Feral Gifter

Cherished antique needs home

The truck is cool, but the mass inoculations aren’t.

Concord Monitor Online Article

In 1928, the Concord Fire Department answered fewer than 500 calls and spent less than $72,500. It had a full-time force of approximately five firefighters, plus volunteers. And, it bought a brand new fire truck - built by the Abbot-Downing Truck & Body Co., an offshoot of the company that built the Concord stagecoaches in the 1800s.

The truck will be displaced from its current location when the fire
station gets a trailer from the state to be used for mass inoculations
in case of a pandemic. Clark hopes that one day the union will be able
to buy a building and create a firefighting museum, which would hold
the truck. But for now, the “Old Engine 7″ is about to be displaced…..