[Illustration: MOTOR DRIVEN AERIAL TRUCK[47]
The 66-foot ladder of this truck is raised by the motor which drives the
machine. A full equipment of scaling ladders and fire-fighting apparatus
is carried.]
[Illustration: MOTOR FIRE ENGINE AND HOSE TRUCK[47]
One of the latest fire-fighting units. A powerful gasoline engine
supplies the motive power and drives the pump which has a capacity of
700 gallons per minute. The machine also acts as a hose cart and carries
a full complement of firemen.]
[Illustration: A CRANE NECK HAND FIRE ENGINE[48]
This engine was manned by sixty trained men and under expert operation
would throw a stream of 1.53 gallons per stroke more than 200 feet.]
[Illustration: THE FIRST STEAM FIRE ENGINE BUILT IN 1841[48]]
[Illustration: THE SPLENDID HORSES BY WHICH THE HAND-DRAWN FIRE
APPARATUS WERE SUPPLANTED ARE IN TURN GIVING WAY TO POWERFUL MOTOR
ENGINES AND TRUCKS.[49]]
[Illustration: AN OLD-TIME LAFRANCE PISTON STEAM FIRE ENGINE[49]
Built in 1894, at which time it had a capacity of 900 gallons per
minute. This steam engine was equipped with a LaFrance boiler. This
particular engine was in service in Superior, Wis., and was in
continuous service pumping water on a coal fire night and day from
November 18, 1913, to February 18, 1914 (just exactly three months),
during which time it was only shut down twice to replace burned-out
grates and three times to replace broken springs. During all of this
time this steamer was incased in snow and ice.]
[Illustration: GASOLINE TWO-WHEEL FRONT-DRIVE, FIRST SIZE STEAM FIRE
ENGINE[50]
Seventy horse-power, four-cylinder motor; speed, 35 miles per hour;
locomotive bell and hand-operated siren horn; boiler, 36 x 66 inches;
suction hose, 2 lengths, 4-1/2-inch diameter; lanterns, three, fire
department standard; hydrant connections; carrying capacity, four men.]
[Illustration: COMBINATION CHEMICAL ENGINE AND HOSE CAR[50]
Seventy horse-power, four-cylinder motor; speed, 60 miles per hour; hose
capacity, 1,200 feet 2-1/2-inch hose; chemical cylinder, one 40-gallon
capacity; chemical hose, 200 feet 3/4-inch chemical hose; acid
receptacles, two; one 10-inch electric searchlight; locomotive bell and
hand-operated siren horn; extinguishers, two 3-gallon Babcock, fire
department standard; ladders, one 20-foot extension ladder, one 12-foot
roof ladder with folding hooks; lanterns, four, fire department
standard; axe, one, fire department standard; pike pole, one; crowbar,
one of steel held by snaps; carrying capacity, seven men.]
[Illustration: COMBINATION CHEMICAL AND HOSE CAR
Equipped with Junior Pump. This pump is intended to boost the pressure
of the chemical tank and can also be used as an auxiliary pump. On this
type of steamer the pump will deliver 250 gallons of water at 120 pounds
pump pressure.
_Courtesy of American LaFrance Fire Engine Co._]
[Illustration: COMBINATION CHEMICAL ENGINE AND HOSE CAR
Equipped with hose reel instead of hose basket as in other types
illustrated.
_Courtesy of American LaFrance Fire Engine Co._]
[Illustration: THE BODY OF THIS CAR HAS A CAPACITY OF 800 FEET OF
2-1/2-INCH FIRE HOSE AND IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH A 40-GALLON TANK, WITH
CHEMICAL HOSE, FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND EXTENSION LADDER.[51]]
[Illustration: GASOLINE TWO-WHEEL FRONT-DRIVE AERIAL TRUCK[51]
One hundred horse-power; six-cylinder motor; speed, 25 miles per hour;
locomotive bell and hand-operated siren horn; extinguishers, two
3-gallon Babcock, fire department standard; lanterns, four, fire
department standard; axes, four, fire department standard; wall picks,
two; crowbars, two; shovels, two; wire cutter, one; door opener, one;
tin roof cutter, one; pitchforks, two; battering ram, one; Manila rope,
tackle and snatch block; pull-down hook with pole, chain and rope;
rubber buckets, four; crotch poles, two; pike poles, six, assorted
lengths; wire basket, one under frame; one 10-inch electric
searchlight.]
[Illustration: GASOLINE TWO-WHEEL BEVEL-GEAR FRONT-DRIVE WATER TOWER[51]
One hundred horse-power; six-cylinder motor; speed, 25 miles per hour;
one 10-inch electric searchlight; locomotive bell and hand-operated
siren horn; deck turret, one, mounted; nozzle tips, three for deck
turret, 1-1/2-inch, 1-3/4-inch, 2-inch; three for tower nozzle,
1-1/2-inch, 1-3/4-inch, 2-inch; hose, one 35-foot length, 4-inch cotton,
rubber lined; lanterns, two, fire department standard; axes, two heavy
pick back, fire department standard; crowbar, one of steel, held by
snaps.]