I posted a cover photo of book in that link/Amazon....also, always wondered about this one- in Pat's book,there is a couple photos of a big warehouse job in which it looks like Ladder-16 had one of the 1st (then) brand new E\-One rearmounts. The pix show the fly section of ladder melted off and on the ground in the snow !?
Yes, Boston routinely used the aerials on the Seagraves and Maxims to vent. They would push through a window and then up through the roof. The aluminum aerials ended that practice. The fire was in the Readville section of the city sometime around 1984.
The ladder company in the station was disbanded as a result of the Proposition 2-1/2 cuts, and the residents made noise....this was to appease them.
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New Haven (CT) runs a similar rig. The rig, equipped with a 65' aerial appeased the residents of the East Shore neighborhood. The residents complained that the nearest ladder company was too far away. The city has never used it as a ladder company, but occasionaly uses it as an elevated master stream.
You, still there, Chief Cote is a good friend of mine and used to work in Newington with me. Still says BFD L-17 on the factory sticker inside the door of the cab too!
Yes, Boston routinely used the aerials on the Seagraves and Maxims to vent. They would push through a window and then up through the roof. The aluminum aerials ended that practice. The fire was in the Readville section of the city sometime around 1984.
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I worked that call in A-4, with Richie Kendall. Responded all the way from BCH on the 3rd. That was a good job, but the building was hard for apparatus to reach due to a sloping, curved driveway. Believe it went to a 5th. We were there til shift change. Good 'ol days.
I worked that call in A-4, with Richie Kendall. Responded all the way from BCH on the 3rd. That was a good job, but the building was hard for apparatus to reach due to a sloping, curved driveway. Believe it went to a 5th. We were there til shift change. Good 'ol days.
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5 Alarms on Box 3861 (Sprague St @ Lakeside Ave, last box before Dedham) on January 28, 1985 @ 0959hrs for 46 Sprague Street. Cinder block machine shop. Workers thought they extinguished a small fire, went to coffee, returned to discover they had not. :-)
FF Sean 'Skip' Olson
Boston Fire, Ladder 14
In Memory:
FR David A. Middleton E51, LODD, Box 5247, 05/28/07
FR Paul J. Cahill E30 & FR Warren J. Payne L25, LODD, Box 4-281, 08/29/07
FLT Kevin Kelley L26, LODD, 01/09/09
FLT Edward J. Walsh E33 & FR Michael Kennedy L15, LODD, Box 9-1579, 03/26/14.
It is the one and the same although I am pretty sure BFD still owns and operates this trick on Thompson
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We do. The Marine Unit goes out there quarterly, runs it & pumps water with it. The Captain of the Marine Unit (FCP Steve Waldron) is responsible for submitting a quarterly report to HQ detailing its condition.
FF Sean 'Skip' Olson
Boston Fire, Ladder 14
In Memory:
FR David A. Middleton E51, LODD, Box 5247, 05/28/07
FR Paul J. Cahill E30 & FR Warren J. Payne L25, LODD, Box 4-281, 08/29/07
FLT Kevin Kelley L26, LODD, 01/09/09
FLT Edward J. Walsh E33 & FR Michael Kennedy L15, LODD, Box 9-1579, 03/26/14.
5 Alarms on Box 3861 (Sprague St @ Lakeside Ave, last box before Dedham) on January 28, 1985 @ 0959hrs for 46 Sprague Street. Cinder block machine shop. Workers thought they extinguished a small fire, went to coffee, returned to discover they had not. :-)
It is the L15 crushed at the Vendome. This truck was rebult after the collapse and reentered service not sure if this picture was pre or post collapse
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I have a slide somewhere of L-15's Maxim sitting at the shops after it was removed from the rubble at the Vendome. It was taken by my father and iis in his collection. If he ever decides to scan the slids, I will be happy to post it.
04-09-2012, 08:31 PM (This post was last modified: 04-09-2012, 08:32 PM by edburke.)
Former second piece of the Tower Unit
This was taken in 1985 or 1986 at the intersection of Shawmut Ave and Massachusetts Ave.....boy has this neighborhood changed for the better since then.
This was taken in 1985 or 1986 at the intersection of Shawmut Ave and Massachusetts Ave.....boy has this neighborhood changed for the better since then.
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Is it me, or are the roof beacons completely different sizes/models?
Sometimes ya make do with what ya have. Functionality outweighs looks.....
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