I was checking out the Reading PA FD website and was wondering what the "jumpers" do?

Pierce has been running teasers for a new chassis, presumably to be debuted at FDIC. All it says is "Timeless Reliability. The Legacy Grows"

 

I wonder what market the new chassis will be aimed towards, or what model it will replace?

SNYDER, NEB. (February 13, 2014) – Smeal Fire Apparatus Co. today announced that RedStorm Fire & Rescue Apparatus, Inc. has been named the<span> authorized sales and service dealer for Smeal® brand fire apparatus in northern and eastern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. RedStorm has offices in Gainesville, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland.


“RedStorm has developed a reputation for offering the highest quality apparatus, exceptional customer service and for helping departments customize fire apparatus configurations. This makes them an excellent choice to grow and expand our presence in this region,” said Mark Huber, Smeal’s president. “Smeal is always working to enhance our products, service and distribution, and bringing RedStorm on board is a major step forward.”


RedStorm has been in the fire and emergency industry since 2010, specializing in emergency vehicle sales, including fire apparatus and ambulances. It is led by James Featherstone, lifelong firefighter, former volunteer chief and fire industry professional for more than 20 years. </span>

Firefighters put out a three-alarm fire at an auto repair shop late Sunday night.

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<p style="color:rgb(52,52,52);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ladder pipes setup and PGE is cutting the power to the structure.

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<p style="color:rgb(52,52,52);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like the colors in this one.

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<p style="color:rgb(52,52,52);font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fire pic's Dick H getting a shot of the action.

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Hey folks, it was back to Appleton this week to do a pre-construction meeting for a couple of pumpers at work.

 

We'd actually built some extra time into this trip which would have allowed plenty of photo time, but we had to make a lot of rearrangements and long work hours to make it back before the storm that was about to cripple the East Coast arrived.  Therefore, you're going to get a whole lot of point-and-shoot photos with little-to-no-information to go along with them. Sorry about that, but a photo is better than no photo, right?

 

We'll start off with a few rigs from the blue floor. This is BWI's new Squad 43. BWI is located in Anne Arundel Co, MD for those keeping notes at home.

 

 

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South Metro & Cunningham Firefighters were dispatched to a reported barn fire with horses trapped in the 6800 block of South Salida Street.  First arriving Engine 42 reported a fully involved structure and had to reposition a block over for access.  E42, E62 & M63 advanced several hundred feet of 2 1/2 and wyed off to two 1 3/4 lines for fire attack.  A 40x40 barn was fully engulfed and wind driven flames were being pushed into a fence, power lines, trees and already auto-exposed a shed.  Tower 35 accessed from a different property, secured a water supply and advanced a third 1 3/4" to top the fire spread.  I arrived about 10 minutes into the incident.

 

   

 

   

Around 9:45AM on Tuesday companies were alerted for a house fire. Located less than a mile from Westview Station 13, when they pulled out of quarters there was heavy black smoke showing in the neighborhood. When they arrived at the one-story rancher the whole back of the house was ablaze and fire and smoke showing from the front. I arrived in less than 10 minutes but the bulk of the outside fire was knocked in the rear. There was still fire in the roof and heavy smoke throughout.

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Not much to see!  The call came in as a vehicle overturned at 9:45. 

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Has anyone photographed Cherry Tree, Indiana County, PA's new/old Rescue truck? It is from Good Will of West Chester and is a 1992 International/Kenco.

Buffalo firefighters responded to 215 Scoville Street on February 7, 2014 to battle a structure fire in an occupied two story wood frame. Temperatures were in the single digits with a wind chill well below zero making it more difficult for firefighters to fight the blaze. The fire was started by workmen using a torpedo heater to thaw out frozen pipes. Command requested an extra two engines and one ladder to assist opening up the walls and ceilings to gain access to the fire. The balance of the second alarm was then called to provide relief for crews due to the bitter cold. Firefighters used three 1 3/4" hoselines to bring the fire under control.

 

On my arrival, FF's already have a line in the front door, others heading to the roof.



 



 

Ladder 10 opening up



 



 

I think they got a line on it



 

The Commish took in the job as well



 

Lots of truck work



 



 

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