New Kensington, PA Bureau of Fire

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On Tuesday, this Seagrave TB model will arrive in the City of New Kensington and begin it's journey to serve as Engine 5.  Thanks to the support of our Mayor & Council, the city purcgased this rig to replace Engine 5.  This Seagrave has a 2,000 gpm 2-stage Waterous pump, 750 gallon booster tank, and a 40 gallon foam tank.  Once it is inspected, and relettered along with a few changes, it will go in service as Engine 5. 

This rig started out with a department in New Jersey (cant remember which one) and has a mural on the side compartments of all of their rigs up to this one.  Then the Seagrave was purchased by Stratford, CT as a stop-gap measure to help with their apparatus problems they were experiencing.  It was placed into service as Engine 2 at the Huntington Ave station and saw quite a fair share of its work.  I had thought this was going to be a spare for Stratford or was for a short time.  Engine 2 now is a Sutphen mid-mount 75' quint similar to the one purchased for Milford, CT.   Also prior Stratford Engine 2 was mid 1980s Pierce Arrow with a 50' telesquirt, this rig was placed into service after Engine 2 was re-opened in the mid-1990s after being closed for about 5 to 7 years.