Books By Chuck Madderom

Follow the history of Crown Firecoach from its beginnings in 1951 until the company ceased building fire trucks in 1983. One of the pioneers of cab forward rigs, Crown's fire apparatus had...

Van Pelt was the west coast fire apparatus builder that was in business the longest, from 1925-1987 and became the largest builder of fire apparatus west of the Rocky Mountains. Van Pelt...