Antique Fire Truck And Fire Safety Featured

Philip Huntington asked Locust School students to line up to board his yellow Brockway Torpedo fire truck named for the fictional Crescent Park Fire Department by a former owner.

Students at Locust School climbed aboard a fire truck built in 1923 last week, when Philip Huntington, husband of kindergarten teacher Rose Huntington, parked his yellow Brockway Torpedo fire truck in the schoolyard. Mr. Huntington also showed the students a hat, pair of boots, and fire extin-guisher that firefighters used during the first quarter of the 20th century, as well as a more modern jacket, and discussed fire safety.

The siren on the truck roared, powered by the muscle of Locust School students. Philip Huntington shows Locust School students a hat worn by firefighters early in the 20th century and talked about the precautions that firefighters take to protect themselves then and now. Students clanged the bell mounted toward the rear of the truck by pulling on a heavy rope from the driver's seat.