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Engine 5
Brush 5
Ladder 5
Fire Station 5
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Wesley Heights
Engine 5
221 Wesley Heights Way
Charlotte, NC 28208
Opened In: 1929
2015 Spartan/Smeal Pumper
2000 gallons per minute
500 gallon water tank
30 gallon foam tank
Started Service: Sep. 2016
2003 Spartan/Smeal Pumper
2000 gallons per minute
500 gallon water tank
30 gallon foam tank
High Pressure Pump
Ended Service: Sep. 2016
When this engine went out of service, it was refurbished. It is now Foam 21.
Seagrave Pumper
Photo provided by Batt. Chief Shane Nantz
1966 Seagrave Pumper
1000 gallons per minute
The only bullet nose pumper painted in yellow.
Photo provided by Hunter B. (Terry) Lacy (Ret.)
1948 American LaFrance Pumper
750 gallons per minute
300 gallon water tank
Photo provided by Batt. Chief Shane Nantz
1920s American LaFrance Pumper
Photo provided by Captain Kenneth Hogue
2016 Chevrolet 3500 HD
Pick-Up/Brush Truck
gallons per minute
200 gallon water tank
Started service: August 2016
1998 Ford F-350 Pick-Up/
Brush Truck
gallons per minute
100 gallon water tank
Ended service: August 2016
1955 American LaFrance Aerial
85’ aerial ladder
Photo provided by Batt. Chief Shane Nantz
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