Lafayette Square Fire House
About
The Lafayette Square Fire House in Cambridge’s Central Square is home to Engine 2, Ladder 3 and Squad 2 of the Cambridge Fire Department. The department’s squad companies combine emergency medical care with firefighting: each rig carries Advanced Life Support medical supplies and equipment alongside forcible-entry and search tools, a thermal-imaging camera, self-contained breathing apparatus, and hydraulic rescue tools and cutters for extrication and other rescue work.
The squads were designed to bring the department’s EMS care into the 21st century while also strengthening its firefighting and its ability to handle hazardous materials incidents. They add to the city’s defense against terrorist attack as well. Fire department medics take part in ongoing training so they can operate as tactical firefighter-paramedics in special hazards, homeland defense and technical rescue situations, an assignment that goes beyond basic medical response.
What to Know
- Squad rigs carry air sampling devices and meters for hazardous materials response.
- Each rig carries Class A and Class BC fire extinguishers.
- Equipment includes a rabbit tool, a hydraulic device used for forcing doors.
- The firehouse is listed with the Central Square Business Improvement District.
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