Baltimore City Fire Department

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Ambulance 15, a 1969 Ford/Swab.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Ambulance 2, a 1971 Chevrolet/Swab.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Ambulance 8, a 197x Chevrolet/Swab.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Ambulance 13, another Chevrolet/Swab.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Here is Battalion Chief 10's wagon, I believe a 1972 Ford.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Here is a better photo of the 1973 Mack MB/Swab Rescue, Mack #MB685FC-1000 taken during the fire apparatus parade.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Another photo from the parade is this unidentied Baltimore Steamer with a Christie two-wheel tractor.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Duane also visited Baltimore County Station 14 where he took this photo of Engine 14's 1955 Mack C 750/250 pumper, Mack #C85FD-1376.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Baltimore County Ambulance 14 was listed as a 1966 Chevrolet/Swab.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Also at County Station 14 was this 1951 Mack 750/xxx pumper, Mack #85LS-1512.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Baltimore had many very ornate and very unusual fire stations. Duane also took slides of every station he visited. Here is one of my favorite Baltimore Stations, I believe it is Station 29. And that is it for Duane's 1973 trip.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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[quote name='firebuff55407' post='53454' date='Nov 24 2006, 12:09 ']Baltimore had many very ornate and very unusual fire stations. Duane also took slides of every station he visited. Here is one of my favorite Baltimore Stations, I believe it is Station 29. And that is it for Duane's 1973 trip.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.[/quote]



Yes Engine 29 has always been one of my favorites and a lot of other people's favorite stations too.

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In post 208 I made a typo error. Baltimore County Engine 14 is a 1966- not a 1955. I just noticed the error now.

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Thanks so much. What an amazingly diverse department Baltimore was back then, just like D.C. and Chicago. If only I had a time machine (or was born about 15 years earlier)!



By the way, Duane got the year wrong on Baltimore County Ambulance 14. It's either a '69 or a '70. 1966 was a whole different body style. Sorry, I love old Chevys so much that I can't help myself.

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reckscoop - Thanks for the kind words and the correction on the year of the ambulance.



I was just going through an unmarked box of Duane's slides and discovered a few more Baltimore photos along with photos of more rigs from the fire apparatus parade. Here is a better outdoor photo of Baltmore's 1958 International/Hi-Ramger 75-foot snorkel assigned to Water Tower 1. I have this listed as both a 1958 anf 1961. Does anybody know for sure which year was correct.

- 1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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There were also a few more of the 1974 Seagrave rigs in town at convention time. Here is Engine 15's 1974 Seagrave 1000/500, Seagrave #E 7336x.

1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Baltimore Truck 3's 1974 Seagrave 100-foot TDA was also in town, still in transport mode when Duane took this photo. It is Seagrave #E76022.

1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Duane took this photo at one of the IAFC outdoor displays in Baltimore. It is of a Calavar Firebird 150-footer, which might just be the one that went to Tucson in 1974.



Duane had a lot of pages of other info in his pocket notebook. On a page listing "Calavar" at the top, he listed the first six Calavar Firebirds as:

1- Philadelphia, 1970 125-foot

2- Chattanooga, 1972 125-foot

3- Vancouver, 1973 125-foot

4- Tucson, to be delibered in 1974 150-foot

5- Manhasset, NY, to be delivered in 1975 125-foot



1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.

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Steve,



I don't think this is the Tucson rig unless they changed chassis at some point. Duane's shot I think is of a Hendrickson chassis. Tucson's was a special Seagrave chassis.



In Walt McCall's American Fire Engines bible on page 363 is a shot of the Tucson Calavar. The caption says among the other info, was the tallest aerial at the time in use by any FD and the first Calavar 150 delivered. If any of you have the book, its in the 1972 area.



David



[quote name='firebuff55407' post='53941' date='Nov 25 2006, 23:22 ']Duane took this photo at one of the IAFC outdoor displays in Baltimore. It is of a Calavar Firebird 150-footer, which might just be the one that went to Tucson in 1974.



Duane had a lot of pages of other info in his pocket notebook. On a page listing "Calavar" at the top, he listed the first six Calavar Firebirds as:

1- Philadelphia, 1970 125-foot

2- Chattanooga, 1972 125-foot

3- Vancouver, 1973 125-foot

4- Tucson, to be delibered in 1974 150-foot

5- Manhasset, NY, to be delivered in 1975 125-foot



1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.[/quote]

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Wasn't Richmond,Va.'s Calavar on a Hendrickson Chassis?