HISTORICAL PICTURES
Pictures from the history of the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc
From the HVFD Archives of the late F.X. Geary
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- Equipment as it appeared in 1960 in front of the Farragut Street firehouse
From left are: 1950 Chevrolet pickup; 1960 Ambulance No.18; 1951 1,000-gallon American LaFrance pumper Engine 12; 1951 1,000-gallon American LaFrance pumper Engine 13. (24k)
- The original water barrel
The original water barrel of the Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department in 1904 at the Bladensburg Band Stand (now Peace Cross) (22k)
- Mount Rainer Bowling Alley Fire
Units from Hyattsville and surrounding areas operate at the Mount Rainer Bowling Alley fire. (36k)
- Construction of the "New" firehouse
Tower being placed on Station 2 (now Station 1) in 1959 at Belcrest and Queens Chapel Road. (22k)
- Smoke Ejector
"Smokey" was a 1933 Pirsch equipped with lights, salvage equipment and a smoke ejector at a cost of $8,200. The unit was the only one of its kind east of Minneapolis, Minnesota. (21k)
- Horse-Drawn Ladder Truck
A May 1903 photograph of Hyattsville Fire Department's horse-drawn laddeer truck. (22k)
- The Mack and the Ambo
Hyattsville's 1974 Mack pumper (now operated by the Timberville, VA VFD) and our ambulance. The pumper was our first automatic transmission. In the mid-80's it was converted to a fully-enclosed cab unit before being sold to Timberville in the early 1990's after the arrival of our Pierce pumpers (24k)
- The Old Farragut Street Station
This early photograph shows members of the HVFD posing in front of the original firehouse on Farragut Street in what is now considered "Historic Hyattsville" off Rhode Island Avenue near the PG County Courthouse. (17k)
- The Original "Rescue Squad 1"
A 1952 American LaFrance squad truck. Quite a bit different from our Squad of today
(24k)
- Prince George's Plaza Blaze
Multiple-Alarm Fire at the Prince George's Plaza on December 29, 1965. One of the largest fires in department history. (24k)
Updated: October 14, 1997
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