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West Tisbury - Engine 2 - 1959 Ford F750/Maynard 750/800 Brush
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MAIN M - Map 1A - E2 - 1959 Ford F750 4x4/Maynard 750/800 Brush Breaker 1B - E1 - 1969 International 4x4/Maynard 250/500 Brush Breaker 1C - E3 - 1975 Dodge 200/1800 Tanker 1D - M4 - 1980s (1964) International 300/2600 Tanker 1E - T734 - 1990s (1968) GMC Tanker 5000 gallon Tanker 1F - B6 - 1998 (1992) International 4x4/EJ Murphy 250/750 Brush Breaker 1G - T733 - 2000 International 4900/USA Tanker 1250/2200 Tanker 1H - T734 - 2003 International 4400 / USA Tanker 1250/2200 Tanker 1I - B731 - 2007 ('98/'72) AM Gen 2.5 ton 6x6 / V-Tec 350/750 Brush Breaker 1J - B732 - 2006 Sterling 4x4/EJ Murphy 350/650 Brush Breaker 1K - B731 - 2013 International 4x4/V-Tec 350/750 Brush Breaker MORE |
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1892 - Incorporated - Town of WEST TISBURY 41.8 - Square Miles - AREA 3,555 - Population - (2020) CENSUS 142 - Density - PER SQ MILE |
| West Tisbury
- Engine 2 - 1959 Ford/Maynard 750/800 Brush Breaker
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West Tisbury - Engine 2 - 1959 Ford F750 4x4/Maynard 750/800 Brush
Breaker |
West Tisbury Fire Department bought this 1959 Ford F750 4x4/Maynard Brush Breaker. It had a 750 gpm front mount pump and carried 800 gallons of water. The truck also came equipped with a 250 gpm rear pump enabling it to pump and roll as a Brush Breaker. It also served as the primary fire truck and Engine for West Tisbury until about 1988 when they got their first pumper. Engine 2 started out in
the Old Courthouse Road Fire Station just off of State Road. It
moved into the new West Tisbury Fire Station when it opened around
1990. The truck remained in service until about 2006 when the new
West Tisbury Breaker 732 arrived. |
| West Tisbury
- Engine 1 - 1969 International/Maynard 600/650 Brush Breaker
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West Tisbury - Engine 1 - 1969 International 4x4/Maynard 600/650
Brush Breaker |
West Tisbury Engine 1 was a 1969 International 4x4 / Maynard Brush Breaker. It could pump about 600 gpm and carried about 650 gallons of water. The truck served Engine duties as well as operating as a Brush Breaker when needed. The truck worked out of both the Old
Courthouse and West Tisbury-Edgartown Road stations over the years.
This photo from October 1997 was about the time that truck went out
of service. Soon after in 1998, the DCR moved a 1992 International/EJ
Murphy 250/750 Brush Breaker to the Vineyard and it was assigned to
West Tisbury. |
| West Tisbury
- Engine 3 - 1975 Dodge 200/1800 Gallon Tanker
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West Tisbury - Engine 3 - 1975 Dodge 200/1800 Tanker |
West Tisbury Engine 3 was about a 1975 Dodge Tanker that carried about 1800 gallons and had a small 200 gpm pump.
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| West Tisbury
- Tanker M4 - 1980s (1964) International 300/2600 Tanker |
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West Tisbury - Tanker M4 / 734 - 1980s (1964) International 300/2600
Gallon Tanker |
In the mid-1980s as West Tisbury expanded its Fire Station on West Tisbury-Edgartown Road, it acquired a larger tanker. A former military fuel truck was painted red and set up to serve the department. Photo Aug 1989
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| West Tisbury
- Tanker 734 - 1990s (1968) GMC 5000 gallon Tanker
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West Tisbury - Tanker 734 - 1990s (1968) GMC 5000 gallon Tanker |
In the late 1990s, West Tisbury added this 1968 GMC former military fuel truck to its fleet. The 5000 gallon tank significantly increased the amount of water West Tisbury could count on. This Tanker would serve until replaced by a new Tanker 734 in 2003. Photo Oct 1997. |
| West Tisbury
- Breaker 731 - 1998 (1992) International/EJ Murphy 250/750
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West Tisbury - Breaker 731 - DCR 1998 (1992) International/EJ Murphy
250/750 Breaker |
In 1998, the DCR District 1 moved its newest truck, the 1992 International 4x4/EJ Murphy Brush Breaker to the Vineyard. It has a 750 gallon tank and 250 gpm pump. Rather than it going to the barn at the Manuel Correllus State Forest, the truck was housed in the West Tisbury Fire Station on West Tisbury- Edgartown Road. It was
housed, staffed, and used by the West Tisbury Fire Department as
Breaker 731 from about 1998 until 2007 when it returned to Shawme
Crowell Forest back on the Cape. |
| West Tisbury
- Tanker 733 - 2000 International/USA 1250/2200 Tanker
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West Tisbury - Tanker 733 - 2000 International 4900/USA Tanker
1250/2200 Tanker |
In 2000, West Tisbury got their first new tanker. The International 4900 chassis, built by USA Tanker came with a 1250 gpm pump and a 2200 gallon stainless tank. The truck could act as an engine as well as a tanker. The new truck went to the new Station 2 at 454 State
Road built in 1999. |
| West Tisbury
- Tanker 734 - 2003 International/USA 1250/2200 Tanker
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West Tisbury - Tanker 734 - 2003 International 4400/USA Tanker
1250/2200 Tanker |
West Tisbury took delivery of its second new tanker in 2003. The International 4400/USA Tanker Tanker 734 with 1250 gpm pump and 2200 gallon water tank is very similar to the 2000 Tanker 733. The new Tanker is assigned to the 551 Edgartown Road Station. |
| West Tisbury
- Breaker 731 - 2007 ('72/'98) AM Gen/V-Tec 350/750 Breaker
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West Tisbury - B-731 - 2007 DCR (1998/'72) AM General 6x6/V-Tec
350/750 Brush Breaker |
In 1998, DCR District 1 took delivery of a new Breaker 6. The 1972 AM General former military 6x6 chassis had been sent to V-Tec in Vermont where it was turned into a 750 gallon Brush Breaker with a 350 gpm pump. The truck started out in Shawme Crowell in Sandwich as Breaker 6, serving on the Cape from 1998 until about 2007. In 2007, it went to the West Tisbury Fire Department becoming Breaker 731 and the 1992 International Breaker returned to Shawme Crowell as Breaker 6. The 1998 Breaker operated out of the Edgartown Road station from
2007 until about 2013 when a new West Tisbury Breaker 731 was
delivered. The truck then returned to the Cape DCR District 1
briefly and was then reassigned to the DCR District 2 headquarters
at Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth where it continues to
operate. |
| West Tisbury
- Breaker 732 - 2006 Sterling/EJ Murphy 300/650 Breaker
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West Tisbury - Breaker 732 - 2006 Sterling 4x4/EJ Murphy 300/650/20
Brush Breaker |
The first new Brush Breaker in West Tisbury was built in 2006 on a Sterling 4x4 chassis by EJ Murphy. The new truck has a 300 gpm pump, 650 gallon tank, and is equipped with a 20 gallon Class A foam system. The truck is stationed at the West Tisbury Station 2 at 454 State Road.
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| West Tisbury
- Breaker 731 - 2013 International/V-Tec 350/750 Breaker
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West Tisbury - Breaker 731 - 2013 International 4x4/V-Tec 350/750
Brush Breaker |
West Tisbury took delivery of their second new Brush Breaker in 2013. The 2013 International 4x4 chassis / V-Tec Brush Breaker has a 350 gpm pump and 750 gallon tank. The new breaker was assigned to
the West Tisbury Station 1 on Edgartown Road. The new Breaker 731
replaced the DCR 1998 V-Tec Breaker that then returned to the Cape |
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| West Tisbury - Engine 2 - 1959 Ford/Maynard
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West Tisbury - Engine 2 - 1959 Ford F750 4x4/Maynard 750/800 Brush
Breaker |
 West Tisbury's brand new 1959 Ford / Maynard Brush Breaker Engine 2 stopped by the Mashpee Fire Department on Route 130 on its way to Martha's Vineyard.
The West Tisbury Fire Station on Old Courthouse Road was the main
station and home to Engine 2.
West Tisbury Engine 2 at the Edgartown Road station for an open
house in August 1989. West Tisbury Engine 2 in April 2001 at the new Station 2 on State
Road.
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| West Tisbury - Engine 1 - 1969 International
4x4/Maynard 600/650 Breaker |
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West Tisbury - Engine 1 - 1969 International 4x4/Maynard 600/650
Brush Breaker |
 The West Tisbury Brush Breaker Engine 1 at the Edgartown Road Station August 1989
West Tisbury - Engine 1 - 1969 International / Maynard 600/650 Brush Breaker at the Old Courthouse Road Station as it neared it retirement. Photo Oct 97.
The old West Tisbury Engine 1, 1969 International/Maynard Brush
Breaker retired around 1997. These photos from 2008 were shared
showing the end of life condition of the old truck.
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| West Tisbury - Engine 3 - 1975 Dodge 200/1800
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West Tisbury - Engine 3 - 1975 Dodge 200/1800 Gallon Tanker |
West Tisbury used this 1975 era Dodge as Engine 3. It is believed to have operated out of the Old Courthouse Road Station as a tanker in support of the two Brush Breakers Engine 1 and Engine 2. This truck served into the late 1980s / early 1990s.
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| West Tisbury - Tanker M4 - 1980s (1964)
International 200/2600 Tanker |
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West Tisbury - Tanker - Edgartown Road Station - Early 1980s |
The West Tisbury Fire Station 1 on West Tisbury-Edgartown Road was built back around 1950. It would have housed the 1969 International Engine 1 Brush Breaker at one time. In the late 1970s or early 1980s, WTFD took delivery of a 1964 International 200/2600 former military fuel Tanker to provide additional water. Over a few years the tanker was upgraded to serve for several years. That old station was renovated and added onto in the early to mid 1980s.
West Tisbury - Tanker M4 - 1980s (1964) International / 200/2600 Tanker - Served several years until replaced. (photo Aug 1989) |
| West Tisbury - Tanker 734 - 1990s (1968) GMC
5000 gallon Tanker |
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West Tisbury - Tanker 734 - 1990s (1968) GMC 5000 Gallon Tanker |
West Tisbury replaced the older 1964 International 200/2600 gallon Tanker in the early 1990s with this 1968 GMC 5000 gallon Tanker. It had previously been a military fuel truck. This tanker served until replaced in 2003. Photos Oct 1997
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| West Tisbury - B-731 - 1998 (1992)
International/Murphy 250/750 Breaker |
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West Tisbury - Breaker 731 - 1998 DCR (1992) International/EJ Murphy 250/750 Breaker |
The 1992 International/EJ Murphy 250/750 DCR District 1 Brush
Breaker 6 served at the West Tisbury Fire Station 1 as Breaker 731
from 1998 until about 2007.
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| West Tisbury - Tanker 733 - 2000
International/USA Tanker 1250/2200 Tanker |
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West Tisbury - Tanker 733 - 2000 International/USA Tanker 1250/2200
Tanker |
The new West Tisbury Tanker was delivered in 2000. The International 4900/USA Tanker has a 1250 gpm pump and 2200 gallon tank.
Tanker 733 - 2000 International 4900/USA Tanker 1250/2200 Tanker
June 2014 photo
May 2017 photo
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| West Tisbury - Tanker 734 - 2003
International/USA Tanker 1250/2200 Tanker |
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West Tisbury - Tanker 734 - 2003 International/USA Tanker 1250/2200
Tanker |
West Tisbury duplicated their 2000 Tanker 733 with a new 2003 International/USA Tanker 1250 gpm, 2200 Gallon Tanker. It was assigned to the Edgartown Road Station. May 2009 photo.
April 2004 photo
Tanker 734 - 2003 International 4400 / USA Tanker 1250/2200 Tanker. June 2014 photo
May 2009 photos
May 2017 photos
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| West Tisbury - Breaker 731 - 2007 (1972/'98)
AM Gen/V-Tec 300/750 Breaker |
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West Tisbury - Breaker 731 - 2007 (1998/'72) AM General/V-Tec
300/750 Breaker |
West Tisbury housed and staffed the DCR District 1 1972 AM General 2.5 ton 6x6/1998 V-Tec 350/750 Brush Breaker from 2007 until about 2013. It was utilized as Breaker 731 on the Vineyard, even as its original designation was Breaker 6 in Barnstable County.
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Breaker 732 - 2006 Sterling/EJ Murphy 300/650 Brush Breaker
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West Tisbury - Breaker 732 - 2006 Sterling 4x4/EJ Murphy 300/650
Brush Breaker |
West Tisbury's first new Brush Breaker was the 2006 Sterling/EJ Murphy 300/650 Brush Breaker. It is stationed at the West Tisbury Station 2 on State Road.
West Tisbury - Breaker 732 - 2006 Sterling 4x4 / EJ Murphy 300/650/20 Breaker
Guest photo of new West Tisbury 2003 Sterling/EJ Murphy Brush Breaker.
The new Breaker 732.
June 2007
June 2014
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| West Tisbury - Breaker 731 - 2013
International/V-Tec 350/750 Breaker |
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West Tisbury - Breaker 731 - 2013 International 4x4/V-Tec 350/750
Brush Breaker |
 West Tisbury - Breaker 731 - 2013 International 4x4 / V-Tec 350/750 Breaker. June 2014
June 2014
West Tisbury Breaker 731 - Patient wife - May 2017 |
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