Hello 

I collect Heavy Rescue, Air Units, HazMats etc. Special Rigs, No Ambos, Engines, tankers, Ladders etc.

Interested in photos with information 

 

Thanks Guys

 

Max

vmf5501@aol.com

While enjoying the last few days of my vacation at my in-laws, I ventured out to catch a few fire stations located around Lake Norman. For those not familiar, Lake Norman is a large man made lake located within several counties in western North Carolina. The lake itself has a surface area of 50.8 square miles  with 520 miles of shoreline, making it the largest man made freshwater lake in the state. My goal for the day was the Lake Norman Fire Department, but on the way I stumbled upon the Headquarters station of the Sherrills Ford-Terrell Fire Department.

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1970's-vintage Sutphen, drawn in 1980. Donated to department this year after spending 30 years in my attic.

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Ottawa has ordered 12 additional KME engines, same as the 12 received last year. 2 Sprinter vans are being outfitted as fire investigation units, complete with an office and equipment storage capabilities for the investigators.  

 

A new hazmat truck has been ordered from EVI in Florida.  Based on a Spartan Gladiator 3 door, extra long cab with 24 inch raised roof and tandem axles, this will be a very large truck.  Plans are to show this truck at FDIC in 2015. Option for a second unit is included in the contract, but will not be ordered for a while yet. 

 

4 tankers are being designed, on a completely new format for Ottawa, as well as a new brush tanker and 4 or 5 new brush trucks.

 

Ottawa Fire has revitalized its large fleet of apparatus over the past several years.  The city is now very well equipped.

 

Late notice, but if anyone is interested in joining several of us for a tour of the Syracuse, NY FD, please let me know.  We are planning on going to all stations to photograph the entire fleet. There are several of us from Canada and the US meeting, this Saturday, July 26, 2014. 

Sutphen has instructed customers to remove all SPH 100, SP 110, SPI 112 and SAI 110 aerials from service immediately

On The Secret List today is a report of a ladder tower failure free fall at the Hall County, Georgia training facility that injured a couple of firefighters. The accompanying photos show 2 TLs,, one a Sutphen that appears to have a somewhat damaged platform. In the last several years, there seem to have been several similar failures. In 2012, a 2010 Sutphen aerial suffered a failure when the extension cables failed and the upper fly slammed down into the second fly in Green Valley, AZ. Later investigation showed that lack of maintenance resulted in composite bushing failure causing 2 pulleys to seize and snap the extension cables. 5 people were injured. Other failures due to maintenance issues occurred in Bluffton, SC. (4); Chillicothe, Ohio; Palm Beach County, FL; and Sedona, AZ (2).

Recalls were issued in 2013, but there have been at least 2 failures since then - inJune, Belle Valley, PA had a cable snap on their 2010 100' platform , injuring 3; Sutphen immediately took responsibility after investigating and finding that the wrong type cable was used. Today's incident in Hall County injured 3. If you have any of the affected models ( including harvested aerials , pull 'em from service until Sutphen contacts you.

Jon U.

Shortly before 2pm on 19 July 2014, Renton Fire & Emergency Services was dispatched to a reported apartment fire.  The first arriving engine found a fully engulfed apartment building.  A couple other building were being threatened.

 

   

Some of my photos from yesterday's Verplank Fire Parade in Verplank, NY (Westchester County)

 

After listening to Detroit last year on the feed and hearing how busy they were I planned my next trip to the D.  I arrived on July 3rd and stayed through the 6th.  I caught twelve good working fires and missed many more.  The first fire was on 5707 Chopin, we arrived with the first due companies to find two dwellings going.

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Here's some shots of some of the Apparatus that will be on display at this years expo. let me start by saying it wasn't very muich to photograph, and the weather wasn't really helping either.

I must say if it wasn't for Pierce there wouldn't be much on display, everyone who did come to the move-in staging area, only had 1 or 2 pieces to dispaly, Pierce came in with about 10, and had several others already on display around the Downtown Convention Center area. Anyhow this is what I got photos of.

1st up is this KME Pumper from Stamford Ct.

 

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