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FLORIDA RIGS
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There is only one thing I hate more than not photographing any fire apparatus when I make a trip and that is photographing them indoors, but since HazMat 1 is such a nice rig I made one exception!

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Were they not willing to pull the rig out for photos?
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Miami Station 1 is in a horrible location under a railway, and the station comes out onto a one way multiple lane road with heavy traffic. It is impossible for good pics at the station.
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No they didn't want to move the rigs at all! Would be easy to get decent shots there of they either moved out for 1 minute between traffic lights or parked across the bays I could make some decent images. I got plenty of Miami Beach trucks I will post later.
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Miami Beach FD Spare Engine.


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Miami Beach FD Ladder 1


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Ladder 1 again...


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Miami Beach FD Rescue (Ambulance) 1


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Miami Beach FD Rescue (Ambulance) 22


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Miami Beach FD Shops truck


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Miami Beach FD Air Support


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Miami Beach FD Engine 2


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Some old pics from the former Port Everglades FD. Port Everglades FD was an industrial department, that protected the Port Everglades seaport and the industrial sites in the port area. Many years ago, the fire protection in the port area was taken over by the Broward County Sheriff Department ( Station 6 ). The slides and photos were taken by Bob Milnes and Garry Kadzielawski. I think, the FD was featured in an FAJ article many years ago.



I remember, that the Port Everglades fire apparatus had nicknames like "Snuff", "Puff" and "Enough" or so. The trucks had an interesting color-scheme. All these apparatus are long gone.



Juergen



This large tanker-pumper is a 1980 Mack R with bodywork from Quality. It was equipped with a 1500 gpm-pump and carried 2000 gallons of water and 1500 gallons of foam. Bob Milnes photo - Juergen Kiefer collection.


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Quality built also this interesting looking truck. It is a 1981 Mack R and was equipped with a 1500 gpm-pump, 1000 gallons of water, 500 gallons of foam and 1360 lbs of dry-chemicals. Bob Milnes photo - Juergen Kiefer collection.


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This foam-truck was a 1982 Ford LN 800 with bodywork from Quality. It had a 250 gpm-pump and a 1800 gallon foam-tank. Bob Milnes photo - Juergen Kiefer collection.


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This large foam-tender is a 1977 Kenworth W-900 with Fruehauf trailer. It carried 6400 gallons of foam. Bob Milnes photo - Juergen Kiefer collection.


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[indent=1]This 1980 Grumman Stepvan was used as a command-unit. Bob Milnes photo - Juergen Kiefer collection.[/indent]


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Engine 1 from Port Everglades once operated this 1975 WLF with 1500 gpm-pump. It carried 500 gallons of water and 750 gallons of foam. WLF # 80-1083. Garry Kadzielawski photo - Juergen Kiefer collection.


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This later photo showed Engine 1 after a rebuild. It now had a 1000 gallon foam-tank, no water. Bob Milnes photo - Juergen Kiefer collection.


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Engine 2 once operated this 1960 Seagrave Anniversary. It was equipped with a 1000 gpm-pump and carried 300 gallons of water and 600 gallons of foam. Garry Kadzielawski photo - Juergen Kiefer collection.


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Does the Port of Everglades still have the Macks?
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