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Mike MFD26- Owings Mills had the '57 Maxim ladder first, new. It was replaced in 1974 with the Imperial. When the Imperial ladder was rehabbed years later, Owings Mills bought the used Ward and placed it in service as their reserve truck, rather than go without a ladder truck during the time the Imperial was out for rehab (At that time, Baltimore County did not have many reserve ladder trucks, and there was only a handful of volunteer companies with ladder trucks, so the county policy was not to loan a reserve ladder to a volunteer company). Later Owings Mills also bought a used open cab Seagrave K series pumper and ran it as a "ladder support unit" while awaiting a new ladder truck. This is now owned by a local collector.