VINTAGE FDNY RIG PHOTOS.

I remember the old Squad "Bread Wagons", the problem was when they arrived alone at fires they could do little until an Engine Co. arrived. Squad members made some great rescues without the protection of hoselines and also some great rescue with hoselines in place. In the late 1960s the Squads were given Pumpers, much later Rescue pumpers. I filled in a few times in Squad 3 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn as a fireman, in the early 1970's. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired.
 
1954 WARD LA FRANCE FDNY CIVIL DEFENSE PUMPER Issued fully equipped by the US Government & the 2 1/2 " Hose Load had a lighter more maneuverable Jacketing on it than the standard FDNY Cotton Jacketed 2 1/2 of the era ...the lighter 2 1/2 on the CD Rigs had a Red Stripe running along it as a marking...( the '54 WLF's had no Booster Line or Tank & no Muffler)
CD Pumpers issued by the US Government were Quartered in various FHs thru out NYC in case of a major disturbance during the Cold War period. ... they could be manned by Auxiliary FFs.....when the last round of 2nd Sections were organized in 1968 some Units were given a CD Pumper as their original Rig....thru the '60s & '70s they were used as ENG CO. Spares thru out the FDNY .... as they wore out they were never replaced.
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