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.