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Just seems odd, all the other Squrts were much smaller devices, LFR, EFD, Lakewood/Bancroft, Denver were all 55's. I don't think anyone was running a 65' or 75' at the time.
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I asked around and the chiefs are telling me the term "quint" wasn't used until 1992 / 1993 when the 75' Pierce Lance went in service. At that point both the Pierce and the LTI 75' were designated as Q35 & Q34. S37 which was truely a Telesqurt kept the Squrt designation. Even then, only the south departments (Castlewood, Parker & Castle Rock) adopted the term Quint. The Metro Chief's didn't buy off on it which is probably still why Denver, Westminster, Thornton, Brighton, North Metro etc. all label their Quints as Trucks.
Just seems odd, all the other Squrts were much smaller devices, LFR, EFD, Lakewood/Bancroft, Denver were all 55's. I don't think anyone was running a 65' or 75' at the time.
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I asked around and the chiefs are telling me the term "quint" wasn't used until 1992 / 1993 when the 75' Pierce Lance went in service. At that point both the Pierce and the LTI 75' were designated as Q35 & Q34. S37 which was truely a Telesqurt kept the Squrt designation. Even then, only the south departments (Castlewood, Parker & Castle Rock) adopted the term Quint. The Metro Chief's didn't buy off on it which is probably still why Denver, Westminster, Thornton, Brighton, North Metro etc. all label their Quints as Trucks.