South Windsor Fire Department Timeline
1926
Engines: Buffalo Pumper
1926
1938
Chief George F Enes
Firehouse: Company 1 founded
Technology Upgrades: Phone Tree
Engines: Diamond-T Maxim 1938 Pumper
1945
Technology Upgrades: Horn at Station 1
1945
1948
Engines: Engine 2 was Diamond-T Maxim 1948 Pumpler
1953
Chief Richard P Jones
Engines: Engine 3: American LaFrance Pumper
1953
1959
Firehouse: Company 2 founded
1962
Chief Raymond Ellison
Technology Upgrades: Plectrons Alert System
Engines: Engine 4: Maxim Pumper
1962
1963
Chief Philip E Crombie Sr
1964
Fires: 147 Alarms
1964
1966
Firehouse: Company 3 founded
Engines: Engine 6: Maxim Pumper
1st Ladder Truck
Engine 2 Modified
1968
Firehouse: Company 5
Fires: 8 Brush Fires -Black Friday
Events: Explorer Post 838 founded.
1968
1969
Engines: Truck 7 American LaFrance
Technology Upgrades: Public Safety Dispatch Center
1970
Fires: Pyrofax L.P. Gas
1970
1972
Engines: Engine 2: Ward LaFrance Pumper
Technology Upgrades: Rescue Squad
1973
Fires: Community Hall, Main Street
1973
1978
Firehouse: Company 1: Headquarters
Engines: Engine 8: American LaFrance Pumper
Technology Upgrades: Jaws of Life - 1st Hurst Tool
1979
Firehouse: Company 6 founded
Technology Upgrades: SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus)
1979
1982
Technology Upgrades: Mintor Personal Pagers
1986
Engines: Ladder 7: E-One 80ft Arial Ladder and Pumper
Fires: HB Fisherman and Sons
1986
1987
Chief William Lanning
Engines: Engine 3: E-One Pumper
1988
Engines: Engine 6: E-One Pumper
Fires: Butchers Block
1988
1993
Engines: Engine 2: E-One Pumper
Fires: Westgate Condos
1996
Engines: Engine 8: E-One Pumper
1996
2002
Chief Philip Crombie Jr
Technology Upgrades: Computer Technology
2003
Technology Upgrades: Thermal Imaging
2003
2010
Firehouse: Station 3 built at 232 West Rd.
2012
Chief Kevin E Cooney
2012
2017
Events: New Inflatable Fire Safety House used by Fire and Life Safety for educational purposes.
