Next is the Mt. Pleasant Fire Company No. 8 of Harrisburg City. This company is still in service with the Harrisburg Bureau of Fire. It is one of two remaining volunteer companies in the Bureau of Fire.
This is Old Engine 8, a 1962 C-Model Mack. It was placed in service on August 27th, 1962. On June 24th, of 1969, while it was responding to an alarm in the city during the race riot's, it was "bricked" as stones and bricks were thrown at the speeding apparatus, injuring four firefighters including the driver. $2,400 dollars of damage was done to the rig. Shortly afterwards the cab and tailboard were enlcosed with plexi-glas.
This is Old Engine 8, a 1962 C-Model Mack. It was placed in service on August 27th, 1962. On June 24th, of 1969, while it was responding to an alarm in the city during the race riot's, it was "bricked" as stones and bricks were thrown at the speeding apparatus, injuring four firefighters including the driver. $2,400 dollars of damage was done to the rig. Shortly afterwards the cab and tailboard were enlcosed with plexi-glas.
Jesse Shutt
Fisherville Volunteer Fire Company #1 (Dauphin Company 216)
Upper Dauphin County Emergency Medical Services (Dauphin Company 6)
Past President Dauphin County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Upper Dauphin County Fire Historian
Fisherville Volunteer Fire Company #1 (Dauphin Company 216)
Upper Dauphin County Emergency Medical Services (Dauphin Company 6)
Past President Dauphin County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Upper Dauphin County Fire Historian