Reading Fire Department (Pennsylvania)

==History==
===Fire Companies===
Company 	Address 	In Service	Notes
Engine 2 	27 North 8th Street 	? - 1994 	Closed to up staff other companies.
Engine 10 	1155 North 9th Street	? - 1976 	
Engine 11 	900 McKnight Street 	 	Reorganized as Engine 7
Engine 12 	900 McKnight Street 	 	Renumbered as Engine 10
Engine 13 	27 North 8th Street 	 	Closed by city due to budget cuts.
Engine 14 	101 Lancaster Avenue 	 	Closed by city due to budget cuts.
Ladder 4 	472 Schuylkill Avenue	 	Station closed, ladder placed in reserve.
Liberty Fire CompanyEngine 5	501 South 5th Street 	 	Now Fire Museum.
Junior Fire Company 	638 Walnut Street 	 	Now EMS Station.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Engine 1 - 27 North 8th Street===
8th & Court Street Fire Station
*Engine 1 - 2020 E-One Typhoon (1500/500/30A) (SO#143568 or 143569)
===Tower 1 / Rescue 1 - 101 Plum Street===
Plum & Franklin Fire Station, Built 1973
*Tower 1 - 2022 Spartan ER Gladiator MFD 6x4 (?/?/93' LTC P45M-93 mid-mount platform)
*Rescue 1 - 2023 Pierce Saber walk-around
*Car 6 (2nd Deputy Chief) - 2016 Ford Police Interceptor Utility AWD
*Car 7 (2nd Deputy Chief) - 2016 Ford Police Interceptor Utility AWD
*Car 8 (2nd Deputy Chief) - 2016 Ford Police Interceptor Utility AWD
*Car 9 (2nd Deputy Chief) - 2016 Ford Police Interceptor Utility AWD
===Engine 3 / Ladder 1 - 23 North 3rd Street===
3rd & Court Street Fire Station, Built 1963
*Engine 3 - 2023 Pierce Enforcer (1500/500/30A) 
*Ladder 1 - 2017 Seagrave Marauder II (-/-/100' tractor-drawn aerial)
*Brush 1 - 2008 Ford F-250 (120/150) (Ex-Fire Marshal)
*Marine 1 - 2019 Zodiac
*Car 2 (1st Deputy Chief) - 2021 Ford F-150 SSV 4x4 w/ ARE canopy
*Car 3 (1st Deputy Chief) - 2010 Dodge Durango
*Car 4 (1st Deputy Chief) - 2021 Ford F-150 SSV 4x4 w/ ARE canopy
*Car 5 (2nd Deputy Chief) - 2021 Ford F-150 SSV 4x4 w/ ARE canopy
=== Engine 5 - 101 Lancaster Avenue===
Southwest Fire Station, built 2010
*Engine 5 - 2020 E-One Typhoon (1500/500/30A) (SO#143568 or 143569)
===Engine 7 - 900 McKnight Street ===
Riverside Fire Station, built 1977
*Engine 7 - 2008 KME Predator (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 11)
*Brush 2 - 2001 Ford F-550 / KME (200/250)
===Engine 9 / Ladder 3 - 1155 North 9th Street===
9th & Marion Fire Station
*Engine 9 - 2023 Pierce Enforcer (1500/500/30A) 
*Ladder 3 - 2009 KME Predator (-/-/100' tractor-drawn aerial)
=== 1201 North 9th Street Station===
=== Fire Museum - 501 South 5th Street===
===EMS - 638 Walnut Street===
*Medic 1 - 2016 Ford E-450 / AEV Traumahawk
*Medic 2 - 2014 Ford E-450 / 2011 AEV Traumahawk
*Medic 3 - 2017 Ford E-450 / AEV Traumahawk
*Medic 4 - 2018 Ford E-450 / AEV Traumahawk
*Squad 600 (EMS Supervisor) - 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4
*Car 600 (1st Deputy Chief) - 2021 Ford F-150 SSV 4x4 w/ ARE canopy
===Fire Academy===
*2024 Ford Transit
*2024 Can-Am Defender Max HD7
*2022 Ford F-150
*2014 Ford E-450 / 2011 AEV Traumahawk ambulance
*1999 Spartan / KME pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 11, ex-Engine 10)
===Spare Apparatus===
*Marine 1 - 2019 Zodiac rescue boat
*Engine 2 - 2008 KME Predator (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 1)
*Tower 2 - 2003 American LaFrance Eagle aerial (-/-/75' LTI mid-mount platform) (Ex-Tower 1)
*Ladder 2 - 1997 Simon-Duplex (-/-/100' LTI tractor-drawn aerial) (Ex-Ladder 1)
*Rescue 2 - 2007 KME Predator walk-around (Ex-Rescue 1)
*Engine 4 - 2008 KME Predator pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 3)
*Medic 5 - 2012 Ford E-450 / AEV Traumahawk
*Engine 6 - 2008 KME Predator (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 13, ex-Engine 6)
*Engine 8 - 2002 KME Excel (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 5)
*Medic 8 - 2012 Ford E-450 / AEV Traumahawk
*Engine 10 -2008 KME Predator pumper (1500/500) (Ex-Engine 9)
== On Order ==
3 Pierce Enforcer pumpers
2 Pierce Enforcer Ascendant 102' tractor-drawn aerials
1 Freightliner / Pierce wildland
Can-Am 6x6 wildland/EMS support unit
==Retired Apparatus==
*2008 Ford Explorer 4x4
*1996 Simon-Duplex aerial (-/-/100' LTI tractor-drawn) (Scrapped)
*1993 Mack MR / Saulsbury walk-in rescue (Ex-Rescue 1) 
*1994 Ford E-Series / Wheeled Coach ambulance (Scrapped)
*1989 KME Renegade / 1967 Pitman aerial (-/-/75' Snorkel) (Sold to private owner)
*1989 Chevrolet TopKick / Heese hazmat (Former Mount Ephram Fire Dept.)
*1988 KME pumper (1000/300) (Scrapped)
*1988 KME pumper (1000/300) (Scrapped)
*1984 International S / KME brush (1000/500) (Ex-Engine 14, ex-Brush 3) (Sold to and on display at Tom Masano Car Dealership in Reading)
*1980 GMC / Car-Mar brush (250/200) (Sold privately)
*1977 Pemfab / Hamerly walk-in rescue (Sold to Wilkes-Barre Fire Department)
*1972 Ford F-Series / Boyertown scuba team rescue (Ex-Friendship Fire Company No. 1 (Berks County, Pennsylvania))
*194? US Army LARC-5 boat (SN#467) scuba team (Donated to Schuylkill Historical Fire Society Museum)
==External Links==
*Reading Fire Department
==Station Map==
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Category:Pennsylvania departments operating E-One apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating KME apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Saulsbury apparatus
Category:Departments operating Simon-Duplex apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Spartan ER / Crimson apparatus
Category:Former operators of American LaFrance apparatus
Category:Former operators of Car-Mar apparatus
Category:Former operators of Hamerly apparatus