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Retired Fire Apparatus

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Truck number 623 is a 1974 Ford F700 powered by a 361cid gas engine this truck was set up with a 1000 gal tank for a tanker.

It was officially taken out of fire service at 11:26am on 21 January 2011 after many years of faithful service to Palmyra and the surrounding community. It will continue to serve, though, as a part of the Palmyra Parks & Rec Department.

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626 MINI PUMPER

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 620 GMC C60 366 MOTOR 750 FRONT MOUNT PUMP 750 TANK

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625 1976 C 30 BOX TRUCK USED FOR YEARS TO HAUL RESCUE EQUIPMENT

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621  The next truck for the rural runs was bought in January, 1963. It was
mounted on a Ford chassis with 800-gallon booster tank.

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This was in 1949 on a Ford
chassis with a 600-gallon booster tank. this truck was supposed to serve
rural folks for 10 years, but 10 years lapsed so quickly most folks hadn'thadn't
noticed it was gone.

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International. The equipment was transferred to this truck from the
Model T

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1920 Model T truck equipped with a 40-gallon chemical tank

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                  ( THESE PHOTO'S ARE NOT OUR ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT              JUST KIND OF WHAT THEY WERE LIKE )

The equipment up to this time consisted of a two-wheeled hose cart
drawn by hand and a four wheeled ladder wagon equipped with several
ladders, pikepoles and rubber buckets. Pikepoles were made of oak
saplings, with the butt end about 4" in diameter, about 12' long, really
a four-man pole with extra heavy rings and hooks. Ladders also were
heavy.

 

 
2011Calls
Structure Fires

  7

GrassFire/Brush  21 
Vehicle fire  7

Rescue/Vehicle Accident

 59
First Responder 135
Dispatch/Cancelled  24
Misc. Calls
 63
Total Responses 316
Mutual Aid Givin 7
Mutual Aid Received 3
Air Evac Ops 2
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