How to Decipher Crown Firecoach Model Information
How to Decipher Crown Firecoach Model Information By Mike Britt, CFE President and Historian All vehicles manufactured by the Firecoach Division of Crown Coach had
History and Overview
The Crown Coach Corporation, of Los Angeles, California, began building buses in 1915.
In 1951 Crown started building fire apparatus that used distinctive rounded faces of Crown’s buses. This new line of custom cab-forward fire apparatus called the Crown Firecoach. Crown was the second builder in America to offer a custom cab-forward fire truck.
Crown’s market principally was on the west coast and was concentrated around Los Angeles. About one-third of all Crowns built served in either the City or County of Los Angeles. Crown expanded its product line in 1961 and began building Snorkels. In 1967 Crown started using Maxim aerial ladders. In all, about 800 Crown Firecoaches were built between 1951 and 1982, when Crown ceased building fire apparatus.
Crown Coach Photos
from the SPAAMFAA Library & Archive
The SPAAMFAA Archives has an amazing collection containing tens of thousands of images of fire apparatus. Ultimately we have lofty goals of cataloging, indexing, scanning, and digitizing everything electronically, with copies of most of the illustrative material cross available for personal-use. In the meantime you can view a selection of these images on our SmugMug gallery:
https://spaamfaa-archives.smugmug.com
Build and Delivery Lists
Service and Operations Manuals
Other Resources
Crown Firecoach Fire Apparatus group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/54431557221/
Crown Fire Engine page
https://www.facebook.com/Crown-Fire-Engine-276949212508836/
Crown Fire Engine page
https://www.facebook.com/Crown-Fire-Engine-276949212508836/
https://www.facebook.com/CrownFireApparatus/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Firecoach
http://www.crownfireapparatus.com
http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/c/crown_coach/crown_coach.htm
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Crown Firecoach Serial and Vehicle Identification Numbers
By Mike Britt, CFE President and Historian The serial number for a Crown Firecoach is often referred to as the “F-number” because the 4-digit serial
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