Equipment

In August of 1905, a Chemical Cart was the first piece of equipment ordered.   There are no records as to when the company received the cart.  After payment was held up due to the fact that the cart received was not as represented to the company at time of purchase, payment was made in the March 1906 meeting.  Also acquired in 1906 were 3 fire axes, 2 dozen fire pails and a Hose Cart with a capacity to hold 500 ft.  The Chemical Cart cost $103... and the Hose Cart was $106.64.  The following year of 1907, 6 lanterns were purchased for night runs. The company purchased their next major piece of equipment in 1917 - a Model T Ford truck with a Soda Acid Chemical tank mounted on it.  But the records show the company traded this unit off for a stove to the Springville Company.  In 1932, the company purchased a new Ford Model BB Chassis Engine on which the Sanford Company of Syracuse mounted a Gear Pump and other Fire Equipment.  Many changes on the truck to fit the other equipment that is needed at the fire scene was done buy the members of the company.  A V-8 engine was later installed in this truck which replaced the original 4-Cylinder engine. In order to be able to carry more hose to a fire, a Ford Panel Truck was purchased in 1940.  This took an unduly burden off the 1932 Ford Model BB Chassis Engine.