(joe klapatch photos)
wilkes barre city pa luzerne county ran 2 1969 gmc/howe 750gpm 500gwt, they started out as engine 1 & 2 later ended up as engine 4 & 3, 1 of them served with sugar notch fire after retired from the city . ironically 1 of them caught on fire at a blaze in the city when embers entered the cab igniting the seats
tom bretz a ffII,retired disabled ff/emt from Kingston PA F D,own 2 wardlafranceengs a 49,a66,member of iaff 840,six cnty fire asso,pa state firemen's assoc, pa pump primers,schuylkill historic fire soc(spaamfaa's newest chapter--black diamond),luzerne cnty fire/rescue,life mem of columbian fire co kingston,former app op at laflin,edwrdsvlle,forty fort all in pa