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Gosnold - Naushon - 1976 (1946) Dodge Power Wagon Brush Truck -
Former Falmouth C30 |
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MAIN M - Map 1A - - 1976 (1946) Dodge Power Wagon 200 Gallon Brush Truck - Orig Falmouth C30 1B - - 1980s (1965) International/Farrar 500/400 Engine - Orig Gay Head 1C - - 1980s (1977) Dodge 4x4 150 Gal Patrol Truck - Orig DEM Car 3 1D - - 2008 Trailer and 500 gallon tank 1E - - 2009 (1986) Chevy 125/100 Surplus Pickup 1F - - 2011 (1982) Chevy 4x4/Continental 4x4 750/400 Mini-Pumper - Orig Gay Head MORE |
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GOSNOLD |
1694 - Incorporated as part of Chilmark 1864 - Incorporated as Town of GOSNOLD 13.2 - Square Miles - AREA 70 - Population - (2020) CENSUS 5 - Density PER SQ MILE |
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Fire Truck - 1976 (1946) Dodge Power Wagon 100/300 Breaker
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Gosnold - Naushon - 1976 (1946) Dodge Power Wagon 100/300 Brush
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The Elizabeth Islands run from the Woods Hole area of Falmouth southwesterly between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. The Islands are considered part of Dukes County (Martha's Vineyard). Cuttyhunk Island is the most distant and most populated of the Elizabeth Islands chain. Naushon Island is the largest of the islands. Fire protection on the islands has always been minimal, but there have been a variety of fire trucks on both islands. This 1946 Dodge Power Wagon Brush Breaker started out with the Falmouth Fire Department as their Car 30. It ran out of the Main Street, Falmouth Station for most of its years in Falmouth. It had a small pump, approx 100 gpm and about 300 gallons of water. When its service ended in Falmouth, about 1976 when Falmouth bought a new small brush breaker Truck 20, the old Power Wagon was given to Naushon Island that had nothing prior to that. The 1946 Dodge remained in service on Naushon until about 2010. It was purchased by a private owner in Bourne and completely refurbished about that time. |
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Engine - 1980s (1965) International/Farrar 500/400
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Gosnold - Cuttyhunk Island - Engine - 1980s (1965) International/Farrar 500/400 Engine |
This Cuttyhunk Engine is believed to be about a 1965 International/Farrar engine that likely started out with the Gay Head Fire Department on the Vineyard. Approx 500 gpm front mount pump and perhaps 400 gallon water tank, it carried ladders and pump cans which would have been used on grass and brush fires. It probably came to Cuttyhunk around 1982 or so, when Gay Head got a similar style 1982 Chevy 750 front mount, 400 gallon mini-pumper as Engine 2. |
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Fire Truck - 1980s (1977) Dodge Patrol Truck - Former DEM Car 3
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Gosnold - Naushon - 1980s (1977) Dodge 4x4 150 Gallon Patrol Truck - Former DEC Car 3 |
During the 1980s, a retired 1977 Dodge 4x4 Patrol Truck that had served as the DEM Car 3 in the Lower Cape was sent over to Naushon Island where it remained for a number of years. |
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2008 Trailer & 500 gallon Water Tank
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Gosnold - Naushon - 2008 Trailer and 500 gallon Water Tank & Pump |
In about 2008, the DCR assisted Naushon in outfitting a tractor drawn trailer with about a 500 gallon poly water tank and a small pump with some hose to imrpove the overall firefighting capability on the large, sparsely populated island. |
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Fire Truck - 2009 (1986) Chevy 4x4 125/100 Fire Truck
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Gosnold - Naushon - 2009 (1986) Chevy 4x4 120/100 Fire Truck |
In about 2009, the old 1946 Dodge Power Wagon that had protected Naushon Island since about 1976 was replaced. Its replacement was a military surplus 1986 Chevy 4x4 Pickup. It was equipped with a 125 gpm, 100 gallon skid tank from a former DCR District 1 Patrol truck. |
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Engine 2 - 2011 (1982) Chevy 4x4/Continental 750/375 Mini-Pumper ) |
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Gosnold - Cuttyhunk - Engine 2 - 2011 (1982) Chevy 4x4/Continental
750/375 Mini-Pumper |
In about 2011, another former Gay Head/Aquinnah Fire Department Engine came to Cuttyhunk. The 1982 Chevy 4x4/Continental has a 750 gpm front mount pump and about 400 gallon tank. It has an overhead ladder rack and carries a load of hose. It added significantly to the Cuttyhunk FD and can reach some areas their larger conventional engine may not.
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| Naushon - 1976 (1946) Dodge Power Wagon
100/300 Brush Breaker |
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Gosnold - Naushon - 1976 (1946) Dodge Power Wagon 100/300 Brush
Breaker |
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Naushon Island operated the former Falmouth Fire Department Car 30 from 1976-2009. The 1946 Dodge Power Wagon Brush Breaker that had served in Falmouth from about 1946 to 1976, and then on Naushon Island from about 1976 to 2009, was purchased by a private owner and fixed up into a condition it had not seen in many years. Photos Aug 2010.
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| Cuttyhunk - 1980s (1965) International/Farrar
500/400 Engine |
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Gosnold - Cuttyhunk Island - Engine - 1980s (1965) International/Farrar 500/400 Engine |
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| Naushon - 1982 (1977) Dodge 125/100 Patrol
Truck - Former DEM Car 3 |
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Gosnold - Naushon - 1980s (1977) Dodge 4x4 125/100 Patrol Truck -
Former DEM Car 3 |
Former DEM Patrol 3 in Lower Cape - 1977 Dodge 125/100 to Naushon around 1982. |
| Naushon - 2008 Trailer & 500 Gallon Tank |
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Naushon Island - 2008 tractor drawn trailer and about 500 gallon
tank and pump. |
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| Naushon - 2009 (1986) Chevy 4x4 125/100 Fire
Truck |
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| Cuttyhunk - Engine 2 - 2011 (1982) Chevy
4x4/Continental 750/375 Mini-Pump |
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Gosnold - Cuttyhunk - Engine 2 - 2011 (1982) Chevy 4x4/Continental
750/375 Mini-Pumper |
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| Cuttyhunk - Engine 1 - 2010s (1982) Ford/E-One
1000/500 Pumper |
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Gosnold Town Seal |
 Cuttyhunk Engine 1 is a 1982 Ford/E-One 1000/500 pumper that was originally a Mass Fire Academy Engine. It came to Cuttyhunk in the early 2010's.  
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