History of the Atlanta Fire Dept.

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GA_Dave - I did some additional research this morning at the Firefighters Hall & Museum here in Minneapolis and found some interesting information regarding the 1958 International 65-footer that became Atlanta FD Ladder 21. In the 1960 Atlanta Fire Department History "Prompt to Action" it was reported that the Fulton County Fire Department opened its first station on June 27, 1931 in Buckland. It goes on to say that the Fulton County Fire Department had four stations that were taken over by the Atlanta Fire Department in the early 40s.



Looking through an American LaFrance delivery manual I also found that Fulton County had purchased a 1944 American LaFrance 65-foot Mid-mount aerial (ALF #8201) delivered on August 25, 1944 that was "sold" to the Atlanta Fire Department. The aerial was put into service as Atlanta FD Ladder 21 on September 8, 1944 (from Prompt to Action). Ladder 21 used that aerial until 1961 when the Atlanta Fire Department shops remounted it on the 1958 IHC chassis (info from the 1961 Atlanta Fire Department Annual Report). In the 1968 AFD Annual report, the 1958 IHC/1944 ALF 65-footer was in service at Ladder 16.