Fire Apparatus Replicas Made by Orange, MA, Resident

"John Sylvester doesn't need to tell you he's a 'fire buff.' It's obvious.

"Right by his bed - within an arm's reach - is a radio scanner. Set to the local frequencies, the Orange resident can grab his scanner at any time of night and hear the firefighters rushing to do battle with the newest inferno.

"Knowing he's one of the first to know about a fire is a rush for Sylvester, he said.

"But, standing in his room, what makes Sylvester's love of the Orange Fire Department most obvious is not his scanner, or the way he animatedly describes fire equipment of decades past.

"Instead, it's the wall of replica fire trucks that reveals Sylvester's passion."

A recent article in The Recorder (Greenfield, MA) reported on Mr. Sylvester's collection and on the replicas he makes.

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The Recorder: Orange resident customizes replicas of town fire trucks (25 MAY 18)