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American LaFrance Apparatus
Here are a few rigs from Somerset County, NJ



Bound Brook Engine (Hose) Co 1 operated this 1000 Series ALF. I think it is a 1973 Vintage. This photo shows it slightly modified with a reflective stripe. Photo from 1991.


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Bound Brook Relief Co 4 operated this 1000 Series ALF. Company 4 operated this until the early 90's. The company was due to replace the engine and since the town LOST it's ladder company, Co 4 bought a 105 foor Pierce Quint. Ending the service of American LaFrance to this town. The rig was on eBay about a year or so ago. My photo is from 1978.


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In Manville, NJ they operated an ALF Aero Chief. Truck 11 was delivered all white as was all Company 1 apparatus.


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Later Manville decided to change all units to Red (or Red and White). The ALF was referbed and came back with a new paint job and new lights...



A note - Company 2 was red , and Co 3 was chrome yellow... Company 3 NEVER Switched colors and when Truck 11 was replaced in 1998 the new Simon/LTI came in WHITE!!!


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Here is an unusual Pacemaker conversion. San Francisco FD operated a 1974 ALF Pacemaker 85'Snorkel ( I think), that was later converted into a fuel-truck. Fuel 1 carried 2650 gallons of Diesel fuel and 1000 gallons of gas.



Bill Hattersley photo



   
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[quote name='Fireman5230' post='172086' date='Dec 17 2007, 14:16 ']Here are a few rigs from Somerset County, NJ



Bound Brook Engine (Hose) Co 1 operated this 1000 Series ALF. I think it is a 1973 Vintage. This photo shows it slightly modified with a reflective stripe. Photo from 1991.[/quote]



Another one I got to examine closely and even sit on in the Relief's firehouse back in the early 1970's while my grandfather attended committee meetings for NJ State Exempts.
Rich Dean, Butler, New Jersey, USA

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Nice additions Everyone, But there's still more out there!
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San Francisco,Ca

1973 American LaFrance/Pacemaker

85' Snorkel

Truck-8

Ron Heal photo


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Engine 50, Molena, GA

Ford C/American LaFrance

1000/500



This one has a manual transmission which the driver realized he could not back up AFTER he had pulled it out for the pic! No biggie, I put it away for him.


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Engine 70, Zebulon, GA

Ford F/American LaFrance

750/500


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Engine 5, Cedartown, GA

ALF 700 Series

750/500


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x-Engine 3, Cedartown, GA

ALF 900 Series

1000/500



Sold to Hollonville, GA


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x-Engine 8, Augusta, GA

ALF Century

1000/500


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x-Aerial 1, Richmond County, GA

ALF 700 Series

100' TDA


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x-Engine 1, Spalding County, GA

ALF Metropolitan (Southern Coach)

1500/750/40F



This and it's twin, Engine 2, were two of four apparatus leased from ALF and just replaced with the fleet of new E-Ones I posted a couple weeks ago.


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x-Squad 1, Spalding County, GA

ALF Metropolitan (Southern Coach)



The third of the leased apparatus.


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x-Quint 6, Spalding County, GA

ALF Eagle (LTI)

1500/500/40F/75'



Last one of the leased apparatus.


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x-Ladder 1, Taccoa, GA

ALF Century

1000/500/75' Water Chief


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Tower 31, La Grange, GA

ALF Eagle/Ferrara

1500/300/85' RK


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x-Hose Wagon 1, La Grange, GA

ALF 700 Series

750/500



After it was retired from being an engine, it was loaded with 5" and ran as a hose wagon until the early 1990's.


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