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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/07/2006 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 023, 2006, DESIGNAT ITEM NUMBER: 22 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February7, 2006 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Karen McWilliams SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 023, 2006, Designating the 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper, Owned by the Poudre Fire Authority, as a Fort Collins Landmark Pursuant to Chapter 14 of the City Code. RECOMMENDATION The Landmark Preservation Commission and staff recommend adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. At a public hearing held on January 25, 2006, the Landmark Preservation Commission voted unanimously to recommend designation of this object as a landmark for the fire truck's significance to Fort Collins, under Landmark Standards (1) and (3). EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The owner of the property, Poudre Fire Authority, is initiating this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation for the 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper. The fire engine is eligible for individual Fort Collins Landmark Designation under both Landmark Standards (1) and (3). For fifty years, for three districts, this fire engine has played an important role in fire protection and holds a unique place in the history of fire service in the area. The engine is being restored to become a part of the Poudre Fire Authority's safety program. BACKGROUND In 1938, the Fort Collins Rural Fire Protection Association was established, delineating the boundaries in which the Fort Collins Fire Department would provide fire protection services to the surrounding rural areas. Until the establishment of the Association, rural fires were fought as best as could be, by residents and neighbors, with help from volunteers from the nearest town. The Fire Protection Association attempted to bring some measures of consistency and professionalism to fire fighting in the rural areas. In an agreement with the Fort Collins Fire Department, the Association arranged to pay the City of Fort Collins for its fire protection services to the outlying area. While the arrangement was initially beneficial, over time the Fort Collins Fire Department failed to receive sufficient funding for necessary equipment and men, and by the late 1940s, the arrangement was severely taxing the resources of the city department. A committee was formed to investigate forming a Fire District, which could raise a steady stream of revenue from a mill levy. On April 14, 1950, Judge Coffin signed the order forming the newly organized district, February 7, 2006 -2- Item No. 22 called the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District. Two weeks later, city officials and the district's directors agreed on a contract whereby the city would continue to provide fire protection for the fringe rural area surrounding Fort Collins. In exchange, the Fire Protection District would pay each Fort Collins fireman $25 a month. The Poudre Valley Fire Protection District included roughly the same area that was served by the Rural Protection Association which it supplanted. This consisted of all or part of thirteen school districts, the town of Timnath, and the Colorado A&M College. In October 1952, the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District Board of Directors received a bid of $8,000 plus the trade in value of an old engine, for a brand new fire engine from the American Fire Apparatus Co. of Detroit. This engine was a 1953 GMC chassis that was equipped with a 500 gallon-per-minute front mount pump, and a 500 gallon reserve water supply tank. On May 8, 1953 at 1:30 p.m., Mr. Bell delivered the truck. Firemen Jerry Collins and Reinie Reinick were detailed to man the rural engine. Four-and-a-half hours later, the truck was initiated when firemen were called to the Ben Fabrizius Farm, I1/2 miles east of Harmony. This 2 or 2'/2 ton 1953 GMC truck was custom ordered for rural firefighting. Significantly, it had a 500 gallon-per-minute Front Mount Pump. Having the pump mounted on the front permits using the pump while the truck is in motion, critical for fighting grass fires. The truck had two booster hose reels each carrying 200 feet of 1-inch hose. Attached to the hose were high pressure fog nozzles. It also had four 12-foot sections of hard suction hose for pumping water out of a stream, lake or well. Two of the sections were 4 %2 inches in diameter, the other two 2 1/2 inches. Some of the equipment the truck carried included two carbon dioxide fire extinguishers, a fire axe and wrecking bar, plus two 24-foot sections of an aluminum extension ladder and twelve foot roof ladder. The vehicle had electric brakes in addition to the conventional type, and an auxiliary battery system. The 1953 GMC Fire Engine was used by the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District and the Fort Collins Fire Department from May 8, 1953 to January 1968. From1968 to 1976, the truck was assigned to the District's Laporte Volunteer Fire Department, serving the area north of Fort Collins and around Laporte. The PVFPD gave up the engine in 1976, when the Laporte Volunteer Fire Department disbanded upon creation of the town's first paid force, with Chuck Willis as district chief. The truck was next sent to the Wellington Fire District, becoming the principal fire truck at the Waverly station. In June 1991, the Livermore Volunteer Fire District organized, and the following year took possession of the 1953 GMC Pumper from the Wellington Department. In the spring of 2003, the Livermore District retired the engine. While over the years the fire truck has undergone some modifications, the vehicle retains amazingly good integrity. At some point, the hard suction hose brackets, originally mounted on the truck's sides, were removed and replaced with equipment storage compartments. A rail was added over the bed of the truck, creating a frame to stretch a cover over the truck's open back. Two compartments behind the wheel were added, for "Scott" brand self contained breathing equipment. The truck also was equipped with emergency lighting and siren. Its future is finally assured.. Due to the efforts of Retired Fire Chief Ed Yonker, the 1953 GMC Front Mount Pump Engine is being restored, to become a part of the Poudre Fire Authority's safety program. For fifty years, for three districts, this fire engine has played an important role February 7, 2006 -3- Item No. 22 in fire protection and holds a unique place in the history of fire service in the area. It is well deserving of recognition as a Fort Collins Landmark. ATTACHMENTS • Landmark Preservation Commission staff report dated January 25, 2006. Community Planning and Environmental Services Advance Planning Department City of Fort Collins LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION January 25, 2006 STAFF REPORT REQUEST: Fort Collins Landmark Designation of the Poudre Fire Authority's 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper. STAFF CONTACT: Karen McWilliams, Preservation Planner APPLICANT: Poudre Fire Authority, Owner. Significance and Physical Integrity: The owner of the property, the Poudre Fire Authority, is initiating this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation of its 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper. The fire engine is eligible for individual Fort Collins Landmark Designation under both Landmark Standards (1) and (3). For fifty years, for three districts, this fire engine has played an important role in fire protection and holds a unique place in the history of fire service in the area. The engine is being restored, to become apart of the Poudre Fire Authority's safety program. Background: In 1938, the Fort Collins Rural Fire Protection Association was established, delineating the boundaries in which the Fort Collins Fire Department would provide fire protection services to the surrounding rural areas. Until the establishment of the Association, rural fires were fought as best as could be, by residents and neighbors, with help from volunteers from the nearest town. The Fire Protection Association attempted to bring some measures of consistency and professionalism to fire fighting in the rural areas. In an agreement with the Fort Collins Fire Department, the Association arranged to pay the City of Fort Collins for its fire protection services to the outlying area. While the arrangement was initially beneficial, over time the Fort Collins Fire Department failed to receive sufficient funding for necessary equipment and men, and by the late 1940s, the arrangement was severely taxing the resources of the city department. A committee was formed to investigate forming a Fire District, which could raise a steady stream of revenue from a mill levy. On April 14, 1950, Judge Coffin signed the order forming the newly organized district, called the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District. Two weeks later, city officials and the district's directors agreed on a contract whereby the city would continue to provide fire protection for the fringe rural area surrounding Fort Collins. In exchange, the Fire Protection District would pay each Fort Collins fireman $25 a month. The Poudre Valley Fire Protection District included roughly the same area that was served by the Rural Protection Association which it supplanted. This consisted of all or part of thirteen school districts, the town of Timnath, and the Colorado A&M College. 281 North College Avenue • P.O.Box 580 • Fort Collins,CO 80522-0580 • (970)2-11-637n FAX(970)2.'4-6111 • TDD(970)1246002 • E-mail:aplanning(mfcgov com In October 1952, the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District Board of Directors received a bid of $8,000 plus the trade in value of an old engine, for a brand new fire engine from the American Fire Apparatus Co. of Detroit. This engine was a 1953 GMC chassis that was equipped with a 500 gallon-per-minute front mount pump, and a 500 gallon reserve water supply tank. On May 8, 1953 at 1:30 p.m., Mr. Bell delivered the truck. Firemen Jerry Collins and Reinie Reinick were detailed to man the rural engine. Four-and-a-half hours later, the truck was initiated when firemen were called to the Ben Fabrizius Farm '1/z miles east of Harmony. Y This 2 or 2Y2 ton 1953 GMC truck was custom ordered for rural firefighting. Significantly, it had a 500 gallon-per-minute Front Mount Pump. Having the pump mounted on the front permits using the pump while the truck is in motion, critical for fighting grass fires. The truck had two booster hose reels each carrying 200 feet of 1-inch hose. Attached to the hose were high pressure fog nozzles. It also had four 12-foot sections of hard suction hose, for pumping water out of a stream, lake or well. Two of the sections were 4 1/:inches in diameter, the other two 2 Yz inches. Some of the equipment the truck carried included two carbon dioxide fire extinguishers, a fire axe and wrecking bar, plus two 24-foot sections of an aluminum extension ladder and twelve foot roof ladder. The vehicle had electric brakes in addition to the conventional type, and an auxiliary battery system. The 1953 GMC Fire Engine was used by the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District and the Fort Collins Fire Department from May 8, 1953 to January 1968. From1968 to 1976, the truck was assigned to the District's Laporte Volunteer Fire Department, serving the area north of Fort Collins and around Laporte. The PVFPD gave up the engine in 1976, when the Laporte Volunteer Fire Department disbanded upon creation of the town's first paid force, with Chuck Willis as district chief. The truck was next sent to the Wellington Fire District, becoming the principal fire truck at the Waverly station. In June 1991, the Livermore Volunteer Fire District organized, and the following year took possession of the 1953 GMC Pumper from the Wellington Department. In the spring of 2003, the Livermore District retired the engine. While over the years the fire truck has undergone some modifications, the vehicle retains amazingly good integrity. At some point, the hard suction hose brackets, originally mounted on the truck's sides, were removed and replaced with equipment storage compartments. A rail was added over the bed of the truck,creating a frame to stretch a cover over the truck's open back. Two compartments behind the wheel were added, for"Scott"brand self contained breathing equipment. And, the truck was equipped with emergency lighting and siren. Its future is finally assured. Due to the efforts of Retired Fire Chief Ed Yonker, the 1953 GMC Front Mount Pump Engine is being restored, to become a part of the Poudre Fire Authority's safety program. For fifty years, for three districts, this fire engine has played an important role in fire protection and holds a unique place in the history of fire service in the area. It is well deserving of recognition as a Fort Collins Landmark. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approving this request for Fort Collins Landmark designation of the 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper, under both Standard (1) and Standard(3). For fifty years, for three districts, this fire engine has played an important role in fire protection and holds a unique place in the history of fire service in the area. Community Planning and Environmental Services ia Advance Planning Department City of Fort Collins RESOLUTION 4, 200b OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION RECOMMENDING LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE 1953 GMC 500 GPM FRONT MOUNT PUMPER OWNED BY THE POUDRE FIRE AUTHORITY, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO WHEREAS, it is a matter of public policy that the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of sites, structures, objects, and districts of historical, architectural, or geographic significance, located within the city, are a public necessity and are required in the interest of the prosperity, civic pride and general welfare of the people; and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council that the economic, cultural and aesthetic standing of this city cannot be maintained or enhanced by disregarding the historical, architectural and geographical heritage of the city and by ignoring the destruction or defacement of such cultural assets; and WHEREAS, the 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper Fire Truck, has individual significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Preservation Standards (1) and (3), as this fire engine has played an important role in fire protection for fifty years, and for three districts, and holds a unique place in the history of fire service in the area; and WHEREAS, the Landmark Preservation Commission has determined that the 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper meets the criteria of a landmark as set forth in Section 14-5 of the code and is eligible for designation as a Fort Collins Landmark; and WHEREAS, the owner of the property, the Poudre Fire Authority, has consented to such landmark designation. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City of Fort Collins as follows: Section 1. That the object known as the 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper, owned by the Poudre Fire Authority and currently stored in the Street Car Bam, 330 North Howes Street, be designated as a Fort Collins Landmark in accordance with Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. 281 North College Avenue • P.O.Box 380 • Fort Collins,CO 80522-0580 • (970)1_11-6376 FAX(970)224-6111 • TDD(970)224-6002 • E-mail:aplanningfa icgov.com Landmark Preservation Commission Resolution No. 4, 2006 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper Fire Truck Page 2 Section 2. That the Secretary of the Interior's standards and guidelines for the treatment of historic properties, and/or conservation standards adopted for the 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper and approved by the Landmark Preservation Commission, will serve as the standards by which alterations, additions, and other changes to the object will be reviewed for compliance with Chapter 14, Article III, of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission of the City of Fort Collins held this 25th day of January, A.D. 2006. � Y , Angie guilera, Acting Chair _i ATTEST: Secretary/Staff a Community Planning and Environmental Services Advance Planning Department City of Fort Collins Local Historic Landmark Designation Nomination Form Date: January 16, 2006 Legal Description: 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper, owned by the Poudre Fire Authority Current Location: Fort Collins Street Railway Car Barn, 330 North Howes Street. FORM PREPARED BY: Name and Title: Ed Yonker, Retired Fire Chief Address: 832 Ashford Lane, Fort Collins, CO 80526 Phone: (970) 223-8113 Relationship to Owner: Former Fire Chief Name and Title: Karen McWilliams, Preservation Planner Address: City of Fort Collins, Advance Planning Department, P.O. Box 580, Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580. Phone: (970) 224-6078 Relationship to Owner: None OWNER INFORMATION Name: Poudre Fire Authority Phone: 970-221-6570 Address: 102 Remington Street, Ft. Collins CLASSIFICATION Category Ownership Status Present Use Existing Designation ❑ Building ® Public ❑ Occupied ❑ Commercial ❑ National Register ❑ Structure ❑ Private ❑ Unoccupied ® Educational ❑ State Register ❑ Site ❑ Religious ® Object ❑ Residential ❑ District ❑ Entertainment ❑ Government ❑ Other SIGNIFICANCE ® Standard 1: The object is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of history; ❑ Standard 2: The object is associated with the lives of persons significant in history; ® Standard 3: The object embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; ❑ Standard 4: The object has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (Please describe why the object is significant, relative to the Standard(s) above.) The 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper is eligible for individual Fort Collins Landmark Designation under Landmark Standards (1) and (3). For fifty years, for three districts, this fire engine has played an important role in fire protection and holds a unique place in the history of fire service in the area. It is well deserving of recognition as a Fort Collins Landmark. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND and PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION In 1938, the Fort Collins Rural Fire Protection Association was established. The Fire Protection Association delineated the boundaries in which the Fort Collins Fire Department would provide fire protection services to the rural areas surrounding Fort Collins. The service area was comprised of all or parts of thirteen nearby school districts, and the college. (Prior to the establishment of the Poudre R-1 consolidated school district in 1960, Larimer County had over thirty separate school districts.) The first board consisted of the presidents of each school district. F. A. Whitaker served as president of the Association, with A. G. Scott as secretary. Fort Collins Mayor Ray R. Mathews also served on the board. Until the establishment of the Association, rural fires were fought as best as could be, by residents and neighbors, with help from volunteers in the nearest town. The Fire Protection Association attempted to bring some measures of consistency and professionalism to fire fighting in the rural areas. In an agreement with the Fort Collins Fire Department, the Association arranged to pay the City of Fort Collins for its fire protection services to the outlying area. While the arrangement was initially beneficial, over time the Fort Collins City Council failed to provide the Fort Collins Fire Department with sufficient funding for necessary equipment and men, and by the late 1940s, the arrangement was severely taxing the resources of the city department. A lack of strict building codes and the type of construction of the average building in the rural areas, combined with the distances Fort Collins' firemen had to travel to reach them, meant that rural fires tended to be larger and harder to fight. There also were no fire hydrants, so often the only water supply was what the truck could carry itself. Compensation from the Rural Fire Protection Association was minimal. In the late 1940s, for example, the Fort Collins Fire Department received an average of$19 a year per fireman for its efforts in fighting rural fires, a sum which didn't even begin to pay for shoes and clothing damaged while fighting these fires. In the late 1940s, a committee was formed to investigate forming a Fire District, which could raise a steady stream of revenue from a mill levy. Fifty signatures of tax-paying residents were needed in order to create the district. On April 14, 1950, Judge Coffin signed the order forming the newly organized district, called the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District. Two weeks later, city officials and the district's directors agreed on a contract whereby the city would continue to provide fire protection for the fringe rural area surrounding Fort Collins. In exchange, the Fire Protection District would pay the each Fort Collins fireman $25 a month. The Poudre Valley Fire Protection District included roughly the same area that was served by the Rural Protection Association which it supplanted. This consisted of all or part of thirteen school districts, the town of Timnath, and the Colorado A&M College. In 1952, after 22 years' service, Fort Collins Fire Chief Thomas Treadwell resigned. His replacement was Chief Clifford L. Carpenter. With a new fire chief, the City Council was more receptive to purchasing much-needed fire equipment and increasing firemen's salaries. By June 1955, when a young Ed Yonker joined the department, he was paid a starting salary of$225.00 a month. After one month, the salary was supplemented by the additional $25 from the rural district, making his monthly salary $250.00 for an 84-hour workweek. In October 1952, the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District Board of Directors received a bid of$8,000 plus the trade in value of an old engine, for a brand new fire engine from the American Fire Apparatus Co. of Detroit. This engine was a 1953 GMC chassis that was equipped with a 500 gallon-per-minute front mount pump, and a 500 gallon reserve water supply tank. Painted white, the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District name was proudly displayed on the truck's door. The regional representative of the American Fire Apparatus Company was L.L. Bell of Western Fire Department Supply in Denver, and on May 8, 1953 at 1:30 p.m., Mr. Bell delivered the truck. Firemen Jerry Collins and Reinie Reinick were detailed to man the rural engine. Four-and-a-half hours later, the truck was initiated when firemen were called to the Ben Fabrizius Farm, 1'/2 miles east of Harmony. This 2 or 2'/2 ton 1953 GMC truck was custom ordered for rural firefighting. Significantly, it had a 500 gallon-per-minute Front Mount Pump. Having the pump mounted on the front permits using the pump while the truck is in motion, critical for fighting grass fires. The truck had two booster hose reels each carrying 200 feet of 1-inch hose. Attached to the hose were high pressure fog nozzles. It also had four 12-foot sections of hard suction hose, for pumping water out of a stream, lake or well. Two of the sections were 4 Yz inches in diameter, the other two 2 '/2 inches. Some of the equipment the truck carried included two carbon dioxide fire extinguishers, a fire axe and wrecking bar, plus two 24-foot sections of an aluminum extension ladder and twelve foot roof ladder. The vehicle had electric brakes in addition to the conventional type, and an auxiliary battery system. (Also in 1953, the Fort Collins department took possession of a new GMC 750 gpm midship pump engine, manufactured by the Central Fire Equipment Company of Illinois. Because the two trucks both have 1953 GMC chassis, they are sometimes confused. They are distinguished from each other by the location of the pump, front-mounted or mounted "midship" i.e., on the side.) The 1953 GMC Fire Engine was used by the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District and the Fort Collins Fire Department from May 8, 1953 to January 1968. To gain experience, all new recruits were assigned to the Rural Engine, which had many more fire runs. From 1968 to 1976, the truck was assigned to the District's Laporte Volunteer Fire Department, serving the area north of Fort Collins and around Laporte. The PVFPD gave up the engine in 1976, when the Laporte Volunteer Fire Department disbanded upon creation of the town's first paid force, with Chuck Willis as district chief. The truck was next sent to the Wellington Fire District. In 1982 the Wellington Department built a station at Waverly, and for several years, the 1953 GMC engine became the principal fire truck based out of the Waverly station. In June 1991, the Livermore Volunteer Fire District organized, with David Korth as its first fire chief. On February 29, 1992, Livermore took possession of the 1953 GMC Pumper from the Wellington Department. In the spring of 2003, the Livermore District retired the engine. Ed Yonker received the call he had been waiting for, and brought the truck back to Fort Collins, where it has been stored in the City's Street Car Barn to protect it from the weather. While over the years the fire truck has undergone some modifications, the vehicle retains amazingly good integrity. At some point, the hard suction hose brackets, originally mounted on the truck's sides, were removed and replaced with equipment storage compartments. A rail was added over the bed of the truck, creating a frame to stretch a cover over the truck's open back. Two compartments behind the wheel were added, for "Scott" brand self contained breathing equipment. And, the truck was equipped with emergency lighting and siren. Its future is finally assured. Due to the efforts of Retired Fire Chief Ed Yonker, the 1953 GMC Front Mount Pump Engine is being restored, to become a part of the Poudre Fire Authority's safety program. For fifty years, for three districts, this fire engine has played an important role in fire protection and holds a unique place in the history of fire service in the area. It is well deserving of recognition as a Fort Collins Landmark. REFERENCE LIST or SOURCES of INFORMATION (attach a separate sheet if needed) Fort Collins Coloradoan, "Firemen Receive New Rural Engine." May 2, 1953. Fort Collins Coloradoan, "Rural Engine Arrives," photograph with caption. May 5, 1953. McWilliams, Karen. Correspondence from Ed Yonker, Former Fire Chief, Fort Collins Fire Department. Yonker, Ed. History of the Fort Collins Fire Department. Fort Collins, CO: Vestige Press, 2004. Yonker, Ed. Photographs and other ephemera from Mr. Yonker'd private collection. FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Date Determined "Eligible" Ordinance # Application within last 12 months? ❑ Yes ❑ No Date Recorded AGREEMENT The undersigned owner(s) hereby agrees that the property described herein be considered for local historic landmark designation, pursuant to the Fort Collins Landmark Preservation Ordinance, Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. I understand that upon designation, I or my successors will be requested to notify the Secretary of the Landmark Preservation Commission at the City of Fort Collins prior to the occurrence of any of the following: 1. Preparation of plans for restoration or alteration of the 1953 GMC Front Mount Pumper Fire Truck; 2. Preparation of plans for construction of, addition to, or demolition of the 1953 GMC Front Mount Pumper Fire Truck; DATED this day of "I'r, v-a-A 200_. Owner Name (please print) 1 ner Signature State of 6,K9Do ) )ss. County of 111.2ii14e,e ) Subscribed and sworn before me this iC.D day of i LtiaAiC 20%, by j C- /-I AJ L'L L L-k C'f� � Witness my hand and official se I. My commission expires C 3 C I-C G �v R. M 77� 2cc�L P 140TAR Y.0 q. PUBLIC. TFOF C01 OPP t I� «.ya 'i�ySj�S bf�C � ---� - 5 IBM r� e � �,�ry flfLD�AGF(G� d i i6 -S 5 /,G�Yaq msnrs smee 161 It 1A4 r o s h 1/ 1 .eY � 1 i 3V� y � i 1 � I ��i _� i !, I ��'` ,_ � � IM� � M ` I �./' __ � 1, i �� �' � �. `� i I I �� � I � . i ��� .� q LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR A 1953 G.M.C. FIRE ENGINE On February 8, 1953, the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District Board signed a contract order for a new fire engine for the district. On May 8, 1953, the engine was received and it responded to its first fire. It has a 500 g.p.m. front mount pump (Barton-American —C-101-1953) built in Battle Creek, Michigan. The engine is a G.M.C. 1953, 131 horse power (serial number 453-30-5991) with a gross weight of 4500 pounds. It was built in Pontiac, Michigan. L.L. Bell, representing the American Fire Apparatus Company out of Detroit, Michigan, drove the engine to Fort Collins. It was all white in color with the lettering P.V.F.P.D. on the hood and the words POUDRE VALLEY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT on the doors. It was used by the District and the city of Fort Collins from May 8, 1953 to January 1968. It went to the LaPorte Volunteers from January 1968 to 1976. The LaPorte Volunteers disbanded in 1976, when a new fire station was built with Chuck Willis as district chief. This was the beginning of paid firemen in the LaPorte area. It was sent to the Wellington Fire District in 1976 to February 29, 1992. They used the engine for the city and the district. When Station 2 was built in Waverly in 1982, it operated in that part of the district. February 29, 1992, the engine went to the Livermore Volunteer Fire District which had organized June 17, 1991, with David Korth as their chief. The District retired the engine in the spring of 2003 at which time Ed Yonker brought if back to Fort Collins and stored it in the Trolley Barn in Fort Collins out of the weather. This fire engine has played an important roll in fire protection for three districts for 50 years and holds a unique place in the history of fire service in the area. It will become a part of the future fire safety program with the Poudre Fire Authority. This should qualify the fire engine as a local landmark status. Sincerely, 4i�cs e"— Former ire Chief LOCAL LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR A 1953 G.M.C. FIRE ENGINE Shortly after the Poudre Valley Fire Protection District was established in 1952, they ordered a fire engine with a 500 G.P.M. (gallons per minute) pump to give fire protection to 260 square miles of property surrounding the city of Fort Collins, CO. The engine carried 500 gallons of water with a 500 G.P.M. front mount pump which permitted using the pump while moving to fight grass fires. The engine had two high pressure hose reels carrying 200 feet of hose with fog nozzles used for both grass fires and house fires. It also had four hard suction hoses for pumping water from lakes and streams where there were no fire hydrants. It was equipped with electric brakes in addition to the conventional hydraulic system. It also had an auxiliary battery system. The history of the engine and services to the districts began May 8, 1953,when it was tested and accepted by the rural board. The following is a listing of the times the fire engine spent in each district: Poudre Valley Fire Protection District- 1953-1976- It was the first response engine for 23 years. Wellin¢tion Fire District- 1976-1990- It was the second response engine for 14 years. Livermore Fire District- 1990-2003- The remaining time the engine was in service. The fire engine has played an important roll in fire protection for three districts for 50 years and holds a unique place in the history of the fire service in the area. It will become a part of the future fire safety program with the Poudre Fire Authority. This should qualify the fire engine to be granted a local landmark status. Sincerely, Former Fir' Chief %01" ass ataawnwunswte 1gow. arve K.FIV Po . 0d" a (o • Collins Fire •he old a-also- 1 barely had time a 2f er 010on resve toacbhw a nodding Ply.' ±. a tance with a new -rural Has aM Feet so" " aosdne before they had to The how engine anou* Ti6 P esta r t R out eo Liit�. . reels, each,carrying 2W L. Bell; representative of one-Inch high preesyre tb#.:'Amwlcan P'he A arat u whod to, the hmq ate Casayiany,drove the Pood" Val- pressure (og guns. lag F A Peotectlhn- Dist.rkx's. The engine also has four 12. .. new rural engine into Fort Col- foot sedtions of hard suction ; Urn about 190 p.' tn. Thursday, hose for pumping :water out ,d ' Four.and a half hours later the a at7eanx4 lake or-well. Two of, firemen took the equipment to the, Wtlons are 4% inches In the Ben FabrUlus farm, 1% diameter, the other two 21A ,miles east:of Harmony. inches. There a discarded cigaret had he new engine Asequipped M aftre a pile of.manure in a tk two carbon dioxide fire e* sheep corral. tinguishers, a fire ex and,wceck-. ]nsi Prevented Ing bar, pl two 2kfoot sec. Fhemeti Jerry Collins and ttons of an luminum extenalot� Udder with a 12-foot roof lad• t4U*d to man the rural engine, unreeled the two high-pressure, - vehicle electric brake onednch 'lines and used the tog In addition to the convenLipttal ,*,:r, y type and an auxlliat7 battery �� f [i guns to extinguUhe the blase. system. There was no damage to build. "; e[f ip�a key reef rap er fences. The new engine, ordered UsL C ` Ila November, coat the district about r w y 38,000 plus the-trade3n,valus of a the .old rural engine. The pumper "no le mount led on a General Motor chassis. The pump itself, of b00 gallons .'TwonstlEutaClyerdcoxhlsed a minute rapacity, is mounted educator!,. Dr. J. �. PomYr{tt of on the front of the truck. This 8an''Marintr, ' CaliE; and bean ' will permit using the Pump Paul Roberb;of. ..,,will be while the truck isin motion for pr(neipal' apestkon at Polo- such work as fighting grace tfd9 A & M'C Bege'I egmtaence- fires. It is an improvement',ment and baccalaureate serpioa " over the old engine, which had June S and S. ly its pump mounted in the cerAw Dr. Pomfret, former president and could not be used while the of William and Mary Coltege, vehicle was in motion. In now director of the H t- ington Llbraiv at San Marino, He is aiso }�1a tional president of Pfi1 Beta , Koppe, scholarship fraternit,>., —la John's Episcbpal_Cathednl and - has a, nationwide reputation as u_ + a .speaker, He also spoke in the college's baccalaureate service STOCK in - M. Warner Miller, A k M counselor for men, said the bac- calaureate service June 5 will be held at Colorado Field, mark- - - Ing-the first-time in the-insti- tution's. - CAR hs history this ceremony p has been staged outdoors, It has i➢AT$R -been set for 9 p, m.. The follow- doe tjds spJsd sj[r 1Ya ing-Zlay's commencement wiB - york is; b open at 10, a.. -m., in the east stands of Colorado Field. - —T -IRAf In oral features of this year'sar's commencement will be i yFl b XT pfn. John V, ,W was ✓S"t. 9, +d� after-a two I . In;1aa. and si `" ,tea II'r 'Pmenal 1 ` iM;I.Junihr Ill. .. -' "- 'gti + Detnonatraun 'i Mrs. Haul' . Young ■saki covered-fifair m,Roucall t "one,,.of 11 qualltles.„ w- ,Mrs. Chest RURAL .ENGINE','AY IUM L. L' WE M&e,mmmbe trod b�Ameikaa lire;ApDar� turned from right..at the ,Wedm'a':-Fire' Depolmeat Siat" Company of D 1114 .tattles a 'M't;.. Wednesday i Company of Deaver tureedetiet'.to Chietc.R.Car minute Damper and a'»ser" erater'salpb,lsotlt aWel l..opm pester and the Fed Cttnhal fire appurtenant mw* of the same size. R was Pardus"by��&g— ,Twenty fri day afternoon this brand-am nail ea0m 73e Vatley F9re Prdectbe blstrkf:_ ,- , Orl, Car - _ l me;Wedni r , birth:Jaekaon Court DeckarFptle' Sylvan Court; EdwaE de -„hon viva1d. ..1001 Mathews; IGVatu: fteshmera ! v °a � r ag: - ,ci m" tr an�nHall7att1F� 109S ,A1tln son South College; ' • fuel I * # ' Gross. Doyle E 114 South Pry ` of • r \ ell) ��.,:MF h"\Nal,`"kt `u a ✓ d�M 1 e HsMpton, -'font'„ 117 3rd. Mr. and I a :..-Jenkins. -H 'B., 728: Cherry; tly v.. Johnson, -Richard. 424 -Lapbrte' 19►1t Givers Herne. Oliver. I001 ,Akin, Eno- ... . .�, die. B. L.. 214 South Sherirodto "A Skit, ,,.1 was given \.... .0 itip Atanwelletr. Paul,686 South.�Co1- Ladles Aid loge: Dterrlck, Dwight, 3Pf-South tartan Chur College: Myer,e Johp.: 417„Gat•. dayrafternt field: Morrell. Dr. Ro1rt l723 Mrs. ' Chat South Washington;;' Morrison, Charles Jon YJames. 401 East Laurel; Murray, and;Mrs. ! «u. Mrs. Henry, 629 South College; part in the Orona, Margaret, 534 North Elliott, Mr -- ' -` IN MUSICAL COMEDY y Oebble Reynolds and Deaald.0'Coo- Shields. E.L., FosuPacker, Dorothy, -201,rStuart; nor are %been in "I Lore Melvin.„ a musteal elinal In colon sow la showingat the Hall theater. Peron, ,Fred', 345 'Parker; Pasta 3 - Pinkerton, Fred A.,817 Eart Coy Drive:Toulter, Darrel,!317 Park, ment In the week ended May 5 er, quasebarth-Brdoks,212 South At'FoI New Light Meter fnciuded: College; Reltzer, Wlllfam—.4I9 u'®� I Connections Told In Anderson. Grace F., 1202 Rem- Pearl; 'Schelert, Adolph, ssa �1 gion; Baggot. Jim. City Park Stmer, Schmidt, Mary, 300.East R.R.: Beye. Arthur, Rt 4. Box Lincoln; Schurr, Leon, 513 East -U. S. Sol Electric .meters connected by 321A, Brennimen, Gordon, 406 Oak: Senteney, George F„ 123 use hearing the elty light and power depart: Peterson: Brown, Robert, 318 West Magnolia; Shannon, Ha.4 sal to aim Peterson; Cole, Claude, 1.1.4 East ley, No. 15 Laurel: Strack, Mr system of I Oak;. Cmiley, Luis, 929 s.East Belle, 525 North Sherwood; parlment 1 - " Myrtle; Cnok, S. M., d20 Math- Toole. Charles, 716.Cherry-, Wal- the part of elvst Cnhtree,Ralph,711',Cherry; lace, William R., .1700 Laporte; er, Will Devitt, Lavland, 119 Pearl: Don- Will Shimer Studio, 624 South Although 1„\Yl11lIn,Yl,t.1\ll,l\,IPt 1111„11111, o\•an, Mrs, C. E. 417 Garfield; College: '59lliams, Mozelle. 334 Collins an g j Dreilfng. Frank, 920 Pioneer: East Oak: Wilmarth, W. E., 406 mately $1,f 711" I \ I Dunn, Charles. 6,50 Stover; Peterson: Worth. Julius, _,119 tal savings Ii Flelds,.Ivan. 201 Stuart_ West Magnolia. _ fire, Mr. r I P f I Holbert, Irene, 345 Parker; corn over _ 11.."'t Kerns, Oliver, 513 East Oak; _ those accm Kraxherger, \f. J., fi29 South Cal- Letters system Is ) w•-•,. logo: Lund<trom, L. E., 617 East No Barone L1,J 1-,1� N a'• 4 lov Drive; tdcCluskv, Robert, From Readers Foetal p 114 South Ilryan: ',IcConnell - 1 TA F. :Ol stunrt; Manson, R. Den rEdltor: expense to forth Shlolds; SfanweR- labor by It. i^ + ,I •er Taut' 119 Kest Tlagnoila; I \vlsh that you would publish enue eccnl ORDINANCE NO. 023, 2006 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS DESIGNATING THE 1953 GMC 500 GPM FRONT MOUNT PUMPER, OWNED BY THE POUDRE FIRE AUTHORITY AS A FORT COLLINS LANDMARK PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 14 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14-2 of the City Code, the City Council has established a public policy encouraging the protection, enhancement and perpetuation of landmarks within the City; and WHEREAS,by Resolution dated January 25,2006,the Landmark Preservation Commission (the "Commission") has determined that the 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper has individual significance to Fort Collins under Landmark Standards(1)and(3),as this fire engine has played an important role in fire protection for fifty years, and for three districts, and holds a unique place in the history of fire service in the area; and WHEREAS, the Commission has further determined that said object meets the criteria of a landmark as set forth in Section 14-5 of the Code and is eligible for designation as a landmark,and has recommended to the City Council that said object be designated by the City Council as a landmark; and WHEREAS, the owner of the fire truck has consented to such landmark designation; and WHEREAS, such landmark designation will preserve the object's significance to the community; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the recommendation of the Commission and desires to approve such recommendation and designate said property as a landmark. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the object known as the 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper, owned by the Poudre Fire Authority and currently stored in the Street Car Barn, 330 North Howes Street, Fort Collins, is hereby designated as a Fort Collins landmark pursuant to Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. Section 2. That the Secretary of the Interior's standards and guidelines for the treatment of historic properties, and/or conservation standards adopted for the 1953 GMC 500 GPM Front Mount Pumper and approved by the Landmark Preservation Commission,will serve as the standards by which alterations,additions,and other changes to the object will be reviewed for compliance with Chapter 14, Article III, of the Code of the City of Fort Collins. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 7th day of February, A.D. 2006, and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of February,A.D. 2006. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 21 st day of February, A.D. 2006. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk r a, fi `ay� � Ar f � } O co m , Y1 S � P1 n M1 1 i hS9 ' F k , i