Alpha Fire Company (Centre County, Pennsylvania)

==Area Served==
The Alpha Fire Company's first due covers The Borough of State College, University Park (Penn State University), College, Patton & Ferguson Townships. The Alpha Fire Company also has automatic mutual aid to various areas within the Centre Region and Centre County. The Alpha Fire Company has also been called to help in Mifflin, Huntingdon, Clearfield & Blair Counties. In 2023, the Alpha Fire Company was dispatched to over 1400 incidents.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Borough Fire Station - 400 West Beaver Avenue, State College ===
Built 1975
*Chief 5 (Fire Chief) - 2022 Ford Police Interceptor Utility
*Chief 55 (Fire Director) - 2022 Ford Police Interceptor Utility
*Command 5 (Duty Chief) - 2019 Chevrolet Tahoe SSV 4x4 / Fast Lane upfit
*Truck 5-1 - 2016 Pierce Velocity (95' mid-mount platform) (SN#291000
*Engine 5-1 - 2024 Pierce Enforcer 7010 (1500/750/30F) (SN#38097)
*Engine 5-2 - 2002 Pierce Dash 2000 (1500/750/30A) (2016 Refurb) (SN#13331-01 or 02)
*Engine 5-3 - 2002 Pierce Dash 2000 (1500/750/30A) (SN#13331-01 or 02)
* Tanker 5-1 - 2014 Kenworth T800 6x4 / Pierce PUC dryside (1000/3000) (SN#26909)
* Rescue 5 - 2000 Spartan / Saulsbury walk-around
*Special Unit 5 - 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD 4x4 (?/18UHP/210/15A) (Ex-Penn State Emergency Services)
*Hazmat 55 - 1997 Seagrave / Swab walk-in (Centre Region Fire Protection Program) (Ex-Penn State Emergency Services, ex-West Hanover Township Fire Company)
*Traffic 5-1 (Fire Police) - 2020 Ford F-350 / Vengeant Surge walk-around
*Traffic 5-2 (Fire Police) - 2020 Ford F-350 / Vengeant Surge walk-around
*Utility 5-1 - 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD 4x4
*Field Service 55 - 2018 Ford F-350 / Reading
* UTV 5 - 2011 Kubota RTV900XT / EJ Metals skid unit (6/70/5A)
=== College Township Fire Station - 1481 East College Avenue, State College===
*Quint 5 - 2010 Pierce Arrow XT PUC (1500/500/30A/75' rear-mount) (SN#23411)
*Foam Trailer 5 - 20?? MGS / Kidde National Foam (?/600B) (South Central Mountains Regional Task Force)
*Heavy Lift 5 - 1988 Nissan N6000 forklift
=== Patton Township Fire Station - 2598 Green Tech Drive, State College===
Built 2001
*Truck 5-2 - 2009 Pierce Arrow XT / 1975 Baker (-/-/75' Aerialscope mid-mount platform) (Pierce SN#21923)
*Tanker 5-2 - 2022 Kenworth T800 6x4 / Pierce dryside (1000/3000) (SN#35840)
*Utility 5-2 - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD 4x4
*Utility 5-3 - 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe 4x4 / Fast Lane upfit
*Traffic 5-3 - 19?? KME / Florian ReApparatus Blocker unit (HASS Transponder / sign board / Scorpion II attenuator device) (ex-??
*Engine 5-4 - 2017 Pierce Velocity PUC (1500/750/30A) (SN#30738)
==Retired Apparatus==
*2013 Ford Police Interceptor Utility (Ex-Chief 5)
*2013 Ford Police Interceptor Utility (Ex-Chief 55)
*2009 F-350 / EJ Metals walk-around fire police rescue (Ex-Traffic 5-1) (Sold to Logan Fire Company No. 1 (Centre County, Pennsylvania))
*2009 F-350 / EJ Metals walk-around fire police rescue (Ex-Traffic 5-2) (Sold to Undine Fire Company)
*2007 Sutphen Monarch SPH 100 aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount platform) (Ex-Truck 516) (Sold to Buckhannon Fire Department)
*2005 International 7400 / 4 Guys tanker (1000/2000/60B) (Ex-Tanker 5-2)
*2005 Chevrolet Silverado utility body (Sold to Boalsburg Fire Company)
*2005 Pierce Dash 2000 pumper (1500/750/15A) (SN#17597) (Ex-Engine 5-1)
*1996 KME Renegade pumper (1500/600) (Ex-Engine 513)
*1992 International / KME tanker (500/1500) (Ex-Tanker 519) (Sold to Pleasant Gap Fire Company)
*1991 Pierce Arrow aerial (-/-/105' rear-mount) (SN#E6065) (Ex-Truck 516) (Ex-Alameda Fire Department (California)) (Sold to Columbia Fire Company (Clearfield County, Pennsylvania))
*1989 Sutphen SPH 95 aerial (1500/300/95' mid-mount platform) (Ex-Tower 517) (Sold to Reynoldsville Fire Department)
*1983 ? / Pierce (SN#E1960)
*1982 International / Saulsbury walk-in rescue (Sold to Houtzdale Fire Company)
*1980 White / Pierce pumper (1250/550) (SN#E0859)
*1975 Mack CF / Baker / 1993 JC Moore refurb aerial (-/-/75' Aerialscope mid-mount platform) (Ex-Tower 516) (Bucket & boom remounted on a 2009 Pierce Arrow XT)
*1954 Mack L / Maxim aerial (-/-/85' mid-mount) (Ex-Philipsburg Fire Department (Pennsylvania)) (Now privately owned)
==External Links==
*Alpha Fire Company
*Alpha Fire Company Facebook page
==Station Map==
Category:Centre County
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating 4-Guys apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Pierce apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Saulsbury apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Seagrave apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Spartan ER / Crimson apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Swab apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Vengeant apparatus
Category:Departments operating Fast Lane apparatus
Category:Former operators of Baker apparatus
Category:Former operators of KME apparatus
Category:Former operators of Sutphen apparatus