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WALTHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT
WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

Population: 60,000Area: 12.7 Sq MilesAmbulance Provider: AMR
Call Volume: 9,015 in 2018 Members: 153 Full Time
Work Scheulde: 24 hr shifts (24/72)
Official WebsiteFrequency: 482.2250/pl 127.34 - Tactical- 70.1125/pl 114.8 Dispatched by:
Shift and Apparatus Staffing:
Shift Strength: 40
E1, E2, E3, E4, E7, E8, S5, S6, L1 and L2: 1 officer/3 firefighters (min of 1 officer/2 firefighters)
C2- 1 Deputy
Dept Breakdown by rank: 1 Chief, 6 Deputys, 10 Captains, 35 Lieutenants and 101 Firefighters
FIRE AND INCIDENT PHOTOS
FIRE STATIONS
STATION
LOCATION
PHOTOS
Headquarters 175 Lexington Street - (E2, Twr1, R1, E6A, E9)
Station 1 536 Moody Street (renovated/expanded 2021) - (E1, Sq5, L2, C2)
Station 3 63 Willow Street - (E3, E10)
Station 4 35 Prospect Street - (E4)
Station 7 196 Lake Street - (E7)
Station 8 699 Trapello Road - (E8, L3)
APPARATUS
UNIT ID
SPECIFICATIONS
PHOTOS
  ENGINES  
On Order Seagrave Marauder 1250/500/30F ordered in 2021 --------
Engine 1 2014 Seagrave Marauder II 1250/500/30F
Engine 22011 Seagrave Marauder II 1250/500/30F
Engine 3 2018 Seagrave Marauder II 1250/500/30F
Engine 4 2007 E-One Typhoon 1250/750/30F
Squad 52006 E-One Cyclone II 1250/750/30F
Engine 72004 E-One Cyclone II 1250/750/30F
Engine 8 2014 Seagrave Marauder II 1250/500/30F
Engine 9 1999 E-One Cyclone II 1250/750/30F (exE3)
Engine 10 1994 E-One Protector 1250/750/30F (Rsv/exE1)
  LADDERS  
On Order E-One 100' RM ladder truck ordered in July 2024
Tower 1 2017 Seagrave Marauder II 95' Aerialscope
Ladder 2 2008 Seagrave Marauder II 100' TDA
Ladder 3 1990 Pierce Lance 105' RMA (ex Wantaugh, NY - purch 2016)
  SPECIAL UNITS  
Rescue 1 2016 Seagrave Attacker II heavy rescue
Engine 6A 2005 Ford F-350 4X4 Mobile H/M de-contamination unit
  OTHER  
Car 2 2017 Ford Explorer - Deputy Chief
Rescue Boat 1 Boat
Rescue Boat 2 Boat
Rescue Boat 4 Boat
Rescue Boat 7 Boat 



  

    
RETIRED APPARATUS / FORMER STATIONS

  





  

    
ENGINES/HOSE WAGONS BY YEAR

    
ASSIGNMENTS

    
PHOTOS

  

  

    1871 Amoskeag  steamer
    Engine 1
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1911 Rambler  chemical engine
    Combination
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1912 American LaFrance Type 10  hose wagon
    Hose Wagon 3
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1913 American LaFrance Type 13
    Combination 1
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1913 American LaFrance Type 10
    Engine 2,  4
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1915 American LaFrance Type 12  750 GPM
    Engine 2,  4
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1918 American LaFrance Type 75 - 750 GPM
    Engine 1,  3
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1918 Clydesdale  hose wagon
    Hose Wagon 1
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1918 Maxim  hose wagon
    Hose Wagon 4
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1925 American LaFrance
    Combination A
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1939 American LaFrance  750 GPM
    Engine 1
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1939 American LaFrance  750 GPM
    Engine 12
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1939 Mack     750 GPM
    Engine 2  
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1939 Mack     750 GPM
    Engine 9
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1945 Mack     500 GPM
    Engine 5
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1948 Mack L  750 GPM
    Engine 3
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1948 Pirsch  750 GPM
    Engine 21
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1949 Mack L  1000 GPM
    Engine 4
    
  

  

    1949 Mack L  750 GPM
    Engine 6,  7
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1950 FWD     500 GPM
    Engine 7
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1950 FWD     500 GPM
    Engine 10
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1954 General  750 GPM
    Hose Wagon 21
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1954 General  750 GPM
    Engine 8
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1956 Ford  500 GPM
    Engine 20, Wgn 22
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1958 Ford C-800/Maynard 500/500
    Engine 20
    
  

  

    1959 Mack B  1000 GPM
    Engine 1,  5
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1959 Mack B  1000 GPM
    Engine 8
    
  

  

    1964 Mack B 1000/500
    Engine 2,  1,  7
     
  

  

    1968 Mack CF/1984 E-One 1250/500
    Engine 2,  1,  6
    
  

  

    1970 Mack CF 1000/500 (1985 Greenwood refurb)
    Engine 2,  10,  9
       
  

  

    1973 American LaFrance 1000/500
    Squad 6
    
  

  

    1972 American    LaFrance 1000 - 1000/500
    Engine 4,  9,  20
    
  

  

    1977 Ford C/1978 E-One 1000/500
    Engine 5,  8,  9
     
  

  

    1978 Ford/E-One 1000/500
    Engine 3,  9
     
  

  

    1983 Ford/E-One 1250/500
    Engine 7
    
  

  

    1983 Ford/E-One 1250/500
    Squad 5
    
  

  

    1985 Ford C Cab/1983 E-One 1000/500 (cab-ex Weston E4/Body-ex Waltham S5/Rehab 2008) 
    Engine 9
    
  

  

    1988 E-One    Cyclone  1250/500
    Engine 4
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1990 E-One Cyclone 1250/500
    Engine 2,  10
    
  

  

    1998 E-One Cyclone II 1250/750/30F (totalled in 2017 MVA)
    Engine 8,  9 
     
  

  

    
LADDERS/SPECIAL UNITS BY YEAR

    
ASSIGNMENTS

    
PHOTOS

  

  

    1892 Babcock  horse drawn
    Ladder 2
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1909 Miller  horse drawn
    Ladder 1
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1918 American LaFrance 14-6  city service
    Ladder 1
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1918 American LaFrance/1892 Babcock 75'    TDA
    Ladder 2
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1927    American LaFrance/American Automatic Aerial     75' TDA
    Ladder 2
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1948 Pirsch  65' MMA
    Ladder 1,  3
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1952    Mack/1927 American LaFrance/American Automatic Aerial 75' TDA
    Ladder 2,  3
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1959 Pirsch  
    Ladder 2,  3
    NO PHOTO
  

  

    1964 Pirsch 100' TDA
    Ladder 1,  2
    
  

  

    1982 Maxim 100’ TDA 
    Ladder 2
     
  

  

    1983 Maxim Tractor w/ 2005 Pierce Cab/1983 Maxim Trailer 100’ (aerial from 1982 Maxim ex L2) (RSV, refurb in 1996, purch in 2012 from Salem MA)
    Ladder 3
    
  

  

    1985 E-One 110’ RMA 
    Ladder 1,  3
    
  

  

    1996 E-One Heavy non-walk through w/ 250/200 
    Rescue 6
    
  

  

    2002 E-One 2000/300/95’ MMT
    Ladder 1
     
  











  
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