One of my many fire-related hobbies has been trying to organize complete motorized apparatus rosters of major-city fire departments in the USA. I have been working (off and on) on an Atlanta motorized apparatus roster for many months. I have been using many varied sources of information including old Atlanta FD Annual Reports; both the 1959 and 1975 AFD “Prompt to Action” history books; various fire apparatus manufacturers delivery lists; and (of course) the many posts that have appeared on Firepics.net.
I have been very frustrated trying to find the two 1950 Atlanta FD Pirsch 65-foot Mid-mount aerials on the Pirsch delivery list. They both appeared in AFD Annual Report station photos and rosters I have from back in the 60s (thanks to Duane Troxel). There are two AFD 1950 Pirsch pumpers and two AFD 1951 Pirsch pumpers listed, but there are no 65-foot Pirsch aerials listed for Atlanta. I did note however, that Fulton County received two 65-foot mid-mounts from Pirsch in 1950 and I have been wondering for some time if somehow they could have ended up in the City of Atlanta.
Today, when I was doing further research in the 1959 Atlanta FD :”Prompt to Action” (at the Duane Troxel Memorial Library in the Firefighters Museum here in Minneapolis), I noticed that when they were describing the accomplishments of AFD Chief of Department Charles C. Styron (1939-1959) that he was credited with integrating four Fulton County Stations into the AFD in the late 40s and early 50s. The two Pirsch 65-footers were listed as being put into service at AFD Station 23 on June 19, 1950 and at AFD Station 25 on November 15, 1950 (both former FCFD Stations) in “Atlanta FD Firsts” in the same “Prompt to Action.” It also stated that Chief Styron added two additional AFD stations to the four Fulton County stations (for better coverage) that he integrated into the AFD at that time.
Here is either one of the Fulton County/Atlanta 1950 Pirsch 65-foot (Pirsch # 1850 or 1851 delivered on May 23, 1950) or it could possibly be a 1955 Pirsch 65-foot (Pirsch #2190) mid-mount that I shot with a long lens back in the early 80s at the AFD shops (I'm sorry now that I never got close enough to look for the serial number).
I have been very frustrated trying to find the two 1950 Atlanta FD Pirsch 65-foot Mid-mount aerials on the Pirsch delivery list. They both appeared in AFD Annual Report station photos and rosters I have from back in the 60s (thanks to Duane Troxel). There are two AFD 1950 Pirsch pumpers and two AFD 1951 Pirsch pumpers listed, but there are no 65-foot Pirsch aerials listed for Atlanta. I did note however, that Fulton County received two 65-foot mid-mounts from Pirsch in 1950 and I have been wondering for some time if somehow they could have ended up in the City of Atlanta.
Today, when I was doing further research in the 1959 Atlanta FD :”Prompt to Action” (at the Duane Troxel Memorial Library in the Firefighters Museum here in Minneapolis), I noticed that when they were describing the accomplishments of AFD Chief of Department Charles C. Styron (1939-1959) that he was credited with integrating four Fulton County Stations into the AFD in the late 40s and early 50s. The two Pirsch 65-footers were listed as being put into service at AFD Station 23 on June 19, 1950 and at AFD Station 25 on November 15, 1950 (both former FCFD Stations) in “Atlanta FD Firsts” in the same “Prompt to Action.” It also stated that Chief Styron added two additional AFD stations to the four Fulton County stations (for better coverage) that he integrated into the AFD at that time.
Here is either one of the Fulton County/Atlanta 1950 Pirsch 65-foot (Pirsch # 1850 or 1851 delivered on May 23, 1950) or it could possibly be a 1955 Pirsch 65-foot (Pirsch #2190) mid-mount that I shot with a long lens back in the early 80s at the AFD shops (I'm sorry now that I never got close enough to look for the serial number).
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