by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
The Brockway “Torpedo” light truck was a popular chassis for fire engine makers trying to meet the needs and budgets of small fire departments. American La France built rigs like this one to provide a quick response vehicle. It has three chemical tanks... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad bought this “chemical car” as a quick response rig to attack grass fires along the train tracks near its San Bernardino, California yards. A rig like this is designed to get to a fire in its earliest stages and get its 40... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
This engine marks the beginning of the Hall of Flame. Museum Founder George F. Getz, Jr. received it as a Christmas present in 1955 from his wife, Olive and his son Bert. He had expressed a casual interest a few months earlier to own a vintage fire engine for giving... 
by Museum Admin | Dec 9, 2019
Edgerton, Wisconsin bought this engine in 1921. Pumping capacity is 750 gallons per minute at 120 pounds per square inch of pressure at the pump. A few years later the EFD removed its chemical tank and added a “booster” tank. This is simply a water tank connected...