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Welcome to Cradle of Liberty Antique Fire Apparatus Association's Web Site.  

  We are the Penn-Jer-Del Chapter of S.P.A.A.M.F.A.A.  & a charitable non-profit corporation. 

   Click Here For MEMBERSHIP INFO and here for more about us.

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The Cradle of Liberty Antique Fire Apparatus sadly announces that our friend and member, George Kaiser, has suffered the loss of his collection, as well as some of his business; as a result of a propane tank explosion at a neighboring property. Please keep George in your thoughts as he deals with this devastating loss.

For more on this story, as well as pictures and videos, click here.

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 The Cradle of Liberty Antique Fire Apparatus Association is a proud supporter of the 2010 Hero Scholarship Fund Muster on the Camden (NJ) Waterfront, October 2,2010 from 10am - 3pm.

For more information, see the links below:

Downloadable Muster Flyer

Downloadable Vendor Flyer

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Our Next Meeting Will Be:
    
Sunday, October 3,2010 at 1pm
 
 
This meeting will be hosted by Joy & H.J. "Whitey" Swartz; at their "Fire Museum of Southern New Jersey". This is located at 333 E. Ridgewood Ave., Galloway, NJ 08205-9767
 
This is an outstanding collection of apparatus and artifacts.
 
  Nominations for 2011 Officers will be conducted at this meeting.
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The Cradle of Liberty Antique Fire Apparatus Association Would Like To Say THANK YOU  To All Sponsors, Spectators and Participants Of The
Delaware Valley Fire Muster and Show at Rose Tree Park 
August 1, 2010
 
 
 

We hope to see you next year, when we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of MACK Fire Apparatus  

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A BIG THANK YOU to Drew Outten for hosting our June Meeting.  Your hospitality and collection were OUTSTANDING
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The Cradle of Liberty Antique Fire Apparatus Association is proud to be the host chapter for the 2013 S.P.A.A.M.F.A.A. Summer  Convention & Muster

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The Cradle of Liberty Antique Fire Apparatus Association takes no responsibility for the content on any links not under our direct control. 

  



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Catastrophe Strikes CLAFAA Member
Wed. Sep 1st 2010
This afternoon (Wednesday, September 1,2010) one of our members, George Kaiser, suffered the loss of most, if not all, of his collection of apparatus and artifacts in a fire.  The fire in his warehouse was as a result of being an exposure to a devastating propane tank fire in a neighboring prop...

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CLAFAA Muster in the news
Wed. Aug 25th 2010
Source: www,FIREGEEZER.com LATE LAST MONTH WE ALERTED YOU (HERE) to the upcoming Delaware Valley Fire Muster and Show that was held on August 1 by the Cradle of Liberty Antique Fire Apparatus Assoc.  Our friends there sent along some photos from the field day and it sounds like they had a su...

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Fellow Collector, Fire Chief and SPAAMFAA Member Passes Away
Mon. Jul 19th 2010
D. LaVerne Stauffer, 86, of Neffsville, passed away peacefully on July 14, 2010 at University of Maryland Hospital. Former Fire Chief of Neffsville Fire Company for twenty-two years, LaVerne was a member and past president of Lancaster County Firemen's Association, member of PA Pump Primers, a life...

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Georgetown (DE) Residents Working To Restore Original Fire House
Wed. May 26th 2010
By Wallace McKelvey • Staff Writer, Delmarvanow.com  For decades, a piece of Georgetown's history was hiding in plain sight. Toby Givens, president of the Historic Georgetown Association, bought plants and dog food from Paul Short's Southern States Feed Store off Route 113, unaware he wa...

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Radnor FC's 1954 MACK B-75 in the news
Thu. May 13th 2010
Radnor's classic Mack fire truck a hit By Lydia Woolever ;  Inquirer Staff Writer Tucked into the back corner of the Radnor Fire House, behind four colossal fire trucks, hides the little red engine that could. There, the fire company's 1954 Model B75 Mack Fire Truck sits in pristine condit...

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Wed. Sep 1st 2010
Catastrophe Strikes CLAFAA Member

This afternoon (Wednesday, September 1,2010) one of our members, George Kaiser, suffered the loss of most, if not all, of his...

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Wed. Aug 25th 2010
CLAFAA Muster in the news

Source: www,FIREGEEZER.com
< br>LATE LAST MONTH WE ALERTED YOU (HERE) to the upcoming Delaware Valley Fire Muster and Sh...

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Mon. Jul 19th 2010
Fellow Collector, Fire Chief and SPAAMFAA Member Passes Away

D. LaVerne Stauffer, 86, of Neffsville, passed away peacefully on July 14, 2010 at University of Maryland Hospital.
Forme...

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