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Information and Additional Photos N.L.R.F.D. Station #3

 Photos of the New 2004 Pierce Pumper's Arrival at the NLRFD
Photos of the New 2004 Pierce Contender in Service

Information and Photos of the 2004 Pierce Contender (Present Engine 11)
When It Was Placed In Service
As Engine 3 On September 29, 2004

The 2004 Pierce Contender pumper, which is Engine 3'S apparatus, was placed in service about 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
September 29, 2004. The 2004 Pierce Contender is fully air- conditioned, has a 1250 GPM Pump and carries 1000 gallons of water.
Engine 3 is the first due company on several high occupancy apartment buildings as well as UA Pulaski Tech, and Coulson Oil Company.
  Engine 3 normally makes the most runs per year of any pumper in the department. Also, in Engine 3'S District is the Union Pacific's
Downing B. Jenks Shops, which is one of the two largest locomotive repair centers on the entire Union Pacific Railroad.
There are also several churches, schools, small businesses and plenty of single and muti- family residences. Engine 3'S
District goes west to the city limits end and south to the Arkansas River. It borders Engine 1 on the East and Engine 6 on the
north. The Arkansas River borders the West and South of Engine 3'S District.

Apparatus Housed in NLRFD Station Number Three
ENGINE 3
2004 PIERCE
CONTENDER
CUSTOM
1 Captain; 1
Lieutenant and
1-2 Fire Fighters
Delivered new in 8/17/ 04; First Day in Service was 9/29/04. 1250 GPM Pump; 1000 Gallon Tank; High Compartments on both sides; 100
feet of 1 3/4" Trash Line in front bumper; Top Mount Pump Panel. Deck Gun; Hydraulic Ladder Rack; Roll Up Doors; Carries defilibrator. Fully
enclosed cab, with raised roof. Seats up to six fire fighters.


Above: Photos of the New 2004 Pierce Contender on Sept 30, 2004 -
Click on any photo above for a larger view.

Interesting Facts About Station 3: Station 3 is presently occupying its third fire station. This location was the SECOND fire station opened in North Little Rock (Argenta). The first two "Pike Avenue" Stations were on the southwest corner of 15th and Pike. The first station was built beginning in January, 1918 and was opened in April, 1918. The first motorized apparatus, a 1917 or 1918 Model T had a Smith Form-A-Truck Chassis added. One of the old Horse-Drawn Hose Wagons was then mounted.

The "Pike Avenue Station" was closed sometime during or after 1920. The Station was reopened in December, 1925
and a 1925 Dodge/ Foamite-Childs Pumper became the apparatus assigned to Company 3. (The Dodge had been
assigned at Central for a few months since it arrived in NLR.) A 1925 Seagrave 750 GPM Pumper arrived in December 1925. The Seagrave's assignment at Central allowed the Dodge to come to Pike Avenue as Co. 3. The next apparatus at Pike Avenue was a 1936 Seagrave/Ford 500 GPM Pumper. In November, 1940 the plans for the second NLR Fire Station #3 were announced. It was a two story native stone building, which opened in 1941. The builder's plaque on the present Station 3 indicates that it was built in 1979. The first closed cab pumper to serve as at Company 3 was a 1947 American La France 750 GPM Pumper.

Other apparatus serving as Engine 3 include: The 1959 American La France 1000 GPM Pumper (the first apparatus
to move to the present Station 3); The 1978 Ford/ Pierce (from the time Station 5 was closed in 1978, until it reopened in 1979); The 1966 American La France 1250 GPM Pumper; the 1985 Seagrave Pumper, and the 1992 Pierce Arrow 1250 Pumper.