Young Crusaders

[hondok]

Back in 89 with the first 3 delivered. Chief Lamb gave the stations 2, 4, and 9 membership a choice of 5 colors to chose from for their engines. He had done his research for visibility and the 5 colors gave the most out of the tradition red. Station 2 had light green apparatus, so they went with the fluorescent green. Station 4 and 9 went to the Fluorescent Red even though it looked orange. With the last 3 young engines that were 1990. They were suppose to be S&S engines, but S&S went out of business. So Chief Lamb went to Young and ordered 3 more engines identical to specs.. Only difference was that in that time we had some ambulances painted in the pearl white and everyone like the pearl white so station 1 went to the pearl white engine. Station 10 went to the Fluorescent Green cause they did not like the Red. Engine 21 was the dedicated Training Engine, because they were tired of using having to jump around to get an engine from the other stations. Engine 21 which was Station 2 second engine or when the training division needed it. Engine 21 came in John Deere Green cause Chief Lamb like the color. So they ordered it that way. Originally Engine 21 was suppose to be Engine 41, because Station 4 was centrally located in the township. But we did not want the hassle of having two engine crews and then the training engine going out of service for training and a crew not being able to ride cause of no engine. Then when Engine 2 was totaled in a rollover accident going to a false alarm. Then Engine 21 become the primary engine till their HME/Luverne engine came in. Wayne Township ran two Engines out of each station.

Station 1-Engine 1 and Engine 11

Station 2-Engine 2 and Engine 21

Station 4-Engine 4 and Engine 41

Station 9-Engine 9 and Engine 91

Station 10-Engine 10 and Engine 10-1

Thanks for the information!