My Daddy is the young firefighter (23yrs old) in this film performing the hose test. I have the news paper clipping that goes with it. Very cool. I found this on KZfaq as I was preparing to write his memorial speech. Thank you for putting this on youtube!♥️

Gorgeous C models in this video .

And we're livin' here in Allentown.....

35 years on the job, 25 of them driving a pump, best job on the department!

an aside... St Paul fd. bought 10 type 95,1000gpm pumpers and 1 heavy squad,all 11 mack rigs gave our city 30 yrs of sevice, total purchase price for all 11 rigs: 150.000.00$,15 k each!!!😮

When Mack was great

Love to see the B model Mack’s! Real cool old school video

I remember stopping by the firehouse to see the ticker tape. Long Branch N.J is a big town. That's an impressive firehouse.

The siren shown at 0:46 is the Fyr-Fyter Penetrator...one of the first electronic sirens in the early 1960s. Mack installed a lot of them. I own several and have one in use.

My town had a 1965 Mack it was beautiful

Now most fire depts chase medical calls all day, not many fires like back in the day!

A lot of hustle back then.

I went to Dieruff high school, and there was a fire station right across the street, and the fire fighters would always say hello,, great guys👍🏼🛑

THIS VIDEO IS DOPE!!!! I WAS BORN IN 1978 AND STILL REMEMBER SOME OF THESE BLOCKS AS A KID. THAT WAS THE CHEW ST STATION. I LOVE A-TOWN!

Proud bulldog equipment there

I'm looking at the footage of the tower ladder training, and I'm just dumbfounded that allentown ever had that much empty space.

Allentown is the 3rd largest city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia & Pittsburgh. Mack fire apparatus was manufactured in Allentown & there is a museum at the current Mack plant.

a great video!

I served from 1970 to 2000. Started as a firefighter retired as division chief. Of all the jobs I had, I enjoyed being a driver/pump operator the most. My department also ran predominately Mack fire apparatus and I drove many of the models shown in the video. The street alarm boxes were mostly a pain in the ass. I recall very few fires that were not called in by telephone, either simultaneously or prior to a the alarm box being pulled. Seems like most of the box alarms were malicious false alarms. Another notable thing about the 1970's is SCBA's were carried on apparatus but not used as often, or as long as they should have been. We ate a lot of smoke unneccessarily. Smoke or not, it was a great career, I would do it all over again.

All Mack Trucks, Allentown, Pennsylvania. The bulldog wouldn't have it any other way... The Tower Ladder is one of the first models, on a "C" Chassis. Then came the "CF" chassis. "Mack-Baker Tower Ladder." ...six outriggers, no tipping.

Wish I lived during this.

Poker club caught fire - I bet putting the fire out was such a "big deal" - that kind of joke was "on the cards"

They are amazing people.

Yes!

Home of Mack Fire Truck manufacturing.Until Mack was bought by a French Co. who promptly ended the best fire trucks in the world.

Gage and DeSoto.

Ha.. today with all that loud snoring all these guy's asses would have been pulled out of service for sleep apnea.

Mack fire appratus are the coolest fire appratus ever made and American LaFrance and Ward LaFrance and seagrave Fire appratus And pierce and hme

Quick turnout, just as it should be. Didnt realise Darth Vader was a FF.

Steel nose Mack trucks with caterpillar engine

Did they have a fire siren

Mack headquarters

Emergency number 51, we have a fire in progress at an apartment on Arlington Avenue...

Allentown, Pennsylvania went from a worldwide manufacturing Powerhouse, to a Powerhouse of dark-skinned citizens making baby's they can't afford to raise.

Early SCBA users and the slow end of the smoke eaters.