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Otis Air Force base
Otis Air National Guard
Base
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
(Became Massachusetts Military Reservation 2008)
(Became Joint Base Cape Cod 2014)
Bourne / Sandwich, Massachusetts
Airport Diagram
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Runway 5/23 (NE/SW)
8000' x 200'
Runway 14/32 (SE/NW)
9500' x 200
Otis Airport Tower
121.0
Otis Airport Ground
121.6
Cape Approach
118.2
Military Airport
Originally Camp Edwards and Otis Air Force Base
ARFF originally by Military and civilian personnel
of Otis Fire Department, presently civilian personnel.
(Became Massachusetts Military Reservation 2008)
(Became Joint Base Cape Cod 2014)
Otis Air Force Base
Crash Station built around 1960.
ARFF Apparatus facing the runways.
Otis Fire Department 1990s
Otis Crash
Tanker 14, Ramp 18, Ramp 13, support truck, Truck 5, and Truck2
Otis Crash Station
Structural side of crash station
Otis Station 4
Otis Station 4 - Hospital Road
Station protected the large hospital during the 1940s-1960s
as well as the base housing Area and Camp Edwards range areas.
At one time there were 4 similar "structural" stations protecting Otis
in addition to the crash station. Station 4 was the last active station
in addition to the crash station.
Otis Station 4
Shown are brush breaker 9, Engine 4 and Engine 6.
1980s.
A lot of apparatus has served at Otis over the years.
At one time there were as many as 8 engine companies,
in addition to at least 3 crash trucks, a rescue, tankers, brush apparatus,
and an assortment or ramp and support apparatus.
Some of the apparatus is shown here.
Otis Truck 2
1975 P-4 Oshkosh Crash Truck
1200 gpm / 1500 gals / 180 AFFF
Otis Truck 2
The crash truck was called to the Canal Power Plant
Tank Farm Fire in August 1980
Otis Truck 2
Putting on a display at a Cotuit July 4 celebration.
Otis Truck 404
The
1975 P-4 Oshkosh Crash Otis Truck 2
became Truck 404 in the 1990's
1200 gpm / 1500 gals / 180 AFFF
Otis Truck 3
1962 FWD P-2 Crash Truck
Refurbished in 1982
Otis Truck 3
1982 Quality P-2 Crash Truck
1400 gpm / 2300 gallons / 200 AFFF
Otis Truck 5
1975 Oshkosh P-4 Crash Truck
Otis Truck 5
1975 Oshkosh P4 Crash Truck
Otis Truck 5
1975 P-4 Oshkosh Crash Truck
1200 gpm / 1500 gals / 180 AFFF
Truck 2 and 5 heading out for an inflight.
Truck 5 and Rescue 11 on a standby
Otis Truck 5
1986 Oshkosh P-19 Crash Truck
1000 gpm / 1000 gallons / 180 AFFF
Otis Truck 405
The 1986 Oshkosh P19 was also renumbered in the 1990s
1986 Oshkosh P-19 Otis Crash Truck 405
Otis Truck 15
1976 Oshkosh P4 as Otis Truck 15 for a period of time.
May have been a spare at the time.
Otis T15
Otis Truck 16
Otis Army National Guard
1987 International S1800 / Nordic
225 gallons of mixed AFFF and 1400 lbs PKP
Otis Rescue 11
1974 Dodge P-10
c.1980s
Otis Rescue 411
1989 GMC / Landoll Rescue Truck
Otis Rescue 411
Otis Ramp 12
1977 Dodge
A couple ramp trucks were active for minor standby duties
and carried a quantity of halon and dry chemical agents.
c. 1980s
Otis Ramp 413
1980 Dodge P-13 Ramp truck with Halon and PKP
Otis Ramp14
Otis Tanker 13
This 5000 gallon tanker had a 1000 gpm rear pump and carried about
500 gallons of AFFF
foam. Originally served as a runway foamer.
It had a large foam deck gun on the rear.
It also provided support at many brush and forest fires over the years.
Otis Truck 13
A different truck to pull the trailer.
Otis Tanker 414
1987 International / KME
500 gpm / 2000 gallon Tanker
Replaced the 5000 gallon tractor trailer.
1954 Ward LaFrance
This 1954 Ward LaFrance pumper served Otis until the 1970s
when it was sold and used by the Sandwich Fire Department
for a few years.
Otis Engine 4
Approx 1970 Ford / American LaFrance 500 gpm pumper.
Otis Engine4
1970s Ford / LaFrance Pumper
Otis Engine 6
1974 Ford / Ward LaFrance P12 Pumper
750 /300
Otis Engine 6
Otis Engine 6
1974 Ford / Ward LaFrance P12 Pumper
750 /300
Otis Engine 6
1989 Ameritech Crash Truck (Army National Guard 26th Aviation)
Became a backup to Otis in 1993.
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