Niantic Fire Department (Connecticut)

== Overview==
The Niantic Fire Department is one of two fire companies serving East Lyme, Connecticut (with the Flanders Fire Department being the other). Niantic's first due is the southern portion of the town and is made up primarily of residential areas, including many seasonal properties, the downtown village area, a busy state beach (along with several municipal beaches), part of an Amtrak corridor, and the state's only women's prison.
Niantic's fleet consists of three engines, a brush unit, a ladder, a support unit, a heavy rescue, and several boats, spread out over two stations. The department also operates an ambulance for the East Lyme Ambulance Fund, Inc., which is a separate non-profit entity that provides Emergency Medical Services for the residents and visitors to the Town of East Lyme.
==History==
===Fire Stations===
Station 	Address 	In Service	Notes
Fire Station	8 Grand Street	?-1972 	The annex is the original Niantic fire station. The bulk of the apparatus was moved into the Beckwith Street location in 1972. Now used as storage.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Station 1 - 8 Beckwith Street===
Opened 1972
:B-1 (Chief) - 2014 Ford Police Interceptor Utility
:B-11 (Engine 1) - 1991 Simon-Duplex D500 / 3D (1500/750/20B)
:B-12 (Engine 2) - 2007 HME 1871 / Smeal (1500/750)
:B-15 (Truck 1) - 2005 HME 1871 / Smeal UT100 (-/-/100' rear-mount aerial) (short wheelbase and low profile to fit into very close quarters, while maintaining a tandem axle configuration)
:B-17 (Rescue 1) - 1995 Mack MR / Saulsbury walk-in
:B-100 (Ambulance) - 2013 GMC C4500 / Life Line
===Station 1 Annex - 8 Grand Street===
:B-16 (Service/Utility) - 2003 Ford F-350 (Purchased by the East Lyme Ambulance Association)
:B-91 - 1971 Boston Whaler
:B-91-1 - Zodiac RHIB
:Gator - John Deere 4x4
===Station 2 - 227 West Main Street===
Built 1974
:B-13 (Engine 3) - 2011 Spartan Metro Star / Smeal (1500/750/30F)
:B-14 (Brush) - 1961 Dodge Power Wagon (250/200)
:B-200 (Spare Ambulance) - 2003 Ford E-450 / Life Line (Ex-Flanders B-200)
==Awaiting Delivery ==
:B-13 - 2024 Spartan Metro Star / Smeal pumper (1500/750)
==Retired Apparatus==
:2007 Ford E-450 / Life Line ambulance (Retired 2013)
: 2001 Ford E-450 / Life Line ambulance (Retired 2007, transferred to Water and Sewer Department)
:1997 Ford Crown Victoria Chief (Ex-B-1, retired 2014)
:1986 Duplex D350 / FMC pumper (1500/500/20B) (Retired 2011, sold to Sycamore Fire Department, KY)
:1978 Maxim F-Model / 1990 Fire Resources refurb pumper (1500/500/15B) (Retired 2007, sold to private collector living in Rhode Island)
:1975 Ford F-800 / Reading walk-in rescue (Sold to Franklin Fire Department in 1995, then sold to a Boy Scout reservation in Ashford)
:1972 Maxim F-Model aerial (-/-/100' rear-mount) (Retired in 2005, possibly sold to local collector)
:1962 Ward LaFrance pumper (750/500) (Sold 1992)
: 1957 Maxim pumper (750/200) (Sold 1978 to Eastern Connecticut Fire School)
:1953 Ford COE / 1942 Woods Engineering pumper
:1952 Ward LaFrance pumper (500/500)
Category:New London County
Category:Connecticut departments operating Boston Whaler boats
Category:Connecticut departments operating Smeal apparatus
Category:Connecticut departments operating Saulsbury apparatus
Category:Connecticut departments operating 3D apparatus
Category:Former operators of FMC / Bean apparatus
Category:Former operators of Maxim apparatus
Category:Former operators of Ward LaFrance apparatus
Category:Former operators of Woods Engineering apparatus