Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Engine - Truck - Rescue - TROT
Motorized Apparatus the Early Years Pre 1960
This era saw the emerging of the Washington Rural Service. These were rigs designed and purchased specifically for response into the outlaying communities. This apparatus was purchased by the fire company.
In addition the borough also owned and housed a pumper in Washington Station. This was for use at borough incidents only and was not permitted to leave Mechanicsburg for any reason.
This practice has long since faded at Company 28. Modern Mutual Aid agreements have made this practice obsolete.
Apparatus is now run into all areas regardless of ownership in a theory of the "best piece first" This practice allows for the best fire service we can provide regardless of where the person in need lives
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May 5, 1917 Luverne Chemical Truck
As the boroughs first motorized apparatus, it was the first piece of equipment to offer mutual aid to the surrounding communities. It carried a 40 gallon chemical tank, hand extinguishers, and hand tools
1924 LaFrance 750 GPM Pumper
Purchased by Mechanicsburg Borough Council on August 14, 1923 it was the first engine driven pump in Mechanicsburg. It was continuous pumping service in Harrisburg and New Cumberland in the floods of March 1936. The unit was gasoline
The Sayers and Scovell January 1931
The first rural truck was placed in service by the company. S. Harper Myers, a local funeral director presented to the company a Sayers and Scovell hearse. Orville May and Earl Wise redesigned it as a fire engine. This truck was equipped with the first portable pump unit adapted for fire protection. The truck was used to give fire protection to the large rural district bordering Mechanicsburg.
Truck 8 the early years
Mack City Service
Purchased by Mechanicsburg Borough Council it was delivered in February 1920
The unit was equipped with two 35 gallon chemical tanks, a full complement of ladders and various hand tools.
The next step in the evolution of Truck Company 8
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