Johnson Road===
:Engine 9 - 2018 Spartan Gladiator / Smeal (1500/1000/40F)
:Truck 1 (Spare) - 1991 Pierce Lance (-/-/105' rear-mount aerial)
===Mix District Volunteer Fire Department #7 - 905 Shepard Avenue===
:Engine 7 - 1990 Ford C / FMC (1500/500)
===Dunbar Hill Volunteer Fire Company #8 - 420 Dunbar Hill Road===
:See Dunbar Hill Volunteer Fire Company
===Assignment Unknown ===
:2014 Ford F-350 4x4 (Ex-Rescue 2)
:2013 Ford Expedition 4x4 (Ex-Car 3)
:200? Ford E-350 mini bus (Fire/OEM)
:1999 HME / Marion pumper (1250/?) (Ex-Engine 4, ex-Squad 1)
== On Order ==
* 2024 E-One Typhoon pumper
* 2024 E-One Typhoon eMAX pumper
==Retired Apparatus==
:2007 Ford F-550 walk-around rescue
:2006 Ford F-550 walk-around rescue (First configuration) (Converted into a brush in 2015)
:2005 Ferrara Igniter pumper (1250/500)
:1998 Ford F-450 / E-One walk-in rescue
:1997 HME 1871 / Marion pumper (1500/?/40F)
:1991 Pierce Lance aerial (?/?/100' rear-mount platform) (Sold to a dept. in Indiana)
:1990 Ford C / FMC pumper
:1984 Pierce Dash pumper
:1979 Mack CF / 1987 Steeldraulics rehab pumper (Ex-MD dept.)
:1978 Ford F-350 / Pierce mini-pumper (SN#7203D) (Now privately owned)
:1974 Maxim F-Model pumper
:1970 Maxim aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount)
:197? Maxim pumper
:197? Ford F-350 / Pierce mini-pumper
:197? GMC walk-in rescue
:1964 Mack B pumper
:1958 Maxim aerial (-/-/75' mid-mount)
:1941 Diamond T / Woods Engineering city-service ladder (Sold to Water Witch Hose Company No. 2 (Connecticut))
:1939 Diamond T / Maxim pumper (500/?)
:1939 Diamond T squad
:1919 Seagrave pumper (750/?)
:1918 Brockway pumper
:1915 E.R. Thomas / Maxim pumper (500/-) (Maxim's first motor pumping apparatus) 
==External Links==
Hamden Fire Department
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Category:Departments operating Freedom apparatus
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Category:Connecticut departments operating Marion apparatus
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Category:Connecticut departments operating Smeal apparatus
Category:Connecticut departments operating Zodiac boats
Category:Former operators of Brockway apparatus
Category:Former operators of Mack apparatus
Category:Former operators of Maxim apparatus
Category:Former operators of Seagrave apparatus
Category:Former operators of Woods Engineering apparatus