BRUSH BREAKER REFERENCE PAGES
Updated 02-15-22

 

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Breakers
Breakers_01                                   Breakers_01_A  The Story, First Breaker, Early Trucks, State trucks
Breakers_02                                   Breakers_02_A  Before breakers, Fire History, Memorial, Plym fires
Breakers_03                                   Breakers_03_A  Fire towers, fire planes
Breakers_04                                   Breakers_04_A  Early trucks, 1938 Sandwich
Breakers_05                                   Breakers_05_A  County Breakers first
Breakers_06                                   Breakers_06_A  Early breakers 40s 50s
Breakers_07                                   Breakers_07_A  1952 TOB,
Breakers_08                                   Breakers_08_A  1950s Trucks, Fal, Yar, Marion
Breakers_09                                   Breakers_09_A  County Second Generation
Breakers_10                                   Breakers_10_A  1950s-60s BBs, Mash, Patrols,
Breakers_11                                   Breakers_11_A  1960s, TOB 212, Onset, Marion, DCR, 1965s
Breakers_12                                   Breakers_12_A  1965 Sandwich Fire, 1967 Mashpee
Breakers_13                                   Breakers_13_A  1967 TOB 216, Carver, Plym, Otis, 1970s, Well, Denn
Breakers_14                                   Breakers_14_A  County 1971, Sand 153, Bourne, FAl
Breakers_15                                   Breakers_15_A  Tanks 296, Otis, BBs Plym, Ware, Sand, Marion, Raynaham
Breakers_16                                   Breakers_16_A  1980s BB 295, Fal, Lake, Otis fire P18, Dux BBs
Breakers_17                                   Breakers_17_A  1990s Carver, CCNS, Otis red, Chat
Breakers_18                                   Breakers_18_A  1990s Plym, Ware, Onset, Den
Breakers_19                                   Breakers_19_A  State 1998, all DCR Dist 1 and 2
Breakers_20                                   Breakers_20_A  1999 Carver, 2002 Sand, 2001 Mash 353, Bou 129
Breakers_21                                   Breakers_21_A  2001 Cot 267, Forestry trucks, BO 127, 2002 Brew
Breakers_22                                   Breakers_22_A  2002 CCNS, Sand 464, Roch B194
Breakers_23                                   Breakers_23_A  Plym B172, MA B354
Breakers_24                                   Breakers_24_A  2005 Brush fire plym, Barn, WBFD Tanker
Breakers_25                                   Breakers_25_A  2006 Plym Drill, W Tis B732, Onset 148
Breakers_26                                   Breakers_26_A  2007 Nant Fire, Cape drill, DCR B6
Breakers_27                                   Breakers_27_A  New Tankers, West Tis, Aquin, Onset, Sand, WBFD, Orl, DCR
Breakers_28                                   Breakers_28_A  2008 New Chil B131, COMM 318, MMR Drill, 
Breakers_29                                   Breakers_29_A  2010 Forestry DCR 5, T7, Dist 2, CCNS T279, Fal B18
Breakers_30                                   Breakers_30_A  Ware B401, BO B129,
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Brush_Breaker_2_Carver FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_Duxbury FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_Kingston FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_Lakeville FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_Marion FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_Mattapoiset FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_Middleboro FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_Onset FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_Plymouth FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_Plympton FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_Rochester FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_State DEM DCR FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_Wareham FD_1
Brush_Breaker_2_Wareham Town FD_1

Brush_Breaker_3_Aquinnah-GayHead FD-1
Brush_Breaker_3_Chilmark FD-1
Brush_Breaker_3_Edgartown FD-1
Brush_Breaker_3_Gosnold FD-1
Brush_Breaker_3_Nantucket FD-1
Brush_Breaker_3_OakBluffs FD-1
Brush_Breaker_3_State DEM DCR FD-1
Brush_Breaker_3_Tisbury FD-1
Brush_Breaker_3_WestTisbury FD-1

Brush_Breaker_Barn-County-1
Brush_Breaker_Barnstable FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Barnstable_TOB-1
Brush_Breaker_Bourne FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Brewster FD-1
Brush_Breaker_CCNS FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Chatham FD-1
Brush_Breaker_COMM FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Cotuit FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Dennis FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Eastham FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Falmouth FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Harwich FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Hyannis FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Island FDs-1
Brush_Breaker_Mashpee FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Orleans FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Otis MMR FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Provincetown FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Sandwich FD-1
Brush_Breaker_State DEM DCR FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Truro FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Wellfleet FD-1
Brush_Breaker_West Barnstable FD-1
Brush_Breaker_Yarmouth FD-1
 

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BB_01_Main
BB_02_History
BB_03_Fires
BB_04_Apparatus
BB_05_Departments
BB_06_Years

BB_FD1_BA_County
BB_FD1_BA_District
BB_FD1_BA_TOB
BB_FD1_BO_Bourne
BB_FD1_BR_Brewster
BB_FD1_CCNS_Seashore
BB_FD1_CH_Chatham
BB_FD1_CO_Cent-Ost-MM
BB_FD1_CT_Cotuit
BB_FD1_DCR_State-Dist1
BB_FD1_DE_Dennis
BB_FD1_EA_Eastham
BB_FD1_FA_Falmouth
BB_FD1_HA_Harwich
BB_FD1_HY_Hyannis
BB_FD1_MA_Mashpee
BB_FD1_OR_Orleans
BB_FD1_OT_Otis-MMR-JBCC
BB_FD1_PT_Provincetown
BB_FD1_SA_Sandwich
BB_FD1_TR_Truro
BB_FD1_WB_WestBarnstable
BB_FD1_WE_Wellfleet
BB_FD1_YA_Yarmouth

BB_FD2_AQ_Aquinnah-GayHead
BB_FD2_CK_Chilmark
BB_FD2_DCR_State-MV
BB_FD2_ED_Edgartown
BB_FD2_GO_Gosnold-Cuttyhunk
BB_FD2_NA_Nantucket
BB_FD2_OB_OakBluffs
BB_FD2_TS_Tisbury
BB_FD2_WT_WestTisbury

BB_FD3_CA_Carver
BB_FD3_DCR_State-Dist2
BB_FD3_DX_Duxbury
BB_FD3_KG_Kingston
BB_FD3_LA_Lakeville
BB_FD3_MI_Middleborough
BB_FD3_MN_Marion
BB_FD3_MT_Mattapoisett
BB_FD3_ON_Onset
BB_FD3_PL_Plym-County
BB_FD3_PN_Plympton
BB_FD3_RO_Rochester
BB_FD3_WA_Wareham-Dist
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BB_Trk1_BA_DIST-1978-Reo-Veterino-B204
BB_Trk1_BA_TOB_1937-Ford-B216
BB_Trk1_BA_TOB_1952-Ford-B216
BB_Trk1_BA_TOB_1962-Int-Maxim-B212
BB_Trk1_BA_TOB_1967-Maxim-B216
BB_Trk1_BA_TOB_1969-Dodge-B215
BB_Trk1_BA_County-1939-Ford-No1-C15
BB_Trk1_BA_County-1942-Ford-No2-C14
BB_Trk1_BA_County-1949-Ford-No3-C13
BB_Trk1_BA_County-1949-Ford-Patrol
BB_Trk1_BA_County-1951-Ford-No4-C12
BB_Trk1_BA_County-1957-Ford-No1-C15
BB_Trk1_BA_County-1958-Maxim-No2-C14
BB_Trk1_BA_County-1959-Ford-Patrol
BB_Trk1_BA_County-1960-Maxim-No3-C13
BB_Trk1_BA_County-1963-Maxim-No4-C12
BB_Trk1_BA_County-1973-Thibault-No1-C15
BB_Trk1_BA_County-1982-Young-No2-B295
BB_Trk1_FA_1973-Int-Thibault-B15
BB_Trk1_MA_1957-Int-Maynard-253-353
BB_Trk1_MA_1967-Int-Thibault-254-354
BB_Trk1_OT_1975-52-Mil-B8-Lime
BB_Trk1_OT_1975-72-Mil-B9-Lime
BB_Trk1_OT_1995-68-Mil-BB-B408
BB_Trk1_OT_1995-72-Mil-BB-B409
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More Pages of Brush Breakers
Page 1 - 1920s - 1930s - First Brush Breaker
Page 2 - 1920s - 1930s - Forest Fires / Memorial
Page 3 - 1920s - 1930s - Fire Towers / Patrol Plane
Page 4 - 1930s - Early Brush Trucks / Breakers
Page 5 - 1930s - 1950s - First County Brush Breakers  
Page 6 - 1940s - 1950 - Early Brush Breakers
Page 7 - 1950s - Second Generation Brush Breaker
Page 8 - 1950s - Brush Trucks
Page 9 - 1950s - 1960s - Second County Brush Breakers
Page 10 - 1950s - 1970s - Breakers and Patrol Trucks
Page 11 - 1960s - Brush Trucks and Fires 
Page 12 - 1960s - Fires and Brush Breakers
Page 13 - 1960s - 1970s - Third Generation Breaker
Page 14 - 1970s - County & Town Brush Breakers
Page 15 - 1970s - 1980s - Brush Breakers & Tankers
Page 16 - 1980s - Breakers & Fires
Page 17 - 1990s - Brush and Forestry Trucks
Page 18 - 1990s - Brush and Forestry Trucks
Page 19 - 1990s - State Forest Fire Apparatus
Page 20 - 1990s - 2000s - Brush Breakers
Page 21 - 2000s - Breakers and Tankers
Page 22 - 2000s - Brush Breakers & Tankers
Page 23 - 2000s - Newest Breakers
Page 24 - 2000s - 2005 Brush Season
Page 25 - 2000s - 2006 Brush Breakers
Page 26 - 2000s - 2007 Brush Breaker Training
Page 27 - 2000s - 2008 Tankers & Forestry Units
Page 28 - 2000s - 2009 Breakers
Page 29 - 2010s - 2010 Brush & Forestry Units
Page 30 - 2010s - 2011 Brush & Forestry Units
 

 

 


BRUSH & FOREST FIRE APPARATUS - BY DEPARTMENTS


BARNSTABLE COUNTY DEPARTMENTS
Barnstable County - Forest Fire Department 1930s-1980s
Barnstable - Town Forest Fire Department 1920s-1970s
Barnstable Fire District
Bourne Fire Department
Brewster Fire Department
Cape Cod National Seashore
COMM - Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills Fire District
Cotuit Fire District
Dennis Fire Department
Eastham Fire Department
Falmouth Fire Department
Harwich Fire Department
Hyannis Fire District
Mashpee Fire Department
Massachusetts - State Forest Fire District 1 - Barnstable County
Orleans Fire Department
Otis AFB-Camp Edwards-MMR-Joint Base Cape Cod Fire Department
Provincetown Fire Department
Sandwich Fire Department
Truro Fire Department
Wellfleet Fire Department
West Barnstable Fire District
Yarmouth Fire Department



DUKES & NANTUCKET COUNTY DEPARTMENTS
Aquinnah / Gay Head Fire Department
Chilmark Fire Department
Edgartown Fire Department
Gosnold - Elizabeth Islands Fire Department
Massachusetts - State Forest Fire District 1 - Dukes County 
Oak Bluffs Fire Department
Tisbury Fire Department
West Tisbury Fire Department
Nantucket Fire Department
 


PLYMOUTH COUNTY DEPARTMENTS
Carver Fire Department
Duxbury Fire Department
Kingston Fire Department
Lakeville Fire Department
Marion Fire Department
Massachusetts - State Forest Fire Department District 2 - Plymouth County
Mattapoisett Fire Department
Middleboro Fire Department
Onset Fire District
Plymouth Fire Department
Plympton Fire Department
Rochester Fire Department
Wareham Fire District
Wareham - Town Forest Fire Department



OTHER DEPARTMENTS
 

 

YEAR/IN SER TYPE RADIO DEPT CHASSIS / BUILDER ABOUT GPM/GALS COLOR STATION RETIRED
1937/1937 Breaker 216 BA-TOB Ford COE/Starck Ost First TOB unk/800 Red Ost 1952
                   
                   
                   

 

 


BRUSH & FOREST FIRE APPARATUS - BY APPARATUS TYPE


AIRCRAFT
Barnstable County Airplane P-18 1950s-1960s
Barnstable County Airplane P-18 1960s-1990s
Plymouth County Airplane P-1-0


BRUSH BREAKERS
1937 Breaker - Town of Barnstable - Osterville FIRST BRUSH BREAKER Ford
1938 Breaker - Sandwich No.3 Ford
1939 Breaker - Barnstable County No.1 Cotuit, Falmouth Ford-Robinson

1941 Breaker 11 - Bourne No.11 Mil. 4x4 Scout Car Brush Breaker 
1942 Breaker - Barnstable County No.2 Cotuit, W Barn Ford-Robinson
1943 Breaker 9 - Bourne No.9 Chevy Mil 4x4 Brush Breaker
1944 Breaker - Otis AFB Diamond T 1000 gallon
1944 Breaker 7 - Bourne No.7 - Mon Beach - Chevy Mil 4x4 Brush Breaker
1946 Breaker C30 - Falmouth Dodge
1947 Breaker - Town of Barnstable - Cotuit Dodge
1949 Breaker - Barnstable County No.3 Orleans Ford Robinson
1949 Breaker 8 - Bourne No.8 Ford
1949 Breaker 9 - Bourne No.9 Mil
1948 Breaker 212 - Town of Barnstable - Centerville - Dodge (former BMA crash truck)


1950 Breaker 9 - Bourne No.9 - Pocasset - Ford 4x4 Brush Breaker
1950 Breaker - Harwich No.5 Ford-Robinson "White Elephant"
1951 Breaker - Barnstable County No.4 Dennis Ford-Robinson
1952 Breaker 216 - Town of Barnstable - Osterville - Second Generation Ford
1954 Breaker - Chilmark No.4 - Ford-Maynard
1950s Breaker - Plymouth - Manomet - Dodge
1950s Breaker - Plymouth - No.306 - Dodge
1950s Breaker - Carver 24 - Ford
1957 Breaker C15- Barnstable County No.1 Falmouth Ford-Maxim
1957 Breaker 250 - Mashpee No.3 - 1942 Former County No.2
1957 Breaker 253 - Mashpee - International/Maynard 
1959 Breaker - West Tisbury E2 - Ford-Maynard


1960s Breaker 14 - Otis AFB - Mil
1960s Breaker 18 - Otis AFB - Mil
1962 Breaker 212 - Town of Barnstable - Centerville - International-Maxim
1964 Breaker 64 - Lakeville FF2 - International-Maxim
1964 Breaker 1 - Marion E5 (127) - International-Maxim
1960s Breaker 85 - Freetown, MA - International
1964 Breaker 5 - State - Dist 1 - Shawme - FWD-Farrar
1964 Breaker 6 - State - Dist 1 - Shawme - FWD-Farrar
1965 Breaker 18 - State - Dist 2 - Myles Standish - FWD-Farrar
1965 Breaker 19 - State - Dist 2 - Myles Standish - FWD-Farrar
1965 Breaker 8 - Wareham FF8 - Jeep  (later FF3 - 403)
1965 Breaker 142 - Sandwich B1 - Dodge-Maynard
1966 Breaker 143 - Sandwich B2 - Dodge-Maynard
1967 Breaker 254 - Mashpee - International/Thibault
1967 Breaker 216 - Town of Barnstable - Osterville - Maxim - Third Generation
1967 Breaker 23 - Carver - International-Farrar
1967 Breaker 176 - Plymouth FF6 - International-Farrar
1968 Breaker 177 - Plymouth FF7 - International-Farrar
1968 Breaker 5 - State - District 1 - Shawme -  International-Farrar
1968 Breaker   - Wareham - GMC-Maxim   (later Rochester 195)
1969 Breaker 8 - Otis AFB - Kaiser Mil
1969 Breaker 215 - Town of Barnstable - Cotuit - Dodge  (later 267)

1970 Breaker 8 - Bourne Eng 8 - Dodge PW Brush Breaker - Burned 1975
1970 Breaker 173 - Plymouth FF3 - International-Farrar
1971 Breaker 110 - Dennis T1 - Dodge  (later Nantucket)
1971 Breaker C15 - Barnstable County No.1 - Falmouth - International-Thibault
1972 Breaker 9 - Otis AFB - Gibson Mil
1973 Breaker 153 - Sandwich - 1953 Studebaker-Young
1975 Breaker 128 - Bourne No.8 - 1967 Kaiser-Young
1975 Breaker 128 - Bourne No.8 - 1967 Kaiser-Young
1976 Breaker 20 - Falmouth - Dodge-Continental
1976 Breaker - Chilmark - Ford/Farrar
1976 Breaker 171 - Plymouth FF1 - International-Farrar
1977 Breaker 130 - Bourne B-10 - 1953 International 6x6  (Orig Otis breaker)
1977 Breaker 130 - Bourne No.10 - 1953 International Mil
1977 Breaker 204 - Barnstable - 1952 Reo-Young "Iron Lion"
1978 Breaker 1 - Wareham FF1 - Ford-Farrar
1978 Breaker    - Wareham FF    - Ford-Farrar
1979 Breaker 176 - Plymouth FF6 - International-Farrar

1980 Breaker 142 - Sandwich B1 - 1967 Kaiser-Young
1980s Breaker 124 - Marion FF2 - Mil-Young
1980s Breaker 1 - Raynham - 1968 Jeep
1982 Breaker 295 - County/West Barnstable - 1967 International-Young (Last Barn County)
1982 Breaker 30 - Falmouth - Ford-Farrar  (later B16)
1984 Breaker 1 - Middleboro FF1 - International/Maxim
1986 Breaker 129 - Bourne B9 - 1952 Reo
1988 Breaker 47 - Duxbury - International-Maxim
1988 Breaker 48 - Duxbury - International-Maxim

1990 Breaker 194 - Rochester - 1984 Chevy
1990 Breaker 172 - Plymouth FF2 - International-Murphy  (later 177)
1991 Breaker 27 - Carver - International-Murphy
1991 Breaker 376 - Wareham - 1978 Kaiser-Murphy  (later 402)
1991 Breaker 175 - Plymouth - International-Murphy
1992 Breaker 6 - State - Dist 1 - Shawme - International-Murphy
1992 Breaker 74 - Kingston - International-Murphy
1992 Breaker 178 - Plymouth FF8 - International-Murphy
1992 Breaker 174 - Plymouth FF4 - International-Murphy
1993 Breaker 179 - Plymouth FF9 - International-Murphy
1995 Breaker 374 - Wareham FF4 - 1970 Kaiser-Murphy  (later 404)
1995 Breaker 8 - Otis ANGB - 1983 AM General
1995 Breaker 9 - Otis ANGB - 1976 Gibson
1997 Breaker 85 - Lakeville FF1 - International-V-Tech
1997 Breaker 149 - Onset F9 - Ford
1998 Breaker 29 - Carver - International-Murphy
1998 Breaker 6 - State - Dist 1 - Shawme - 1972 AM General-V-Tech
1998 Breaker 19 - State - Dist 2 - Myles Standish - 1975 AM General-V-Tech
1999 Breaker 173 - Plymouth Ff3 - International-Murphy
1999 Breaker 28 - Carver - International-Murphy

2000 Breaker 147 - Onset F7 - 1974 Mil   (later 148)
2001 Breaker 353 - Mashpee - 1971 AM General-VTech
2001 Breaker 129 - Bourne B9 - 1971 Jeep
2001 Breaker 267 - Cotuit - International-Murphy
2001 Breaker 75 - Kingston FF2 - Ford-Greenwood
2001 Breaker 127 - Bourne - 1974 Mil
2001 Breaker 127 - Bourne B7 - 1974 Mil 4x4 Brush Breaker
2002 Breaker 461 - Sandwich - 1978 Mil-Sandwich FD
2002 Breaker 463 - Sandwich - 1952 Reo rebuilt by Sandwich FD
2002 Breaker 235 - Brewster - 1959 Kaiser-Greenwood
2003 Breaker 172 - Plymouth Ff2 - Freightliner-Murphy
2004 Breaker 194 - Rochester - International-Broduer
2005 Breaker 354 - Mashpee - International-Plymax
2005 Breaker 175 - Plymouth - Freightliner-Murphy
2005 Breaker 375 - Plymouth - 1991 International-Murphy  (former 175)
2006 Breaker 732 - West Tisbury - Sterling-Murphy
2007 Breaker 731 - West Tisbury - 1972 AM General-VTech (former State B6)

2012 Breaker 128 - Bourne - 1959-71 Kaiser Mil 6x6 Breaker-Tanker (was Brewster 235)
2013 Breaker 27 - Carver - International-V-Tech
2014 Breaker 129 - Bourne - 1996 Mil 6x6 Brush Breaker




FORESTRY & PATROL TRUCKS
1910's Fire Truck - State DOC - Middleboro?

1922 Patrol Truck - Town of Barnstable - Osterville - Dodge

1930 Fire Truck - Edgartown Forest Fire Dept -
1930's Fire Truck - Plymouth Forest Fire Dept -
1930's Engine 6 - Plymouth Fire Dept -
1930s Patrol Truck - Orleans -
1932 Fire Truck - Sandwich Fire Dept - Ford
1934 Patrol Truck - Bourne - Chevy
1938 Patrol Truck - Town of Barnstable - Osterville - Ford
1939 State Forest Fire Truck - Mass DOC - Bourne - Ford COE

1942 Patrol - State DOC - Lower Cape - Chevy
1940s Patrol Truck 178 - Dennis Chevy
1940s Forestry - Falmouth - Mil Scout Car

1955 Forestry C33 - Falmouth - Dodge
1950 Patrol Truck - Town of Barnstable - Ford
1951 Patrol Truck 2 - Bourne - Chevy 
1950's Patrol Truck - Dennis - GMC
1957 Forestry E2 - Harwich - International
1957 Forestry E6 - Yarmouth - Dodge
1957 Forestry - Plymouth - International - Greenwood Estate
1958 Patrol Truck 210 - Town of Barnstable - Osterville - Ford

1960s Patrol Truck - Sandwich 141 - Ford - Fire Chief truck
1960s Patrol Truck - Sandwich 140 - Ford 4x4
1960s Patrol Truck - State - Dist 1 - P4 Lower Cape - Dodge
1960s Forestry - State - Dist 7 - 75 - Dodge
1962 Forestry F9 - Onset - Dodge
1967 Forestry - Yarmouth - International - Great Island (Originally 1957 Plymouth)
1967 Patrol Truck 210 - Town of Barnstable - Osterville - Ford
1967 Forestry 2 - Middleboro Ff2 - Jeep
1969 Patrol Truck 220 - Town of Barnstable - Osterville - Ford
1960s Forestry - Duxbury - International

1970s Patrol Truck - State - Dist 1 - P3 Upper Cape
1970 Forestry 90 - Wellfleet F1 - Dodge
1974 Engine 4 - Hyannis - Dodge
1975 Forestry 129 - Bourne - "Tinkerbell" - 1960s Jeep 4x4 Brush Truck
1975 Patrol Truck 210 - Town of Barnstable - Osterville - Ford
1976 Forestry 105 - Dennis - Dodge

1984 Patrol 17 - State - Dist 2 - Myles Standish - Chevy
1985 Patrol 16 - State - Dist 2 - Myles Standish - Chevy
1986 Patrol 4 - State - Dist 1 - Lower Cape - Chevy
1989 Patrol 290 - West Barnstable - Chevy

1991 Forestry 277 - CCNS - International-Metal Masters
1994 Forestry 240 - Brewster - Ford-Murphy
1994 Forestry 46 - Yarmouth - Ford-Fire Resources
1995 Forestry 317 - COMM - GMC-Fire One
1996 Forestry 187 - Chatham - Ford
1996 Patrol 3 - State - Dist 1 - Shawme - Ford
1997 Patrol - CCNS Ford
1997 Forestry 238 - Brewster - 1975 Dodge
1999 Forestry 110 - Dennis - Ford  (later 108)

2000 Forestry 49 - Yarmouth - 1986 Chevy
2000s Patrol 811 - State - Dist 1 - Vineyard - 1980s Chevy
2001 Forestry 480 - Truro - Ford
2001 Forestry 169 - Orleans - 1978 Dodge
2002 Forestry 277 - CCNS - Ford-Boise
2002 Forestry 230 - Edgartown - Ford
2003 Spec Haz 158 - Eastham - 1991 International-Metal Masters (former CCNS)
2004 Forestry 290 - West Barnstable - Ford
2005 Forestry 169 - Orleans - Ford
2006 Forestry 67 - Harwich - Ford
2007 Forestry 187 - Chatham - Ford
2007 Forestry C4 - State - Dist 1 - Shawme - 1998 Chevy


FORESTRY ENGINES & SPECIAL APPARATUS
1930 Engine 3 - Centerville - Ford Model A 75gpm/200 gallons (then Mashpee)
1930 Ford Model A Forestry Truck - Bourne - MB - Eng 2
1938 Engine 5 - East Falmouth - Maxim, 500gpm/1000 gallons
1953 Engine 3 - North Falmouth - Diamond T 500gpm/1000 gallons
1942 Engine 4 - Centerville - Ford 500 gallon
1950s Engine 5 - Halifax, MA - Ford
1950s Engine 4 - Marion - Dodge
1960s Engine 3 - Marion - GMC


TANKERS - TENDERS - ENGINE TANKERS
1935 Tanker 1 - Falmouth - Ford, 800 gallons
1950 Engine 2 - Mashpee - Dodge 800 gallons
1965 Tanker 1 - Falmouth 35 - International-Maxim 1000 gallons
1965 Tanker - CCNS - International-Darley 1000 gallons
1968 Tanker 13 - Otis AFB - 5000 gallon
1973 Tanker 296 - West Barnstable - 1960s International-Trailer 5000 gallons
1985 Engine-Tanker 296 - West Barnstable - Pierce 2000gpm/3000 gallons
1999 Tanker 2 - State - Dist 2 - Myles Standish - 1975 AM General 1200 gallons
2000 Tender - CCNS - 1984 AAM General 1000 gallons
2000 Tanker 733 - West Tisbury -
2002 Tanker 1 - State - Dist 2 - Myles Standish - 1982 Mack-Kovatch 5000 gallons
2002 Tanker 464 - Sandwich - 1980 AM General-Fire One 2000 gallons
2003 Tanker 157 - Eastham - 1997 GMC-Almonte 2000 gallons
2003 Tanker 734 - West Tisbury - International-US Tanker - 2200 gallons
2005 Tanker 298 - West Barnstable - 1975 Dodge 3500 gallons
 

 


MISCELLANEOUS
2000s RAT - State - Dist 1 - Shawme - Remote Access Trailer
2000 Dozer 1 - State - Dist 2 - Myles Standish - John Deer dozer




FIRE TOWERS & STATE PARKS

Barnstable Fire Tower
Bourne Fire Tower
Brewster Fire Tower
Dennis Fire Tower
Falmouth Fire Tower
Nickerson State Park - Brewster
Sandwich Fire Tower
Shawme-Crowell State Park - Sandwich
Wellfleet Fire Tower



 

 

 


MAJOR BRUSH & FOREST FIRES - INCIDENTS BY YEAR
1780 - Upper Cape Forest Fire - 25,000 acres "The Dark Day"
1900 - Sept 12-15 - Carver-Plymouth "Great Fire"
1907 - Upper Cape Fire - Seen from Onset
1923 - May 30 - Pocasset Forest Fire - 7 days - 25,000 acres
1937 - Spring - Bourne-Plymouth Forest Fire - 300 acres - Herring Pond
1937 - April 27 - Forest Fire Sandwich - 3 Firemen Killed / Route 130 Memorial
1937 - May 4 - Forest Fire Plymouth - Pine Hills area - 2 Firemen Killed, others burned
1937 - May 4 - Other Plymouth Fires - Island Pond & Summer St - 700 men fought fires
1937 - May 5 - Hyannis - Forest Fire Ridgewood Ave 2000 acres (Burned up 1937 Breaker)
1957 - May 8 - Carver-Plymouth-Myles Standish - 15,000 acres
1957 - May 8 - Mashpee Plane Crash Forest Fire Hay Road
1964 - May 23 - South Carver - Large Forest Fire
1964 - May 25 - South Carver-Wareham - 5,500 acres
1965 - May 1 - Otis-Sandwich Forest Fire - Jumped Route 6
1971 - May 15 - Plymouth - Myles Standish - 165 acres - 2 fore trucks burned
1986 - March - Otis Forest Fire - Large fire
1986 - April 19 - Otis Forest Fire - Wood Road
1988 - April 22 - Otis Forest Fire - PAVE PAWS 2000 acres
1991 - Plymouth 1200 acres
1995 - May 8 - Plymouth Bourne Road area - 95 acres, homes threatened
2005 - April 18 - Plymouth Forest Fire Clark Estates  30 acres
2005 - April 20 - Barnstable Mary Dunn Road fire
2007 - April 1 - Nantucket - Large brush fire - Mutual aid from Cape
 

 

 


APPARATUS & FOREST FIRE HISTORY - BY YEAR
1800's - Early Forest Fire spotting towers
1914 - Falmouth Fire Tower built
1919 - Barnstable Fire Tower
1923 - Shawme State Forest designated in Sandwich
1928 - Forest Fire Prevention Experiments on Cape Cod
1937 - April 27 - Forest Fire Sandwich - 3 Firemen Killed / Route 130 Memorial
1938 - Shawme-Crowell State Forest Sandwich - Named for Fire Patrolman Lincoln Crowell

2007 - Training - Crane Wildlife Falmouth