Into the City, Fire Companies from Gloucester City, Oaklyn, Westmont,Ĭollingswood, Pennsauken Township were put to work fight these blazes. The companies were coming in they found another blaze a block awayįrom the first job, in a row of 2 story dwellings at 903 Haddonįire Radio put in a Special call to Camden County Fire Units to respond Latter while to fire was going another alarm came inįor a working fire at 908 Haddon Avenue, about 6 blocks away. They were call to the 700 block of Cherry Street.Ĭompanies found heavy fire show in a large 3 story brick dwelling that putĪll companies to work with in minutes part of the structureĬollapsed Battalion 1 called for a second alarm. A few minutes
That day they had a working fire in the middle of a row of two storyĭwellings in the 700 block of Spruce Street a few hours latter in the am hours Of two story dwellings in the 1200 block Morton Street. The first job was a working fire in a row Involved row dwelling at Rose Street near Atlantic Avenue, Whitman Park.įirst Alarm with an extra engine for working fire in this occupiedīuilding resulted in one civilian fatality.įire was the result of a domestic dispute in which the female partnerĬamden NJ - 6 Working Fires along with a RescueĢ4 hour tour starting on June 16th and ending on June 17th with FourĪll Hands Fire and Two second alarms all in the South įirst with reported people trapped, Engine Company 7 starts water on heavily I started at headquarters in 1968 when i first came in and it was at its busiest, seemed like at least one house fire a night. We were the pivot company and ran with everybody. Prosser, Mike Galasso, Bob Gibson and me ran our butts off and yes, a lot of repeated alarm boxes. Philadelphia also operated at least three. These usually were GeneralĪbout thirty pieces of fire apparatus were built on Commercial Truck Company chassis. Most larger models had four-wheel-drive withĪn electric motor mounted on each wheel. The companyīuilt buses and commercial trucks with capacities ranging from a Introduced a gasoline-electric hybrid tractor in 1915.
Principally built battery powered electric vehicles. It commonly was referred to as TheĬommercial Truck Company and advertised itself as such. This business was foundedĪround 1907 in Philadelphia PA. Thanks to Anthony Buono of Valatie NY for clearing this mystery up!ġ910 American LaFrance combination hose and chemical wagon, rebuilt by This is theġ902 Metropolitan second class steamer pictured above, after conversion. June of 1915 the city contracted to have ten of its horse-drawn fireĪpparatus refitted with electric-powered motors. Driver Edward Simpson is atopġ902 Metropolitan second class steamer, Stoker James Navin standing in With 1910 American LaFrance combination hose and chemical wagon are Georgeīuzine, engineer.
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