Last Resort Fire Dept - Shop/Storage Facility (12 rigs on display) 1433 NW 51st St (in the Ballard district, north of downtown)
Last Resort Fire Department apparatus currently on display: 1913 Seagrave city-service ladder (Apparatus #126) 1924 American LaFrance 1000-gpm pumper (Apparatus #128) 1927 Ahrens-Fox 1000-gpm pumper (Apparatus #100) 1929 Mack 85' tractor-drawn tillered aerial (Apparatus #117) 1930 Mack 1000-gpm pumper (Apparatus #119) 1940 Kenworth 750-gpm pumper (Apparatus #132) 1950 Kenworth 1500-gpm pumper (Apparatus #169) 1950 Kenworth city-service ladder (Apparatus #181) 1969 Kenworth 1750-gpm pumper (Apparatus #319) 1969 Kenworth-Maxim 100' tractor-drawn tillered aerial (Apparatus #316) Support Vehicles: 1949 International "Service Truck" 1954 Seagrave "Tow Truck" (Apparatus #198)
Visit our "FIRE APPARATUS" page for photos and historical profiles of each of the LRFD rigs listed above, as well as the rest of the fire apparatus in our collection.
Construction of LRFD Shop/Storage Facility February - September, 1973
Vacant Lot
Excavation for Service Pit
Pit Completed
Final Surfacing of Apparatus Floor
Trying Out the New Service Pit
Building Begins to Take Shape
Building Nearing Completion
Backing App. 117 Into It's New Home
~ and the way it looks today, with 12 rigs inside ~
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