Mustachioed Robert L. (Bob) Ward of Schwenksvlle, Pa. succeeded G. Marshall Sanford as SPAAMFAA’s National Presient.

The Great Lakes Chapter hosted the 1991 Winter Meeting in Dearborn, Michigan in mid-February. The program included a visit to the Toledo (Ohio) Fire Museum and its new muster site at Domino Farms in Ann Arbor. The 1991 Summer Convention returned to Liverpool, N.Y., near Syracuse. Ted Elder began writing the Tiller Seat column in Enjine!-Enjine!

A record seven new regional chapters were chartered this year – West Michigan, North Texas, Southern Ontario, Heart of Illinois, Southern California, Mid-Jersey and the Tucson-based Cactus Chapter. The new Southern California Chapter – locally known as the Crown Firecoach Enthusiasts – was the Society’s first chapter devoted to a specific make of fire apparatus.