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June, 2015
1ST Responder Newspaper - LI
Boyer Fire Apparatus, Equipment and Fire Department Supplies
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ON THE BOOK SHELF
by John Malecky
Boyer Fire Apparatus, Equipment and Fire Department Supplies By Rodger J. Birchfield Available from: FSP Books & Videos 188 Central Street, #4 Hudson, MA 01749-1330 1-800522-8528 E-Mail: support\@firep o l i c e - e m s . c o m www.fire-police-ems.com Price: $44.95 This is a hard cover book measuring 8 ½ inch by 11 inches
and as 208 pages. In some respects it may qualify to be called a coffee table book! It tells the story of the history of Boyer Fire Apparatus of Logansport, Indiana. The author was a newspaper reporter in Indianapolis for many years. When papers merged, he was assigned to the fire and police beat for a few years until he retired. Shortly after retirement, he became the assistant to the Indianapolis fire department’s public information officer as a write and photographer. We can say that he is a buff and held memberships and office in a number of clubs. He owns some fire apparatus as well. He did a great job of putting together this book. In 1905, a patent was issued to build a chemical fire extinguishing apparatus.
The first motor fire apparatus was built in 1916. The company had a couple of names in their early history which you will read about in the book. Their parent company was Universal Fire Apparatus. Their last apparatus sale was in 1991 and the plant was auctioned off in 1993. The book’s history includes a full list of deliveries alphabetically and is loaded with black and white and color photos. The company did sell equipment as well as apparatus and so some of the equipment photos are mixed in with the history and the apparatus. Most of the apparatus was built on commercial chassis. The custom chassis was mostly Spartan’s. There were a number of unique vehicles sold and included in this book which include those
with Grove and Fire Spire aerial ladders. One of my favorites is a quad I photographed in Kokomo, Indiana back in the 1980’s while passing through. It was a 1988 “C” Model Ford chassis with a 500 gpm pump as well as a 100 gpm booster pump plus storage for ground ladders under the hose bed and a 35 foot extension on the side. There are several photos of this vehicle on page 196. If you are an apparatus buff, you should enjoy this book and if you’re an “old goat” like me who has photographed apparatus for 40 years you will see many trucks that you remembered from those years as well as from reading magazines like Fire Engineering wherever they were advertised. In short, thank you Mr. Birchfield for your contribution!
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