Denver Metro Fire Apparatus

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Anybody have the year of the e-one cyclone II assigned at engine 38 of south metro. He look like new.

It's a 2007 if memory serves...it was initially placed in service at st. 37. When they closed the engine company at 37's, the pumper was moved to 38's and replaced their Squrt which is now a reserve. Señor Patilla (Toneslider) can provide more information or corrections to anything I've stated.

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Anybody have the year of the e-one cyclone II assigned at engine 38 of south metro. He look like new.

 

As SFDProbie said, I'm pretty sure it's a 2007 or 2008 at the latest.  It doesn't see much duty so it's in very good shape.

 

How does South Metro like the Unimog?  I've always thought they were cool-lookin' rigs, but wondered how well they worked for wildland operations.

 

The Unimog is pretty well liked and does amazing in off-road operations.  From inside, the windshield feels very big and it's a little intimidating when the rig takes a steep angle.  To me it feels very roller-coaster like.  I talked with the Chief of Fleet Maintenance a couple weeks ago and he said it will likely be sold in the next year or two.  A private company that moved into the local airport is purchasing an E\-One Titan which will replace the Unimog.

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Bancroft (now West Metro) photos by request...

 

Engine 2 1972 Mack CF 500 gal, 1000 gpm, 55' Telesquirt.  Rick Davis Photo

   

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Bancroft Pumper 5 1969 Mack CF 500 gal, 1000 gpm Rick Davis Photo

(Later sold to North Fork Fire District)

   

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Pumper 8 - 1975 Ford / Seagrave 500 gal, 1000 gpm.  Rick Davis Photo

(Later sold to Inter-Canyon Fire District)

   

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Pumper 15 - 1980 Ford F-7000 / 3D Metals 500 gal, 500 gpm Rick Davis Photo

   

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Pumper 16 - 1980 Ford F-7000 / 3D Metals 500 gal 500 gpm Rick Davis Photo

   

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Last Bancroft rig... Rescue 4 1982 Ford / Pierce Shaun Ryan Photo

   

[Aaronw]

The BLM used to run a bunch of Unimogs in the Great Basin, the USFS had a few too. From talking with guys who ran them, they were great off road but not without issues. They were slow (like top speed 40-50 mph) and the BLM covers huge areas which was a problem, they were maintenance hogs and Unimog dealers were few and far between, and finally a lot of the guys beat the snot out of them.

 

These newer Unimogs were supposed to be a lot better in the maintenace end, and serviced at any freightliner dealer which took care of that problem. The USFS was supposed to get a couple of prototype engines built on that Unimog chassis in 2007-2008 but then the economy crashed and they scrapped that plan.

 

 

 

 

I do like those 1970s Ford medium duty F series as fire apparatus, what great looking trucks.

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Last Bancroft rig... Rescue 4 1982 Ford / Pierce Shaun Ryan Photo

BANCROFT Rescue 4 82 FORD F700 PIERCE_ShaunRyan.JPG

Great photos, Eric.  I am really happy to see Bancroft photos I haven't seen before (BTW - I've sent a private message to you). 

 

I had NO idea that Bancroft had two Ford F7000/3-D's!  That explains why the rig in Montana or wherever is still in Bancroft yellow (it was P-16), since P-15 was repainted into West Metro Red/White in the 90's (just sold a couple of years ago, I think).  I am very curious when they sold P-16, since it was never in service when I worked there from 1992-2000. 

 

A funny (true) story about the Ford/Pierce rescue (you may have heard this already), but there were actually three rigs bought from 3-D in 1979 (BTW - all the Ford F-series mediums are 1979's; Ford changed the cab design to the newer style in 1980).  Two were the "Fast Attack" pumpers and one was a maintenance truck ("M-1").  The maintenance truck looked very much like the pumpers, but was 2 wheel drive and (obviously) had no pump.  Sometime in the late 80's, the 79 Ford/Pierce rescue's chassis was getting pretty worn out, so they "swapped" the chassis on the maintenance truck with the one under the rescue body.  If you compare the photo above with this one, a couple of things are immediately obvious:

1) The grille on the original chassis was painted steel; this one is chromed + they didn't move the Pierce emblem

2) The original chassis had the diamond plate steps below the doors with integral battery boxes; the one below has stamped steel steps

3) The original chassis had a Federal Aerodynic light bar on it, the one below has a twinsonic (they didn't bother to swap the light bars, they only moved the Mars 888).

4) The last thing that isn't obvious is that the original maintenance truck had a 2 speed rear end with a 4 speed manual transmission.  The original rescue chassis only had the four speed manual.  After they swapped, there was a lot of retraining of everyone who had to drive the rescue to get used to double the number of available gears!

 

I never got a photo of the maintenance truck, but do recall that it had the aerodynic light bar on it after the swap.  It didn't get used much, so it was fine with the worn out rescue chassis.

 

Bancroft/West Metro 1979 Ford F-750/Pierce Rescue ("R-4") - After chassis swap with "M-1"

   

Michael Block photo

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Pumper 8 - 1975 Ford / Seagrave 500 gal, 1000 gpm.  Rick Davis Photo

(Later sold to Inter-Canyon Fire District)

Bancroft Pumper 8 1975 Ford F8000 500 gal 1000 gpm Rick Davis.JPG

That's the one!  A much better photo than the delivery photo I've seen when it was bought from Seagrave through Industrial Materials Company (who must've been the Seagrave supplier in Denver).

 

No photos of the three identical '75 Seagrave PB's?  Just wondering.

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It looks like Mini 32's getting a new rig from Pierce:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/piercemfg/8510264387/

 

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That's the one!  A much better photo than the delivery photo I've seen when it was bought from Seagrave through Industrial Materials Company (who must've been the Seagrave supplier in Denver).

 

No photos of the three identical '75 Seagrave PB's?  Just wondering.

Thanks for all the great info on the Rescue!  Also, I was able to find a photo of one 1975 Seagrave...

 

   

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Thanks for all the great info on the Rescue!  Also, I was able to find a photo of one 1975 Seagrave...

 

Bancroft 1975 Seagrave 500 gal 1000 gpm Rick Davis.JPG

Great stuff - They had at least one or two of the '75 Seagraves in use as spares into the mid-90's. They were really built well.

[e290l103]

is this still around somewhere?

Pumper 8 - 1975 Ford / Seagrave 500 gal, 1000 gpm.  Rick Davis Photo
(Later sold to Inter-Canyon Fire District)
Bancroft Pumper 8 1975 Ford F8000 500 gal 1000 gpm Rick Davis.JPG

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is this still around somewhere?

From Inter-Canyon's website...  Sold to the volunteer fire department in Theodosia, Missouri for $1. As of December 2006 this 1974 Ford is their newest vehicle.

   

[MFD76]

From Inter-Canyon's website...  Sold to the volunteer fire department in Theodosia, Missouri for $1. As of December 2006 this 1974 Ford is their newest vehicle.

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One hour east of Branson, MO.

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I was able to get out and shoot some new deliveries today.  Here is the new Truck 16, its twin will be assigned to Truck 19 soon.

   

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Engine 22

   

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