Group Shots!!!

[Will]

GREAT pics!!!!

 

Thanks. This is the dept I am on. We were having our open house in a couple days and were cleaning out the station and the trucks. We didnt include the 2 tankers, the other brush truck and the gator in these pics.

[Monrovia1]

L-R Battalion 10, Truck 101, Engine 101, Squad 101.

[BCFDphotoman]

West Lanham Hills VFD:

Company 28's rigs:

[Image7801]

Phoenix, AZ Station 1

 

Ladder 1  - 2009 Pierce Velocity 100' RMT

Engine 2  - 2007 ALF Eagle 1250/500/80a

Engine 1  - 2007 ALF Eagle 1250/500/80a

 

Missing:  LT1, HRS1 (High Rise), CRV (Command Van), South Deputy

 

   

[Monrovia1]

LA County FD units in staging.

[fyreline]

Here's a fun group shot for you . . . nine Syracuse Sutphens, taken in about 2005 by our local Sutphen rep. Done very early on a Sunday morning, it took some logistics to get them all together in one spot and some extremely skillful chauffeur work to get them all aligned properly the very first time. The guys said I looked like I was break dancing waving them all into their spots in the line-up (I was SFD Chief of Maintenance at the time). Luckily no serious alarms during the extremely hurried-up photo shoot, but two of them caught full structure assignments on their way back to quarters. It was actually a lot of fun and the crews got a kick out of it. The towers in the shot range from 1987 through 2001 (the two red ones - we were in the process of changing over from our former "Federal Safety Yellow" color). Those two red ones are the only rigs in this photo still on the SFD roster - both as spares.

 

[upstatefire31]

Here's a fun group shot for you . . . nine Syracuse Sutphens, taken in about 2005 by our local Sutphen rep. Done very early on a Sunday morning, it took some logistics to get them all together in one spot and some extremely skillful chauffeur work to get them all aligned properly the very first time. The guys said I looked like I was break dancing waving them all into their spots in the line-up (I was SFD Chief of Maintenance at the time). Luckily no serious alarms during the extremely hurried-up photo shoot, but two of them caught full structure assignments on their way back to quarters. It was actually a lot of fun and the crews got a kick out of it. The towers in the shot range from 1987 through 2001 (the two red ones - we were in the process of changing over from our former "Federal Safety Yellow" color). Those two red ones are the only rigs in this photo still on the SFD roster - both as spares.

 

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Was it preference  for SFD to order them or a budget deal?

[fyreline]

The use of Sutphen aerial towers by the Syracuse Fire Department goes back to January 14,1971 when our Truck 6 (1964 American LaFrance Aero-Chief 90-foot snorkel) collapsed at a multiple alarm fire at a warehouse located at 190 Tully street on the corner of West Street, fatally injuring one firefighter and seriously injuring two others. The collapse was found to be due to the failure of a hydraulic fitting that was less than a ten-dollar part. The expected lawsuits and settlements followed over the course of many years, the damaged vehicle was later rebuilt with a Seagrave 100-foot aerial ladder, and most importantly, Chief of Fire Thomas F.Hanlon III vowed that no articulating-boom fire apparatus would ever be purchased again by the SFD. In an extensive search for replacement vehicles began - Syracuse was in the early stages of a department-wide reorganization plan that would encompass numerous new apparatus and fire stations.  Many different types and configurations of aerial apparatus were tested.Tom Sutphen came to the SFD Fire Academy with a demonstrator of one of his relatively new aerial towers, and Chief Hanlon was very favorably impressed with both the man and the machine. We ordered our first tower, which was delivered in 1973 to Truck 4. We just took delivery of our 21st Sutphen tower last month. Over the years the SFD developed a very good relationship with Sutphen, sometimes trying out new features before they were released (or rejected), and providing constructive input from the SFD Division of Maintenance. Although, like most larger cities, we typically make large capital purchases via competitive bid, we do not do so for our Sutphen towers. We are required to go the the City Common Council and apply for a Waiver of Competitive Bid each and every time a tower purchase is scheduled, and explain to their satisfaction why we can justify this action. I did so many times as SFD Chief of Maintenance, and never had one refused.  Sometimes, especially in lean financial times, it was a tough sell - but we were always able to convince the politicians that it was the right and prudent thing to do. What this long-winded reply (sorry) all adds up to is, to answer your original question: Preference. Every time a new tower was on my eight-year Capital Improvements Plan, I had every manufacturer bring over their newest and best equipment, to give everyone a fair shot. I always said that if I ever found a different make that could do everything a Sutphen could do, in the same time or less, for the same price, I would consider it. Many tried. Some even came close. We still buy Sutphens in Syracuse.

[Guest]

LAFD Station 80 (Now FS 51)

 

Engine 80, Crash 80, Foam 280.

 

[hungrybus]

The Career Apparatus of the Anne Arundel Co.,Md. FD, this is a very rare unlikely picture as Sta.33 is one of the busiest in the county, and to find all the units in the station at the same time, let alone all in there frontline pieces. I have tried this shot on Numerous occasions, and the closest I ever got was getting the Engine & Truck together.

[hungrybus]

Battalion Chief 1 is also assigned to Station 33, so we got on the phone and had him stop by. Here's a True AACO Station 33 Career Units. The Volunteers of Glen Burnie share the same house.

[Monrovia1]

Heavy Rescue 103, Rescue Tender 103 and Squad 32 responding to a second alarm structure fire.

[Dickey]

Why would they need a heavy wrecker at a second alarm structure fire?

[Reliance]

Why would they need a heavy wrecker at a second alarm structure fire?

Also what does a Rescue Tender do?

[upstatefire31]

Im with you on the need at a fire.....and Im guessing the rescue tender carries extra equipment.

[Monrovia1]

Im with you on the need at a fire.....and Im guessing the rescue tender carries extra equipment.

Heavy Rescue 103 and Rescue Tender 103 respond with USAR 103 as part of USAR Task Force 103.

[Monrovia1]

Strike Teams waiting for an assignment.

[bbirmingham]

Here are some of the Apparatus from Burien Fire's Station 28 located south of Seattle.

 

Aid 27 - 2001 Navistar/Braun NW

Engine 281 - 2001 Spartan/H&W

Engine 28 -2010 Pierce Arrow XT

 

   

[Bryce]

Here are some of the Apparatus from Burien Fire's Station 28 located south of Seattle.

 

Aid 27 - 2001 Navistar/Braun NW

Engine 281 - 2001 Spartan/H&W

Engine 28 -2010 Pierce Arrow XT

 

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Did they finally move in?

[bbirmingham]

They moved in and began operating out of the station on or about 20 December 2015.  I understand this was three years after the expected completion and occupancy date.