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Cranston, R. I., Fire Apparatus

Posted on October 15, 2023January 25, 2025 by jim

Many photos here are courtesy of the Cranston Fire Department. 

Click on images to enlarge. 

Hose 2 – 1920s.
Cranston Fire Engine
Edgewood station – 1930s
Edgewood Fire Crew
Date Unknown
Photo courtesy of
Donald Roberts, Jr.
Station 3, Feb. 16, 1927
Photo Courtesy of
Donald Roberts, Jr.
Cranston FD Ladder 2
CFD Ladder Truck

1940 Autocar Ladder Truck
1940 Autocar Ladder Truck
1942 Buick Ambulance
Turned over to the fire department from the police department , and remained in use until 1955.

      In July of 1955, the fire department obtained a new ambulance which cost $10,050. It replaced the department’s 1942 ambulance which had been in service since WWII. The new ambulance was equipped with air conditioning, power steering and brakes, and an on-board resuscitator unit. (photo unavailable.)

Engine 3
Ladder 3
Photo taken May, 1959.
Engine 4
Photo courtesy of
Donald Roberts, Jr.
Engine 10 -Fire Prevention Week
1956 Cadillac Ambulance
Engine 2 Fire Prevention Week
Engine No. 1
Ladder 4

1961 Ford Station Wagon Chief’s Car.
New Engine 2 – 1961
Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
Engine 1, unknown date.
Photo courtesy of
Donald Roberts, Jr.     
Photo courtesy of
Donald Roberts, Jr.
Rescue vehicles and boat at Station 2. 1960s.
Edgewood Rescues – 1960s
Rescue Boat
Ford Rescue Truck

Station 2 in the 1960s

 

1970s
Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
Ward LaFrance Front View
Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
Rescue 2

Garden City Station, Open House
October, 1974
Garden City Station, 1974
Garden City Station, 1974
Garden City Station
Open House
October, 1974.
October, 1974.
1975
1975
Engine 3, September, 1986.
Engine 3, Unknown date.
Photo courtesy of
Donald Roberts, Jr.
Pippin Orchard Rd., August, 1986.
Barn was burned for training to make way for housing development.
Reservoir Ave. at Garden City Dr.
August, 1986
Memorial Day Parade 1987
Ladder 2, Memorial Day, 1987.

Ladder 3, May, 1988.
Memorial Day, 1988
Photo Courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
Cranston FD, Ladder 2
Plainfield Pike at Atwood Ave. Late 1980s.
Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
Air Supply Truck
Photo Courtesy of
Donald Roberts, Jr.
Photo courtesy of
Donald Roberts, Jr.

Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.

Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
Photo courtesy of Donald Roberts, Jr.
June, 2007

 

 

 

 

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