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102-year-old woman rides Huntington Beach’s first fire engine — both born in 1922

  • Lois Rufus, a 102-year-old woman, rode the Huntington Beach Fire Department’s original motorized fire engine, which was also born in 1922, on July 17.
  • Rufus's son, Dan, contacted the fire department to arrange the special ride after she mentioned it to her family.
  • Rufus joked about the ride, saying, 'I thought I’d be driving it.'
  • A representative from the fire department expressed satisfaction in seeing Rufus happy during this experience, calling it a rare opportunity.
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102-year-old woman rides Huntington Beach’s first fire engine — both born in 1922

What could a 102-year-old Huntington Beach fire engine and a Fountain Valley woman have in common? They were both born in the same year. Lois Rufus was taken on a short ride aboard the Seagrave, the Huntington Beach Fire Department’s refurbished original motorized fire engine, on Thursday afternoon, July 17. The 102-year-old woman — Rufus is 102.5 years old to be exact, because it’s important to count the months, she said — remembered reading ab…

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OC Register broke the news in Orange County, United States on Friday, July 18, 2025.
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