![]() ![]() ![]() With their ample carrying capacity, the big Suburbans became the command/support vehicle of choice for fire departments large and small all over North America. In 1984 Windsor purchased two Chevrolet Suburbans – oversized four-door station wagon-type vehicles built on a heavier truck platform. Regis Command Car and a 1989 Ford Crown Victoria with “Fire Chief” lettered on its front doors. The department’s last two standard passenger cars – both lime-green four-door sedans – were a 1980 Dodge St. But by the 1990s the department had switched back to red. All of its new vehicles - including chief’s cars and support vehicles – were also painted this trendy new color. switched from the traditional fire engine red to safety yellow. ![]() Two Plymouth four-door sedans were acquired, in 19. They included 1966, 1968, 1963, 19 Plymouths and a 1968 Chevrolet wagon. Over the next decade the Windsor Fire Department purchased seven more station wagons, for use by the department’s command officers (Chiefs) and the Training Division. Not only did the `61 Chevy serve as the W.F.D.’s first Command Car, it was also equipped with the department’s very first electronic siren with built-in P/A system. The steel-bodied, four-door 1961 Chevrolet wagon was much more versatile than a conventional coupe or sedan, with plenty of cargo space in the rear for carrying equipment like turnout gear, fire extinguishers, extra air bottles, radio equipment etc. This Chevy Suburban – with its extra room – allows the YFD’s battalion chiefs to carry an ample supply of emergency equipment, medical supplies and other gear needed on incident scenes.As noted in Part 1, the Windsor Fire Department purchased its first station wagon in 1961. We had to get it outfitted with emergency lighting like we do with all our vehicles, and get the radios put in.” “Another fire department had actually ordered it, then they backed out for some reason,” Chief Vogt explained. YFD has received a discount on the Suburban from Carter Chevrolet – saving about $11,000. The new SUV replaces a 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe as the Yukon Fire Department’s command vehicle assigned to battalion chiefs Brandon Anderson, Caleb McDoulett and Brad Homme. The unit was on display in the Centennial Building parking lot, 12 S 5 th, before the Feb. “It’s really nice and it’s going to work well for us.” “This is the vehicle that our battalion chiefs respond in and set up command at fire scenes, car wrecks and medical calls,” Yukon Fire Chief Shawn Vogt said this week. The Yukon City Council last fall approved spending $44,767 to buy the 2022 Chevrolet Suburban from Carter Chevrolet in Okarche. Yukon Fire’s battalion chiefs are now behind the wheel of a new command vehicle. Members of Yukon Boy Scout Troop 365 join City of Yukon and Yukon Fire Department officials to welcome the new fire command vehicle purchased from Carter Chevrolet in Okarche: From left, City Manager Tammy Kretchmar, Mayor Shelli Selby and Vice Mayor Rick Cacini (with the Boy Scouts) city council members Donna Yanda, Jeff Wootton, and Aric Gilliland Assistant City Manager Mitchell Hort, Yukon Public Works Director Arnold Adams, Yukon Fire Chief Shawn Vogt, and Fire Battalion Chief Brandon Anderson. ![]()
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