Special Units

 

 The following are pictures and info on various specialty and spare apparatus within the Department.

 

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HazMat 1

HazMat 1 is an Electric Vehicle (EV), built by Rosenbauer Group on a 2023 International chassis. The apparatus includes a command post with electronic research library and is fully equipped to support our Cambridge Fire Hazardous Materials Task Force at hazardous materials incidents in the city as well as in our mutual aid communities as needed.
Equipment carried includes sampling meters & kits to test gaseous, liquid, & solid products; radiation meters; personal protective equipment (entry suits, self-contained breathing apparatus, boots, gloves); containment equipment (booms, absorbent materials, drums, patches, plugs, & diking materials); hand tools (non-sparking wrenches, mallets, shovels, brooms, brushes); decontamination equipment; and much, much more. The truck also includes a roof-mounted light tower for use during night or low-visibility operations.
The truck was purchased with funds allocated by the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services
This apparatus is believed to be the first Electric Powered Fire Apparatus in service in New England!

 

 

R2

Rescue 2

Based on a Ford F-450 chassis it will be used for special events and details.

 

 engine 10 September 2018

Engine 10

2003 Pierce Saber – 1250 gpm/500 gallon water tank

Photo by JJG

 

 Engine 11 September 2018

Engine 11

1999 Pierce Saber 1250 gpm/500 gallon water tank

Photo by JJG

 

 

 Ladder 5 - 2002 Pierce Dash 2000 105' heavy duty aerial ladder

Ladder 5

2002 Pierce "Dash 2000" 105 foot heavy duty rear-mount aerial ladder (former Ladder 4).
This truck, designated as a spare, was totally rebuilt at the Pierce manufacturing facility in 2021.
Note the truck changeable number inserts, e.g. Ladder 3 in this photo.

- Cambridge Fire photo by JJG

 

 

 CFD Bus side view

CFD Transport Unit/Rehab Bus/Command Post

Photo by JJG

 

 

 

special services 2018

Collapse Rescue Unit

Photo by JJG

 

 

  cambridge hazmat 1

Photo by J. Parise and D. Boudrow

Dive Unit

1994 Ford 3D Rescue HazMat

 

 

decon trailer

Decon Trailer 

 

 

 CFD ATV Polaris

 Polaris ATV 

Photo by JJG

 

  CFD ATV John Deere

John Deere ATV

Photo by JJG