The South Jersey Chapter hosted the Society’s 1986 Summer Convention/Muster at Wheaton Village in Millville, N.J. More than 100 pieces of antique and vintage fire apparatus took part in what was our first-ever Sunday muster. Central New York members Bob and Harriet Potter became the third husband-and-wife team to jointly receive the William L. Robinson Memorial Award. The others were Ken and Lee Soderbeck (1977) and Dan and Mae Martin, 1982.

This year proved a banner one for SPAAMFAA growth nationally. No fewer than five new regional chapters were charted in 1986. They included the Arizona Territorial Chapter, Central Jersey Chapter, Long Island (NY) Chapter, Western Massachusetts and Southern Chapters.