The Southington Fire Department (SFD) is a combination career and part-time fire department which serves the Town of Southington, Connecticut. The department is divided into five companies housed in four fire stations. Fire Headquarters, at 310 North Main Street, houses Headquarters Company (full time, career) and Engine Company 1 (paid-on-call). There are three additional paid-on-call stations: Company 2 in the village of Plantsville, Company 3 in Milldale and one in the Patton Brook area, Company 5. Company 4, in Marion was merged with Company 3 in 1992.
Company 1 was founded in 1884 as a volunteer fire service with Company 2 following shortly afterwards. By 1952, full time firefighters were added as regular employees at Company 1. The full time force joined the International Association of Fire Fighters in 1971 as IAFF Local 2033. In 2009, the volunteer, paid-on-call force was reorganized into part-time regular employees.
| Headquarters/Company 1: | Engine 11 (HQ), Engine 12 (Co1), Rescue 1, Ladder 1, Rescue Boat, Brush 1, Rescue 2, Cars 1-7 |
| Company 2: | Engine 21, Engine 22 (2000 gallon tanker), Brush 2 |
| Company 3: | Engine 31, Engine 32 (50ft TeleSqurt), Brush 3
(Ladder 2, Decon Trailer garaged at Co3, operated by HQ) |
| Company 5: | Engine 51, Engine 52 |
The Engines of the SFD are numbered as such, the first number indicates company, the second number indicates the running order of the piece within the company. For example, Engine 12 is assigned to Company 1, Engine 12 is also the second due piece for HQ/Company 1, hence, Engine 12.
Units such as the brush trucks are numbered according to which company they belong to. Ladder trucks are numbered according to running order.
| Guide to Car Numbers | |
|---|---|
| Car 1: | Chief |
| Car 2: | Assistant Chief / Fire Marshal |
| Car 3: | On-Duty Captain / Shift Commander |
| Car 4: | Staff Captain / Training Officer |
| Car 5: | Staff Captain / ICDFM (Deputy Fire Marshal) |
| Car 6 & 7: | Fire Inspectors |