VOLUME  1  –  ISSUE  2

       The second Issue was put out in the second quarter of 1999 and was 28 pages.  The front cover featured an engine from Carpenter Technology in Reading (Berks County).  This 1978 Mack MB engine was purchased from the Chillum-Adelphi Fire Department in Maryland in 1992.  Domestic Fire Apparatus refurbished the engine to fit the industrial department’s needs. The unit has a 1000 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank and 500 gallon foam tank.  It had the black top added in 1998.  This rig finally ended up at the Berks County Fire Training Academy.

Some of the other articles in this issue were:

The Anthracite Apparatus Corner by Dan Markiewicz  (Updates on the Coal Region).

A fire department profile on Carpenter Technology  (Berks County).

Western Pennsylvania Update by John Schmidt.

A fire department profile on the Chapman Township Fire Company (Clinton County).

Suburban Philadelphia Update by Bruce Anderson  (Updates on a 6-County Region).

A Piece of the Big Apple (Profiling Pennsylvania apparatus previously from FDNY).

A fire department profile on Lebanon Bureau of Fire – Part 2 by Darin Smith.

Tractor-Trailer Tankers – Part 2  (My favorite apparatus, unfortunately becoming extinct).

A fire department profile on the Tamaqua Fire Department (Schuylkill County).

Lost and Found (One of my favorite columns, Highlighting Pennsylvania apparatus now in service elsewhere).

Manufacturer Profile – Fiercab  CECO/Taylor  (Short lasting company).

New Deliveries.

Missing in Action  (A list of Pennsylvania apparatus that have been sold/scrapped and am looking for the whereabouts of them).

Calendar of Events.