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Calumet Park FD history

This from Muke Summa:

Hello,

I have a picture of an 800 series American La France pumper from Calumet Park.  I remember my parents taking me to a carnival in Cal Park where this truck and a shiny new Cadillac ambulance were sitting.  The carnival was a fundraiser for these two emergency vehicles.  Wasn’t sure how this how things were done, back then?  If anyone knows the specs on this, please feel free to add.

Thank you,

Mike S.

Calumet Park FD. Mike Summa photo

Tags: American LaFrance 800 Series engine, Calumet Park Fire Department history, historic fire engine photo, Mike Summa

This entry was posted on April 11, 2016, 7:00 AM and is filed under Fire Department History, Historic fire apparatus. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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• #1 by Crabby Milton on April 11, 2016 - 7:24 AM

  

  The old saying is to expect the unexpected.
  The ALF 800 is a rare apparatus that had a very short production life. To see one in person is very rare these days even though many understandably mistake them for the 700 series.(Pump panel on the 800 is on the driver side where the 700 for whatever reason was on the officer side). I don’t really know why the 800 only lasted about 2 years though since it seemed to be a transitional model.

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