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Wayne
Township Volunteer Throughout the 1970's Wayne Township grew dramatically, requiring a total of 9 stations, many of which were single engine houses. During the 1970/80's many of the stations had a unique and very bold color schemes which included bright and neon colored rigs. Prior to 1999, Wayne Township had served as the largest and busiest volunteer fire department in the state with nearly 16,000 calls annually in the late 1990's. In late 1999 they moved to a combination department. |
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| Aerial 1 - 1994 FMC 100'
Rearmount Ladder This beast of a rig served as Aerial 1 and is shown here at what is now Station 885. It replaced Truck 1 below. Station 1 (whose mascot was the Buzzard) had their apparatus go from red to pearl white and then to the current white-over-red. |
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| Truck 1 - 1974 Hendrickson Aerial - Midmount Ladder | ||
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| Engine 1 - 1974 Hendrickson
Pumper Engine 1 was the first due pumper from Station 1. It had a twin at Engine 4. |
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| Hazmat 15 - American
LaFrance/RPI Custom - Walk-in Heavy Rescue Hazmat 15's box was re-mounted onto the current Hazmat 881 chaise in 1994 |
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| Supply 15 - 1988 Spartan/45'
Custom Hessey Trailer Althought re-painted, this rig has remained essentially unchanged in its new role as Support 881. |
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| Truck 2 - 1974 Pierce
100'
Rear-mount platform This rig was replaced at Station 2 by the Simon-Duplex/LTI 100' Platform now in service as Ladder 882. Truck 2 was then reassigned as Truck 10 where it was eventually retired and replaced with the Smeal/AI Quint. |
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| Heavy Rescue 2 - 1986
Duplex/3-D This unit went through 3 refurbs before being retired in 2000 due to mechanical issues. Up until 2000, Wayne ran three Heavy Rescues (2,4,9). The former Rescue 9 a 1994 Spartan/American Fire Rescue was the only survivor and now runs as Rescue 882. |
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| Engine 2 - 1976 Pierce
Pumper This rig was replaced by the 1989 Young/Duplex Pumper below. Station 2's apparatus was yellow for most of the past three decades. Station 2's mascot was the Bulldog. |
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| Engine 2 - 1989 Young
Crusader/Simon-Duplex Pumper - 1500gpm/1000gal When Wayne Township was all volunteer, two pumpers were located at each station, thus the "2" and "21" designations. Both rigs responded to calls whenever the manpower was available. This Engine 2 was totalled in an accident and was not replaced. Engine 21 took over as the primary Engine at Station 2 until the a new HME/Luverne was delivered in 1995. |
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| Engine 21 - 1990 Young
Crusader/Simon-Duplex Pumper - 1500gpm/1000gal Engine 1, 21 & 10 were the second set of three identical Young/Simon Duplex. Engines 2, 4 and 9 were identical 1989 Young Crusaders |
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| Special thanks to John Lacey, JT and former members of the Wayne Township VFD for most of these pictures. | ||
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