{"id":6916,"date":"2023-01-03T21:20:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T02:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=6916"},"modified":"2023-01-03T21:20:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T02:20:50","slug":"oren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/oren\/","title":{"rendered":"Oren Fire Apparatus in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-01-03-oren.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6917\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-01-03-oren.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-01-03-oren.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-01-03-oren-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-01-03-oren-1536x1080.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023-01-03-oren-730x513.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start a list of Oren apparatus that served in North Carolina.\u00a0Pictured rigs marked with (*):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>*Burlington &#8211; 1940 Diamond T\/Oren &#8211; #RW&amp;E-1363 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/legeros\/sets\/72157656425763862\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Legeros photo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>*Cape Fear Rural (Lee) &#8211; 1953 Ford\/Oren &#8211; Engine 51 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leewilson\/6307735293\/\">Lee Wilson photo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>*Charlotte &#8211; 1953 Ford Big Job\/Oren, 500\/1000 &#8211; Engine 10 at Morris Field, high-pressure unit<\/li>\n<li>*Collins &amp; Aitkman (CA-VEL) textiles (Stanly) &#8211; 1947 GMC\/Oren &#8211; #500 A-979<br \/>\nFactory photo from &#8220;Oren Fire Apparatus Photo Archive&#8221; by Thomas L. Herman<\/li>\n<li>Faith (Rowan) &#8211; 1971 IHC 1310\/Oren mini-pumper, 300\/300, S\/N #2913<\/li>\n<li>Fleetwood (Ashe) &#8211; 1966 Dodge\/Oren 400\/300 4&#215;4 brush truck &#8211; Ex-Lorton, VA and Falmouth, VA<\/li>\n<li>Fork Mountain (Mitchell) &#8211; 1977 Ford C\/Oren, 500\/1500 &#8211; #15099-V &#8211; Ex-Hanover County, VA<\/li>\n<li>Granville Rural &#8211; 1970 Ford C900\/Oren, 1000\/500 &#8211; Ex-Stonewall Jackson FD in Prince William County, VA. Sold to GFD in 1985.<\/li>\n<li>Greensboro &#8211; 1955 Duplex\/Oren, 1500\/240 &#8211; #1500 A-1481, first 1500 GPM built by Oren &#8211; Engine 1<\/li>\n<li>*Greensboro &#8211; 1955 Duplex\/Oren, 750\/240 &#8211; Engine 8 &#8211; GFD Archives<\/li>\n<li>Greensboro &#8211; 1957 Ford F800\/Oren, 500\/1500, #500-B-1570 &#8211; Tanker 1 &#8211; GFD history book scan<\/li>\n<li>Jonas Ridge (Burke) &#8211; 1970 Ford C\/Oren, 300\/1200, #2789 &#8211; Engine 584, ex-Woodstock, VA<\/li>\n<li>Lasker (Northhampton) &#8211; 197_ IHC\/Oren &#8211; Engine 154<\/li>\n<li>*Lexington &#8211; 1938 Ford\/Oren &#8211; #RW-139 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=545026911003340&amp;set=pcb.545026977670000\">LFD photo<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>*Kenly (Johnston) &#8211; 1944 Ford\/Oren &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leewilson\/17808325581\/\">Lee Wilson photo<\/a> \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Kittrell (Franklin) &#8211; 1946 Dodge\/1948 Oren, 750\/300 &#8211; Ex-Lutherville, MD. Bought by KFD in 1962. Later sold to Mitchner&#8217;s Crossroads in Johnston County.<\/li>\n<li>Lasker (Northhampton) &#8211; 1976 International\/Oren &#8211; #15017-0 &#8211; Ex-Eastville, VA, bought 1990 by LFD<\/li>\n<li>Lewisville (Forsyth) &#8211; 1950 Chevy\/Oren<\/li>\n<li>Maiden (Catawba) &#8211; 1945 Chevrolet\/Oren, 500\/500 &#8211; #500A-900<\/li>\n<li>Mitchner&#8217;s Crossroads (Johnston) &#8211; See Kittrell.<\/li>\n<li>*New Bern &#8211; 1952 GMC\/Oren pumper, 500\/____, \u201cGeorge H. Roberts\u201d &#8211; NCSFA conference program<\/li>\n<li>Pikeville (Wayne) &#8211; 1952 International\/Oren<\/li>\n<li>Piney Grove (Forsyth) &#8211; 1950s Chevy\/Oren<\/li>\n<li>Pink Hill (Lenoir) &#8211; 1952 Ford F\/Oren<\/li>\n<li>Pitts (Cabarrus) &#8211; Ford F\/Grumman\/Owen<\/li>\n<li>Rockwell (Rowan) &#8211; 1953 Ford F-750 Big Job\/Oren, 500\/500 &#8211; #500A-136 &#8211; Still on the roster<\/li>\n<li>Rocky Mount &#8211; 1949 Ford\/Oren 500\/450? &#8211; Engine 6<\/li>\n<li>*Rose Hill (Duplin) &#8211; 1942 Ford\/1951 Oren &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leewilson\/19019108796\">Lee Wilson photo<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>*Rosman (Transylvania) &#8211; 1949 Dodge\/Oren &#8211; Transylvania Times photo<\/li>\n<li>Rosman (Transylvania) &#8211; 1972 Chevy C60\/1949 Oren, 750\/800. Sold to local rock quarry in 2005.<\/li>\n<li>*Sarecta (Duplin) &#8211; Ford\/Oren\/Grumman &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leewilson\/6889397672\/\">Lee Wilson photo<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>*Scotland Neck (Halifax) &#8211; 1939 Diamond T\/Oren &#8211; Still on the roster &#8211; Factory advertisement<\/li>\n<li>*Shallotte (Brunswick) &#8211; 1954 Ford Big Job\/Oren, 500\/500 &#8211; Engine 1 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wncfirepics.com\/NorthCarolina\/BrunswickCounty\/Shallotte\">Micah Bodford photo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sharon (Mecklenburg) &#8211; 1977 Oren, 1000\/1500 &#8211; Former Mahopac, NY<\/li>\n<li>Tabernacle (Randolph) &#8211; 1957 Ford Big Job\/Oren<\/li>\n<li>*Tramway Rural (Lee) &#8211; 1954 Ford F-600\/Oren, #VP-HP-1414 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tramwayfire\/photos\/a.250824065107373\/407300076126437\/\">TFD photo<\/a> \u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Union (Lincoln) &#8211; 1945 Ford\/Oren &#8211; #500A-898 &#8211; Still on the roster<\/li>\n<li>*Viewmont (Catawba) &#8211; 1952 Ford\/Oren, 500\/400 &#8211; #500AHP1298 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/legeros\/albums\/72157602695626635\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Legeros photo<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>*Warrenton &#8211; 1938 Ford\/Oren, 750\/150, # RW-134, open cab &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leewilson\/5637216078\">Lee Wilson photo<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Warren Wilson College Fire Brigade (Buncombe) &#8211; 1954 Corbitt\/Oren 750\/500 &#8211; Ex-Wanaque, NJ<\/li>\n<li>*Warsaw &#8211; Ford F-6\/Oren, open cab &#8211; #B-1144 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/leewilson\/20522856668\/\">Lee Wilson photo<\/a><\/li>\n<li>*Whitakers (Edgemont\/Nash) &#8211; Ford\/Oren with front-mounted pump, &#8220;rural truck&#8221; &#8211; #500 F-1110<br \/>\nFactory photo from &#8220;Oren Fire Apparatus Photo Archive&#8221; by Thomas L. Herman<\/li>\n<li>*Wilmington &#8211; 1952 Corbitt\/Oren, 750\/__ &#8211; Shop #216 &#8211; Engine 3 &#8211; Legeros collection photo<\/li>\n<li>Wilmington &#8211; 1952 Corbitt\/Oren, 750\/__ &#8211; Shop #242 &#8211; Engine 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More Pictures<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/search\/?user_id=77169659%40N00&amp;view_all=1&amp;text=oren\">Search Lee Wilson&#8217;s Flickr site on Oren<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wncfirepics.com\/search\/?q=oren&amp;c=photos&amp;scope=node&amp;scopeValue=BtHFMP\">Search WNC Fire Pics on Oren<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Join and search the private <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/258743650921546\">Oren Fire Apparatus Fans group<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Foren%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"6916\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Oren Fire Apparatus in North Carolina\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Foren%2F&text=Oren+Fire+Apparatus+in+North+Carolina\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"6916\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Oren Fire Apparatus in North Carolina\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Foren%2F&description=Oren+Fire+Apparatus+in+North+Carolina\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"6916\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Oren Fire Apparatus in North Carolina\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s start a list of Oren apparatus that served in North Carolina.\u00a0Pictured rigs marked with (*): *Burlington &#8211; 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