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Former Deerfield-Bannockburn FPD Snorkel for sale

Ex Deerfield-Brannockburn Crown Firecoach Snorkel is for sale in VA.

In between Deerfield-Brannockburn sold it to Black River Falls, WI in 1984. Black River Falls sold it to Chilhowie, VA in 1997. Also served Glade Spring, VA. Now back to Chilhowie owned by Brent Foster.

We are selling our 1967 Crown Snorkel F-1535. 85-foot boom, 8v71 Detroit, with a 5-speed transmission, great paint and great tires. If anyone is interested please contact me. Asking $12,500
Included is a photo from an unknown photographer of the Snorkel in service in Glade Springs, VA and a photo from another unknown photographer of it in service in Deerfield.
Contact Zac foster at 276-706-0220
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Glade Spring Fire Department Snorkel
Deerfield Bannockburn FPD Snorkel
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Batavia Fire Department history

Batavia FD history - 1955½ Chevrolet panel truck

The Batavia Fire Department is going to sell this 1955½ Chevrolet panel truck, which was the department’s first rescue truck. It was later used by the Emergency Services and Disaster Agency. Batavia Fire Department photo

Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:

Once the pride of the Batavia Fire Department — in 1955, the city is putting a 1955½ Chevrolet 3800 panel truck on the auction block. It only has 23,300 miles on its and it runs.

It’s been taking up space in a city garage for a couple of years. Before that, it was assigned for about 25 years to the city’s Emergency Services and Disaster Agency. A former Batavia firefighter, as well as a former ESDA director, are interested in buying the vehicle.  The city council will declare the truck as surplus property Sept. 2.

In 1954, Batavia Fire Chief Frank “Bud” Richter proposed getting a rescue truck, in his biweekly “Smoke Signals” column in the Batavia Herald newspaper. Such a truck would be useful for hauling a resuscitator device and other first aid and rescue equipment to emergencies, rather than having to put such items on a big fire truck, he wrote. Especially when a fire truck wasn’t necessarily needed at emergencies such as medical calls, river rescues, and automobile crashes. The vehicle would more nimbly navigate the city’s streets, too. He proposed paying for it through private donations, and estimated it would cost about $5,000 to buy the truck, get it outfitted, and buy equipment such as stretchers, cots, acetylene cutting torches, salvage covers, and first-aid supplies.

More than half the money was raised in a one-night campaign in November 1954 by about 100 volunteers who went door-to-door asking for money. It was enough to order the vehicle and a two-way radio for it. The rest was raised in the next few months. Avenue Chevrolet sold the vehicle at cost.

The truck was dedicated and blessed July 4, 1955, at the annual fireworks show put on by the city’s firefighters.

thanks Evan

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