Ward LaFrance Ultravision

[Mark V. Carr]

Lantana, FL Fire-Rescue had this 1974 Ward LaFrance 1000/500 Pumper as Engine 3.



Photo by Mark Carr

[Mark V. Carr]

Military Park Fire Control District #4 in West Palm Beach, FL had this 1974 Ward LaFrance 1000/1000 Pumper as #101. It was later acquired by the new Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue.



Photo by Mark Carr

[Mark V. Carr]

Same truck as above but in red.



Photo by Mark Carr

[Mark V. Carr]

Same truck again but relettered for the county department.



Photo by Mark Carr

[Mark V. Carr]

Del Trail Fire Control District #9 in Delray Beach, FL had this 1974 Ward LaFrance 1250/500 Pumper. It became part of Palm Beach County and was relettered eventually as well.



Photo by Mark Carr

[Mark V. Carr]

Juno Fire Control District #3 in Juno Beach, FL had this 1977 Ward LaFrance/Maxim 100' Ladder. After it became part of the county, it too was repainted.



Photo by Mark Carr

[Mark V. Carr]

Same rig as above in the Palm Beach County livery.



Photo by Mark Carr

[Mark V. Carr]

This 1978 Ward LaFrance/Gator Rehab was a 1250/750 Pumper. It served Trail Park Fire Control District #7 before becoming part of Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue.



Photo by Mark Carr

[Mark V. Carr]

West Palm Beach Fire Dept. had this Ward La France as Pumper 306. I do not know any of the specifics on it.



Photographer unknown

[BA000049]

Some updated info on:



West Bradford:



1974 Ward LaFrance Ambassador, canopy cab, 1000/800. This was the first canopy cab ordered by the company, Detroit 6V53, automatic, Wisconsin 3.5 KW generator. It was housed on 9/16/78. It was refurbed, rebodied, and repainted by LTI in 1987. It was repowered with a Cat 3116, 250 HP, in 1989. Transmission blew in early 2000, tough to get parts for. Still in service as of 7/1/06.



Ferndale - orginally Upper Darby #3 (Delaware County, PA)



1975 Ward LaFrance Ambassador/Grove, canopy cab, 100 ft steel tiller. Replaced in 1987 and sold to Ferndale (Anne Arundal County), MD. In 1991 it was sold to New Brunswick (Middlesex County, NJ) to become a reserve piece. Still had in 1999. By 2005, owned by an individual in upstate New York.

[GA_Dave]

This is terrific! My hat is off to every one of you. Every one of the photos posted has made a positive impact to this project, even the distorted ones from Mark! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Lots of blanks are being filled in and I appreciate everyone's efforts. I'm at the station today, but I'll be posting more from my collection tomorrow. I'll also be saving each of the pics posted, labeled with their spec number, to create an Ultravision Library to accompany the database. Thanks!

[Guest]

1975 Ward La France Ambassador

1000 Hale/750

Engine 25-2

Jessup Hose Co. #2

Jessup, PA

9 October, 1994





   

[Guest]

1976 Ward La France Ambassador

1250/5200'4"

Hose 11

Meadowood Community Area Fire Department

Rindge, New Hampshire

Photo in Keene, NH 8 October, 1995





   

[Guest]

1972 Ward La France Ambassador

1250 Hale/750

Engine 1020

Mica Kidd Island Fire Association

Mica Kid Island, ID

ex Boston, New York

photo in Coeur d'Alene, ID 27 May, 1995







   

[usonian55077]

If anyone has any pics of these WLF rigs from Texas, I'd be interested in seeing them (especially Lubbock and Dallas).

[Guest]

Serena, IL 1974 Ward LaFrance 1000'750 RE-711 #80-1081

[kieferfire]

In 1978, Vancouver/Washington placed two Ambassadors in service. Engine 826 has a 1500 gpm-pump and a 500 gwt. WLF # 80-1527. Bill Hattersley photo



   

[kieferfire]

Engine 83 in Vancouver/WA was this 1978 Ambassador with 1500 gpm-pump and 500 gwt. WLF # 80-1528. Bill Hattersley photo



   

[kieferfire]

Freeman/Washington had this 1974 model, 1000 gpm-pump, 1000 gallon-tank. WLF # 80-1014. Bill Hattersley photo



   

[kieferfire]

Salinas/Ca had this nice open cab Ward. It was built in 1972 and has a 1500 gpm-pump and a 500 gallon-tank. WLF # 80-714. Bill Hattersley photo