FLORIDA RIGS

[Frank B]

Gator demo



rear side

[ShoreFire]

What ever happened to Gator Fire App.?

[Mark V. Carr]

[quote name='Frank B' date='03 November 2010 - 02:42 PM' timestamp='1288808544' post='409903']

Latana FL 1960 Pirsch Ford F-800

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Nice Frank! Keep the old Palm Beach County shots coming!



Mark

[Mark V. Carr]

[quote name='ShoreFire' date='03 November 2010 - 04:35 PM' timestamp='1288815352' post='409918']

What ever happened to Gator Fire App.?

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They went out of business in the late 1980's. Palm Beach County had several of their refurbs and 5 squad trucks built on F350 chassis. Never really was much of an operation to begin with.



Mark

[GA_Dave]

The same rig?



Pemfab Gator factory photos

Difficult to say for certain. Pinellas Park had two of them.

[ShoreFire]

[quote name='unMARKedCARR' date='03 November 2010 - 05:03 PM' timestamp='1288817009' post='409920']

They went out of business in the late 1980's. Palm Beach County had several of their refurbs and 5 squad trucks built on F350 chassis. Never really was much of an operation to begin with.



Mark

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Thanks, do you remember the short lived "Fire Wolf" company? I believe they built an handful of rigs.

[Guest]

[quote name='GA_Dave' date='03 November 2010 - 04:24 PM' timestamp='1288821842' post='409922']

Difficult to say for certain. Pinellas Park had two of them.

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Think it's different...the Roll-ups on one have two handles/door while the other has only one handle/door.

[Guest]

Pinellas Park,FL

1987 Pemfab/Gator

1250.500

Commish photo

[Guest]

FT.Lauderdale Airport

1960 Ford 950/Howe

750/1000/100F

Gene Belle Photo

Commish collection

[Guest]

Ft.Lauderdale Executive Airport

Ford C/Atlantic No other Info ?

Gene Belle photo/Commish Collection

[Guest]

hi guys...this may be on here but im having trouble finding it...someone had a website with Tampas stations rigs past and present etc...anyone remember seeing it? i cant find it for the life of me...

[Guest]

p.s. love the pinellas county stuff...havent seen some of those trucks in yrs...kinda miss living there...TFR stuff too!!

[Guest]

[quote name='SFD Probie' date='03 November 2010 - 08:15 PM' timestamp='1288832113' post='409937']

Think it's different...the Roll-ups on one have two handles/door while the other has only one handle/door.

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I've compared photos of both rigs that Pinellas Park had, and it looks as though the rig with the single door latches was assigned as Engine 34, then Pumper 36(spare). The rig with the double door latches was assigned to Engine 36 and then to Engine 35 when 36 recieved their Spartan/Luverne. Both have long ago been scrapped as far as I know. The City of Seminole has disposed of all three of their's as well. Here is a photo of one of Seminole's three 1988 Pemfab/Gators, seen here running as Engine 31.

[Guest]

[quote name='lfdtruckie343' date='03 November 2010 - 10:31 PM' timestamp='1288840267' post='409960']

hi guys...this may be on here but im having trouble finding it...someone had a website with Tampas stations rigs past and present etc...anyone remember seeing it? i cant find it for the life of me...

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Dan, it's Tampasbravest.com. It's been updated several times. Several good photos of some of the old Ladder Co. apparatus, particularly the old Snorkel which was S1, then S4.

[Guest]

A bunch of the Gator's ended up here in PA. One of the Seminole units is still currently running at Sandy Lake FC in Mercer County, Pa. Another Seminole unit was in service in Milbourne, PA until last year when they got their new engine. They then sold it to another department out in the mid-west.

[Guest]

sandy lake is rescue it as rescue 84

[Frank B]

FL Ormond Beach 1949 Mack E 75 S #2385

Mack factory photo

[Frank B]

FL Ormond Beach 1949 Mack E 75 S #2385

Mack factory photo

[Frank B]

FL Ormond Beach 1953 Mack A 75 #1032

[Frank B]

FL Ormond Beach 1953 Mack A 75 #1032