The chronology continues - 1998: S-104 and S-105
As mentioned earlier in this thread the 1990’s were turbulent for the city and the department. The DCFD in quick succession went to single piece engine companies, from eight to seven to six battalions, 5-man to 4-man engines, 6/5-man trucks to 4-man trucks, and “early out” retirements. In 1993, Engine Companies 3 and 34 were disbanded, followed by the disbandment of Truck Co. 1 downtown and Rescue Squad Co. 4 in upper northwest in 1995.
A small counterweight to all this was when the department purchased two rescue pumpers from Seagrave in 1998. These were the first Seagrave pumpers bought in fifty years, and came equipped with cutters and spreaders. S-105 went to Engine Co. 31, quarters of the former Rescue Squad 4.
Lt. Jeff Stauffer in ’98.
Kevin Byrne