Prince George's County MD

[Pete Muller]

[quote name='fd141' post='154559' date='Oct 8 2007, 16:58 ']Pete, What ALF are u talking about being assigned to station 44?? The only ALF @ 44 was the ALF that was E342 back in the day, I believe. If ya have a pic of it, I would appreciate it if you would post it. THANKS!![/quote]



The ALF that was assigned to Station 44 was a county owned reserve pumper. It was purchased used from Cambridge, Maryland and went directly to the reserve fleet. It was on the county roster as Reserve Engine 5. When I was a Battalion Chief in the 4th Battalion each battalion had one assigned reserve pumper. They were maintained by one station and could be used by any station that needed them. If you have older rosters of PG County apparatus you would only see apparatus owned or purchased for the individual departments. Station 44 had a 1960 Ford C/American LaFrance 750 gpm/300 gwt pumper that ran until they purchased the 1978 Mack MB/Pierce Pumper. If you can get a copy of the PG County history book "Triumph & Tradition" on page 174 it shows station 44 with the reserve engine. Also a listing of the county reserve engines at the time is included in the back of the book.