Engines of The Past In Buies Creek  

Engine 1 "The Original"

     Purchased by  the community in 1954, from Camp Lejune Marine Corps. base in Jacksonville, N.C.  The engine served for many years.  It was our only truck for 3 years until the members could build 2 new engines.  This one pictured is a late model GMC cab over.  We are not sure on the size of the tank or the pump, nor do we have information as to what year it is.  Believed to be a late1940's model.                        

\Engine 1, 2, 3

The engine on the far left is pictured above.  The 2 on the right are engines that the department purchased and the department had the tanks, pumps, and boxes built.  As with the previous truck we do not have much information on these trucks either. 

If you have any information on any of these trucks, please e-mail; webmaster@buiescreekfire.com.

Engine 831

This engine was retired as Tanker 831, it is a 1968 GMC.  It had a front mounted 500 gpm pump with a 100' preconnect on each side of the pump.  It had a 1000 gallon tank with a rear dump, the Q-siren mounted in the center of the hood was extremely loud.  Also it had no break on it and many times you could pull up on-scene and put out the fire, then walk back to the truck and it would still be winding down.  The truck was donated to a Chinquapin Fire Department at the North Carolina Coast after Hurricane Fran destroyed some of their equipment from flood waters and winds. 

Engine 825

This engine was the pride of the fleet for many years with many jobs under its belt and a few trophies in the case from competitions.  It was a 1976 Ford 750 Series with a 750 gpm front mount pump and a 750 gallon water tank.  This truck got a new life in 1992 as it was converted to a service truck.  It was sent to Hackney to be stripped down to just a chassis and was rebuilt into what is now 881.The truck had 2 rear pre-connects, 2 front bumper pre-connects, a booster reel, large hosebed and a huge transverse compartment the pump would be if it had a mid-mount pump.

Old Engine 841

Pictured here is the former Engine 841. It is a 1985 EEI pumper built on a GMC 750 chassis.  It featured a 1000 gallon water tank  and a 1000 gpm Hale two-stage pump which was the first mid-mount pump ever purchased by BCFD.  Up until this point all we knew were front mount pumps, this truck is retired & has served many roles for our department, from 1st out engine to reserve status as a tanker & finally as a reserve engine that became a front line piece of apparatus on all woods fires.  The new E-841 arrived on December 1st 2008 & was placed in service on December 8th, 2008.  E-841 ran it's final call on the morning of December 1st at 05:30 hours, it's final assignment was the 3rd due engine on a residential structure fire.  E-841 was retired as the most used of all of our trucks.  It  has been in service, pumping more water on the fire ground than any of the other engines in our fleet.  This truck has also been involved in almost every single major fire in Harnett County.  It has even been into Wake, Johnston, Moore & Cumberland counties for major structure fires.  Every department around has benefited from the use of this truck.  It was sold for 8,000 dollars in January 2009.

Truck 881

Other Known Past Apparatus

1953 Dodge 2000 gallon tanker

1959 Ford 1/2 ton pick-up

1960 Chevy front mount pumper with 500 gpm pump and 950 gallon water tank

Trailer with 5 kw gas generator and 2-2000 watt lights and 1-1000 watt light

1960 Chevy front mount pumper with 500 gpm pump and 1250 gallon water tank

1971 Chevy 1/2 ton 4wd with 150 gpm pump and 200 gallon water tank

(The information listed above was pulled from inventories listed on DOI inspections from 1974 and 1984)