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After a 23 year absence the Fairchester Hose Haulers a chapter of SPAAMFAA the Society for the Presvervation and Appreciation of Antique Motor Fire Apparatus in America is back up and running. As a charter member of the Hose Haulers I am glad your back !

Questions, lots of Questions, all on some sort of paper with ink lots of ink ! What kind of answers to you think you were going to get here ?

Bedford New York B-95 Mack engine 107

That looks like 100ft, hard to see but looks like bed and 3 flys.

1952 Mack L-95 ex Mamaroneck NY engine41 replaced in 1972 by the above CF Mack sold to East Farmindale NY photo from last week. If I am boring you I will stop showing my photos ?

Now a photo that nobody has seen till now. The Fox under restoration summer 2013

Fairview's 1939 Fox, as seen on here many time's

How are they making out with that restore, any progress or still going backward ?

That 1948 American Lafrance ladder is a White Planes rig ? Looks like it from the door marking. Never knew they had a mid mount.

As it sits today !

Didn't the Yonkers Fire Department aquire this rig from Hastings back in the 1980's or thereabouts, and used it as a reserve rig?

One of my favorite all time Westchester rigs. Mamaroneck Seagrave tiller. Anyone out there have any good stories about this rig?

You can fit 2 in a firehouse where only 1 can fit now and double the ladders in the county .

Glad to see it stay in New York state. As I said many times here the upstate boy's really need our help.

Sorry I could not get a better shot of the old 105 as it was packed in like a sardine. All the bays are full so it was parked in the middle of a wall. Chances of getting a better shot will be hard as they don't get many run's in Livingstonville New York.

sad !

looks it time to remove the new guy

ok up date , as I was telling this to wife she told me that she passed a Mount Kisco rig on 145 northbound on saturday late afternoon. Will be going up on Friday and will look in the windows of Livingstonville and see if is there.

It's the Town Of Broome Volunteer Fire Department in Middleburgh, NY that was devastated by Hurricane Irene a couple years ago from what I understand. It was donated for $1.

There is no town of Broome Fire Dept and Middleburgh is The Middleburgh fire dept , I Have had a home/hunting camp there from1957 they have good new front line rigs !

The Jeep is my personal Fire Dept, and not taxpayer funded......

it may be your only fire dept soon !!!!!!!!!!!

Seth, there is no Town of Broome Fire Dept . The Town of Broome in Schoharie county is covered by the Livingstonville vol fire dept on route 145. Maybe the town of Broome from Broome County futher west in the state ?

You may have to get a smaller jeep !

Wow Barry is older then I thought !

That's a old New Rochelle trade mark, there Supthen Tower ladder had one on its side and was used by the operator of the rig.

Night shift working Engine 58 with my partner Tom Z received a call over the house phone from a 80 year old woman it was midnight. She lived in the former Life Saver's factory building now Condo's on north main street. It was late October and was a cold night. She tried the super she tried the police who told her to call the fire dept. there not doing anything so she called us. My partner talked to her and calmed her down and gave me the thumb's up [meaning were going somewhere] as I was the operator of the rig . The problem that night is she was cold , in fact freezing as the 5x 8 foot factory windows were to much for her to close. 3 minutes later we where there, we closed the big windows for her and got a big kiss and a hug from her. One of my best nights on the job a simple helping hand for some one unable to do a simple task. I always new I can count on the Firefighters to come to my call for help she said. As we left the call we did not say a word to each other all the way back to the firehouse as the grin on our faces would not allow it. The next night we got a call again on the house phone and again it was her. She asked if the guys that came out last night were still on duty and if so can they come to my house again, well we did thinking this might be a problem starting to happen [freaquent flier] we rang the door bell and was meet buy the best apple pie you ever saw. We have the greatest job in the world guy's don't mess it up .