Apparatus

Squad-113

Squad 113 is a 2003 Freightliner/Darley unit, equipped with vehicle extrication equipment, as well as 600 gallons of water, and a 1500 GPM pump with Auto-CAFS.

ET-113

Engine Tank 113 is a 1990 International/Darley Engine Tank. ET-113 is equipped with 2000 gallons of water complimented by a 1500 Gallon per minute pump.

ET-213

Tower-113

Tower 113 is a 1980 Mack/Baker truck. This unit was refurbished in 1993 in which a new all aluminum body was added. T-113 was bought with department funds at no cost to the Town of Willington. Previously it had served as Hartford Ladder 3.

Ambulance-513

Ambulance 513 is a 2006 Freightliner/Lifeline Type-I Ambulance. It is equipped with a 300 horse power motor. This ambulance is equipped with a Physio Control Lifepak 12 cardiac monitor/defibrillator, Stryker powered stretcher, EPI-PEN, computerized EMS run form system, and a 12V Cooler to refrigerate water for rehabilitation at scenes. The ambulance is located at Station 13.

Service-213

Service 213 is a 2001 Ford F350 4 X 4. This truck is primary used for personnel transportation, snow plowing, and carrying miscellaneous brush equipment.

Service-119

Service 119 is the property of the Tolland County Dive Team, but is housed at Station 213. It contains all necessary dive and search & rescue equipment. The truck has a mobile repeater installed that repeats the fire ground red to low band, usually 33.78, but it has the capability to use 33.44, 33.90, 33.88 as well. This truck responds to all county dives and searches.

Foam Trailer

Willington Fire Department hosts one of the State of Connecticut mobile foam trailers which responds, by request of the Department of Environmental Protection, to HAZMAT incidents to apply Class-B foam to liquid spills for the purpose of vapor suppression and fire extinguishing. The trailer is located at Station 213 and towed by Service 213.

Stations

Station-13

Station 13 is the main fire station for the department and the primary pieces of apparatus are located here. This station is staffed 24/7 by paid firefighter/EMTs when not on emergency calls. It is located at 426 River Road near I-84 exit 71.

Station-213

Station 213 is used to house secondary response vehicles including the county dive truck and the state foam trailer and allows for quick response to the south end of town from this location. It is located at 143 River Road.

Training Ground

Willington Fire Department's training grounds located behind Station 13 which was bought at the same time as the property that the station sits on now. We have used this area for the past few years as a training area for car extrication, and car fires. In the summer of 2006 Jeremiah Gilmour, Mike Kneeland, and Mike Kenderdine donated their time to clean up, and grade off the area. Over the winter of 2006 Lowell Karpuska and Jeremiah came up with the Idea to use shipping containers as a training area. In the fall of 2007 the concrete pad for the containers was poured by Jeff Pierce. We purchased the shipping containers through a local dealer in the summer of 2007. The shipping containers were transported by Mike Kenderdine and Jeremiah Gilmour. These containers will be used to construct a building that will replicate both residential and commercial settings. As well as but not limited to, training areas that will simulate a partial structural collapse, low profile or confined space areas, and roof simulators to practice ventilation. The design for the containers was created by Lowell Karpuska, and constructed by Jeremiah Gilmour. The containers were stacked, and bolted together by Jeremiah in the winter of 2007.