In the early 1920's, the department felt the need for new equipment, and ordered a new motorized fire engine. This began the practice of having a backup unit on hand at all times. Even though the department was able to get to a fire more efficiently and faster, they did not abandon the old steam engine. The engine was a rebuilt Haynes car, upon which the hose engine had been fitted. While this was Nanuet’s first motorized automotive fire engine, it was anything but new. For this purpose, they purchased a motorized unit from L. The American LaFrance steam engine was in service from 1906 until the 1920's.Īfter the World War I was over, and the firemen who served in the military returned home, the department decided on modernization. They had gone strictly to view this new engine and to see how it worked, but liking what they saw very much, the committee purchased one on the spot.
In 1906 a committee was formed and sent to examine this new steam engine, the American LaFrance. Just after the turn of the century, the Nanuet Fire Company heard about a recently invented steam powered pumper. It still bears the portrait of Chief Nannewitt. The pumper is now on display at the Rockland County Firemen’s Museum in Pomona at the Rockland County Fire Training Center.
When he was finished restoring the old pumper, it was given to the New York City Fire College to be displayed in the New York City Fire Museum that was located in Greenwich Village in New York City. In the 1950's Walter Beatty found the old pumper, hardly recognizable in its poor state of un-repair and lovingly spent many hours restoring it to its former beauty. This hand pumper was in service from 1862 until 1906. This was the first apparatus to carry a portrait of the Indian Chief, “Chief Nannewitt", for whom the Hamlet of Nanuet is named. In 1862 it was purchased by Nanuet to replace the original hand pumper, which had proven ineffective for firefighting. The hand pumper was in service from 1861 until 1862.ġ862 SIDE STROKE GOOSENECK HAND DRAWN PUMPERīuilt in 1846 by James Smith, this hand pumper was originally purchased in 1851 by the nearby Piermont Fire Department. The picture below depicts what it might have looked like, but there are no known images of the original hand pumper. It was purchased at a cost of $188.85, a very hefty price in those days. Purchased in 1861 from the Erkes & Ondrdonk Company, this was the Nanuet Fire Engine Company's first piece of firefighting equipment. Below is the story of the nineteen others that shaped the histrory of the Nanuet Fire Department. There have been twenty-six pieces of apparatus since the Department's inception in 1860. Throughout its history, the Nanuet Fire Department has carefully chosen fire fighting apparatus that best served the needs of the community at the time. Nanuet Fire Engine Company #1 - Rockland County, New York
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