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MEDFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT
MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS

Population: 55,000 Area: 8.6 Sq Miles Ambulance Provider: Armstrong Ambulance Svc
Call Volume: 10,000/yr Members: 130 Full Time
Work Schedule- 24 hr shifts (1-1-1-5)
Medford Firefighters WebsiteFrequency: 482.1375/pl 156.7 - Fireground- 485.1375/pl 156.7 Dispatched by: civilians at PD Station
Shift & Apparatus Staffing:
Shift Strength: 23 minimum - 1 Deputy Chief, 7 officers, 15 Firefighters
Each company assigned 1 captain/3 lieutenants with each officer working on 1 group
E1, E2, E4, E5, E6, L2- min officer/2 firefighters
L1- officer/3 firefighters
Car 2- Shift Deputy
E3- 1 captain assigned - call back for fires/major emergencies, staffed during major storms and if manpower levels permit
FIRE STATIONS
STATION
LOCATION
PHOTOS
Headquarters Station 120 Main Street - (E1, E7, L4, SpecOps)
Station 2 26 Harvard Street - (E2, SprEng, B1)
Station 3 278 Salem Street - (E3, L2) - (temp closed due to repair needs - L2 at HQ)
Station 4 435 Riverside Avenue - (E4)
Station 5 0 Medford Sreet - (E5)
Station 6 6 Ames Street - (E6)
APPARATUS
UNIT ID
SPECIFICATIONS
PHOTOS
ENGINES
Engine 1 2014 Pierce Saber 1500/750
Engine 2 2014 Pierce Saber 1500/750
Engine 3 2000 Pierce Dash 1500/750 (exE2/E6) - currently running as Engine 6
Engine 4 2018 Seagrave Marauder 1250/500/30B
Engine 5 2018 Seagrave Marauder 1250/500/30B
Engine 6 running with Engine 3, 2008 Pierce retired due to frame rot --------
Engine 7 2005 Pierce Dash 1500/750 (exE1/exE4)
Engine 8 2000 Pierce Dash 1500/750 (rsv - exE4/E7)
LADDERS
Ladder 1 2021 Seagrave Marauder 100' TDA
Ladder 2 2021 Seagrave Marauder 100' RMA
Ladder 3 2010 Pierce Arrow XT 105' RMA (rsv, exL2)
Ladder 4 2009 E-One Cyclone II 110' RMA (rsv, ex Boston L6, in svc 4/20)
FORESTRY
Brush 1 2010 Ford F-450/CET 250/300/10F
SPECIAL UNITS/SHIFT COMMAND/BOATS
Car 2 2024 Chevy Silverado 4X4 - Shift Deputy NO PHOTO
ex Car 2 2019 Chevy Tahoe 4X4 - Shift Deputy
S-1 2021 Chevy Silverado4X4 utility - motor squad
S-3 2022 Chevy Silverado 4X4
Marine 1 2021 Rescue One 16'



RETIRED APPARATUS / FORMER STATIONS
ENGINES BY YEAR
ASSIGNED TO
PHOTOS
1902 Teele horse drawn hose wagon Hose 4 NO PHOTO
1913 Knox Combination A NO PHOTO
1913 Knox Combination E
1913 Knox Engine 2 NO PHOTO
1914 Knox Engine 1 NO PHOTO
1920 Seagrave Engine NO PHOTO
1922 Seagrave Engine NO PHOTO
1926 Seagrave Engine NO PHOTO
1926 Seagrave 750 GPM Engine 5
1945 Mack L 1000 GPM Engine 7
1947 Mack L Engine 1 NO PHOTO
1948 American LaFrance 700 - 1000 GPM Engine 2 NO PHOTO
1951 Seagrave 1000 GPM Engine 4
1952 Mack 45 - 500/300 Engine 7
1952 Maxim 750/200 Engine 3
1952 Maxim  750/200 Engine 5
1956 Mack B  750/200 Engine 6, 8
1961 Mack B 1000 GPM Engine 1, 2
1971 Mack CF 1000/500 Engine 4, 3
1973 Mack CF 1000/500 Engine 1
1977 Mack CF 1000/500 Engine 3, 6
1979 Duplex/Pierce 1000/500 Engine 5
1981 Ford C/E-One 1000/500 Engine 6, 7
1987 Pierce Arrow 1250/500 Engine 2, 3
1992 E-One Protector 1250/500 Engine 4, 6, 3
1994 E-One Protector 1250/500 Engine 1, 7
1995 E-One Protector 1250/500 Engine 1, 5, 6, 3
2008 Pierce Enforcer 1500/750 Engine 5, Engine 6
LADDERS BY YEAR
ASSIGNED TO
PHOTOS
1894 Abbott & Downing  horse drawn Ladder 1 NO PHOTO
1912 American LaFrance 14-4 - city service Ladder 1 NO PHOTO
1916 Seagrave city service Ladder 1 NO PHOTO
1927 Am LaFrance/Am Automatic Aerial 75' TDA Ladder ? NO PHOTO
1945 Mack L/1927 American LaFrance 75' TDA Ladder 1
1945 Mack L/1936 American LaFrance 65' MMA Ladder 3
1946 American LaFrance 65' MMA Ladder 2
1962 Maxim  85' TDA Lader 1, 3
1963 Pirsch 100' TDA Ladder 1, 2
1971 Mack CF/Baker 75' Aerialscope Ladder 1
1981 Mack MC/Gibson/1963 Pirsch 85' TDA Ladder 2
1992 E-One 110’ RMA Ladder 2
1992 E-One 110’ RMA Ladder 1, 3
2000 Pierce Dash 100’ Tower Ladder 1
SPECIAL UNITS BY YEAR
ASSIGNED TO
PHOTOS
1956 Ford/Lacey rescue Rescue 1
1970 Ford C/Gerstenslager rescue Rescue 1
1986 GMC 3500/E-One light Rescue ERU, Rescue 1, FIU
1995 Freightliner/E-One (ex Cambridge, acquired 2016) Special Operations



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