| Shop # |
Year & Manufacture Details |
| PC-1 |
1938 Ford closed-cab Express Truck |
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Engine: Ford 6-cylinder, 120 HP |
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1963: Converted from Foam Wagon (FW-1) to a Sand Truck. The truck bed was stocked with 5-gallon buckets of sand for controlling fuel spills. Shop number changed to PC-1 |
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In Service Company Details |
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Assignments: (Pre-conversion, see Foam Wagons) |
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1963 - 1967 |
Sand Wagon 1 |
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1967 |
Reserve |
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1974 |
Transferred to the Toy Detail |
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After 2000 |
Sold |
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| Shop # |
Year & Manufacture Details |
| PC-2 |
1952 Chevrolet 1 ½ ton Truck |
| 848 |
Engine: Chevrolet 6-cylinder, 78 HP |
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1967: converted from Auxiliary Engine Co. No. 15. Hale pump, ladder rack, and hose-bed divider removed. Stocked with 5-gallon buckets of sand from PC-1 for control of hazardous spills |
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1970: Shop number changed to 848 |
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1977: Equipment transferred to Shop #825 |
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In Service Company Details |
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Assignments: |
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1967 - 1977 |
Sand Wagon 1 |
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1977 - 1984 |
Services Bureau |
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1984 |
Converted to a CO2 Unit (see CO2 Units) |
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| Shop # |
Year & Manufacture Details |
| 825 |
1955 American LaFrance "700" Series |
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Registration ##9401 |
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Engine: American LaFrance V-12, 275 HP |
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1977: Conversion from a Rescue Company to a Pollution Unit using the equipment from the 1952 Chevrolet, PC-2 (848) for control of hazardous spills In addition to sand buckets, and this unit carried sacks of sawdust. |
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In Service Company Details |
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Assignments: (Pre-conversion, see Rescue Squads) |
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1977 - 1989 |
Pollution Control Unit |
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1989 - 1996 |
Reserve - gear transferred to new vehicle - (see Foam Wagons) |
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1996 |
Sold |
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| Shop # |
Year & Manufacture Details |
| 887 |
1989 Ford "C-8000" tilt-cab stake-sided flat-bed truck with a "Flipaway" hydraulic tail-gate |
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Engine: Caterpillar diesel, 210 HP |
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1989: Stocked with all equipment from Foam Unit, shop #868. Also, stocked with all equipment from Pollution Control Unit, shop #825 |
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In Service Company Details |
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Assignments: |
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1989 - July 1996 |
Pollution Control Unit |
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1996 July: Converted to a Utility truck. All equipment transferred to a converted 1973 Ward LaFrance, shop #566. Now used as a general heavy duty deliver truck by the Bureau of Equipment |
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Assignments: |
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July 1996 - Present (Nov. 2009) |
Utility Truck |
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| Shop # |
Year & Manufacture Details |
| 566 |
1973 Ward LaFrance triple combination Engine |
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Registration #80879 |
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Engine: Detroit Diesel V-8 type 33, 350 HP |
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1996: converted from an Engine to a combination Foam Unit-Pollution Control Unit and equipped with all foam and pollution control equipment from the 1989 Ford, shop #887 |
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In Service Company Details |
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Assignments: (Pre-conversion, see Motorized Pumpers) |
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July 1996 - Present (Nov. 2009) |
Pollution Control Unit |
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