Currently located at 4800 Boonsboro Road, Station 5 is the current home to Engine 5.  Placed in service in 1904 at the new Station 5 located at 1212 Rivermont Avenue, Engine 5 was utilized to provide fire protection to the newly formed Rivermont section of the city.  It is believed that when Engine 5 was placed in service, it utilized the 1871 Silsby steamer, which had been re-built in 1902.  Following the motorizing of the department by Chief Sandidge, this steamer would be replaced by a 1917 Seagrave pumper affectionately known as “Jumbo” due to its immense size.

Following the closure of the original Station 4, Engine 4 was re-located to Rivermont Avenue and Station 5 was re-numbered as Station 4.  Engine 4 and Engine 5 would share these quarters until a new Station 5 was built in 1971. 

After many years of service, the need for a new Engine 5 was apparent.  In 1936, the department sent the 1917 Seagrave back to the manufacturer to be rebuilt.  When this truck returned from Seagrave not only had it been totally re-furbished but it had been re-titled as a 1936 Seagrave pumper.  This truck would remain in service for another 15 years.

In the early 1970’s, Chief Jennings found that with the expansion of the Boonsboro section of the city, fire protection responding from Rivermont Avenue was not adequate.  With this need apparent, Chief Jennings built a new Station 5 at 4800 Boonsboro Road.  When this station opened in 1971, Engine 5 was utilizing a 1951 American LaFrance 1000 gpm pumper that had replaced the original Seagrave purchased in 1917.  In 1979, in conjunction with the purchase of a new ladder truck, the department obtained a 1979 Seagrave 1000 gpm pumper to be placed in service as Engine 5.  This truck was replaced in 2004 by a new American LaFrance.  For several years following the introduction of EMS in to the fire department, Station 5 was the home to Medic 5.  Following the construction of a new Station 4 in 1991, this medic unit was re-located to this station and is currently in service as Medic 4.

Station 5 is currently the home to Engine 5.