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Brooklyn
Volunteer Fire Department

The Town of Brooklyn is located 25 miles southwest of Indianapolis along IN-67 in central Morgan County along. First organized in the 1940's, this all-volunteer department now includes 30 members who respond to 375 runs each year from 2 stations. BVFD provides Fire and Rescue protection to nearly 2,000 residents and 36 square miles in the Town of Brooklyn and Clay Township.

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Station 41
Station 1 - S. Main and E. Mill Streets - Downtown Brooklyn
This firehouse has housed the department since it started in the 1940's. An addition was made in 2003. Station 1 is now home
to Engine, Ladder, Tanker and Squad 41 and Engine 43.
 
Engine 41 - 2000 Freightliner/Ferrara - 1500gpm/1000gal

Engine 41 - 2003 Freightliner/Ferrara Rescue Pumper (H-2487) - 1500gpm/1500gal
Engine 41 is 1st out engine for all fire and rescue runs from station 1.

 
Ladder 41 - 1985 Sutphen 65' Mid-mount split-basket Tower Ladder - 1500gpm/400gal
Ladder 41 - 1984 Sutphen 75' Mid-mount split-basket Tower Ladder (HS-1934) - 1500gpm/350gal
Ladder 41 previously served nearby Plainfield as Truck 121.
 
Ladder 41 - 1985 Sutphen 65' Mid-mount split-basket Tower Ladder - 1500gpm/400gal
Ladder 41 - 1984 Sutphen 75' Mid-mount split-basket Tower Ladder (HS-1934) - 1500gpm/350gal
Ladder 41 is a rare aerial device that is unique in Indiana. Sutphen made a very limited number of this split-bucket Tower Ladders.
 
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Ladder 41 - 1984 Sutphen 75' Mid-mount split-basket Tower Ladder (HS-1934) - 1500gpm/350gal
 
Squad 41 - 1995 Ford Super-Duty/Stahl Light Rescue
Squad 41 - 1994 Ford Super-Duty/1995 McCoy Miller Light Rescue
Squad 41 previously carried all of the department's extrication tools prior to the arrival of the current Engine 31. It is now
the second-due for auto accidents and responds as the department's primary unit for a EMS calls in the township.
 
Tanker 41 - 2001 Freightliner FL-80/McGinley - 500gpm/1500gal
Tanker 41 - 2000 Freightliner FL80/2001 S&S/1991 US Tanks - 500gpm/1500gal
This apparatus was a custom remount by S&S of Fairmount, IN.
 
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Truck 41 - 1994 Ford F-350/2008 CET - 150gpm/250gal
 
Engine 43 - 1980 Spartan 1250gpm/750gal
Engine 43 - 1978 Hendrickson/1979 Pierce (#7210-D) - 1500gpm/1000gal
This apparatus was purchased from Eggertsville, NY in 1993. It now serves as the second-due and reserve pumper at BVFD.
 
Engine 43 - 1980 Spartan 1250gpm/750gal
Former Engine 43 - Spartan Maxivision/Boyer - 1250gpm/1000gal
 
Station
Station 42 - Beech Grove Drive & Robb Hill Road
This firehouse protects the western part of Clay Township and is home to Engine, Tanker and Truck 42.
 
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Engine 42 - 2006 GMC C5500/KME Rescue Pumper (#6537) - 1250gpm/1000gal
 
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Tanker 42 - 1999 Freightliner FL80/S&S/1980's local - 250gpm/1500gal
 
Truck 42
Truck 42 - 2000 Dodge Ram 2500/Knaphiede/Fontaine - HP/250gal
Truck 42 serves as the first-due for both medical responses and brush/grass fires.
 
Special thanks to Chief Mike McCool for providing department background and history and to the many members
of BVFD who helped arrange the apparatus for these pictures.