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Fighting fires and saving lives is a serious business. Selecting the right people for the job, providing them with the best training possible and investing in the most reliable equipment is essential. At FIRE TRUCKS PLUS, our business is supplying the finest pre-owned fire apparatus available. For over 30 years, fire-fighting professionals across the country and around the world have come to rely on FIRE TRUCKS PLUS for all of their pre-owned apparatus needs.

For over 30 years Fire Trucks Plus has maintained a reputation for having experienced and knowledgeable sales staff and emergency vehicle technicians to provide our customers with excellent products and services. We are very appreciative and proud of our loyal and satisfied customers.

Whether you are attempting to purchase or are selling one vehicle or an entire fleet of fire apparatus, look to the professionals at Fire Trucks Plus. We offer "Certified Pre-Owned" apparatus for sale here at our modern facility. We give each vehicle a battery of tests and inspections resulting in a thorough refurbishment. We can guarantee you are purchasing a front line apparatus once it has been through our certification process. We also offer an excellent consignment program that is a competitive alternative to private sales and public auctions for all of your fleet liquidation needs. Fire Trucks Plus is a licensed and bonded California dealer with expertise in licensing and title transfer. Our programs allow your department or city to purchase, finance, appraise or sell its fire apparatus in a professional and timely manner.

Contact the professionals at Fire Trucks Plus to facilitate the purchase or sale of your fire apparatus. It's an excellent way to generate maximum value for your department and community. 

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When its time to liquidate surplus or unwanted equipment, look to the professionals at Fire Trucks Plus for assistance. We offer an excellent consignment program that is competitive alternative to fleet liquidation by private sales and public auctions.

We offer three types of apparatus sales and purchasing services:

Facilitating the sale of your apparatus or equipment through our consignment program.

Sales through our website on-line Best Offer Auction section.

Fire Trucks Plus can also purchase your apparatus outright.

We advertise your apparatus extensively on our website, various other industry websites and publications.

Located on the Ontario-Rancho Cucamonga border in California, Fire Trucks Plus is known for building and refurbishing fire apparatus on a daily basis. However, on Wednesday, May 4th, 2011, employees of the company were the ones doing the firefighting.

While closing up their shop for the day, three remaining fire truck mechanics noticed smoke outside. They soon realized that there was a grass fire in the field behind the company's building.
Jesse Escamilla, Robin Hood and Salvador Santos, all Fire Trucks Plus employees, quickly grabbed water hoses to fight the fire. Also assisting was owner of Fire Trucks Plus, Paul Batista Sr. and his son, Paul Batista Jr., who came to the field with one of their fire trucks. Shortly after 2:52 p.m., the Rancho Cucamonga & Ontario Fire Departments arrived and fully extinguished the approximately 4 acre blaze by 4:00 p.m.

Even more shocking to Fire Trucks Plus employees was that a burned body was found in a shed near the area, turning this incident into a homicide investigation. According to the Press-Enterprise, the body found is likely to be that of a male. The age and identity of this person has yet to be determined.

The cause of this incident is currently being investigated by local fire investigators and homicide detectives.

In May of 1915, the Upland Fire Department in Southern California took delivery of its first motorized fire apparatus, a 1915 American La France Chemical Engine. Ninety-four years later, after disappearing for decades this fire truck is back home and ready to undergo a ground-up restoration.

History of the Upland Fire Department's 1915 American La France

On March 31, 1915 American La France completed the unit and two months later it was housed at Upland Fire Station 1, where it served until the mid-1930's when the City of Torrance purchased it. After its time in Torrance, the engine quietly disappeared, forgotten by most until recently when a Chatsworth woman called Upland City Manager Robb Quincey to let him know she had the truck and was hoping to sell it.

The woman was the widow of a fire truck collector who had recently passed away. The 1915 American La France has been his "baby", and after his death she needed to sell it so the woman decided to call the City of Upland, the engine's original owner to see if they would be interested in buying it.

Quincey had been working on obtaining a grant to restore Upland Fire Station 1, the 1915 American La France's original home, and had just been awarded it. Finding the long lost chemical engine came at the perfect time, as Quincey and Upland Fire Chief Michael Antonucci were able to convince the City to purchase the truck with the intention of housing it at Fire Station 1 once its renovation was complete.

Restoration of 1915 American La France

The Upland Fire Department has commissioned the restoration of the pumper to its original grandeur, complete with chemical
tanks. Fire Trucks Plus in Rancho Cucamonga, California will be overseeing the restoration. The owners of Fire Trucks Plus have decades of experience restoring antique automobiles, and for the past 30 years they have been refurbishing and selling used fire apparatus. As experts in this field, they are donating their time and facilities for the restoration of the truck, Upon its installation in the renovated Upland Fire Station 1, the 1915 American La France will be assigned the apparatus number of 001, according to Fowler.

Battalion Chief Don Smith of the Upland Fire Department explains the significance of finding the American La France after so many years, saying that once the truck left Torrance decades ago, the unit was forgotten and modern-day personnel from both the Upland Fire Department and Torrance Fire Department did not know that it existed until now. Thrilled by the discovery of this treasure, he says, "It is kind of an unknown commodity. It's kind of like finding a dinosaur or a wooly mammoth somewhere and digging it up and putting it back on display for the public. It's pretty exciting."