Oren Fire Apparatus in North Carolina

Let’s start a list of Oren apparatus that served in North Carolina. Pictured rigs marked with (*):

*Burlington – 1940 Diamond T/Oren – #RW&E-1363 – Legeros photo
*Cape Fear Rural (Lee) – 1953 Ford/Oren – Engine 51 – Lee Wilson photo
*Charlotte – 1953 Ford Big Job/Oren, 500/1000 – Engine 10 at Morris Field, high-pressure unit
*Collins & Aitkman (CA-VEL) textiles (Stanly) – 1947 GMC/Oren – #500 A-979
Factory photo from “Oren Fire Apparatus Photo Archive” by Thomas L. Herman
Faith (Rowan) – 1971 IHC 1310/Oren mini-pumper, 300/300, S/N #2913
Fleetwood (Ashe) – 1966 Dodge/Oren 400/300 4×4 brush truck – Ex-Lorton, VA and Falmouth, VA
Fork Mountain (Mitchell) – 1977 Ford C/Oren, 500/1500 – #15099-V – Ex-Hanover County, VA
Granville Rural – 1970 Ford C900/Oren, 1000/500 – Ex-Stonewall Jackson FD in Prince William County, VA. Sold to GFD in 1985.
Greensboro – 1955 Duplex/Oren, 1500/240 – #1500 A-1481, first 1500 GPM built by Oren – Engine 1
*Greensboro – 1955 Duplex/Oren, 750/240 – Engine 8 – GFD Archives
Greensboro – 1957 Ford F800/Oren, 500/1500, #500-B-1570 – Tanker 1 – GFD history book scan
Jonas Ridge (Burke) – 1970 Ford C/Oren, 300/1200, #2789 – Engine 584, ex-Woodstock, VA
Lasker (Northhampton) – 197_ IHC/Oren – Engine 154
*Lexington – 1938 Ford/Oren – #RW-139 – LFD photo
*Kenly (Johnston) – 1944 Ford/Oren – Lee Wilson photo
Kittrell (Franklin) – 1946 Dodge/1948 Oren, 750/300 – Ex-Lutherville, MD. Bought by KFD in 1962. Later sold to Mitchner’s Crossroads in Johnston County.
Lasker (Northhampton) – 1976 International/Oren – #15017-0 – Ex-Eastville, VA, bought 1990 by LFD
Lewisville (Forsyth) – 1950 Chevy/Oren
Maiden (Catawba) – 1945 Chevrolet/Oren, 500/500 – #500A-900
Mitchner’s Crossroads (Johnston) – See Kittrell.
*New Bern – 1952 GMC/Oren pumper, 500/____, “George H. Roberts” – NCSFA conference program
Pikeville (Wayne) – 1952 International/Oren
Piney Grove (Forsyth) – 1950s Chevy/Oren
Pink Hill (Lenoir) – 1952 Ford F/Oren
Pitts (Cabarrus) – Ford F/Grumman/Owen
Rockwell (Rowan) – 1953 Ford F-750 Big Job/Oren, 500/500 – #500A-136 – Still on the roster
Rocky Mount – 1949 Ford/Oren 500/450? – Engine 6
*Rose Hill (Duplin) – 1942 Ford/1951 Oren – Lee Wilson photo
*Rosman (Transylvania) – 1949 Dodge/Oren – Transylvania Times photo
Rosman (Transylvania) – 1972 Chevy C60/1949 Oren, 750/800. Sold to local rock quarry in 2005.
*Sarecta (Duplin) – Ford/Oren/Grumman – Lee Wilson photo
*Scotland Neck (Halifax) – 1939 Diamond T/Oren – Still on the roster – Factory advertisement
*Shallotte (Brunswick) – 1954 Ford Big Job/Oren, 500/500 – Engine 1 – Micah Bodford photo
Sharon (Mecklenburg) – 1977 Oren, 1000/1500 – Former Mahopac, NY
Tabernacle (Randolph) – 1957 Ford Big Job/Oren
*Tramway Rural (Lee) – 1954 Ford F-600/Oren, #VP-HP-1414 – TFD photo
Union (Lincoln) – 1945 Ford/Oren – #500A-898 – Still on the roster
*Viewmont (Catawba) – 1952 Ford/Oren, 500/400 – #500AHP1298 – Legeros photo
*Warrenton – 1938 Ford/Oren, 750/150, # RW-134, open cab – Lee Wilson photo
Warren Wilson College Fire Brigade (Buncombe) – 1954 Corbitt/Oren 750/500 – Ex-Wanaque, NJ
*Warsaw – Ford F-6/Oren, open cab – #B-1144 – Lee Wilson photo
*Whitakers (Edgemont/Nash) – Ford/Oren with front-mounted pump, “rural truck” – #500 F-1110
Factory photo from “Oren Fire Apparatus Photo Archive” by Thomas L. Herman
*Wilmington – 1952 Corbitt/Oren, 750/__ – Shop #216 – Engine 3 – Legeros collection photo
Wilmington – 1952 Corbitt/Oren, 750/__ – Shop #242 – Engine 2