Fire Trucks

Here are just a few of the interesting apparatus, rigs or as they are more commonly referred to; "Fire Trucks", that are kept here at the Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum!

The Fort Cobb Fire Truck is a 1928 Chevrolet Chemical Truck. The service life of this truck was from 1928 to 1941. In 1931, the Jaeger Front Pump was added to give the unit more flexibility in fire fighting. In 1981, the truck was found in the back of the Fort Cobb Fire Station, where concrete blocks, sheet metal and boards had covered it for many years.  Firefighters of the Anadarko Fire Department took on this project which required 758 manhours in order to restore this truck.

The 1910 Type 5 American LaFrance Chemical Truck was Oklahoma City's first motorized piece of fire apparatus. This truck is to be displayed permamently at Oklahoma City Station No. 6 whichis  to be built in the Bricktown area.  American LaFrance first put its four-cylinder engine in fire trucks in 1910. This unit has some interesting history: while parked at a fire scene it was hit and severely damaged by a street car in downtown Oklahoma City. The unit was sent back to Elmira, N.Y., to be repaired. A short time thereafter, the brakes went out and the firefighter was unable to stop. He hit a barbershop and went through the plate glass window, in the 600 or 700 block of Hudson Avenue. The incident killed a firefighter on the unit.

The 1920 Stutz is a one of a kind. Harry P. Stutz built 100 with a full brass block; this truck is number 62. It was restored by the Relic Patch in July 1977 and bought by Tom A. Thomas to drive back and forth to The University of Oklahoma football games. In 1986, he donated the truck to the Oklahoma Firefighters Museum for a tax write-off of $158,000.00 dollars. The radiator is a honeycomb design and was leaking. Mr. Thomas sent it to England for repair - the cost, including shipping, came to $8,000 dollars on its return.