Prince George's County MD

[Pete Muller]

Mini Pumper 14 is an ex-Talleyville, Delaware unit it was used by Station 14 and then went to the reserve fleet to act as a replacement Rescue Squad. Light Unit 19 was Water Supply 30 the Cab was from a county public works dump truck, the body is from an ex-Bowie Ward LaFrance. There was only one of these units made by the shop, the other Water Supply was Clinton Station 25 which used the Kenworth/Pierce Pumper. The Rescue Squad was a Seagrave 4dr cab that was replaced, after a collision with a train, with a cincinnati style 4dr cab. It ran as Rescue Squad 2 and then want to the reserve fleet. The C Model Mack (RE7) was purchased to use as a reserve engine it may also have come from Talleyville, Delaware. At the same time a 900 series American LaFrance Pumper (RE5) was purchased from Cambridge, Maryland and also assigned to the reserve fleet and assigned to Chillum, Station 44 in the 4th Battalion.