Type 80 (1919) was built on the chassis of Type 45, but had squirrel-tail suction. Type 70 (1925) was a service truck with double bank. Type 69 with 105 hp engine was equipped with 600 or 800 gpm, or even 1000 gpm pump.
Type 56 had a 105 hp engine and 750 gpm piston pump. Type 55 was the same model, but with 1000 gpm rotary pump. Type 53 was a triple combination with 120 hp engine and 800 gpm rotary pump. Type 47 is a service truck with 75 hp engine and 600 gpm rotor pump. Type 44 had centrifugal 900 gpm pump, water tank and was equipped with 120 hp engine. Type 43 was a triple combination with a piston 750 gpm pump. Type 42 was a triple combination with a rotary 800 gpm pump. The Type 38 with 6-cylinder 75 hp engine received 650 gpm rotary pump. The Types 34 and 35 with 120 horsepower engine were equipped with piston 900 gpm and cerntrifugal 800-850 gpm pumps, respectively. Type 48 was between Type 40 and Type 75, and had a 75-hp six-cylinder machine with a 600-gpm pump. Type 75 (1915-1927) was one of the most popular model of American LaFrance of those time and had 750 gpm rotary pumper. Type 45 had 750 gpm rotary pumper and hoses. were made 2 pcs of Type 20 with 65 hp engine. By 1915 the Elmira, New York, factory was turning out a complete range of motor-driven fire apparatus including rotary gear, piston and centrifugal pumpers of from 250 to 1,400 gallons-per-minute, chemical engines, hose wagons and speedy salvage and rescue squad cars. The second decade of the new century was on of furious product development and innovation at American LaFrance. The Type 12s pumping capacity was later increased to 900, then 1000 gpm. The first Type 12 (1911-1925) pumper was delivered to West Orange, New Jersey, later that year. Although bore and stroke remained unchanged at 5-1/2 by 6 inches, horsepower was increased to 100 - powerful enough to drive an 800 gallon-per-minute gear pump. Two more cylinders were added to the basic Type 5 / 10 motor.
We’ve talked about this in prior blog postings, such as these from October 2011 and March 2009.In 1911, the company introduced its first six-cylinder engine. The other was the “rural” district, consisting of area(s) outside a town’s limits. One corresponded to the property inside the municipal limits of a town. Also, there were differences in (fire) insurance districts. Maybe readers can help with more history.ġWhy have separate town and “rural” departments? In the case of Garner, the news story noted that the “chief advantage of the ordinance is that it gives the fire chief authority as a fire inspector.” This empowered him with legal authority not afforded to the (position of) volunteer fire chief. The owner (Battalion Chief Ken Walker) found the truck in a junkyard and bought it and brought it to the maze. Lee Wilson photographed the truck in November 2012 at Ken’s Corn Maze on Highway 50, south of town. 1Įngine 2 was later housed at Station 2 on Sauls Road. They also maintained separate rosters.) Unsure how long this continued. Same building and most of the same equipment. Though separate on paper, the two departments shared the same infrastructure. (The story notes that the town board and fire department agreed that the Volunteer Fire Chief would also serve as the Municipal Fire Chief.)
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Same would have a Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief as elected by the Board of Alderman, plus any other personnel as deemed needed. Reported the Raleigh Times on September 16, 1959, the town board that week approved an ordinance for forming a municipal fire department. The department also operated as two departments for a number of years. (The fire department was and remains a private organization that received outside funding and equipment in addition to the monies and donations they received.) This was Engine 2 and was labeled “municipally owned.” Was purchased by the town ($10,627.32) but housed and operated by the fire department. See old photos of same, via the Raleigh Fire Museum. The department was organized in 1952 and operated a 1941 Ford mini-pumper (ex-Durham), a 1942 International pumper (added in 1954), a 1948 Chevy tanker (built by firefighters), and a 1952 GMC panel truck provided by the local office of Civil Defense. ( See subsequent posting with a picture of the 1957 Chevy/ALF.) (Original capacity was 300 gallons.) Was the second new pumper delivered to Garner, following a 1957 Chevy 10-500/American LaFrance. It was original posted on October 22, 2015.įound via the SPAAMFAA on Facebook, via this posting from Scott Mattson, here’s a rare color photo of Garner’s 1958 Ford F-600/American LaFrance pumper, 500/500. This is a re-posting of a Blog Archives post that’s no longer available. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linkedin Share on Pinterest
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