FIRE TRUCKS AT WAR
Updated  June 08
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1942 Dodge-Pirsch Class 500
Offered on Ebay
1942 Seagrave 750/150
Rig served at the Naval Ordnance
Lab, Indian Head MD
Sent in by Greg Stapleton
1943 Seagrave 750/150 Quad that
served at the Naval Training Center,
Brainbidge MD
Sent in by Greg Stapleton
Nomenclature plate from Woodlawn's Holabird pumper.  The rigs serial
number is also stamped in the left chassis frame just behind the bumper
1939 Holabird Class 750
USA 50203 Rig served at the Richmond
Army Airfield, VA
Owned by the Woodlawn Vol Fire
Company, MD
1946 Mack Class 750
Rig served at the Ravenna Arsenal, OH
Owned by Bill Blunden, NY
Great Looking Rig
1936 USA from the Madison Barracks, NY
Sent in by LTC Ret. Raymond
His dad Charles is pictured 3rd from left
Sanford 750 gpm for the US Navy.  10
units shipped between 1943-45
1939 USA Class 100 USA 50162
Sulfridge Army Air Field
1944 Chev-Oren w/Darley pump Class 325 restored and owned  by Bill Wolf.
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1942 Chev-Oren Class 500
Rig owned by Mark Renton, NY
Oren Serial # RW&E 293
1943 Ford-AmLaFr Class 135   F-2074
Equipped with a AmLaFr midship
mounted pump
Owned by Richard & Susan Lund
Shaun Ryan Photo
Reception Center Fire Station WWII
Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN
30's USA Class 750 & 1941 Ford-Howe
1942 AmLaFr Class 750  L-1830
USA 502358 Rig served at the
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, CO
Rig was offered on e-ba
y
Corporal Harry B. Fyffe GI firefighter
with the 1991st Engineer Fire Fighting
Platoon, WWII, North Africa
Rig is a Class 135
Corporal Fyffe's fire fighting platoon
and equipment in North Africa
Turn of the Century view of a hand
drawn pumper from
Fort Wright, NY
Army Firefighters and their rigs 1989th
Engineer Firefighting Platoon, North Africa
Oct 1943
Members of the 1204th
Engineer Firefighting Platoon
Heidleburg Germany, 1945
1918 AmLaFr Reg 2258
Served at the Newport News Army Base, VA
Rig owned by the Berkeley Springs FD, WV
1942 Ford-Oren Class 525 and it's nomenclature plate.  Rig
delivered April 43.  Oren number RW&E 444
Rig owned by Ron Turner
Here we see two fellows smiling for the camera at
Bolling Army Air Field in DC, 1946
Pictured are Joe and Bill Killen, Bill went on to become
Director of Navy Fire & Emergency Services
The rig, Reo-Cardox, Class 150
Thanks to Bill for the photo.
1942 Chev-Oren Class 500
USA 502738 Rig served at Camp
Upton, NY Oren serial # RW&E 319
Owned by Carlos, OK
1941 Ford-Central Class 500
W50978
Owned by Jimmie Van, TX
Rig is being restored
1946 Mack Class 750.  Rig served at
the Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.  
Owned by Fred Morlok, MD
1943 Chev-Buffalo Class 500
USA 507018  Rig served at Mitchel
Field.  Owned by Dan Becker, WI
Sent in by Jimmie Van
1943 Ford-Maxim Class 500.  USA 502900.  
Rig served at the South Boston Army Base.  
Owned by Jim Elliott
1943 Intern-Seagrave Class 500 #504982
Owned by Roger and Dena Browning,
Seagrave # B6905
Great photo of a restored Holabird Class 110 crash
truck.  Rig served at Vicky Army Air Field, MO
Photo by John Calderone
1940s Kenworth-Mack Class 155
pictured at the Chanute Museum.
Rig now in storage at Goodfellow AFB
Photo by Coop
Looks like a 40s Class 325 which has been
modified by the removal of the hose bed and
a water tank placed on the chassis
Photo by Coop
1944 Chev-General Class 325
Pictured in service with the
Lomontville, NY FD
photo by Glen Vincent
Sent in by Greg Stapleton
1944 Chev-Oren Class 325
Pictured in service with the Taghkanic, NY FD
photo by Glen Vincent
Sent in by Greg Stapleton
1940 Holabird Class 750
Fire Station # 4
Fort Meade, MD
Nomenclature plate from a 1942
Seagrave Class 500
Seagrave Reg B 4240
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The first civilian Fire Chief at Fort Jay, NY was William A
Fraser, pictured in the center of the first row.  William first
served as a FDNY fire lieut and left that post for Fort Jay.
Pictured sent in by his son Bill Fraser
1943 Ford-Maxim Class 500
Maxim Serial # 1149
Rig was offered on e-bay
1943 Chevrolet-Ribley&Harppinger
Class 500.  USA 502884  Rig served
at Harmon General Hospital, TX  
Owned by Bob Brown, MD
Fort Jay Fire Chief
William A Fraser
Robert van 't Oost lives in Belgium and is restoring this beautiful 1943 Chev-General Class 325.  
Rig carried USA # 508662  Thanks for sending the photos along Robert.
Camp Phillips, Kansas  WWII
Class 135 4x2 on location of a downed aircraft.
Location and date unknown.