Massachusetts Fire Apparatus

[GBFD 10]

[quote name='hoss' post='39436' date='Oct 3 2006, 06:35 ']Great Barrington Fire District (not the fire dept)

They do the upkeep on the hydrants, ect... Sam might know more.[/quote]





I'm only like what, 6 months late finding this one.... GB Fire District is the water company... They own all of the hydrants in the town of GB (not including the Village of Housatonic which has the Housatonic Water Co).... Prior to approx 1974, the Hope Fire Company of Great Barrington was owned and operated by the GB Fire District and protected only the fire dist... The Housatonic station (now a substation of the GBFD) was charged with protecting the rest of town.... Currently the fire dist. is located in the rear of the fire station on Castle St w/their offices upstairs... They are in the process of allocating funds to build a new building on East St, and the voters approved tonite approx $9.25Million for us to build a new firehouse on State Road (Rt 7/23) to replace our very outdated and dilapidated Castle Street Headquarters.