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1947 Mack L/Approved rescue built in Rockville Centre, NY. Ran as Rescue 1 1947- 1959, then as Rescue 2 1960 -1966.
The purchase price of this unit, which was designated model LF, was $26,600.00. The body and compartmentation was designed by the members of Rescue Company 1 and was tailored to the specific equipment and needs of that unit. The vehicle had a walkthrough body with many interior compartments, as well as six exterior compartments on each side and another two at the rear of the body. It was equipped with a 2400 watt Homelite generator, three 500 watt and one 250 watt floodlights. There were also two windows high on each side of the body. This rig was 26 feet long, 9 feet, 3 inches high, 7 feet, 11 inches wide and had a 176-inch wheelbase. It was powered by a Mack six-cylinder Thermodyne engine with a Mack five-speed transmission and was delivered with a Mars light and an externally mounted Sireno siren. Paragraph courtesy Jack Calderone through Frank Raffa's nyfd.com.
I saw it many times as Rescue 1 while I was in High school in Manhattan, and again many times as Rescue 2 while I was in college, mostly around downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights.
Here it is as Rescue 2:
The purchase price of this unit, which was designated model LF, was $26,600.00. The body and compartmentation was designed by the members of Rescue Company 1 and was tailored to the specific equipment and needs of that unit. The vehicle had a walkthrough body with many interior compartments, as well as six exterior compartments on each side and another two at the rear of the body. It was equipped with a 2400 watt Homelite generator, three 500 watt and one 250 watt floodlights. There were also two windows high on each side of the body. This rig was 26 feet long, 9 feet, 3 inches high, 7 feet, 11 inches wide and had a 176-inch wheelbase. It was powered by a Mack six-cylinder Thermodyne engine with a Mack five-speed transmission and was delivered with a Mars light and an externally mounted Sireno siren. Paragraph courtesy Jack Calderone through Frank Raffa's nyfd.com.
I saw it many times as Rescue 1 while I was in High school in Manhattan, and again many times as Rescue 2 while I was in college, mostly around downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights.
Here it is as Rescue 2:
