Pacific Northwest

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Command truck.

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Engine 1.

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Engine 1.

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Engine 2.

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Engine 2.

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The lineup outside as all the rigs got washed.

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Reserve engine.

[theunknowncomic]

Engine 1.

1996 KME

[rlukas1]

Seattle's fire station 5 will be closing in two weeks, as construction of the new Seattle waterfront seawall completely isolates it.  The station sits on the Eliot Bay side of the wall so all access, and utilities will be cut off. 


 

As of now, Engine 5 will be relocating to station 2, 4th Avenue and Battery Street.  Fire Rescue Boat 5 will be unmanned and moved up to the Bell Harbor Marina, Alaskan Way at Pier 66.  Engine 5 will continue its responsibility of  manning FRB5.


The fireboat Leschi (FB4) and crew will be moved to temporary quarters on pier 91 near the Magnolia Bridge.  At this time it is unknown if station 5 will one day reopen in its present state or if it will be replaced with a new building.

[rlukas1]

Engine 5 will be moving in with engine 2 and ladder 4 at station 2.


 

2008 E\-One Quest


1500X500


E-One SN#134503


 

The seawall runs close to where the green moss line is.

[DaveYoung]

If logistically / economically possible, I hope that 5 stays. I really like that station.

[Bryce]

5 is the only station that didn't receive any $ from the bond issue that remodeled or replaced every other station in the city. My bet would be a new station when the seawall project is over. It's one of the busier engines in the city.

[rlukas1]

5 is the only station that didn't receive any $ from the bond issue that remodeled or replaced every other station in the city. My bet would be a new station when the seawall project is over. It's one of the busier engines in the city.

If a new station is built on the site it would be the fifth, with the first one established in 1891 for a fireboat only.  Hose company 5 was established there in 1914.

[rlukas1]

Last Resort Fire Department Apparatus 198 today towed Seattle Fire Department Heritage Apparatus 194 from the SFD Museum/HQ on Second Avenue and Washington Street.  App 198, a 1950 Kenworth triple combination pumper (1500X200) will be temporally stored at the currently closed station 5.  SFD Heritage App 247 a 1958 Mack 1500 gpm pumper has also relocated to former Station 5 for storage.   Additional units relocating from HQ are Deputy 1, Safety, and FIU.


 

Fire station 10 will be shutting down this weekend while Seattle City Light performs some emergency electrical work, engine 10, the Hazmat, and ladder 1 (using a smaller spare TDA) will be responding out of  three of the museum's bays.  


 

App 198 is all that remains of a 1954 Seagrave TDA, that was purchased by the LRFD after the trailer and ladder were heavily damage in an accident in 1977.


 

Bob Lukas Photo

[rlukas1]

Aid 5 and engine 10 were out on a run, ladder 1 using the shorter spare TDA formally assigned to ladder 10. 


 

The tillerman's cab barely cleared the top of the door frame backing up the ramp.

[rlukas1]

On Monday, Dec 15, 2014 the
SFD
crew of E37 was performing pump testing, behind the quarters of station 14, on one of the latest deliveries from Pierce Manufacturing, unit 27760-02, which is scheduled to replace an aging 1999 E\-One (SO#121205) Cyclone H224 at station 35 in January 2015.  


 

Bob Lukas Photo

[rlukas1]

On Friday Dec. 19, 2014,
SFD
engine 35 stands idle as it's crew conducts a drill with the future new engine 35, at the pump testing pit behind station 14.  The current engine 35 is assigned a 1999 E\-One (SO#121205) Cyclone H224 1500X500X7.5A
<span style="font-size:18px;">SFD shop number 995339, and is one of two similar short wheel base units still remaining in front line service.  The three new pumpers recently delivered from Pierce will be assigned to E35, E37 and E20.  E20 currently responds with a 2003 ALF Metropolitan 1500X500X10A, ALF#L78365 SFD</span> shop #35353.  E20 will be moving into a newly constructed station in early 2015.  


 

Bob Lukas Photo

[CCFR-45]

Nice shots. I really enjoy seeing Seattle's trucks, some of my favorites out there.

 

Thanks for sharing.

[srq2009]

Likewise- Thanks!

[rlukas1]

SFD
has now completed the major portion of their fireboat fleet modernization program with the arrival this month of  Fireboat 2, the second of two fifty foot Fire/Rescue boats.  The Firestorm 50 was built by Metal Craft Marine of Ontario, Canada, and has a speed of 40 knots and pumping capacity of  7250 gpm.


At the completion of trials she will be assigned to operate in the salt water and will respond as FB2 along with the Leschi, (FB4).  The first fifty foot Metal Craft, aka Fire One, is already assigned to station 3 at the Port of Seattle's Fishermen's Terminal and will respond as FB1 along with the Chief Seattle (FB3).


 

Bob Lukas Photo