Hall of Flame

Museum of Firefighting

Fire Apparatus Photos Page 1

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The Museum has an extensive collection of photographs of fire apparatus from all over the world. We will be using this group of web pages as a kind of changing exhibit of a selection of the photos in the collection. Many of these photos were taken by Hall of Flame volunteer Jim Pearson. Jim is a former volunteer fire department chief from Connecticut who moved to the Phoenix area a few years ago. One of his hobbies is fire apparatus photography. These photos were taken by Jim over the past couple of years. In addition to the great photographs, Jim also is careful to describe the rigs which he is recording. We do not own any of the rigs displayed in this section, although we sure wish that we did!

1980 Ford / Pierce Fire Engine. 1,000 gpm pump with 1,000 gallon tank. Engine 1, Regional Fire Rescue. Pinal County, Arizona. Photo by Jim Pearson

1957 Ahrens Fox Fire Engine. Model FCB 1000. Serial No.: 1003. Built by C. D. Beck. 1,000 gpm pump. Engine 2, Hempstead, NY FD.
This is one of four such rigs built by Beck before Beck was sold to Mack Motors. This is the precursor of the Mack Model C fire engine.

Photo by Jim Pearson

1980 Ford / Saulsbury Heavy Rescue. Truck 7, Windsor, Connecticut FD
This was the first all aluminum rescue body built by Saulsbury. They used more structural members than usual, and as a consequence the rig is in excellent shape even after 22 years of service. It has a 15KW generator and 11,000 watts of lighting built into the body and mast. The chassis is a Ford louisville 9000 with a Caterpillar diesel engine. It has a 20 foot walk-in rescue body.

Photo by Jim Pearson

1972 Hendrickson Clark Fire Engine. 1,000 gpm pump. Engine 7, Globe, Arizona FD
The truck has been sold to a local mining company. Hendrickson Clark, now defunct, was located in New Mexico.

Photo by Jim Pearson

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