Special Units
The following are pictures and info on various specialty and spare apparatus within the Department.
This USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) truck built by Marion on a Freightliner chassis, is fully equipped for response to major incidents in Cambridge as well as in the Metro area. Rescue 2 will be cross-staffed by the members of Rescue 1 & members of the Tech Rescue squads & companies (Engine 1, Ladder 1, Squads 2, 3, an 4), responding by special call as needed.
The new Rescue 2 was placed in service on July 11, 2025.
HazMat 1
HazMat 1 is an Electric Vehicle (EV), built by
Rosenbauer Group on a 2023 International chassis. The apparatus includes a command post with electronic research library and is fully equipped to support our Cambridge Fire Hazardous Materials Task Force at hazardous materials incidents in the city as well as in our mutual aid communities as needed.
Equipment carried includes sampling meters & kits to test gaseous, liquid, &
solid products; radiation meters; personal protective equipment (entry suits, self-contained breathing apparatus, boots, gloves); containment equipment (booms, absorbent materials, drums, patches, plugs, & diking materials); hand tools (non-sparking wrenches, mallets, shovels, brooms, brushes); decontamination equipment; and much, much more. The truck also includes a roof-mounted light tower for use during night or low-visibility operations.
This apparatus is believed to be the first Electric Powered Fire Apparatus in service in New England!
- CFD photo
Spare Pump - (former Engine 8)
2007 Pierce Saber – 1250 gpm/500 gallon water tank
This pump has changeable number inserts to designate the compnay it is replacing.
Photo by JJG
Spare Pump - (former Engine 9)
2004 Pierce Saber 1250 gpm/500 gallon water tank
This pump has changeable number inserts to designate the compnay it is replacing.
Photo by JJG
Spare Ladder 5 - (fomer Ladder 4)
2002 Pierce "Dash 2000" 105 foot heavy duty rear-mount aerial ladder (former Ladder 4).
This truck, designated as a spare, was totally rebuilt at the Pierce manufacturing facility in 2021.
Note the truck changeable number inserts, e.g. Ladder 3 in this photo.
- Cambridge Fire photo by JJG
CFD Transport Unit/Rehab Bus/Command Post
Photo by JJG
Dive Unit
1994 Ford 3D Rescue
- CFD photo
Decon Trailer
Polaris ATV
Photo by JJG
John Deere ATV
Photo by JJG