Central Orchard Mesa Station 51

Station 51 Historical Photos

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Fire Station 51 is located at 3253 B 1/2 Road in Orchard Mesa. This station is now Mesa County Fire Authority (Colorado) Station 51

ENGINE

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Ford with a 350 GPM Van Pelt pump and 500-gallon water tank.

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BRUSH 52

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1976 GMC TopKick 4×4 / Becker with a 500 GPM pump and 400-gallon water tank. Also ran as Rescue 51

RESCUE 51

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1976 GMC TopKick 4×4 / Becker with a 500 GPM pump and 400-gallon water tank. Became Brush 52.

ENGINE 52

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1984 Mack Custom Pumper with a 1,250 GPM pump and 500-gallon water tank. Former Grand Junction and Lower Valley. Was retired and repainted as the “Delaney Engine“.

AMBULANCE 51

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1997 Ford F-350 4×4 / Taylor Made. Former Plateau Valley Fire District (Colorado).

AMBULANCE 51

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Chevy 3500 4×4.

SQUAD 51

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2003 Ford F-250 4×4. Former Clifton Fire Squad 21 and former Command / Chief 51.

ENGINE 51

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2004 Freightliner M2-106 / American LaFrance | Becker (1563) with a 1,250 GPM pump and 1000 gallon water tank. Reassigned as Mesa County Fire Authority Rescue 51.

ENGINE 52

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1993 KME Renegade (1724) with a 1250 GPM pump and 700-gallon water tank. Former Grand Junction Fire Department. Reassigned as Mesa County Fire Authority Engine 52.

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AMBULANCE 51

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2004 GMC Sierra 3500 4×4 / Taylor Made. Former Plateau Valley Fire District. Reassigned as Mesa County Fire Authority Ambulance 52.

AMBULANCE 52

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1985 Ford E-350 Econoline 4×4.

Placed into service as a REED Ambulance in Denver and became part of AMR where it was relocated to the Grand Valley and was acquired by COMFD in 2003. Reassigned as Mesa County Fire Authority

 BRUSH 51

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1996 Dodge Ram 3500 4×4 with a 9o GPM pump and 230-gallon tank. Reassigned as Mesa County Fire Authority (Colorado) Brush 53.

BRUSH 52

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1992 International 4500 4×4 / E-One (11008) ARFF – Former West Chicago FPD, IL. Reassigned as Mesa County Fire Authority (Colorado) Brush 54.

TENDER 51

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1979 GMC General / Becker with an S&S built 3500-gallon Tank and 500 GPM Pump. Relocated to Lands End Station 111. Reassigned as Mesa County Fire Authority (Colorado) Tender 51.

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