Kimberton Fire Co.
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Kimberton Fire Co. - Chester County Station 61
Organized in 1929, Kimberton Fire Co. provides Fire, Rescue and EMS First Response protection to the Townships of Charlestown, East and West Vincent as well as East and West Pikeland. Thirty active volunteers supplemented by two daytime career firefighters respond to an annual average of 450 alarms. Their first new apparatus, a 1936 Hale pumper answered its’ first alarm for a fire at the firehouse!!
Tower 61 - 2017 Seagrave Marauder II/Apollo II 105'/2000 gpm/300 gal.
This rig replaced a 1996 Simon-Duplex/LTI 85'/1250/250 rear mount ladder tower with rear steer capability that originally served Riverside, California for five years. Featuring an Aerialscope style bucket, it is equipped with 177' of ground ladders, high angle rope rescue and rapid intervention gear as well as multiple PPV fans and saws.
Rescue 61 (Retired) - 2005 Spartan/RD Murray 2500 gpm/500 gal./50A/30B foam
Having been replaced with a 2020 Seagrave Marauder 2000/750 rescue engine, this rig featured a rear mounted high volume pump coupled with a 200 CFM Compressed Air Foam System compressor. Seating six (five with SCBA), it was outfitted with a 30kw generator, 20’ light tower and four bottle 6,000 PSI cascade system with a two bottle SpaceSaver fill station and two high pressure air reels. It’s equipment complement included four pre-connected Hurst® Centaur series extrication tools powered by two Hurst® Simo pumps, a portable Hurst® pump, rescue struts, circular/reciprocating saws, DeWalt® hammer/drill as well as 12 and 20 ton jacks. For firefighting, it carried 1,000’ of 5” LDH supply line, Stihl® chain/rotary saws, fans and a RIT pack.
Tanker 61-1 (Retired) - 1995 Peterbilt/Walker Stainless Steel 1500 gpm/6500 gal.
Replaced with a 2013 Kenworth 500 gpm/5000 gallon tanker with a steerable third “tag” axle, this rig formerly saw frontline service as Tanker 61-1. It was sold to the Longwood Fire Company (Chester County Station 25) in 2018 and presently serves as Tanker 25-3 painted White with Red fender flares. In addition to front line service, their tankers were utilized for “pool fills” used as a fundraising tool to support the fire company's operations.
TAC 61 - 2009 Chevy/Lee’s Emergency Equipment 900 gpm/230 gal./15 gal. A foam
Utilizing the pod concept for many years, Kimberton simply transferred their 1995 brush fire pod onto this crew cab chassis which was provided through Chester County Homeland Security. A surplus rig, the only stipulation was that it maintains a circular Green sticker on the front fender well stating it was donated through the county homeland security division (quite a deal!). The brush fire pod being completely self contained with its’ own power generating ability
allows it to be deployed and retrieved at a later time allowing the pod transporter greater flexibility (Kimberton also maintains pods for mass casualty support and an “Aftermath Pod” providing a secure container for the contents of a fire damaged home).
Utility 61 - 2013 Ford F550/Reading
This rig is utilized for personnel transport, EMS first response and as a back-up traffic control unit.
