Prince George's County MD

[Pete Muller]

[quote name='fd141' post='155225' date='Oct 11 2007, 23:32 ']Pete,

I have that book. Are you talking about Chillum's Ford/ALF?? I dont remember it being a reserve, maybe after The Mack went in service. I dont have my book with me at this time, could you post a pic of it?? I do have a pic of the Ford/ALF that Chillum had, and it had a Chillum-Adelphi seal on it. I'm not trying to start anything, I just dont remember it. I thought I knew all about 34/44!! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]



I do not have a picture of RE-5. The unit was a 1968 900 series American LaFrance pumper. The 1960 Ford C/American LaFrance was purchased by the Chillum-Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department and assigned directly to Station 44, their second station. It was paired with a 1953 Mack L Pumper that made up the engines for station 44. In 1970 Chillum purchased a new Seagrave 1000 gpm open cab pumper and retired the L model Mack. In 1978 they purchased the Mack MB/Pierce 1000 gpm pumper and retired the Ford C/American LaFrance pumper. When Prince Georges County purchased the station from the Chillum-Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department the 1978 Mack MB/Pierce pumper went to the main station (Company 34) and ran as Engine 342 for a while. The County assigned a 1990 Seagrave pumper to station 44 as their only engine (Engine 441). This engine has been replaced by a 2001 Seagrave pumper and now runs as Paramedic Engine 44 soon to be Paramedic Engine 844. The 1990 Seagrave pumper became the reserve engine. Station 44 is no longer part of the Chillum-Adelphi Volunteer Fire Department there new title is Prince Georges County Fire Department Chillum Station. I hope this clears up the information.