History Sidebar
The Department purchased twenty-three wagons 1971 – 1975 from American Lafrance, Ward LaFrance, and Sutphen, all on Ford chassis. Because these apparatus were 27 ½’ long and had wheelbases of 175”, they were the impetus for specifying the department standard for a 160” wheelbase that was maintained (more or less) for the sixty-eight wagons purchased between 1979 and 2011.
Photo c.1979 - E-15's Ford/ALF 750/200 working at Firth Sterling Ave and Sumner Rd SE
Kevin Byrne