Pictured is our 1882 Hand Pumper, Make: Buffalo, Pump: Ramsey. This Hand Pumper was refurbished in the early 2000’s by Residents of the Allegany County ARC under the Supervision of Mike Pasquale.

Taken from: The Belmont Dispatch – December 4th, 1931 BOOSTER PUMPER ARRIVES: NEW FIREFIGHTING APPARATUS Fire Chief John Nicholson and members of the local Department were made happy Tuesday with the arrival of the new booster pumper, recently purchased and placed at the disposal of the company by the Village Board. The new apparatus, as has been previously explained, cost $2,500 and has been purchased as auxiliary equipment in case the large chemical pumper is out of Town or on another job, or in case of a rural fire. It consists of a ton-and-a-half Chevrolet truck mounted with a pump, two one-hundred gallon tanks of water, 300 feet of 3/4/ inch hose, 500 feet of regular hose. Its operation was explained to firemen Tuesday evening by a Mr. Rose, a mechanic from Buffalo Fire Apparatus company. It will be housed in the remodeled Paul Hose House on North Street.

2020 Pierce Ford F-550 Light Rescue, this truck carries all of our rescue equipment, 4 Point Winch System, Remote Control Light Tower, Jaws of Life, High Pressure Air Bags, Vehicle Extrication Equipment, Water Rescue Equipment, Low Angle Rescue Equipment, Stokes Basket, Cribbing, Chain Saw, Power Tools, Air Tools, 2 SCBA’s, 4 Gas Meter.

2005 Chevrolet 2500 HD 4×4 3 man cab pickup that we custom built to use as our brush attack truck in 2012. It has a skid unit that has a 70 GPM pump, 200 Gallon Water Tank and a 10 Gallon Foam Tank, and a 200’ booster reel. Truck carries 6 indian tanks, 2 back pack leaf blowers, a chainsaw, 400’ of 1.5” forestry hose, rakes, shovels and axes.

2000 KME Custom Chassis Engine 6 man cab with a 1250 GPM Pump and a 1000 Gal Tank. We purchased this truck used from Gowanda Fire Department in 2015. This is our first due engine for Structure Fires. It carries 5 MSA G1 SCBA’s with integrated TIC’s, Truck mounted generator, Portable Generator w/light, 250 GPM Trash Pump, Chain Saw, K12 Saw, Positive pressure fan, 24’ Extension Ladder, 12’ Roof Ladder, Folding Attic Ladder, Various hand tools, 1000’ of 4” LDH for supply, 2 Speed lays for initial attack each having 200’ of 1.75” hose, 1 Speed lay for heavy fire attack with 250’ of 2.5” hose as well as various lengths of extra hose and fittings, 4 gas meter.

2001 KME International Commercial Chassis Rescue Pumper 3 man cab with a 1250 GPM Pump and a 750 Gal Tank. We purchased this truck new in 2001. This is our second due engine for Structure Fires and First due for Rescue calls. It carries 2 MSA G1 SCBA’s with integrated TIC’s, 2 MSA Fire hawks SCBA’s with incorporated bail out, Portable Generator w/light, Chain Saw, Positive pressure fan, 24’ Extension Ladder, 12’ Roof Ladder, Folding Attic Ladder, Various hand tools, 1000’ of 4” LDH for supply, 2 Speed lays for initial attack each having 200’ of 1.75” hose, 1 Speed lay for heavy fire attack with 250’ of 2.5” hose as well as various lengths of extra hose and fittings. Holmatro Jaws of life including a Cutter, Spreader, Combo tool, and Ram. Stokes basket, water rescue equipment, cribbing, speed bumps, various hand tools and a 4 Gas Meter.

2012 Crimson Kenworth Tanker 2 man cab with a 500 GPM Pump and a 2000 Gal Tank. This is the second due truck for structure fires in the town. This truck carries a 2000 gallon porta tank, 250 GPM trash pump, 2 speed lays both are 150’ of 1.75” hose, 500’ of 2.5” hose, 500’ of LDH supply, and speed bumps.

The Belmont Fire District is a Joint Fire District formed between the Town of Amity and the Village of Belmont. The fire district was formed on December 14th 2020 after an affirmative vote of 168 Yes and 55 no. The appointed Fire Commissioners will take office officially on October 2nd 2021. The newly formed Fire District will take over operations from the Belmont Fire Department on January 1st 2022. The first appointed Fire Commissioners are Christopher Horton, Dana Hand, Daniel Woolston, Dennis Bliven and Mark Presutti. We are very excited for the new direction our fire protection is taking, we hope to continue providing fire protection the most effective way we can for years to come.