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DCFD Photos, old or new - Guest - 01-28-2007
[quote name='JFong' post='71483' date='Jan 28 2007, 03:26 ']Wow E-16 is getting a new rig already?[/quote]
You'll notice that ALL the Pierce's are being replaced.
DCFD Photos, old or new - rescueff - 01-29-2007
[quote name='ResQguy' post='71805' date='Jan 28 2007, 21:40 ']You'll notice that ALL the Pierce's are being replaced.[/quote]
I thought that Engine 12, Engine 22 and Engine 33 were keeping their Pierces?
DCFD Photos, old or new - hp1530 - 01-29-2007
Oh well, DCFD must be standardizing their front line fleet to Seagraves.
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
1968, S101 thru 105
In 1968 – 69, the Department took bids on commercial chassis apparatus and received fifteen nearly identical pumpers from three manufacturers, Ward LaFrance, Pirsch, and Bruco. The specifications were the same; Hale QLD 750 gpm pumps and 250-gallon water tanks.
In1968 Ward LaFrance delivered five 750 gpm pumpers on Ford chassis (S-101 thru 105). They measured 22’6” long and weighed 10 ¼ tons. Seen is Engine 21’s pumper in 1975.
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
1969, S106 thru 110
1969 saw five Ford/ Pirsch pumpers enter service, S-106 thru 110. At 23’ 9”, these rigs were 15” longer than the WLF version and weighed ½ ton more.
Engine 7’s pumper is working a fire at the Benning Rd. NE trash facility, 1981.
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
1969 S-111 thru 115
Bruco delivered five wagons that had the same pumps and tanks as the previous ten, but weighed in at only 9 tons – despite the fact they were the longest: 25’ 6”. Engine 26's pumper, May, 1984.
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
The rear compartment was the tell tale feature on these fifteen apparatus.
The distinguishing feature on the Ward LaFrance pumpers was that the rear compartment was short and squared off. It opened with a paddle-latch. Pirsch and Bruco used twist latches.
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
The Pirsch pumpers had a raked single-door rear compartment with a twist latch.
E-7, September 2, 1991.
DCFD Photos, old or new - Engine2524 - 02-01-2007
Kevin,
I'm enjoying these great DC photos. Keep them coming. Will you be including DCFD ambulances and chief's cars in this thread?
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
The Brucos were distinguished by the long rear overhang, a double door rear compartment, and the wider fillet.
Engine 17’s pumper, 30th and Adams NE, 12-24-91
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
Just in time for Christmas, 1984, the DCFD Apparatus Division's paint shop rolled out a new paint scheme, first tried out on Engine 7's pumper (E7's quarters are adjacent to App. Div.).
E7, Dec., 1984
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
The new paint scheme was modified by adding red to the compartments and a silver trim to the wheel rims.
Photo: September 2, 1991: E7, oldest pumper in 1st line service; ’69 Ford/ Pirsch
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
Engine 4's repainted 1968 Ward LaFrance pumper in May 1985.
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
These pumpers easily exceeded their rated capacity of 750 gpm without overheating. Since a 750 gpm pump has only three discharge ports, drivers would occasionally use the prepiped wagon pipe as a fourth discharge.
Engine 17's 1969 Bruco pumper supplies 4 wagons on Christmas Eve, 1991.
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
Engine 7 working in February, 1990. The last Pirsch pumper in DC.
DCFD Photos, old or new - smketrfdny - 02-01-2007
Nice shots, Kevin. Though I was never a fan of the Stars and Bars, those were the rigs rehabbed by the shops, IIRC. Not a total restoration, but back when the shops could do almost anything. Considering how beat they got, they did get a few more years out of them
Do you have any pics of old L-11, the Sutphen/Pirsch?
DCFD Photos, old or new - tcosgrovejones - 02-01-2007
[quote name='dcfireman' post='70285' date='Jan 23 2007, 21:11 ']Uh-oh. I think I posted some bad scoop. After seeing Steve Skaar's postings of Duane Troxels images of DC's Macks, I realized my previous post #145 identifying a Mack B model as ex-DCFD is wrong. The pumper appears to be 1000 gpm and has cabinets -not a DCFD Mack! Here's the back story: A man walks into Engine 9 one day and says "Metro has one of our old Macks testing the subway pipes." The man is an off-duty fireman, therefore, a very reliable source! The next morning I found the pumper parked in the neighborhood, took a photograph, and put it in an album. 25 years later I scan it and post it on Firepics. Sorry.
Kevin[/quote]
Kevin Your right it is not a DC MAck . Besides the Metro Mack had a Chrystler HEMI in it
Cosgrove
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
[quote name='Engine 2524' post='72648' date='Feb 1 2007, 18:18 ']Kevin,
I'm enjoying these great DC photos. Keep them coming. Will you be including DCFD ambulances and chief's cars in this thread?[/quote]
Unfortunately, I never chronicled the buggies or the boxes - my own narrowsightedness. If I have a photo of one, it's because the buggy got in the way of a better shot. This photo shows an H ST. NE scene in 1976: Engine 10, Truck 13, Rescue Squad 1 and Battalion 1's (?) buggy.
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
The off duty Deputy Fire Chief responded from a pool party to a Third Alarm - so this is what a DFC buggy looked like around 1992. (Note to Cosgrove: this pic is one of a series...)
5th BFC buggy, November, 1990
DCFD Photos, old or new - dcfireman - 02-01-2007
Battalion 3 gives the truck a jump.