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BARNSTABLE COUNTY FOREST FIRE
TRAINING FALMOUTH 2007
Photos of Brush Breaker training courtesy of Glen Rogers.
Several crews from Mashpee, Falmouth, and the State DCR
participated in a Forest Fire Command and Control
class at the Mashpee Fire Station in Oct 2007.
Classroom training was followed by some real off road training at Crane
Reservation in Falmouth.
Falmouth Breaker 16
2007 APPARATUS
State Car 1-0 (Car 2)
2008 Ford F-250 4x4 Pickup now serving as District 1 Forest
Warden unit Car 2
was delivered in 2007.
State Car 1-1 (Car 4)
1998 Chevy 2500 4x4 250/250/20A Patrol Truck
went in service March 2007
State Breaker 1-5 (Breaker 5)
1969 International L1700 / Farrar 250/600 Brush Breaker
was refurbished in 2007 with a new tank, pump and paint job.
State Breaker 1-4 (Breaker 6)
1992 International / EJ Murphy 250/750 Brush Breaker
that originally started out at Shawme, but spent the last 9 years
in West Tisbury returned to Shawme Crowell in 2007.
CAPE COD BRUSH BREAKERS
Related Links
Massachusetts DCR - Bureau of Forest
Fire Control
Forest Fire Lookout Association
History Early Fire Towers
Massachusetts Fire Tower Locations
CCFD.com - Plymouth Brush Breaker Drill April 2006
CCFD.com - Plymouth-Wareham Brush Fires May 2006
CCFD.com
- Sandwich Fire Tower 2006
NOTE
Photos in this series are from various sources
including fire department and personal collections.
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