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 La France.
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 hidden live electrical line.