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| 1922 - Dodge
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville |
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1922 DODGE PATROL TRUCK |
| Before there was a
Centerville-Osterville Fire District (established 1926), the
Town of Barnstable forest fire warden Robert Cross put
together a 1922 Dodge truck (middle) with a 150 gallon tank,
Leonard gear pump, and about 2000' of hose as a forest fire
patrol truck. Initially privately garaged in Osterville, the
truck would be used when there were fires in the town before
there was really any organized fire departments beyond
Hyannis, other than the small Cotuit Chemical Company which
operated a 1916 Ford Model-T chemical engine. When the
Centerville-Osterville District built the fire station in
Osterville in 1926, the Dodge was housed there, along with
the District's 1926 Maxim pumper, until it was replaced in
1938 by the Ford patrol truck on the right.
While the official date of the
formation of the Town of Barnstable Forest Fire Department
is unclear, it is believed to be with this 1922 Dodge fire
truck. The Town built several fire trucks over the years and
operated patrol trucks for more than 50 years. The trucks
were assigned to District fire stations and operated by
firemen of those departments. When the Town Forest Fire
Department dissolved around 1975, the remaining apparatus
was sold for $1.00 each to the departments that had operated
them. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
Town of Barnstable Forest Fire
Warden and Centerville-Osterville Fire District Fire Chief
Bernard S. Ames worked together in 1937 with Carl Stark at
his garage on Main Street in Osterville to design and build
what became known as the first Brush Breaker.
The truck was built on a 10 wheel 1937 Ford COE all
wheel drive truck chassis. An 800 gallon cylindrical
water tank was mounted on the chassis. A locally made
Leonard pump was installed to supply hose streams. A large
hose reel was mounted behind the cab and equipment baskets
mounted along the sides of the water tank. Steel bars and
rails were then mounted on the truck to provide some
protection for the truck as well as give some leverage and
push capability for the truck to be able to "break some
brush" when necessary to reach fires in remote areas with
the intention of extinguishing them while the fire was still
small.
As the story is told, the truck
had just been painted red and the paint had not even dried
yet when a brush fire broke out in Hyannis in the woods near
Ridgewood Ave. The new truck was called to its first
fire on May 5, 1937. In an interesting twist of fate,
the truck either broke down, got stuck, or was for reasons
unknown was overrun by the fire and heavily damaged at its
first fire.
Fortunately, the truck was put
back in service and would go on to serve and battle many
brush and forest fires across southeastern Massachusetts for
about 15 years before being replaced by the next generation
brush breaker in 1952. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
| Another view of the 1937 Ford
Brush Breaker parked on the ramp of the Osterville Fire
Station shows the unique design of the new type of
apparatus. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
| The Osterville Fire Station,
built in 1926, housed the Centerville-Osterville Fire
District's first fire engine, a 1926 Maxim 500 gpm pumper
Engine 1 (right). It also served as the headquarters
for the Town of Barnstable Forest Fire Department. This
photo shows the TOB's 1937 brush breaker and the TOB's 1938
Ford Patrol Truck. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
| The new 1937 brush breaker is
shown pushing over a tree and driving through some brush. By
the looks of the way the men were dressed, this was probably
a demonstration of the capabilities of the new truck. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
| A rare color photo of the
Osterville Fire Station with the 1937 brush breaker, the
Town of Barnstable Forest Fire Department's first truck, a
1922 Dodge (center), and the 1938 Ford Patrol Truck which
would have replaced the 1922 Dodge.
As a point of interest, when the Centerville-Osterville Fire
District was established in 1926, it built two nearly
identical fire stations. The Centerville fire station
was built on Main Street in Centerville and looks very much
like this Osterville station. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
| A color closeup of the 1937
brush breaker. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
| This colorized image shows the
1937 brush breaker at its first fire on May 5, 1937 near
Ridgewood Ave in Hyannis. The newly painted truck was
soon enveloped by the fire and badly damaged. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
| This newspaper clipping shows
the Ridgewood Ave., Hyannis fire and the new brush breaker
at the May 5, 1937 fire which badly damaged the new truck.
The fire burned some 2,000 acres from Hyannis into the
Cummaquid area of Barnstable. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
| The next several images of the
1937 Ford Town of Barnstable brush breaker are clipped from
a film documenting a huge three day 15,000 acre forest
fire in the Bourne-Sandwich area in 1946. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
| The 1937 Barnstable brush
breaker about to head off the road with a full crew. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
| The Town of Barnstable breaker
operating in the woods. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
| Helpers young and old jump
aboard the brush breaker as it makes its way through the
woods. |
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| 1937 - Ford /
Carl Stark | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The First
Brush Breaker" |
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1937 FORD "THE FIRST BRUSH BREAKER" |
| The 1937 Ford brush breaker
design helped pioneer a style of forest fire trucks that
would be copied, improved upon, and served to fight fires
across southeastern Massachusetts for decades to come. |
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| 1938 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville |
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1938 FORD PATROL TRUCK |
| The Town of Barnstable operated
this 1938 Ford pickup truck as a forest fire patrol truck.
A small water tank, perhaps 150 gallons or so, and a small
fire pump would enable this truck to reach and extinguish
many of the smaller accessible type brush and grass fires.
Patrol trucks were some of the first to be equipped with
radios to communicate with spotters in area fire towers that
would line up smokes and advise the patrol truck which would
then respond to investigate or attack fires many times
before larger apparatus responded. |
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| 1938 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville |
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1938 FORD PATROL TRUCK |
| The Town of Barnstable 1938
Ford Patrol Truck was assigned to the Osterville Fire
Station which served as the Forest Fire Department's
headquarters. |
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| 1938 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville |
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1938 FORD PATROL TRUCK |
| The 1938 Ford patrol truck
appears to be on the left working with engines from Hyannis
including the 1926 Ahrens Fox Engine 1, 1937 GMC Engine 3,
and the 1930s Maxim Engine 2. |
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| 1938 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville |
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1938 FORD PATROL TRUCK |
| The Town of Barnstable's 1938
Ford Patrol Truck is shown with the Forest Fire Department's
first fire truck, a 1922 Dodge in front of the Osterville
Fire Station c.1938. The 1938 truck probably replaced
the 16 year old 1922 truck. |
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| 1938 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville |
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1938 FORD PATROL TRUCK |
| This appears to be the Town of
Barnstable's 1938 Ford Patrol Truck responding out of the
Cotuit Fire Station in the film documenting the 1946
Bourne-Sandwich forest fire. |
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| 1947 - Dodge
Power Wagon | Town of Barnstable | Cotuit | Brush Breaker |
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1947 DODGE BRUSH BREAKER |
| This 1947 Dodge Power Wagon was
made into a small brush breaker which served the Town of
Barnstable for more than 20 years. The truck had
approximately 300 gallons of water and was modified a few
times over the years based on where it was assigned. Here it
is shown with two hose reels. In other photos, the
reels had been removed in favor of a coiled hose bed.
This truck started out in West Barnstable two years before
the West Barnstable Fire District was established in 1949.
It was then reassigned and served the majority of its career
at the Cotuit Fire Station until replaced in 1969 by a new
Dodge Power Wagon. The 1947 truck then spent several
years at the Hyannis Fire Station, before returning to West
Barnstable for a couple years. |
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| 1947 - Dodge
Power Wagon | Town of Barnstable | Cotuit | Brush Breaker |
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1947 DODGE BRUSH BREAKER |
| The 1947 Dodge Power Wagon
brush breaker assigned to the Cotuit Fire Station. |
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| 1947 - Dodge
Power Wagon | Town of Barnstable | Cotuit | Brush Breaker |
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1947 DODGE BRUSH BREAKER |
| The Cotuit based Town of
Barnstable brush breaker at a brush fire. |
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| 1947 - Dodge
Power Wagon | Town of Barnstable | Cotuit | Brush Breaker |
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1947 DODGE BRUSH BREAKER |
| The Cotuit 1947 brush breaker
had a rear mounted gasoline powered fire pump. |
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| 1947 - Dodge
Power Wagon | Town of Barnstable | Cotuit | Brush Breaker |
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1947 DODGE BRUSH BREAKER |
| The 1947 Dodge Power Wagon
brush breaker is shown in front of the Cotuit Fire Station
in the late 1950's. Cotuit Fire District apparatus includes
a 1953 Ford Engine 2, 1954 Ford/Maxim Engine 3, and Cotuit's
first Cadillac ambulance. |
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| 1948 - Dodge
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Centerville |
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1948 DODGE BRUSH BREAKER |
| The Town of Barnstable
converted a Dodge Power Wagon which served as the original
crash truck at the Hyannis Airport into a small brush
breaker which was assigned to the Centerville Fire Station.
The small truck is shown on the left in front of the old
Centerville station, along with the Centerville-Osterville
Fire District's 1942 Ford Engine 4 and 1950 Ford/Maxim
Engine 2, and the Town's1950 Ford patrol truck. Photo
1953. |
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| 1948 - Dodge
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Centerville |
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1948 DODGE BRUSH BREAKER |
| The Town of Barnstable's 1948
Dodge brush breaker is shown here working a road side fire.
This truck started out as an airport crash truck in Hyannis.
It was replaced in 1962 by a new brush breaker. The truck
eventually made its way to Sandwich where it became one of
the first fire trucks in the Forestdale area before a
station was built there. |
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| 1950 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1950 FORD PATROL TRUCK |
The Town of Barnstable operated
this 1950 Ford pickup truck as a patrol truck. This truck
probably replaced the 1938 Ford patrol truck and would have
been assigned to Osterville. Town forest fire
patrolmen Stanley Buckler and Robert Dottridge, both of whom
would later serve as fire chiefs within the town (Buckler in
Centerville-Osterville and Dottridge in Cotuit), are shown
with the truck.
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| 1950 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1950 FORD PATROL TRUCK |
| The 1950 Ford patrol truck is
shown here on the right along with another Town of
Barnstable brush breaker on the left assigned to the
Centerville Fire Station. Two Centerville-Osterville Fire
District trucks are also shown including the 1942 Ford
Engine 4 and the 1950 Ford/Maxim 500 gpm pumper Engine 2.
Photo taken in 1953. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| In 1952, a new Ford COE chassis
was purchased by the Town of Barnstable Forest Fire
Department to replace the 1937 original brush breaker. The
design was essentially the same as the old truck with a
cylindrical 800 gallon water tank, pump, hose reel, and
equipment baskets. This truck, like the first, was
stationed in Osterville. Fire Chief Charles Hallett and
Deputy Chief Herbert Coombs are shown with the new truck. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The 1952 Ford brush breaker
coming out of the woods. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The 1937 Ford brush breaker
design helped pioneer a style of forest fire trucks that
would be copied, improved upon, and served to fight fires
across southeastern Massachusetts for decades to come. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| Brush breakers tended to carry
more water than other fire engines. Frequently they were
utilized at building fires to supply hose lines or to
supplement what pumpers may have carried, or to fight fire
while pumpers established a water supply. The 1952 brush
breaker is shown here at a house fire in Osterville in the
1950's. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| This photo shows a number of
trucks from different departments following a fire.
The truck in the center appears to be the 1952 Ford Town of
Barnstable breaker. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| A closer view of the rear of
the 1952 Ford. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| By 1963 the
Centerville-Osterville Fire District opened a large addition
to the Osterville fire station adding much needed space for
apparatus. Sometime prior to that, the 1952 Ford brush
breaker was rebuilt giving it a different look and
functional design. The square look reflects the
replacement of the original water tank and a protected
cowling area behind the cab for firemen to stand while
fighting fire as the truck drives through the woods. The
reel was also replaced by the coiled forestry hose lines
stored above the tank. Also by this time, all apparatus had
radios and this truck was known as "216" on the county radio
channel. This truck remained in
service until replaced in 1967 by a new Maxim brush breaker.
It then went on to serve the Barnstable Fire District for
several years. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| On top of the brush breaker are
two pre-piped bays for coiled forestry hose which does not
collapse like ordinary hose when the pump pressure is shut
down. This way, water is able to flow through the hose
whether 20 feet or 200 feet or hose are pulled off the
truck. This would have been an improvement over the hose
reel on the original truck. Along with the hose, a variety
of equipment including shovels, axes, helmets, and equipment
used fighting fires. Note the
number "216" is painted on the roof of the cab on this and
other brush breakers. The numbers on the roofs of
apparatus enable the fire plane spotter to recognize and
direct brush breakers into safe areas or to avoid obstacles. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| This photo shows the new
cowling area behind the cab for firemen to ride and fight
fire from with some protection. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The Town of Barnstable brush
breaker 216, along with many other brush breakers from Cape
Cod would often be sent on mutual aid to large fires in
Plymouth County. Here is 216 and a Plymouth breaker at
a huge fire in Carver in May of 1964. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The 1952 Ford is shown here
just after coming out of the woods. One of the important
things to do when coming out for water or reassignment is to
clear a lot of brush a debris from the truck, check the
brakes, tires, and other potential vehicle damage before
fueling up and going back into the woods. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| A hose line rests on the roof
of the cab of the breaker indicating the truck had probably
just come from some intense firefighting. Hose lines
in addition to extinguishing fire, are sometimes used to
protect the truck and personnel when things get hot. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The Osterville brush breaker is
shown here working a grass fire. Grass fires have a
different level of fuel load, but can still burn quickly and
threaten structures or crops. A quick drive around the
fire preventing the head fire from extending can bring these
fires under control. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| Firemen riding on the brush
breaker as it is slowly driven around the fire line are able
to knock down fire and once stopped, the fire can be mopped
up by wetting down hot spots and deep seated smoldering
fire. The driver and officer must judge the need to quickly
reach the head fire, with the need to prevent side fires
from advancing and turning into new head fires. On larger
fires, several breakers would work in a line together with
the first truck quickly heading for stopping forward
progress of the fire, while additional trucks follow and
make sure the sideline is contained. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| Hose lines operating off the
water tank of the brush breaker are used to fight 'pit
fires" at a drill at the fire academy. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| Pit fires are conducted in
cement wall containments with petroleum products set on fire
on floating on water. In most cases, foam would be used to
extinguish these "class B" fires, but with the right
technique, they can be extinguished by water from hose lines
alone. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The brush breaker with its pump
and roll capability was sometimes used for jobs other than
fighting fires. Here the truck is used to wet down the
dusty parking area at the County Fairgrounds in Marstons
Mills. |
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| 1952 - Ford
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "The
Second Generation" |
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1952 FORD BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| Gold lettering on the door of
the 1952 Town of Barnstable Fore Fire Department brush
breaker. |
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| 1958 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1958 FORD PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| The Town of Barnstable replaced
the 1950 Ford patrol truck around 1958 with another Ford.
Here it is shown in 1962 in front of the Osterville Fire
Station along with the fire chief's car. The patrol truck
would have had about a 150 gallon water tank. |
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| 1958 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1958 FORD PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| The 1958 Ford patrol truck 210
in front of the Osterville Fire Station with the 1950
Ford/Maxim Engine 1. |
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| 1958 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1958 FORD PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| Among the many duties of the
forest fire patrolmen was keeping fire roads clear of brush
and debris. The patrol trucks would check these paths
through the woods to make sure fire apparatus could have
clear access. |
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| 1958 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1958 FORD PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| Patrol 210 on a local fire
road. |
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| 1958 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1958 FORD PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| Protecting Cape Cod from forest
fires was a joint effort. Here the Town of
Barnstable's patrol truck 210 meets up at the Marstons Mills
airfield with the Barnstable County Fire Patrol Plane P-18
and a Barnstable County Forest Fire Department patrol truck.
Town and County departments would work with the State's
forest fire towers and apparatus to quickly spot and control
forest fires. |
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| 1958 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1958 FORD PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| The 1958 Ford patrol truck
while of simple design and minimally equipped would patrol
the town in the days before fire districts had any permanent
firemen and would often get in on fires, accidents, or
rescue calls before other help could arrive. |
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| 1958 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1958 FORD PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| Fires at the town dump in
Marstons Mills were a common occurance. Here the patrol
truck arrives to go to work on the fire. Brush
breakers would also respond carrying hundreds of gallons of
water and having all wheel drive could get around these
fires. |
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| 1958 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1958 FORD PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| Fire at the town dump in
Marstons Mills. |
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| 1958 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1958 FORD PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| Accessing fires at the dump and
preventing them from spreading and burning for days was a
challenge. Getting to the fires quickly was important. |
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| 1958 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1958 FORD PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| Here the patrol truck works
with apparatus from Hyannis to battle a brush fire. |
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| 1958 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | |
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1958 FORD PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| Retired Centerville-Osterville
Fire Chief Bernard S. Ames (1926-1950), who also served as
the Forest Fire Department Warden at the time the original
brush breaker was designed and built posed with the 1958
Ford patrol truck in front of the old Osterville fire
station in 1962. |
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| 1962 -
International/Maxim Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable |
Centerville | B-212 |
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1962 INTERNATIONAL/MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 212 |
| The Town of Barnstable built a
new brush breaker in 1962. The International 6 wheel
all wheel drive chassis was turned into a brush breaker by
Maxim Motors in Middlebro. It was originally called brush
breaker "212" and assigned to the Centerville Fire Station
for many years. It had a rear mounted pump and roll
fire pump and a midship mounted Leonard gear pump for
stationary pumping. The truck carried 500 gallons of
water and had a winch. In 1975
when the TOB Forest Fire Department dissolved this truck was
purchased by the Centerville-Osterville FD and reassigned as
Breaker 317, also known as Truck 17 on the fire alarm
channel for sometime. |
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| 1962 -
International/Maxim Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable |
Centerville | B-212 |
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1962 INTERNATIONAL/MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 212 |
| The 1962 International brush
breaker 212 is shown here with the 1967 Maxim brush breaker
216 at a fire at the town dump in Marstons Mills. |
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| 1962 -
International/Maxim Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable |
Centerville | B-212 |
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1962 INTERNATIONAL/MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 212 |
| The 1962 International
operating at a small woods fire. |
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| 1962 -
International/Maxim Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable |
Centerville | B-212 |
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1962 INTERNATIONAL/MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 212 |
| The 1962 brush breaker at a
stump dump fire in the 1980's. Design of this truck
was similar in many ways from the refurbished 1952 Ford
breaker with the cowling behind the cab, 500 gallon water
tank, twin coiled hose lines, and rear mounted pump. Also
shown are the C-O FD 1975 Mack Engine 5 and the rear of West
Barnstable's 1985 Pierce Engine-Tanker 296.
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| In 1967 the Town of Barnstable
Forest Fire Department had a new brush breaker built on a
Maxim custom chassis. The 10 wheel, all wheel drive
truck had a 1000 gallon water tank, 250 gpm rear pump, and
was of similar design to previous trucks. This truck
had a Waukesha gasoline motor and 5 speed manual
transmission with all wheel drive mode. When delivered
it replaced the 1952 Ford brush breaker which was then
transferred to the Barnstable Fire District for several
years. This "third generation"
Town of Barnstable brush breaker would later be transferred
to the Centerville-Osterville Fire District around 1975 and
would serve as Breaker 316 until about 2015 when it would be taken out of
service after a total of nearly 47 years of service. |
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The new 1967 Maxim brush
breaker was tested and checked out before being painted and
delivered. Several photos from that testing show the
primed truck going through the test. |
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The new 1967 Maxim brush
breaker was tested and checked out before being painted and
delivered. Several photos from that testing show the
primed truck going through the test. |
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The new 1967 Maxim brush
breaker was tested and checked out before being painted and
delivered. Several photos from that testing show the
primed truck going through the test. |
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The new 1967 Maxim brush
breaker was tested and checked out before being painted and
delivered. Several photos from that testing show the
primed truck going through the test. |
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The new 1967 Maxim brush
breaker was tested and checked out before being painted and
delivered. Several photos from that testing show the
primed truck going through the test. |
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The new 1967 Maxim brush
breaker was tested and checked out before being painted and
delivered. Several photos from that testing show the
primed truck going through the test. |
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The new 1967 Maxim brush
breaker was tested and checked out before being painted and
delivered. Several photos from that testing show the
primed truck going through the test. |
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The new 1967 Maxim brush
breaker was tested and checked out before being painted and
delivered. Several photos from that testing show the
primed truck going through the test. |
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The apparatus housed at the
Osterville Fire Station in 1967 included from left to right,
the 1967 Town of Barnstable brush breaker 216, the 1960
International Squad Truck 302, the 1963 International/Maxim
pumper 309 "Engine 4", the 1950 Ford/Maxim 307 "Engine 1",
the 1966 Chevy ambulance 303, and the 1967 Ford Town of
Barnstable patrol truck 210. |
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| In about 1975 the Town of
Barnstable decided to dissolve the Forest Fire Department
and four of the remaining apparatus were transferred to the
fire districts which operated them. Brush Breaker 216
became Centerville-Osterville Brush Breaker 316 and would
serve for many more years.
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The 1967 Maxim brush breaker
was initially assigned to Osterville, but served years at
both the Marstons Mills and Centerville fire stations.
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| 1967 - Maxim
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | "Third
Generation" B-216 |
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1967 MAXIM BRUSH BREAKER 216 |
| The 1967 Breaker 316 responded
on mutual aid to a brush fire near Compass Lane in Mashpee
on April 22, 2014. About 6 acres were scorched. As it
would turn out, this ended up being the last fire for two
brush breakers which were later permanently taken out of
service due to mechanical repair problems. One was Mashpee
Breaker 353 and the other COMM Breaker 316 which would
remain at the COMM HQ into 2016.
GO TO COMM FIRE
DEPARTMENT FOR MORE: |
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| 1967 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | P-210 |
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1967 FORD PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| In 1967 the Town f Barnstable
replaced the 1958 Ford patrol truck with a new 1967 Ford
patrol truck. It also had a 150 gallon tank and
pump. The patrol truck even had a topographical map
with fire tower lines mounted on the ceiling of the cab to
line up smokes seen by fire towers. Patrolman Herbert
"Buddy" Dupuis is shown with the truck. Dupuis later served
as the Forest Fire Warden for the Town of Barnstable. This
truck was replaced by another patrol truck in 1975. |
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| 1969 - Dodge
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Cotuit | |
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1969 DODGE BRUSH BREAKER 215 |
| In 1969 a Dodge Power Wagon was
made into a brush breaker for the Cotuit station. This truck
replaced the 1947 Dodge Power Wagon brush breaker. It
had a 300 gallon tank, rear mounted pump and winch. It
was originally Town of Barnstable brush breaker 215. In 1975
when the Town of Barnstable Forest Fire Department dissolved
it became Cotuit Breaker 267 "Engine 4."
This truck would continue to serve until 2001. |
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| 1969 - Dodge
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Cotuit | |
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1969 DODGE BRUSH BREAKER 215 |
| The 1969 Dodge Power Wagon
originally served as TOB brush breaker 215 in Cotuit. |
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| 1969 - Dodge
Brush Breaker | Town of Barnstable | Cotuit | B-215 |
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1969 DODGE BRUSH BREAKER 215 |
| The 1969 Dodge
Power Wagon originally as TOB brush breaker 215 in Cotuit.
It became Cotuit Fire Department Breaker 267 around 1975 and
served until replaced in 2001 by a new International / EJ
Murphy 750 gallon brush breaker.
GO TO COTUIT FIRE
DEPARTMENT FOR MORE: |
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| 1969 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | P-220 |
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1969 FORD PATROL TRUCK 220 |
| The Town had one patrol truck
for many years. In 1969, a second patrol truck was
added to the roster. Also housed in Osterville, the Ford
patrol truck served until the mid 1970s. |
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| 1969 - Ford
Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | Osterville | P-220 |
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1969 FORD PATROL TRUCK 220 |
| The 1969 Ford Patrol Truck 220 along
with C-O FD Squad 302 operating at a brush fire in Marstons
Mills. In the mid 1970's the TOB
Forest Fire Department was dissolved. The 1969 Ford
pickup was taken over by the shellfish department and no
longer served as a fire apparatus. |
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| 1975 -
International Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | West
Barnstable | P-210 |
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1975 INTERNATIONAL PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| The last of the Town of
Barnstable Forest Fire Department purchases was a 1975 4x4
pickup truck Patrol Truck, originally Patrol 210. Soon after
it was put in service, the TOB Forest Fire Dept. dissolved
and the truck was transferred to the West Barnstable Fire
Department and designated as Patrol 290. It had a 150
gallon tank and was very similar to previous patrol trucks. |
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| 1975 -
International Patrol Truck | Town of Barnstable | West
Barnstable | P-210 |
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1975 INTERNATIONAL PATROL TRUCK 210 |
| The Town of Barnstable 1975 International 4x4
Patrol 210 would soon become West Barnstable's Patrol 290.
It would serve for several years before being replaced. This
represents the last of the Town of Barnstable Forest Fire
Department's apparatus.
GO TO
WEST BARNSTABLE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR MORE: |
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