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Memphis Fire Apparatus - Retired
F-00. Fire Museum Horse Drawn Steam Fire Engine "E. H. Crump." 1910 Ahrens Continental #217. 900 gpm. Last restored for the Fire Museum of Memphis in 1997-98.
F-23. 1941 GMC-Pirsch S/N 1161. 1000/100/Waukesha 285hp gas engine. Assigned to Engine 4 at 283 North Main Street, 1941-1950. Engine 6 at 652 North Third Street, 1950-1952. Engine 23 at 3468 Jackson Avenue, 1952-1957. Engine 19 at 2248 Chelsea Avenue, 1957-1966. Placed in reserve status, 1966. Later at Engine 35. Placed in reserve again in 1973. Sold at auction, October 1979. In December of 1956, this pumper pumped for 130 consecutive hours at the Quaker Oats Chemical Co. fire.
F-31. 1955 Pirsch S/N 2224. 1500/100/Hall Scott 297hp gas engine. Delivered in December 1955. Assigned to Engine 9 at 65 S. Front Street. Engine 6 at 924 Thomas Street in February 1971. Engine 22 at 2788 Lamar Avenue in 1973. Placed in reserve, 1976. Given to Shelby County Fire Department in 1979. Sold at auction, 1983.
F-32. 1957 Mack. S/N B21F-1002. 1500/100/Hall Scott 300hp gas engine. Assigned to Engine 13 at 460 East Parkway North from 1957-1971. Later assigned to Engine 25 at 4735 New Willow Road. Placed in reserve status in April 1976.
F-38. 1961 Pirsch S/N 2506. 1000/300/Detroit diesel 350hp engine. Assigned to Engine 12 at 985 South Bellevue Blvd. from 1961-1983. Placed in reserve, 1983. Sold at auction, November 1989.
F-39. 1961 Pirsch S/N 2507. 1000/300 Cummins diesel 365hp engine. Assigned to Engine 16 at 1078 East Parkway South from 1961-1976. Assigned to Engine 50 at 4255 East Raines Road in 1976. Later placed in reserve. Sold at auction, May 1991.
F-40. 1962 Pirsch S/N 2551. 1500/100 Hall-Scott 323hp gas engine. Assigned to Engine 5 at 65 S. Front Street from 1962-1971. Assigned to Engine 13 at 333 E. Parkway North, 1971-1974. Assigned to Engine 32 at 1670 Channel Avenue, 1974-1977. Wrecked with train, March 1977. Back to Engine 32, July 1977. Placed in reserve June 1979. Placed out of service, February 1981. Sold at auction, 1983.
F-124. 1962 Pirsch aerial ladder truck originally built for the Whitehaven, TN Utility District Fire Department. Pirsch S/N 2620. Waukesha 276hp engine, 250 gpm PTO pump and 200-gallon booster tank. Annexed into the Memphis FD on 12/31/1969. It was assigned to Truck 19 at Station 29, 2147 Elvis Presley Boulevard. When it was built for Whitehaven, it was a quint with 1000 gpm pump. Rebuilt by MFD in 1971, pump removed, left with only the PTO pump. It was placed out of service in 1975, as it was deemed unsafe for a full crew because two of the four firemen had to ride on the running boards. Eventually scrapped for parts, aerial ladder given to Training Bureau. Picture below is how it looked when it was in service at Whitehaven as a quint. At that time, it ran out of Whitehaven Station 2 at 1253 E. Holmes Road.
F-357. 1937 GMC chassis. Body built by mechanics at the Memphis Fire Department Maintenance Shop. This was High Pressure Co. No. 1, which ran out of Fire Headquarters at 65 South Front Street. The ample supply of nozzles and other appliances were also built by Apparatus Maintenance. Note the outriggers that stabilized the truck when in use.
F-370. 1969 International CO8190 chassis. Body built completely by mechanics at the Memphis Fire Department Maintenance Shop. Assembled 1970-1972. Originally powered by an International 285hp gas engine, repowered with Detroit diesel in 1980. Assigned new to Engine 46 at 3423 Scenic Highway. Placed in reserve in 1989. Only used as a reserve for a short time because of having a manual transmission. Placed in storage around 1992 and kept for a future museum. Placed in the Fire Museum of Memphis on April 23, 2025. Maintained for many years by Driver (now Lt.) Ryan Smith at Station 6 while it was in storage.
