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Apparatus: Motorized

Tow Trucks
San Francisco Fire Department
In Order of Purchase
1930 - 2009

Shop #	Year & Manufacture Details
TT-1	1915 Schneer
		Registration #2
	Engine: Wisconsin or Continental 6-cylinder, 80 HP
	1929: Converted from a Hose Tender into a Tow Truck at the SFFD Corporation Yard Shop. (Pre-conversion, see Hose Tenders). Shop Number changed to TT-1

	In Service Company Details
	Assignments:
		1930 - 1940	Tow Truck Company No. 1
		December 11, 1940	Sold

Shop #	Year & Manufacture Details
TT-2	1940 Kenworth 4 x 4 with a 15 ton wrecker hoist
		Registration #50891
	Engine: Hall-Scott 6-cylinder, 175 HP
	1970 Shop Number changed to 801

	In Service Company Details
	Assignments:
		1940 - 1975	Tow Truck Company No. 1
		1975	Sold
	1975 Sold to a private party and it has been reported that this tow truck is still in existence and located in the State of Washington

Shop #	Year & Manufacture Details
884	1975 Ford "L-9000" Louisville chassis, with a "Holmes" 25 ton wrecker hoist
		Registration #U-911-HD 8
	Engine: Detroit 8-cylinder diesel, 350 HP
	SFFD Shop # 884

	In Service Company Details
	Assignments:
		1975 - Present (Nov. 2009)	Tow Truck Company No. 1

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500's	Engines
600's	Ladder Truck Tractors
700's	Ladder Truck Trailers
800's	all other Fire Fighting Apparatus
900's	Service Trucks
AC	Air Compressor Truck
BT	Fire Boat Tender
C	Double Combination Pumper
CC	Command & Communications Unit
CE	Chemical Engine
CF	Coffee Wagon
CW	Combination Chemical-Hose Wagon
FL	Fuel Unit
FW	Foam Wagon
HP	High Pressure Fire Hydrant Service Truck
HT	Hose Tender
LT	Ladder Truck Trailer
LW	Searchlight Engine
N	Acquired from Navy
PC	Pollution Control Unit
RS	Rescue Squad
SA	Salvage Unit
SS	Service Squad
TC	Triple Combination Pumper
TR	Motorized Tractor
TR/LT	Ladder Truck Tractor & Trailer, purchased as one unit
TT	Tow Truck
TW	Tank Wagon
UP	Underwriters' Fire Patrol Salvage Unit
WT	Water Tower