Westfield VFD
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Organized in 1931 to protect the western portion of Middletown, the Westfield Volunteer FD serves a 12 square mile response area providing Fire, Rescue and EMS First Response protection. A combination department with 40 active volunteers, the department responds to an average of 1,200 alarms annually.
Westfield operates their entire fleet from this eight bay firehouse which features two double deep bays and a two story training facility in the rear of the property.
Engine 2 - 2019 Spartan/CustomFire 1500 gpm/750 gal.
Responding first due to the majority of alarms, it features a PTO generator, light tower, remote control deck gun and a portable winch with multiple anchor points. Its' hose load includes three 300' crosslays (two 1-3/4", one 2-1/2"), a rear 300' 1-3/4" pre-connect, 500' of 3" packed in a dead load with a gated wye, 500' of 3" mated to a Stinger portable deck gun and 1,675' of 5" LDH supply line. An interesting fact about this rig is that its' equipment complement is 98% "Green" using battery powered tools including
Hurst® eDraulic extrication tools (spreader and cutter) and a ventilation fan.
Engine 5 - 2007 Spartan/Rosenbauer 1500 gpm/750 gal./25 gal. A & B foam
Shown here while formerly assigned as Engine 2 responding first due, this rig has been converted to act as the department's water supply engine. Accordingly, it is equipped with 2,000' of 5" LDH supply line. Slated to be designated in late 2019 as the mutual aid engine providing rapid intervention to the Middletown Central Fire District (Downtown), it had been outfitted with a FAST Board and Hurst® eDraulic battery operated combi-tool.
Tanker 4 - 1999 Spartan/General Safety 1500 gpm/2000 gal.
Outfitted with three side and rear dump valves, it is equipped with a 2,500 gallon folding tank. This rig is assigned along with Rescue 3 to respond to motor vehicle accidents on Interstate 91.
Forestry Tanker 10 - 1954 GMC M211 6x6 1000 gal.
Originally serving the Rotterdam (New York) Fire District# 2 where it was completely rebuilt in-house as a brush truck which often saw heavy work in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve, this rig was acquired by Westfield in 1993. Equipped with a rear dump chute, its' former steel water tank was replaced through a grant with a new lightweight poly tank complete with new plumbing.
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Ladder 6 - 1996 Spartan/General Safety/Nova Quintech 100'/1500 gpm
Featuring a 15' articulated jib on the fly section for added "up and over" reach, this rig is equipped with 130+ feet of ground ladders including a three section 45' Bangor style ladder.
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Rescue 3 - 2015 Spartan/Rescue 1
This rig replaced a 1990 Spartan/Saulsbury walk-in heavy rescue featuring a mid-mounted engine which now serves the Dillon Fire Department in Montana. Featuring a walk-around body complete with a powered rear staircase, it is outfitted with a PTO generator, light tower, a portable winch with multiple receiver points and roof mounted anchor points. It is equipped with both Hurst® battery and hydraulic powered extrication tools (e-Draulic spreader and cutter as well as a MOC Series spreader, cutter and combi-tool), rescue struts, water/ice rescue gear and RIT equipment including a 24' extension ladder.
Westfield 7 - 2012 Ford F-350/Reading
Entering service only five days prior to being photographed on my first visit to Westfield in 2012, this rig which provides EMS first response had already made its’ maiden voyage with two alarm responses to date.
Westfield 9 - 2003 Ford F-350/Reading
Formerly handling EMS first response, this rig is now assigned for traffic control duty.
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Westfield 11 - 1979 Jeep CJ-7
Outfitted with a 7' plow during inclement weather, this classic Jeep originally carried the department's first Hurst® extrication tool. Featuring a manual transmission, it is used present day for utility and transport purposes providing incentive to the younger members to learn how to "drive a stick" if they want to use it to commute to training classes!
Antique Engine 25 - 1925 Sanford 500 gpm/300 gal.
This rig was one of only five built in the 500 series - assigned serial# 501, another rig went to the Weedsport (New York) FD which is presently on display in the American Museum of Firefighting in Hudson, New York. Having served from 1937 to 1957, it has had five owners overall and was found in East Syracuse, New York one town from where it was built. Presently owned by four Westfield VFD members, the rig is being restored. Featured in a book about Sanford Fire Apparatus,
it features a three speed manual transmission, a tank fill that was filled from buckets and a hose bed capable of holding 1,000' of 2-1/2" hose.
Antique Engine 1 - 1954 Ward LaFrance Fireball 85T 750 gpm/500 gal.
Featuring a five speed manual transmission, it carried 1,000' of 3" supply hose.
