history

1950 to 1959

1923 American LaFrance (Co.1), 1949 International (Co. 3), 1937 American LaFrance (Co. 2), 1950 Ford Sedan Police Car

1950

1951

1952

Engine Company 1 gets a new engine, the 1952 Van Pelt.

1953

1954

1955

FVFD retires the 1937 American LaFrance and replaces it with a 1955 American LaFrance.

1956

1957

1958

1959

FVFD lost two firefighters in the only fatal accident in the history of the Department. Larry Lentz and Leland Anderson were killed when a ladder they were setting to fight a hedge fire contacted a live electrical line.