The most notable story about one of the Stutz trucks has to do with a very late night response to Mineral Wells. The need to keep the trucks and equipment in good running order had become apparent to all.īy 1924, the City purchased a pair of consecutive serial-numbered Stutz Triple Combination Pumpers. In the early 20’s, the Fire Department and the City placed the first of many firemen on the payroll to protect the citizens of the community. The 1917 American LaFrance fought its last fire in 1951 when the Kuteman Building burned. The 1917 American LaFrance has remained with the department to this day. This probably occurred because the 1914 American LaFrance was so quickly replaced due to its inadequacy. Many of the older firemen often confused the two different American LaFrance trucks in relating their tales of fires fought in the late teens and early twenties. The department used the 1914 truck as a trade-in on the truck delivered in 1917.
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