Avon Volunteer Fire Department (Connecticut)

==Overview==
The Avon Volunteer Fire Department serves the Town of Avon, Connecticut. Located in the hills 10 miles northwest of Hartford, Avon's firefighters serve an affluent community of 18,000. Target hazards include Routes 44 and 202 - and Route 44's pass over Talcott Mountain - known locally as "Avon Mountain" - a notoriously dangerous road; as it was the site of a serious 20 vehicle crash in 2005 that killed 4 people and injured 14, and large houses up long driveways.
==Apparatus Roster ==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Company 1 (Headquarters) - 25 Darling Drive===
:Engine 7 - 2016 Spartan Metro Star / Gowans-Knight (1500/750/30F)
:Rescue 8 - 2020 Spartan Metro Star / Rescue 1 walk-around (Ex-demo)
:Truck 16 - 2020 GMC Sierra 4x4 fire police/utility
:Truck 17 (41601) - 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 4x4 training/utility
:Truck 18 - 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 4x4
:Car 19 (Duty Officer) - 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe
:Argo 1 - 2016 Argo Avenger ATV 8x8
:Argo trailer
:Boat
File:Avon engine 7.JPG|Engine 7
File:Avon rescue 8.JPG|Rescue 8
File:Avon truck 16.JPG|Truck 16
File:Avon truck 17 (view 2).JPG|Truck 17
Avon duty officer car.JPG|Duty Officer
File:Avon argo 1.jpg|Argo 1
===Company 2 - 108 Secret Lake Road=== 
:Engine 10 - 2001 HME 1871 / Gowans-Knight / 2018 refurb (1500/750)
: Engine 13 - 2019 Ford F-550 4x4 / HME Ahrens-Fox MiniEvo (1500/300/15F)
Avon engine 13.JPG|Engine 13
===Company 3 - 490 West Avon Road=== 
:Ladder 12 - 2002 HME 1871 / Rosenbauer / 2018 refurb (-/-/103' Metz rear-mount platform)
:Engine 14 - 2001 HME 1871 / Gowans-Knight (1500/1000)
:Truck 15 - 2004 Ford F-550 4x4 / 2020 utility body (Ex-Brush 15)
:Truck 19 - 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD 4x4 / Reading utility/fire police (Ex-Truck 6)
:Tanker 20 - 1997 International S2674 / Gowans-Knight / 2018 refurb (1250/3200/25A/50B) (SN#1013)
File:Avon ladder 12.JPG|Ladder 12
File:Avon engine 14.jpg|Engine 14
File:Avon truck 19.JPG|Truck 19
===Company 4 - 365 Huckleberry Hill Road===
:Engine 11 - 2016 Spartan Metro Star / Gowans-Knight (1500/750/30F)
=== Muster Station===
:Engine 3 (Parade) - 1934 Mack Type 80 pumper (750/?)
File:Avon antique engine.JPG|1934 Mack Parade Engine
==On Order==
:Ladder 12 - 2023 Pierce Enforcer 100' mid-mount Ascendant platform (SN#40323)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2004 Ford F-550 4x4 / Gowans-Knight brush (250/300) (First configuration, utility body added in 2020) (Old GK body sold to Francestown Fire Department in 2021)
:1997 Ford F-350 / Reading walk-in rescue/fire police
:1994 HME 1871 / Ferrara Intruder pumper (1250/1000) (Ex-Engine 9) (Sold June 30, 2023 GovDeals)
:1989 Sutphen Deluge / Ranger / 2000 Gowans-Knight refurb pumper (1500/1250)
:1989 Ford E-450 / Road Rescue walk-in rescue (Ex-New Britain EMS)
:1986 International S / Ranger walk-in rescue
:1985 Ford C / Middlesex / 2000 Gowans-Knight refurb pumper (1250/1000)
:1982 Continental Compac pumper (1250/500)
:1981 Continental Compac pumper (1250/500)
:1978 GMC General / Moody tanker (750/3500)
:1976 Ford C / Middlesex pumper (1250/500)
: 1975 Ford F-Series hose reel truck
:1974 Ford C / Maxim aerial (-/-/100' mid-mount ladder)
:1970 Ford C / Farrar pumper (1000/1000)
:1968 Ford 4x4 / Farrar brush (250 front-mount/250) (Sold to Goshen Fire Department (New Hampshire))
:1967 GMC / Gerstenslager walk-in rescue (Ex-Wethersfield Fire Department)
:1967 Jeep M715 brush (Ex-US Army)
:1966 Ford C / Farrar pumper (750/1000)
:1959 Mack B tanker (-/3500)
:1953 Chevrolet / Maxim pumper (500/500)
:1941 American LaFrance JOX aerial (-/-/85' mid-mount ladder) (SN#L-1490) (Ex-Mount Vernon Fire Department (New York))
==External Links== 
*Avon Volunteer Fire Department
Category:Hartford County
Category:Connecticut departments operating Ferrara apparatus
Category:Connecticut departments operating Gowans-Knight apparatus
Category:Connecticut departments operating HME Ahrens-Fox apparatus
Category:Departments operating Mack antique or parade apparatus
Category:Connecticut departments operating Mack apparatus
Category:Connecticut departments operating Rosenbauer apparatus
Category:Former operators of American LaFrance apparatus
Category:Former operators of Continental apparatus
Category:Former operators of Farrar apparatus
Category:Former operators of Ferrara apparatus
Category:Former operators of Gerstenslager apparatus
Category:Former operators of Maxim apparatus
Category:Former operators of Middlesex apparatus
Category:Former operators of Moody apparatus
Category:Former operators of Ranger apparatus