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Comment by Daryn Simpson on July 11, 2010 at 5:59pm

hey everyone awesome photos you all have up

Comment by gary burbage on July 8, 2010 at 9:35am

hello everyone

Comment by Brett Smith on June 28, 2010 at 11:37pm

This is the first truck that the Vanlue Community Fire Company owned. Since the truck was purchased in the midst of the Depression, it wasn't quite paid for on time as the story goes. Howe actually came back to repo the truck. The Howe Company made it back to VanWert, Ohio before a couple of Vanlue guys ran them down with a check and brought the truck back to town. They kept it in a building and usually didn't have enough money to buy coal on a regular basis so they put salt in the water tank to keep it from freezing. This eventually led to it's demise and they had to sell it because the frame rusted in-two behind where the seat is. It was purchased from the fire company, repaired, and used for a grain truck. The buckets in this picture are what we currently use to keep our chimney chains in and the nozzles are in our old equipment display at our station.

Comment by Ryan Alice on April 27, 2010 at 6:07pm

er well I called it a truck but it was actually horse drawn..... either way....

Comment by Ryan Alice on April 24, 2010 at 11:41pm

This is the first ariel truck for the Windsor Fire Dept. in Windsor ON Canada....circa 1910....

Comment by SMOKEnPipesJim on September 18, 2009 at 2:28am

Comment by Bill Deutsch on September 13, 2009 at 12:59pm

This picture shows an American Fire Engine Company "Cosmoplitan". This unit went into service in 1905 in Millersburg, KY. American was later bought by LaFrance. The Cosmopolitan is supposed to be the smalles engine to see service in a public fire department. Its remains were reaquired by American LaFrance in the mid 1950's and restored to working order. The engine is now located in ALF corporate HQ. There are more pictures in the Cosmopolitan album on my personal page here in FFN.
Bill Deutsch

Comment by Bill Deutsch on September 13, 2009 at 12:55pm

Comment by SMOKEnPipesJim on April 2, 2009 at 2:08pm

This is a 1935 Mack Tractor (new) attached to a Refurbed American La France 100' Tiller That had seen service drawn bya 2 wheeled Christie type tractor as well as Horses.. It was replaced BY a 1955 ALF Steel stick after who knows maybe 60 years with refurbs (?) One of the reasons Not many of them exist.. Cities Used them well into the 50's as reserves even later...

Comment by James M(Louie)Shutts on March 14, 2009 at 1:17am

scan0001.jpgthis is a picture a former member of our dept brought in and gave to the dept we still have this truck we use it for parades (it still pumps water)

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