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1939 - Ford / Robinson | Barnstable County | Falmouth |
"First Generation"
No. 1 C-15 |
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1939 FORD THE FIRST COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER
NO.1 C-15 |
In 1939 Barnstable County built
its first Brush Breaker. This truck had a 1939 Ford COE
10 wheel chassis with an 85 HP flathead Ford motor and
Marmon Harrington all wheel drive transmission. With a
body built by Robinson Boiler Company in Cambridge, MA, the
truck had a 10000 gallon water tank and 125 gpm pump.
It was capable of about 30-40 mph over the road.
When brand new the truck was housed in the new Cotuit
Fire Station built in 1937. In 1942, when Barnstable
County built a second brush breaker, the 1939 truck was
reassigned to the Falmouth fire headquarters where it
remained until 1953 when it was transferred to the brand new
North Falmouth Fire Station built in 1953. In 1957 when this
truck was replaced by a 1957 Ford / Maxim brush breaker, the
1939 Ford spent about a year in West Barnstable and then in
1958 became Gay Head's first brush breaker on Martha's
Vineyard. |
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| 1939 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | Falmouth | "First Generation"
No. 1 C-15 |
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1939 FORD THE FIRST COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER
NO.1 C-15 |
| The 1939 Ford brush breaker
No.1 is most easily recognized by the oval shaped radiator
grill and the rounded front push bar design. Here the
truck is shown in a parade in Falmouth after being
reassigned to that town. |
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| 1939 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | Falmouth | "First Generation"
No. 1 C-15 |
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1939 FORD THE FIRST COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER
NO.1 C-15 |
| When the new North Falmouth
Fire Station 3 opened in 1953, the Falmouth FD put a brand
new 1953 Diamond T / Robinson Boiler 750 gpm pumper in
service as Engine 3. It had a 1000 gallon tank and a 125 gpm
second pump allowing it to pump and roll also. Along
with the new engine, the 1939 Ford / Robinson brush breaker
N0.1 was assigned to North Falmouth. |
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| 1939 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | Falmouth | "First Generation"
No. 1 C-15 |
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1939 FORD THE FIRST COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER
NO.1 C-15 |
| The 1939 Ford / Robinson 1000
gallon brush breaker No.1 while assigned to Falmouth FD. |
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| 1939 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | Falmouth | "First Generation"
No. 1 C-15 |
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1939 FORD THE FIRST COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER
NO.1 C-15 |
| Another view of No.1 in color
while assigned to Falmouth. SEE
PHOTOS of the 1939 Ford after being sold to Gay Head
(Aquinnah) Fire Department in 1958.
GO TO
GAY HEAD / AQUINNAH FIRE DEPT FOR MORE: |
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1942 - Ford / Robinson | Barnstable County | West Barnstable
| No. 2 C-14 |
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1942 THE SECOND COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| In 1942 Barnstable County built
another brush breaker. The second breaker was on a
1942 Ford COE with a distinctively different looking
radiator grill from the previous 1939 breaker. Other than
the grill design, the rest of the truck built again by
Robinson Boiler in Cambridge looks very much like No.1.
It too carried 1000 gallons and had the rounded front push
bar design. The 1942 truck was
initially assigned to the Cotuit Fire Station. When it
went in service, the 1939 that had been in Cotuit was
reassigned to Falmouth. The truck remained in Cotuit until
about 1949, when it was reassigned to the newly established
West Barnstable Fire District (1949). A 1947 Dodge
power wagon brush breaker that had been built by the Town of
Barnstable and housed in Atwood's Garage in West Barnstable
since 1947 was then reassigned to the Cotuit Fire Station.
The 1942 breaker No.2 remained in West Barnstable until
about 1957-58 when it was replaced by a new 1958 Maxim brush
breaker No.2. That was not the end of the 1942 however, as
it would go on to have a whole new career in Mashpee, where
it became their first brush breaker and became known as
"Geronimo" and served until 1977. |
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| 1942 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | West Barnstable | No. 2
C-14 |
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1942 THE SECOND COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| Barnstable County Brush Breaker
No.2 assigned to the Cotuit fire station from 1942 to 1949.
The next few photos of No. 2 responding from the Cotuit
station were from a film produced to document a huge 15,000
acre forest fire in the Bourne-Sandwich area in 1946. |
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| 1942 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | West Barnstable | No. 2
C-14 |
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1942 THE SECOND COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| Barnstable County Brush Breaker
No.2 assigned to the Cotuit fire station from 1942 to 1949.
The next few photos of No. 2 responding from the Cotuit
station were from a film produced to document a huge 15,000
acre forest fire in the Bourne-Sandwich area in 1946. |
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| 1942 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | West Barnstable | No. 2
C-14 |
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1942 THE SECOND COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| Barnstable County Brush Breaker
No.2 assigned to the Cotuit fire station from 1942 to 1949.
The next few photos of No. 2 responding from the Cotuit
station were from a film produced to document a huge 15,000
acre forest fire in the Bourne-Sandwich area in 1946. |
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| 1942 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | West Barnstable | No. 2
C-14 |
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1942 THE SECOND COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| Barnstable County Brush Breaker
No.2 assigned to the Cotuit fire station from 1942 to 1949.
The next few photos of No. 2 responding from the Cotuit
station were from a film produced to document a huge 15,000
acre forest fire in the Bourne-Sandwich area in 1946. |
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| 1942 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | West Barnstable | No. 2
C-14 |
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1942 THE SECOND COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| The 1942 breaker returning to
the Cotuit fire station. |
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| 1942 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | West Barnstable | No. 2
C-14 |
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1942 THE SECOND COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| The 1942 brush breaker
returning to the Cotuit station. |
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| 1942 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | West Barnstable | No. 2
C-14 |
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1942 THE SECOND COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| The 1942 Ford / Robinson
Barnstable County brush breaker No. 2 was replaced in
1957-58 by a 1958 Maxim brush breaker. The 1942 truck
was acquired by the Mashpee Fire Department as their first
brush breaker. It was designated Mashpee No. 3 and assigned
the county radio ID of "250." The truck was modified
slightly to serve Mashpee and became known as "Geronimo."
It continued to serve in Mashpee until it was disposed of in
1977.
GO TO MASHPEE
FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE: |
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1949 - Ford / Robinson | Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4
C-12 |
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1949 FORD COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO. 4 |
| Barnstable County built a third
brush breaker in 1949. The Ford COE chassis was built
by Robinson Boiler and had a distinctly different look from
No. 1 and No. 2. This truck was shorter with 6 wheels rather
than 10. It also carried 800 gallons rather than 1000.
This truck was assigned to the Dennis Fire Department.
Harold Cobb photos.
NOTE: It is not clear why this truck,
if it was in fact a 1949 and was the 3rd County Breaker,
would have been designated No. 4. |
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| 1949 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4
C-12 |
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1949 FORD COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO. 4 |
| The 1949 Ford / Robinson Boiler
Barnstable County brush breaker No. 4 served in Dennis until
it was replaced by a 1960 Maxim custom brush breaker. |
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| 1949 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4
C-12 |
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1949 FORD COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO. 4 |
| The front view of the 1949 Ford
brush breaker shows the change in design to the front push
bar which no longer has the prominent rounded look of No. 1
and No. 2. It also has some additional bar protection
for the cab. |
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| 1949 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4
C-12 |
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1949 FORD COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO. 4 |
| Barnstable County's 1949 Ford /
Robinson brush breaker No. 4 was assigned to Dennis.
It is shown here with two Dennis engines including the 1937
Ford Engine 1. |
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1949 - Ford Patrol Truck | Barnstable County |
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1949 FORD PATROL BARNSTABLE COUNTY |
| In addition to the state and
the local communities, Barnstable County also operated a
patrol truck. This 1949 Ford is one of them.
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1951 - Ford / Robinson | Barnstable County | Orleans | No. 3
C-13 |
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1951 FORD COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER No. 3 |
| The fourth and last of the
first generation of the Barnstable County brush breakers was
the 1951 Ford / Robinson Boiler No. 3. The truck is
shown at a delivery demonstration for the County
Commissioners at the County Complex in Barnstable village.
This truck was then assigned to the Orleans Fire Station.
It was the smallest of the breakers with only 600 gallons of
water on a 6 wheel chassis. The truck had only rear
wheel drive rather than all wheel drive like the other
breakers.
This 1951 Ford would serve in
Orleans until 1963 when a new 1963 Maxim brush breaker C-13
went in service. It is not clear what happened to the
1951 truck when it was replaced. |
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| 1951 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | Orleans | No. 3
C-13 |
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1951 FORD COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER No. 3 |
| The 1951 Ford / Robinson brush
breaker No.3 at the old Orleans Fire Station at 44 Main
Street shown in the 1950s. |
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| 1951 - Ford /
Robinson | Barnstable County | Orleans | No. 3
C-13 |
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1951 FORD COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER No. 3 |
| The 1951 Ford brush breaker
served in Orleans from 1951 until replaced in 1963 by a
Maxim custom 800 gallon brush breaker. |
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1957 - Ford / Maxim | Barnstable County | Falmouth | "Second
Generation" No. 1 C-15 |
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1957 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.1 |
| In 1957, Barnstable County
built the first of the second generation brush breakers. The
1957 Ford / Maxim 800 gallon brush breaker replaced the 1939
first generation County brush breaker No. 1. It was
assigned to the North Falmouth Fire Station 3. This was the
first of several Maxim brush breakers purchased by
Barnstable County. The 10 wheel, all wheel drive
breaker had a 250 gpm pump and a cowling behind the cab for
protection of personnel. This truck would serve from
North Falmouth until replaced in 1971 by a new International
/ Thibault brush breaker. The 1957 finished out its
career with the Eastham Fire Department. |
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| 1957 - Ford /
Maxim | Barnstable County | Falmouth | "Second Generation"
No. 1 C-15 |
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1957 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.1 |
| Barnstable County brush
breaker No. 1 demonstrates the ability to push over trees
with the new 1957 Ford / Maxim truck which replaced the 1939
first Barnstable County brush breaker. |
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| 1957 - Ford /
Maxim | Barnstable County | Falmouth | "Second Generation"
No. 1 C-15 |
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1957 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.1 |
| Barnstable County brush breaker
No. 1 demonstrates the ability to push over trees with the
new 1957 Ford / Maxim truck which replaced the 1939 first
Barnstable County brush breaker. |
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| 1957 - Ford /
Maxim | Barnstable County | Falmouth | "Second Generation"
No. 1 C-15 |
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1957 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.1 |
| The 1957 Ford / Maxim brush
breaker No. 1 C-15 shown at the end of its career with
Barnstable County. Its replacement, the 1971
International / Thibault brush breaker No.1 C-15 is
shown next to it at the North Falmouth Station. |
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| 1957 - Ford /
Maxim | Barnstable County | Falmouth | "Second Generation"
No. 1 C-15 |
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1957 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.1 |
| The 1957 Ford / Maxim brush
breaker No. 1 C-15 shown at the end of its career with
Barnstable County. Its replacement, the 1971
International / Thibault brush breaker No.1 C-15 is
shown next to it at the North Falmouth Station. |
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| 1957 - Ford /
Maxim | Barnstable County | Falmouth | "Second Generation"
No. 1 C-15 |
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1957 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.1 |
| The 1957 Ford / Maxim
Barnstable County brush breaker No. 1 C-15 when replaced in
1971, went to the Eastham Fire Department for several years
of service. SEE EASTHAM
FIRE DEPARTMENT |
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| 1957 - Ford /
Maxim | Barnstable County | Falmouth | "Second Generation"
No. 1 C-15 |
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1957 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.1 |
| The old 1957 Ford / Maxim
Barnstable County brush breaker No. 1, which served in
Falmouth from 1957 until 1971, and then in Eastham from 1971
until about 1977 when it went out of service. It is
shown here at the "Chicken Coop" in West Barnstable after
retirement. |
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| 1957 - Ford /
Maxim | Barnstable County | Falmouth | "Second Generation"
No. 1 C-15 |
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1957 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.1 |
| The old 1957 Ford / Maxim
Barnstable County brush breaker No. 1, which served in
Falmouth from 1957 until 1971, and then in Eastham from 1971
until about 1977 when it went out of service. It is
shown here at the "Chicken Coop" in West Barnstable after
retirement. When originally assigned to Falmouth it
had a supportive role for structure fires as well as brush
fires and carried ladders as well as other equipment. |
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1958 - Maxim | Barnstable County | West Barnstable | No. 2
C-14 |
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1958 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| In 1958, Barnstable County
purchased the second of the second generation County brush
breakers. The Maxim custom truck was the first
non-commercial chassis truck purchased by the county and the
first of the all Maxim brush breakers in the county.
The 10 wheel, all wheel drive carried 800 gallons of water.
It was assigned to the West Barnstable Fire Department and
replaced the 1942 Ford / Robinson No. 2 which was then
purchased by the Mashpee Fire Department. The 1958
truck would serve until 1982 when it was replaced by the
last vehicle purchased by Barnstable County. |
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1958 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | West Barnstable | No. 2 C-14 |
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1958 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| Barnstable County brush breaker
C-14 parked outside the West Barnstable fire station on
Route 6A. The truck was clearly identified as a
Barnstable County Forest Fire Service unit but also had a
West Barnstable Fire Department decal on the door since the
truck was operated by West Barnstable personnel. |
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| 1958 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | West Barnstable | No. 2 C-14 |
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1958 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| The 1958 Maxim Barnstable
County brush breaker No. 2 C-14 was stationed in the West
Barnstable Fire Station on Route 6A along with West
Barnstable's 1956 Ford / Bean pumper. The two units are
shown here after fighting a fire that threatened a couple
structures. |
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| 1958 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | West Barnstable | No. 2 C-14 |
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1958 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| Here the West Barnstable
breaker C-14 is shown working a fire on the border of the
Barnstable town dump in Marstons Mills. |
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| 1958 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | West Barnstable | No. 2 C-14 |
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1958 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| Barnstable County breaker C-14
is shown here being refilled by the Sandwich Fire
Department's 1944 Diamond T Tanker 1 at a fire on Great Oak
Road in Mashpee in 1959. A Mashpee 1939 GMC tank truck
is also shown in the picture. |
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| 1958 - Maxim
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1958 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.2
C-14 |
| The 1958 Barnstable County
breaker C-14 and the 1973 West Barnstable "Super Tanker 296"
were called mutual aid to a fast moving brush fire off
Orchard Road in Mashpee in May 1978. The small two bay
West Barnstable fire station could not house these trucks,
so they were parked outside "in season" and at the Chicken
Coop when the weather did not permit them to be parked
outside. |
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1950s - Ford Patrol Truck | Barnstable County |
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1950'S FORD BARNSTABLE COUNTY PATROL TRUCK |
| The rear of the late 1950's
Ford Barnstable County Patrol Truck helped educate the
public but displaying the fire danger level and the fact
that permits were required for open air fires. |
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| 1950s - Ford
Patrol Truck | Barnstable County |
? | Patrol ? |
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1950'S FORD BARNSTABLE COUNTY PATROL TRUCK |
| The Barnstable County patrol
truck is shown at the Marstons Mills airfield with the
Barnstable County Fire-Police Patrol Airplane P-18 and the
Town of Barnstable 1958 Patrol Truck 210. |
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1960 - Maxim | Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4
C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| The 1949 Ford / Robinson
Barnstable County brush breaker No. 4 C-12 was replaced in
1960 by this Maxim custom 800 gallon brush breaker assigned
to the Dennis Fire Department. Like the 1958 breaker, this
truck carried 800 gallons of water and was very similar in
design to the West Barnstable assigned truck. |
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1960 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| The Maxim delivery photo of the
1960 Barnstable County Forest Fire Service No. 4 going to
the Dennis Fire Department. |
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1960 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| A rear view of the 1960
Barnstable County breaker No.4 shows the rear mounted pump,
the cowling behind the cab, and the higher angle front push
bar design of the Maxim brush breakers built in 1958, 1960,
and 1963. |
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1960 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| The 1960 Maxim brush breaker
No. 4 C-12 shown behind the Dennis Fire Station on Route 28
near the water tower. |
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1960 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| The rear of the Dennis County
breaker C-14 and a Dennis Fire Department GMC forestry
truck. |
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1960 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| The 1960 Maxim Barnstable
County No.4 C-12 assigned to Dennis is shown off the road
operating hose streams. The small Maxim logo was on
the nose of the engine compartment. |
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1960 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| The 1960 Maxim Barnstable
County No.4 C-12 assigned to Dennis is shown operating in
the woods. Personnel riding behind the cab had basic
protection while being able to operate hose lines onto fire
as the breaker went through the woods. Personnel could duck
down behind the cowling to avoid branches or other objects
that might come their way. |
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1960 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| The 1960 Maxim Barnstable
County No.4 C-12 assigned to Dennis is shown off the road
operating hose streams. |
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| 1960 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| The 1960 Maxim Barnstable
County Brush Breaker No. 4 C-12 is shown here at the West
Dennis Fire Headquarters. It is parked behind a 1950s
GMC/Robinson Engine 3. Also shown is the 1972 Maxim F
Engine 3. |
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| 1960 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| The 1960 Maxim
Barnstable County Brush Breaker No. 4 C-12 is shown here
behind other apparatus at the West Dennis Fire Headquarters
around 1972. The 1972 Maxim F Engine 3, and 1960's
Maxim S Engine 4 are shown along with the ambulance and
rescue truck. |
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1960 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| Upon retirement from the
Barnstable County Forest Fire Service, the1960 Maxim
Barnstable County No.4 C-12 previously assigned to Dennis
was acquired by the Brewster Fire Department and operated
for several years as Breaker 235. |
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1960 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| Upon retirement from the
Barnstable County Forest Fire Service, the1960 Maxim
Barnstable County No.4 C-12 previously assigned to Dennis
was acquired by the Brewster Fire Department and operated
for several years as Breaker 235. |
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1960 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| After serving with Brewster
Fire Department, the 1960 Maxim brush breaker was parked
outside for a few years until disposed of. |
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1960 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| After serving with Brewster
Fire Department, the 1960 Maxim brush breaker was parked
outside for a few years until disposed of. |
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1960 - Maxim |
Barnstable County | Dennis | No. 4 C-12 |
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1960 MAXIM COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.4
C-12 |
| After serving with Brewster
Fire Department, the 1960 Maxim brush breaker was parked
outside for a few years until disposed of. The old
1950s Ford/Maxim Engine 233 retired a few years earlier
behind the Brewster station. |
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1963 - Maxim | Barnstable County | Orleans | No. 3
C-13 |
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1963 BARNSTABLE COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.3
C-13 |
| Barnstable County replaced the
1951 Ford / Robinson brush breaker No. 3 in 1963 with
another Maxim custom 800 gallon brush breaker assigned to
the Orleans Fire Station. This truck was very similar to the
1958 West Barnstable and 1960 Dennis County brush breakers.
It served in Orleans until about the early 1980s, possibly
around 1982 when the Barnstable County Forest Fire Service
ceased to operate. It then went to the Eastham Fire
Department for several years and finally served as Brewster
Fire Department's Breaker 255 until retirement around 2000. |
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| 1963 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | Orleans | No. 3 C-13 |
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1963 BARNSTABLE COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.3
C-13 |
| The 1963 Maxim brush breaker
C-13 assigned to the Orleans Fire Department is shown with
the 1953 FWD Engine 2 and 1966 Mack C Engine 1 in front of
the old Orleans Fire Station at the corner of Route 28 &
Eldridge Parkway in the 1970s. |
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| 1963 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | Orleans | No. 3 C-13 |
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1963 BARNSTABLE COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.3
C-13 |
| The old 1963 County No. 3 C-13
which had served in Orleans and then Eastham, finished its
service with a few years at the Brewster Fire Department as
Breaker 255. |
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| 1963 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | Orleans | No. 3 C-13 |
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1963 BARNSTABLE COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.3
C-13 |
| In the early 1980's the 1963
Maxim brush breaker C-13 which had been assigned to Orleans
left Orleans and went to work with the Eastham Fire
Department for a number of years. It replaced the 1957 Ford
/ Maxim former County No. 1 that had served in Falmouth and
came to Eastham around 1971 when a new breaker was delivered
to Falmouth. The 1963 Maxim was given a unique look
with some sharp teeth being painted on the front push bars.
This truck remained in Eastham for a few years and then
finished out its career around 2000 in Brewster as Breaker
255. |
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| 1963 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | Orleans | No. 3 C-13 |
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1963 BARNSTABLE COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.3
C-13 |
| The old 1963 County No. 3 C-13
which had served in Orleans and then Eastham, finished its
service with a few years at the Brewster Fire Department as
Breaker 255. |
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| 1963 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | Orleans | No. 3 C-13 |
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1963 BARNSTABLE COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.3
C-13 |
| The old 1963 County No. 3 C-13
which had served in Orleans and then Eastham, finished its
service with a few years at the Brewster Fire Department as
Breaker 255. |
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| 1963 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | Orleans | No. 3 C-13 |
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1963 BARNSTABLE COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.3
C-13 |
| The old 1963 County No. 3 C-13
which had served in Orleans and then Eastham, finished its
service with a few years at the Brewster Fire Department as
Breaker 255. |
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| 1963 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | Orleans | No. 3 C-13 |
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1963 BARNSTABLE COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.3
C-13 |
| The old 1963 County No. 3 C-13
which had served in Orleans and then Eastham, finished its
service with a few years at the Brewster Fire Department as
Breaker 255. |
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| 1963 - Maxim
| Barnstable County | Orleans | No. 3 C-13 |
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1963 BARNSTABLE COUNTY BRUSH BREAKER NO.3
C-13 |
| The 1963 Maxim former County
No. 3 brush Breaker C-13 which served in Orleans, Eastham,
and finally Brewster as Breaker 255 went out of service
around 2000 and was left outside to deteriorate and
eventually be disposed of.
GO TO BREWSTER
FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE: |
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| 1971 -
International/Thibault | Barnstable County | Falmouth
| No. 1 C-15 |
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1971 INTERNATIONAL/THIBAULT COUNTY BRUSH
BREAKER NO.1 C-15 |
| In 1971 the Barnstable County
Forest Fire Service had another brush breaker built.
This third generation of County No. 1 replaced the 1957 Ford
/ Maxim in North Falmouth. The new truck was a 10 wheel all
wheel drive International chassis with the bars and body
built by the Pierre Thibault Fire Trucks in Quebec, Canada.
It was a larger, taller truck than the previous breakers. It
carried 1000 gallons of water and had a rear mount pump.
Like prior trucks assigned to Falmouth, it too carried
ground ladders and other equipment to support structural
operations as well as brush fires.
The new truck was stationed in North Falmouth in 1971. When
the Barnstable County Forest Fire service dissolved around
1982, the Falmouth Fire Department took ownership changing
its radio designation from C-15 to Breaker 15. It remained
in North Falmouth until about 2003 when an ambulance was
first assigned to North Falmouth, taking the bay that brush
breakers had occupied since that station first opened in
1953. The truck was moved to the East Falmouth station 5
where it remained active and finally in reserve status until
taken out of service in January 2014 after a total of some
43 years of service within Falmouth and Barnstable County. |
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1971 -
International/Thibault | Barnstable County | Falmouth
| No. 1 C-15 |
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1971 INTERNATIONAL/THIBAULT COUNTY BRUSH
BREAKER NO.1 C-15 |
| A photo of the new 1971 brush
breaker under construction at the Thibault factory in
Quebec. |
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1971 -
International/Thibault | Barnstable County | Falmouth
| No. 1 C-15 |
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1971 INTERNATIONAL/THIBAULT COUNTY BRUSH
BREAKER NO.1 C-15 |
| The 1971 International /
Thibault Falmouth Breaker 15 is shown staged at a brush fire
at Otis in April 1986. |
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1971 -
International/Thibault | Barnstable County | Falmouth
| No. 1 C-15 |
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1971 INTERNATIONAL/THIBAULT COUNTY BRUSH
BREAKER NO.1 C-15 |
| The 1971 Thibault brush breaker
is shown responding in to the Falmouth Town Dump for a fire
in the early 1980s. |
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1971 -
International/Thibault | Barnstable County | Falmouth
| No. 1 C-15 |
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1971 INTERNATIONAL/THIBAULT COUNTY BRUSH
BREAKER NO.1 C-15 |
| The 1971 International /
Thibault Brush Breaker No. 1 shown as Falmouth Breaker 15 at
the North Falmouth Station #3 in May of 1989. |
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1971 -
International/Thibault | Barnstable County | Falmouth
| No. 1 C-15 |
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1971 INTERNATIONAL/THIBAULT COUNTY BRUSH
BREAKER NO.1 C-15 |
| The 1971 International /
Thibault Brush Breaker No. 1 shown as Falmouth Breaker 15 at
the North Falmouth Station #3 in May of 1989. |
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1971 -
International/Thibault | Barnstable County | Falmouth
| No. 1 C-15 |
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1971 INTERNATIONAL/THIBAULT COUNTY BRUSH
BREAKER NO.1 C-15 |
| A couple photos of the 1971
Thibault brush breaker after being taken out of service in
January 2014 after about 43 years of service. |
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1971 -
International/Thibault | Barnstable County | Falmouth
| No. 1 C-15 |
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1971 INTERNATIONAL/THIBAULT COUNTY BRUSH
BREAKER NO.1 C-15 |
| A couple photos of the 1971
Thibault brush breaker after being taken out of service in
January 2014 after about 43 years of service. |
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1971 -
International/Thibault | Barnstable County | Falmouth
| No. 1 C-15 |
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1971 INTERNATIONAL/THIBAULT COUNTY BRUSH
BREAKER NO.1 C-15 |
| A couple photos of the 1971
Thibault brush breaker after being taken out of service in
January 2014 after about 43 years of service. |
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International / Young | Barnstable County | West
Barnstable | No. 2 B-295 |
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1967 INTERNATIONAL/1982 TED YOUNG COUNTY
BRUSH BREAKER NO.2 B-295 |
| In the waning days of the
Barnstable County Forest Fire Service a 1967 International
military 5 ton chassis was acquired and a new brush breaker
was built by Ted Young. It had a 1000 gallon tank and
rear mounted pump. The truck was built to replace the 1958
Maxim No. 2 C-14 brush breaker that had been assigned to
West Barnstable since delivered.
The new breaker however never
carried Barnstable County identification and was painted up
as West Barnstable Breaker 295, including the community
pride of "Shark City" on one side and "Finn Town" on the
other. It is shown here in front of the Chicken Coop where
it and several other apparatus were housed before the new
West Barnstable Fire Station was built in 1988.
This truck had a gasoline motor
and standard transmission. It was taken out of service to be
refurbished in about 2013 with a diesel, automatic
transmission, and general upgrade which has not yet been
completed as of 2016. |
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1982 -
International / Young | Barnstable County | West
Barnstable | No. 2 B-295 |
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1967 INTERNATIONAL/1982 TED YOUNG COUNTY
BRUSH BREAKER NO.2 B-295 |
| West Barnstable Breaker 295 was
originally planned to be a Barnstable County Forest Fire
Service brush breaker, but about the time work began on the
truck, the County ended its fire service and West Barnstable
Fire Department got the new and final truck planned by
Barnstable County.
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