Engine 50
The department’s structure-fire engine: a 2013 Rosenbauer pumper with a Waterous 1250 GPM pump and a 1,000-gallon water tank. Nowthen has no hydrant system, so the water an engine and the tankers carry is the water supply.
Clean and well kept. 19,261.5 miles and 721.8 engine hours in 13 years.
From the plates on the truck: Rosenbauer performance plate, Waterous 1250 GPM pump built 9-6-2013; June 2025 flow test 1,269 GPM at 150 PSI. Tank size noted at the station.
The purchase record’s printed date (9-6-2013) is the same date stamped on the pump’s own manufacture plate, so the transaction date is treated as unverified until the original purchase paperwork is located. The $256,390 Rosenbauer contract itself is on the cited page.
Paper trail
- 09-06-13PurchasePurchased for $256,390 from Rosenbauer South Dakota LLCsource p.38
- 09-06-13PaymentDown payment of $500 (Rosenbauer South Dakota LLC)source p.58
- 02-01-23PaymentFinal levy payment on the 2013 fire equipment certificates that financed it
Repair lines are claims of $2,000 or more, hand-transcribed from the claims registers; smaller bills exist but are not itemized, so this is not a complete maintenance history. Amounts are labeled by transaction type: an estimate or authorization is not money spent.