About the Fire Department

Saugus is a diverse community of 27,000 residents located ten miles north of Boston. It has a proud heritage of American history. Saugonians served with distinction in the American Revolution as members of the West Parish Militia. The USS Saugus was an iron clad battleship, named for the town, that fought in the civil war. The first fire engine made in America was made at the Saugus Iron Works in 1653 by an Iron Master Named Joesph Jenkes. It was commissioned by the City of Boston in response to their first great conflagration that occurred January 14, 1653.

Fire service is provided out of two stations and three apparatus: Engine One, in the Cliftondale section, and Engine Three and Ladder One out of Saugus Center. The Town is bordered by Lynn, Revere, Malden, Melrose, Wakefield, and Lynnfield. The fire department is part of both the Metro Boston and Essex County mutual aid systems. The 58 member civil service department has four groups and a nine man minimum on duty. In addition to the civil service entrance examination/selection procedure, all Saugus firefighters must successfully complete the 10 week Massachusetts Fire Academy Recruit Training Program as a condition of employment. All successful academy graduates are certified to NFPA 1001 Firefighter 1/2.  All members are trained to at least First Responder level, with a large majority being MA certified EMT’s, as well as three certified Paramedics. Cardiac defibrillators and Narcan are carried on all fire department vehicles. The community is serviced by Armstrong Ambulance, but the fire department responds to most medical aids.