Crisfield Fire department |
The Story of Ladder 5 |
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Chapter 1 The Beginning In the summer of 1941 the Crisfield Fire Department
of Crisfield, Maryland voted to purchase a new ladder truck from the
American LaFrance company of Elmira New York. |
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Chapter 2 In Service Ladder
5 the pride of Crisfield was placed in service the following Monday, July 28th,
1947. Over the year she saw service at some of our major fires.
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Chapter 21 In Service In 1991
Ladder 5 fail a turntable test with what was called a stress crack, and
placed out of service. After several meeting it was determined that it would
be to costly to repair the truck. She was offered to some local museums and
even advertised for sale but no one seemed interested. Then a general
contractor asked about her to use at this pit for pumping and so the unit
was traded to him. |
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Special Note: After contact with the American LaFrance museum in Charleston, it was confirmed that Ladder 5 was not the first Arial ladder built several Arial's were built but they were Arial's. Ladder 5 was according the American LaFrance's records the very first Quint class 700 series truck |
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May 17, 2008
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