Windsor's first Rosenbauer - Engine 1, delivered in 2003 Windsor's first Rosenbauer - Engine 1, delivered in 2003 Engine 4 - one of two 2007 Rosenbauer/Spartans...
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Fall is upon us – the autumnal equinox, to be specific. Also remember that Fire Prevention Day is Oct. 9, and the celebration of the Great…
Truck 6's Sutphen 95' Aerial Tower was the first placed into service Truck 6's Sutphen 95' Aerial Tower was the first placed into service Engine 3's...
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Last straight aerial purchased: 1982 Pierreville/Spartan 100' Last straight aerial purchased: 1982 Pierreville/Spartan 100' First modern metal hydraulic aerial: 1949 Pirsch 100' First modern metal hydraulic...
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The introduction of the first successful steam fire engine in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1852 revolutionized firefighting in North America, precipitating as it did the replacement of…
Training Pumper #45: 1953 Marsh/International Training Pumper #45: 1953 Marsh/International Windsor’s Civil Defense Pumper Windsor’s Civil Defense Pumper In the early 1950s – at the height...
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Sandwich West Sandwich West Sandwich West Sandwich West As noted in an earlier article, following the January 1, 1966 annexation of the former Town of Riverside...
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East Windsor Fire Department, 1926: 1920 Ford "T" Chief's Car; 1922 LaFrance Pumper and 1924 LaFrance Ladder Truck East Windsor Fire Department, 1926: 1920 Ford "T"...
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Following the annexation by Windsor of Riverside and a portion of Sandwich West Township on January 1, 1966 the Windsor Fire Department acquired half a dozen…
In one of our very first articles in this series, we chronicled the remarkable, continuing history of a Gotfredson-Bickle pumper delivered to the Walkerville Fire Department…
