Here are a few more recent shots from my home state of North Carolina. These shots were taken with fellow board regulars Andrew Messer and Benjy Grice last week. For the most part, we had a good time but like all trips it seems like we go on, there was one bad apple out of the bunch.



Hickory FD Engine 6

2004 Spartan/General/Rosenbauer

1500/750/30F

General #2412

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I have decided to consolidate all of my postings into my own topic instead of having to make a new one up each time I go somewhere.





Beaver Springs Fire Department

Snyder County, Pa





1991 Emergency One Pumper 1500/750

X-McConnellsburg, Pa











International/Local Tanker 250/3000









Mack/Swab Rescue Truck

X-Lemoyne, Pa







Ford/? Attack Pumper 250/250/30

X-Huntington Manor, NY

I need help on this one, the guy was unsure on his information and I couldn't find any body manufacturer

A few "grab shots" of Amtrak Police Dept. units taken outside Penn Station in Baltimore, MD......

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sunset in atlantic city

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Download the file below, and either extract it, or run it from the zipped folder to install. I have checked the file, and confirm it to be virus free

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I know we had a previous thread on this West Virginia department but I am unable to find it. My apologies if I missed it.



I was in the Harpers Ferry, West Virginia area today and decided to make a quick detour to see the Bakerton Tactical Fire Department in Jefferson County.



This FD is becoming very interesting to follow as a variety of used apparatus continue to make their way to Bakerton.



Here is what I found today and I am hoping others will have some additional info on where some of these trucks came from and other info on the apparatus. I also know that a tractor trailer tanker is in service at Bakerton, but it was not here today because of mechanical issues (I spoke to the Chief of Bakerton several weeks ago).





Mike Sanders

Ashburn, VA

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In 1983 the Mack company was facing enormous pressure on different fronts. They had new corporate ownership and in a drive to determine which of their divisions were profitable, it was determined that the Fire Apparatus Division based out of the Macungie PA plant was not going to continue building complete fire apparatus. There was also need for the huge Macungie plant to assemble other vehicles, and the decision was made to cease sales and manufacturing of complete fire apparatus. The company decided to continue chassis productions of the CF and MC and R chassis for fire apparatus application until 1989, but the era of wholly Mack produced apparatus was over.



Much of this is a result of a run of rusting out apparatus produced in the late 1970's and early 1980's. Bad steel and poor body quality led many US fire departments to upstart E\-One with their aluminum bodies and a re-energized Pierce Mfg Co out of Wisconsin. Many of the traditional Mack customers went elsewhere and the traditional commercial truck-orientated Mack sales organization was never able to compete effectively with the dedicated fire apparatus sales forces of E\-One and Pierce.



In mid 1983 the Westbury Fire District on Long Island placed an order for what would become the last complete Mack fire apparatus. The unit was produced in the spring of 1984 and was a 4 door cab CF-600 chassis with a 1500 GPM Waterous 2 stage fire pump and a 600 gallon booster tank and carries serial number CF688-F15-1067. The unit served the very busy Westbury Fire Department from 1984 until earlier this year when it was replaced with a KME custom fire pumper. The unit has no crosslays, 2 booster reels over the pump panel, a front intake, and all the hose comes off the rear. There is a 3 inlet deck gun mounted on the cab roof and an additional booster reel in the rear compartment. The body is made of galveneal treated steel and is in excellent condition. All of the Westbury units from that era had a set of strobes mounted at the rear corners of the 4 door cab. The rig also had polished aluminum wheels, fairly uncommon for the 1980's. On the sides of the extended front bumper they mounted Bulldogs on short poles to guide the drivers.



I bought the unit this week from Westbury and brought it home to Lancaster PA yesterday, less than 60 miles from its place of manufacture. Its in remarkably good condition, mostly original, just a few additional decals added from when it was new, and no rust on the body and a very small spot of corrosion on the cab floor.



A great piece of history for all Mack lovers. If you ask me they never made a better piece of apparatus than the CF Mack!



   



   

I had to travel to West Virginia on business and managed to take several apparatus photos from West Virginia FD's in which I have very little information on. I hoping firepics members can help.



I stopped off in Flatwoods to gas up the car and found several unique trucks.



This first one was sitting at a local truck stop. In the front seat was a for sale sign with a telephone number (I left a message and have heard nothing).



It is a Ford C900/Sanford with a a 1000gpm pump. Outside of that, I have no info. I checked the cab for any information and there is not one manufacturer plate - no plates from Ford or Sanford. Everything has been removed. The pump panel also did not provide any information regarding the year of the truck. I have no idea what FD this Ford once served. It is one of the few Sanford's I have photographed.



There was also a wasp nest in the process of being built just inside the Ford cab - I was ticking off some bees so I did not have much more time (or desire)to climb around this truck.



Anyone recognize where this might be from?





Mike Sanders

Ashburn, VA

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Battalion 1

2003 Ford Excursion

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OK, I know that a couple of years ago, we had a T-shirt fiasco, and many people, including myself lost money by sending it to a member who was going to have shirts made, and then disappeared. I've been trying to find a better way since then. I think I found it:



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This is the basic T-shirt, but since it's printed on-demand, it's a bit more expensive. I have decided to forego my commission because the price is up there at $21.00 plus shipping. I'm hoping to come up with some other designs in the future, but for now, here is a great way to announce your affiliation with this site. In my opinion, it's a great way to pick out other Firepics'ers at musters or shows, such as Firehouse in July.



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