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READING FIRE DEPARTMENT
READING, MASSACHUSETTS

Population: 22,955Area: 9.9 Sq MilesAmbulance Provider: Reading Fire
Call Volume: ? Dept Type: 46 Full Time
Firefighters work 24 hour shifts (1-1-1-5)
Official WebsiteFrequency: 483.4125 Dispatched by: Civilian 9-1-1 dispatchers
Shift & Apparatus Staffing:
Shift Strength: 10- 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 8 Firefighters
Engine 1- Captain/2 FFs
Engine 2- LT/2 FFs
Ladder 1- 2 FFs
Rescue 1- 2 FFs
FIRE STATIONS
STATION
LOCATION
PHOTOS
Headquarters Station 757 Main Street - (E1, E4, L1, R1, R2)
Station 2 267 Woburn Street - (E2, E3)
APPARATUS
UNIT ID
SPECIFICATIONS
PHOTOS
Engine 1 2009 Seagrave Marauder II 1250/750/40F
Engine 2 2007 Seagrave Marauder II 1250/750/40F
Engine 3 2017 Seagrave Marauder II 1250/750/40F
Engine 4 2021 Seagrave Marauder 1250/750/40F
LADDERS
Ladder 1 2008 Seagrave Marauder II 100' RMA
AMBULANCES
Medic 1 2017 International Durastar/Horton ambulance
Rescue 1 2010 Chevy/Horton ambulance
UTILITY
Car 3 2006 Ford F-350
RETIRED APPARATUS / FORMER STATIONS
STATION ADDRESS/INFO
STATION
PHOTOS
open from 1883-1990 Headquarters Station
Woburn Street (1874-1957) Station 2
AMBULANCES BY YEAR
ASSIGNED TO
PHOTOS
Ford ambulance Rescue 1
2000 Ford/Horton Rescue 2
2006 GMC/Horton Rescue 1, Rescue 2
ENGINES BY YEAR
ASSIGNED TO
PHOTOS
1884 Button Steamer Little LuLu
1924 Simplex/Dept 40 gal chemical Combination C NO PHOTO
1926 Seagrave 600 GPM Engine 2
1929 Seagrave 600 GPM Engine 3
1934 Seagrave 1000 GPM Engine 1
1938 Chevy 500 GPM Engine 5
1952 Seagrave Anniversary 750 GPM Engine 6
1953 Chevy/Local 500 GPM w/ 3000 watt generator Engine 4
1957 American LaFrance 800 1000 GPM Engine 2
1961 Seagrave Anniversary 1000/750 Engine 3
1969 Ford/Young 750/500 Engine 5
1973 Ford C/Maxim 1000/500 Engine 1
1979 Mack CF 1000/500 (ex Wakefield) Engine 1
1979 Maxim 1000/1000/250F Engine 2
1982 Maxim 1000/500 Engine 4
1986 Mack CF/Pirsch 1250/500(ex Wakefield) Engine 1
1987 Hahn/Pirsch 1000/500 (refurb) Engine 3
1995 Freightliner/3D 1250/750/50F Engine 2, Engine 3
2001 American LaFrance Metropolitan 1250/960/40F Engine 4
LADDERS BY YEAR
ASSIGNED TO
PHOTOS
1940 Seagrave 65' MMA Ladder 1
1965 American LaFrance 85' TDA Ladder 1 NO PHOTO
1981 Simon-Duplex/1965 American LaFrance 100' TDA Ladder 1
1991 E-One 110’ RMA Ladder 1
READING AUXILIARY - DISBANDED 2021
ASSIGNED TO
PHOTOS
1987 Ford/Frontline Support Unit
1996 Ford/Horton (ex RFD R1/R2) Support Unit

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