Thursday, August 23, 2012

ATTACK PUMPER


Photo: Youngstown Fire web site

Engine 1, a 1959 Mack, was dubbed the "Attack Pumper." It's p
ictured here it is in semi-retirement as Reserve Engine 10. The rig was painted safety green after it was scorched at a fire in the late 1970s. The Attack Pumper responded to all working fires in the city with a crew of four or five men following the Jan. 1, 1975 reorganization of the fire division. In some city's such units were known a "Flying Squad."