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Behind the fence rigs - Ian Stronach - 02-10-2016
Logan Aluminum
Russellville, Kentucky
1989 E\-One 1250/500/40F
This unit was replaced a couple of years ago with Rosenbauer Central.
Behind the fence rigs - Ian Stronach - 02-10-2016
Air Unit 50
Logan Aluminum
Russellville, Kentucky
201? Saulsbury Ford 750/200/20F
This rig started out as Alcan Fire Dept. Oswego, New York 1983 Saulsbury GMC. I do not know who did the refurbishment. It runs as a brush truck and air supply unit. Photo by Tim Anderson, Logan Aluminum.
Behind the fence rigs - Ian Stronach - 02-10-2016
Engine 55
Logan Aluminum
Russellville, Kentucky
201? Rosenbauer Central ?/?
This unit replaced the 1989 E\-One. I have not seen it so don't have the specs. Photo by Tim Anderosn, Logan Aluminum
Behind the fence rigs - Ian Stronach - 02-10-2016
Alcan Jamaica Company
Port Esquivel, Jamaica
1991 E\-One 1500/750/75F
This rig has an interesting story. Port Esquivel is an industrial port where we handled a lot of Bunker C and gasoline off-loaded from ships into storage tanks and then transferred to tank cars. We wanted a foam pumper and had purchased three engines from E\-One in 1981 for Alcan Jamaica so we approached them again. We did not want around-the-pump foam systems again but rather a balanced proportioning system. At the time E\-One did not have anything to offer so approached National Foam, National refused to supply them a system, which is understandable as why would they want to supply a potential competitor. This rebuff by National was the catalyst for E\-One to approach Williams and ultimately develop their on line of foam pumpers. This took some time and we could not wait. So we decided to use Hydrachem nozzles and keep many barrels of foam on site. This unit was the first time we used 5 in. hose. It was another first for E\-One as it was the first right hand drive custom they built.
An identical engine was acquired in 1996 for another Alcan plant in Jamaica and Alcoa Jamaica bought a similar engine in the late 1990's for their port which was across the bay from Alcan.
Behind the fence rigs - Guest - 02-10-2016
Ian, Thanks for posting all this stuff from your days at Alcan. I have always been fond of Anderson's Engineering apparatus and knew of the existence of the engines they built for Alcan, but never got the chance to photograph them, so it is great to finally see photos of these trucks .
Behind the fence rigs - Ian Stronach - 02-10-2016
Schenley Distillery
Valleyfield, Quebec
1971 Pierreville Ford 625/500
Behind the fence rigs - KENTucky - 02-10-2016
Logan Aluminum Air Unit 50 has a 1983 Saulsbury body. Have not photographed it in its new form yet.
Kent Parrish
Louisville, KY
Behind the fence rigs - KENTucky - 02-10-2016
Logan Aluminum Engine 55
2007 Freightliner/Rosenbauer-Central States 1750/500/50
Kent Parrish
Louisville, KY
Behind the fence rigs - Ian Stronach - 02-11-2016
Kent,
Thanks for the update on Logan. I spent a lot of time at Logan until Alcan sold off their interest in 2004. While they did not have the biggest apparatus fleet in Alcan they set the bar very high for our industrial fire departments.
Ian Stronach
Montreal, Quebec
Behind the fence rigs - Ian Stronach - 02-11-2016
Engine 1
Ravenswood Aluminum
Originally Kaiser Aluminum and now Constellium
Ravenswood, WV
1978 Ward Lafrance Ford 750/500
Rebuilt in 1995 by Dill's Fire and Safety into 750/500/40F
When I was last in the plant in 2009 the rig was out of service and there was another Ford in the station which I understood was on loan from Ripley VFD.
Ian Stronach
Montreal, Quebec
Behind the fence rigs - Ian Stronach - 02-11-2016
Imperial Oil Refinery
Montreal East, Quebec
1947 Lafrance 840/?F
The refinery, long closed, had two of these. One was acquired by the Hudson, Quebec Fire Dept.
Ian Stronach
Montreal, Quebec
Behind the fence rigs - Ian Stronach - 02-11-2016
Foam 1
Imperial Oil Refinery
Montreal East, Quebec
1976 Foam Boss CDN Ford 840/700F/55 ft. Squrt
Ian Stronach
Montreal, Quebec
Behind the fence rigs - Ian Stronach - 02-11-2016
Churchill Falls Power Corp.
Churchill Falls, Labrador
1966 Thibault-IH 4 x 4 500/500
Churchill Falls is an underground hydro-electric generating station.
Ian Stronach
Montreal, Quebec
Behind the fence rigs - Ian Stronach - 02-11-2016
Gulf Oil Canada Refinery
Montreal East, Quebec
1968 Thibault 1250/800F
Ian Stronach
Montreal, Quebec
Behind the fence rigs - Ian Stronach - 02-11-2016
Rescue 4
Syncrude Fire Department
Fort McMurray, Alberta
1987 Anderson
Ian Stronach
Montreal, Quebec
Behind the fence rigs - Guest - 02-12-2016
Ian, thanks so much for posting these awesome rigs! What an awesome history lesson!
Behind the fence rigs - kieferfire - 02-14-2016
Great photos of some unusual trucks. Thanks for posting, Ian !
Behind the fence rigs - Guest - 02-17-2016
The Potash Corporation in their operations at Rocanville Saskatchewan Canada have this 2013 Hub built Freightliner M2 Compressed Air Foam System equipped pumper with a 840 Imperial GPM pump, 1000 IG water tank and 25 IG foam tank.
Behind the fence rigs - Fassy - 05-08-2016
Three Mile Island in Dauphin County, PA operates this response vehicle for their property. I have no idea what it carries nor do I think I want the privilege.
Behind the fence rigs - Fassy - 06-17-2016
NDW Fire Department used to operate this KME Pumper at Bolling AFB in Washington DC.