BRUSH TRUCKS AND BREAKERS

1951 Chevy patrol truck in town of Bourne.
 

Town of Barnstable Forest Fire patrolmen stand with their 1950 patrol truck.
Patrol trucks were typically the only manned apparatus in town and were often first to arrive at
incidents of any type. When not fighting fires, they maintained fire roads and equipment.

Harwich Fire Department operated this large brush breaker built on a 1950 Ford chassis
by Robinson.  It carried 1500 gallons of water.

Harwich Engine 5, 1950 brush breaker in front of the East Harwich Fire Station
that opened in 1976. 

The Harwich Brush Breaker, designated Engine 5, was dubbed
the "White Elephant" It retired in the 1970's.

This 1930 Ford Model A with a 75 gpm pump and 200 gallon tank was originally
Centerville-Osterville Engine 3.  It was bought by Mashpee in 1943 and was the
first fire truck in Mashpee operated by the forest warden even before the fire
department organized in 1950.  It then became Mashpee Engine 1 and served
until 1958.


This 1950 Dodge 800 gallon pumper served as Mashpee Engine 2.