Denver FD also switched to motorized rigs in 1924, all painted white. Strategic for visibility after the Great Fire of 1863. A fire broke out in downtown Denver in the early morning of April 19, 1863.

Denver' s very first ... "That followed a devastating fire in 1863 that burned down what we now know as Lodo," said Win Ferril at the Denver Firefighters Museum on Saturday.

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