Some World War II half-tracks were used as all-terrain fire department pumpers or tankers. When this water froze, it required jackhammers to extricate the pumpers. Firefighters were only able to use less effective measures like hand pumpers. Early pumpers used cisterns as a source of water. White's father, Charles Robert White, and grandfather, Charles Raymond White, were oilfield pumpers. In 1927, Wyndmoor purchased two Hale Pumpers and in 1940 a city service ladder truck. AFD engines are sometimes commonly referred to as "pumpers". Station 18 - Kinmount Fire Hall consists of one fire hall with two pumpers. The new KME pumpers are high pressure pumpers and feature the split tilt cab. Other common appliances are 14 (1000L, 4WD), pumpers and QRV (330-500L 4WD). However, the water lines and pumpers were inadequate. FRNSW has a total of 422 Pumpers. Sutphen has 2 pumpers&colon; Guardian and Shield series pumpers. These two pumpers formed Engine Company 1 and Engine Company 2.