Arnprior, Ontario, 2015-10-14

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This afternoon, the Arnprior Fire Department was paged out for a structure fire in the downtown core on Daniel Street, for a fire reported at a welding shop.  The department has just placed its new pumper in service, a 2015 Spartan Metrostar/Arnprior Fire Trucks 1050 gpm, and this was its first fire, perhaps its first call!

 

The fire was reported around 12:30 PM but I was unable to attend until 3PM, when the bulk of the fire had already been knocked down. Exposure buildings were evacuated and at least one suffered smoke damage.

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Arnprior's ladder in operation, it was flowing water as I arrived, but had been shut down when I reached the fire scene.

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Final shot showing side 4

[srq2009]

Cool pictures! Thanks for posting

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A couple of questions.

1 - Why does one engine have red stripes and the other has blue stripes?

2. On the engine with blue stripes, what are those "patches"? on the hood?

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A couple of questions.

1 - Why does one engine have red stripes and the other has blue stripes?

2. On the engine with blue stripes, what are those "patches"? on the hood?

1 - The new chief decided to switch to red stripes, 3 of their 7 rigs have red stripes and the other 4 have blue stripes.

2 - Those "patches" are to allow access to check the engine oil, coolant and so on, without raising the hood.  The department got a deal on this cab/chassis as it was originally built to be a snowplow, which makes it difficult to tilt the hood with a plow harness attached.

[CCFR-45]

Nice Shots.

 

Thanks for sharing 

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1 - The new chief decided to switch to red stripes, 3 of their 7 rigs have red stripes and the other 4 have blue stripes.

2 - Those "patches" are to allow access to check the engine oil, coolant and so on, without raising the hood.  The department got a deal on this cab/chassis as it was originally built to be a snowplow, which makes it difficult to tilt the hood with a plow harness attached.

 

Thanks for the clear explanations. Very interesting.