Hey folks!

 

Members of my VFD traveled to Wyoming, Minnesota last week to complete the pre-construction conference on the Rosenbauer Commander extruded pumper that we recently signed a contract for.  It was amazing to see how much busier the plant was since my last visit about 18 months ago.  I suppose when you sell over 500 new chassis in less than a year, that's to be expected.

 

This was truly a working trip, not just sightseeing, so I don't have quite as many photos as I would on some of my previous trips.  All of the photos were taken with my throw-down point-and-shoot camera and my Driod phone.

 

First up are two new pumpers for Apopka, FL.  The department had Darley special-build them a 3-stage pump for these, which will be used to help supply the massive amount of booster line that they run.  They also feature four CAFS-equipped crosslays.

 

 

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I read the 2013 - 2015 strategic plan for Charleston Fire Department earlier and it listed that they had ordered a tiller ladder to replace one of their truck companies. Anyone have any further information on this?

Indian Land FD

Lancaster County

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All photo's are Anderson Fland. Original copies can be requested via message. Thanks





 

I will be building a scratch model of the famous Dennis Smith house and apparatus that served there in the 70s-80s. I have found pictures of everything I need except the 1969 Alf Closed tiller truck 31, this truck was filmed in the BBC documentary the Bronx is Burning with Dennis Smith. Can anybody help with pictures Color or black and white Thank You

Firepixers,

 

I rec'd the email below from an attorney in regards to photos I took of a house fire (See http://firepix1075.zenfolio.com/p187329211)

 

 

In follow up to my voice mail message to you a minute ago, could you please give me a call regarding purchasing photos that you took regarding the house fire in Garrison, Maryland on January 12, 2013.  We would like to purchase all 22 pictures, 4x6 copies, along with all of the information attached to the photos, i.e., date stamp, time stamp, etc.  If they could be sent digitally versus prints, that would be most appreciated. 

 

Looking for some advice re. the $ figure I should quote to the firm.  Thanks.

In September of 2012 the Altoona, WI fire department purchased a 1992 Pierce Dash from the North Shore Fire Department near Milwaukee, WI (consolidation of communities of Deer Park, Glendale, Bayside, Fox Point, River Hills, Shorewood, and Whitefish Bay... http://www.nsfire.org/index.php?Overview-9) We had it sandblasted and painted, some work to the engine, transmission and patched a few holes in the water tank before it went into service. We actually got by really cheap for an engine that was in great shape for a 20 year old truck.

 

Purchased for $14,600 on an online auction. Spent $4,800 in maintenance and spent $17,525 in paint & body work for a total of $36,925. That is dirt cheap for a truck that will last for 10-15 years. I don't know the job number off hand right now but if anyone is interested in it I will look it up.

 

Here are pictures of the process from beginning to end. Enjoy!

 

 

1992 Pierce Dash

1250 GPM

1000 Gallon water tank

 

First is the original look before any work being done on it.

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I don't think this has been done before. There was a relatively short window of 20-30 years when the commercial canopy cab was a popular alternative to the custom cab. The decline of putting firefighters on the tailboard and tightening budgets in the late 60s seems to have been the push that began their ascent, and its end came in the early 90s with the adoption of safety standards that required fully enclosed riding positions on new apparatus. 

 

Personally I find this period of design an interesting hybrid of the commercial chassis and custom apparatus, not cleanly fitting in either side.

 

This is specifically canopy cab apparatus built on a commercial chassis, crewcabs and standard fixed cabs need not apply. The one exception I'm making is that odd creation that placed firefighters in a seperate box or in the apparatus body itself behind a standard cab, examples being Washington DC's "telephone booth" Fords or the USFS' Model 61. I make this exception because it seems to have been a close rival of the canopy cabs, and it quickly faded away after the canopy cab ceased production.

 

Edit- Open bench seats behind the cab and extended cab trucks with rear seating but no seperate doors for those seats are close enough to fit within the umbrella of "canopy cab" and encouraged.

 

 

I don't actually have a lot of examples of these to post so I hope others will chime in and add some of their own.

 

I'll start of with what was probably the single most successful commercial canopy cab chassis, the Ford C series. All photos posted by me were photographed by me unless otherwise stated.

 

California Office of Emergency Services Ford C / Westates

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Yesterday was the annual HB Birthday Photo-Tour, this years was a great trip although the attendance was down from previous years. anyhow this year we shot apparatus in Anne Arundel Co., Annapolis City, & Howard County. all in alll not a bad day.

we'll start with The Anne Rundel County Portion. we met at Station 21 wher we all meeded the Medic Unit.

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Del Rio FD

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