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Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
This 1987 Ford L 8000/Luverne had it's pump rebuilt in 1994. 1250/2500 SN#10223
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
Next up is Spicer MN. E-4950 1993/1994 International 4900/Central States 1250/1000/6Kw Gen
Sn#78527 Tk#186094
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
This tanker was built by Engle Tank, in Sauk Center MN.
T-4970 1981 International/Engle 250/2200
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
Wilmar MN, the largest city on Monday's trip operates from one station. I counted 5 Class A pumpers and a Tower Ladder, wth a combined capacity of 9250 GPM. When I asked about the capacity of the water system, the driver smiled and said that "we have a lot of lakes".
First up is this Pumper /Tanker Tnk 5276 2005 Spartan Advantage/Rosenbauer General 1500/1800
SN#2528 Prod #2528
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
E-5251 is a 2002 Spartan Gladiator/General Safety 1500/500 SN#02MET35 Prod #2300
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
E-5258 1991 E\-One Hush 1500/750
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
E-5257 1988 Spartan/Luverne 1500/750 SN#40245
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
Br-5285 1997 Chevy 3500/Protech bed 250/300
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
L-5299 1999 Pierce Lance 2000/300/100' EC385
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
Just down the road from Willmar is Kandiyohi MN. While we were granted permission to move the trucks, we opted to find a FF in this small town. Judging by the difficulty that he had backing the trucks back in, we made the right choice. While I could not find any info on the tank builder, this has a look of a Pemna Tank, from North Dakota.
Tnk-4375 2001 International 250/2100
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
E-4357 is a 1995 International 4900/Central States 1500/1000 SN#78741 TK#1113595
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
We were directed by the Kandiyohi FF to the town shops in Atwater MN, for our next stop. We did not find the name we were looking for, but the guy who helped us had a pager on, so we we fine with that. This was also one of the New Deliveries that we went out to shoot.
Atwater E-4151 2006 International 7600/Rosenbauer General 1500/1000/20A/20B
10Kw Onan Gen/6000 Watt Command Light Tower SN#2548
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
The last stop of the day was in Litchfield MN. We went to the lumber yard, to find the Chief, who was out on a delivery. The salesman got on the phone and called his brother, who is a FF, and proceeded to get into an argument with him. After a minute, he said that someone woulf be there in a couple minutes. It turns out that the FF who helped us recently had to load several of the departments tables and chairs for the Senior Center, and was afraid that he was getting punked by his brother into going to the Station to unload them.
I know, it was a long story, bu I thought that it was funny...
E-3 1997 Pierce Saber 1250/500/65'Tsq EA615
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
This tanker was remounted from a 1970's Ford L chasis to this 2005 FL106 by Engle Tank.
250/3000
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-05-2006
Last photo from this trip is this rescue.
1990 International 4700/RSQ Specialty Vehicles
I hope that you enjoyed them.
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-15-2006
St. Paul Minnesota has put 4 new trucks into service this year. Ladder 8 is the most recent purchase, and went into service this week.
2006 Pierce Dash 2000/300/100' PAP Job#17961
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-15-2006
Here is a group shot of Station 8's apparatus. E-8 is due to be replaced with a Spartan/Custom engine, that is in production. I thought that I had posted an earlier picture of one of these, but I don't see it. I will post another one.
E-8 1988 Ford L8000/Custom Fire 1250/500 under the command of fellow Firepixer Paul Barrett. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/fireman.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-15-2006
Here is a picture of E-18, the model for the new engines. This was recieved in early 2006.
2005 Spartan Advantage/Custom Fire 1250/500/15A/30B SN#123543 Prod#05MN09
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-15-2006
ST. Paul also added a third Squad, by taking E-1 out of service. This unit will specialize in Tech Rescue, while the other two squads are part of the Haz Mat team.
Sq-3 2006 Spartan Gladiator/Custom Fire 1250/500/20A/30B/8Kw gen.
Minnesota Apparatus - Guest - 10-15-2006
Yesterday, I attended a Safety Day, on the other end of town. Eden Prairie MN has been able to replace their entire fleet in the past couple years. All the engines are identical, with 3 being 2005 models and 1 a 2006.
E-41 2006 E\-One 2000/1000/30A/15Kw Harrison Gen/Light Tower/Front bumper extrication set
SN#131015