Historic Photographs - Apparatus
1970s

The photos on this page are of apparatus that are no longer owned by the department. This page contains apparatus which were manufactured in the 1970s.

These photos are reduced-size or cropped thumbnails. Click any photo with a border to see the full-sized image.

Because of the mergers and consolidations that took place during the department's history, apparatus designations become confusing. This is compounded by the renumbering that takes place when an apparatus is moved from front line to reserve status, or is allocated to a different station. Thus, a vehicle could have two or three different numbers during it's service life before being retired. One example of this is Campbell Engine 2, which then served as County Engine 10 for most of it's front line service before being moved to reserve status as Engine 110.

The following table shows the renumbering which became effective on 13 March 1972.

Station	Old Number	New Number
Battalion 1
Cupertino	Engine 1	Engine 1
	Engine 4	Engine 101
	Truck 1	Truck 1
Cambrian	Squad 6	Engine 6
Cambrian	Tanker 5	Engine 106
West Valley	Engine 16	Engine 10
Monta Vista	Tanker 3	Engine 7
Battalion 2
Alum Rock	Engine 15	Engine 12
	Squad 12	Squad 12
	Tanker 6	Tanker 12
Evergreen	Engine 5	Engine 5
Burbank	Engine 103	Engine 9
Almaden	Engine 3	Engine 13
Headquarters	Squad 10	Engine 2
Headquarters	Tanker 7	Engine 102
Battalion 3
Quito	Engine 8	Engine 8
Los Gatos	Engine 33	Engine 3
Los Gatos	Engine 35	Engine 103
Shannon	Engine 32	Engine 11
Winchester	Engine 36	Engine 14
Redwood Vol.	Engine 37	Engine 4
Redwood Vol.	Engine 38	Tanker 4

On this website the apparatus may be referred to by either designation, depending upon when the photo was taken and what identification number it shows.

And now, to the photos…

Santa Clara County Fire Dept Archive

A Battalion Chief's 1970 Ford. Date unknown.

Santa Clara County Fire Dept Archive

Engine 10, an International, 28 May 1976.

Santa Clara County Fire Dept Archive

Engine 19, an Ford. Date unknown.

Santa Clara County Fire Dept Archive

Truck 3, an LTI. Date unknown.

Santa Clara County Fire Dept Archive

Car 6, an International 1200, used by Battalion 7. Date unknown.

Santa Clara County Fire Dept Archive

Car 8, used by battalion 3, an International 1200. August 1972.

left: Santa Clara County Fire Dept Archive

right: FF Charlie Mingroni, SCCFD (Ret)

Two photos of a 1973 Dodge Polara, car 8, used by Battalion 3. Date unknown.

photos: Dave Weaver

Two photos of former Battalion 2's 1974 Dodge Monaco, now in Chicago Fire Department livery. Shown against the Chicago skyline and at Chicago FD 7th Division Headquarters.