Historic Apparatus: 1987 Rescue Pumper

The new Engine 2 Rescue-Pumper was put into service on October 21, 1987.  It had been built by 3D of Shawano, Wisconsin.  Franklin firefighters had built the compartment spaces necessary to carry the rescue gear.  This represented a new concept, one introduced by Chief Norman Beauchemin, a Rescue-pumper designed and built for that particular purpose.

A new Mack fire truck with a body constructed by Quality Apparatus of Talladega, Alabama, arrived on January 20, 1989.  It would replace the Continental built on the Warner-Swazey chassis which had been put into service on November 16, 1966.

It had a single stage 1500 GPM Waterous Pump and would carry 1000 gallons of water.

By March it was in service and its first run was a working chimney fire at the Mayor’s house on Pleasant Street.