Baltimore City Fire Department

[Guest]

HERE IS A QUICK SHOT OF BALTIMORES NEW T-1 AND T-2. THEY ARE 2007 Pierce DEMOS THAT THE CITY BOUGHT. THESE WILL REPLACE 2003 Seagrave REARMOUNTS. THE 2003 Seagrave REARMOUNTS WILL BE PLACED INTO READY RESERVE STATUS. I AM SURE HUNGRYBUS WILL POST HIS SHOTS LATER TODAY.

[Guest]

Nice rears <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> Cant wait to see the rest of 'em

[Truckman]

Good move on Baltio City!!~ Waiting to see any other new rides and full frontal shots of these!!

[hp1530]

Nice rigs!

[Guest]

how come the 2003 seagraves were alreay replaced and put into reserve? did they have problems with them

[hungrybus]

There's nothing wrong with the other 2 Seagrave Rearmounts, well almost. Truck 1 was involved in a major Accident about a month ago, But is being repaired, and The City just needs to have a few dependable Reserves in the Fleet.

Like BCFDFCB said, here's my shots from the local dealer today.

1st up is Truck 1

[hungrybus]

Another shot of The New Truck 1

[hungrybus]

Now it's Truck 2 to have there delivery photos taken.

[hungrybus]

1 more of Truck 2

[hungrybus]

How about a shot of both of them togeteher, But by this time the clouds had already rolled in. Hope you enjoyed the photos.

[Guest]

Nice shots as well as nice looking units. Are they identical to each other as far as lay out etc?

[Guest]

Very nice trucks. I hope they serve well in Balto. Im glad to see bigger departments going with Pierce.(Yes I know, BCFD already has Pierce engine co's.) Its good to see departments like Chicago, Boston, Balto, FDNY choosing Pierce. They know whats good for them!!! j/k Seagrave and E\-One are both good companies, I just prefer Pierce, if you didnt notice.

[hp1530]

Now that I think of it, how did they happen to build/find 2 demo's that are identical/almost identical. Must have been a big coincidence.

[Guest]

Awesome looking units! I've always like the look of the Balto City units!

[Guest]

HEARD TODAY ONE OF THE NEW Pierce TILLERS FOR BCFD WILL BE IN THE FIREHOUSE EXPO. SAD DAY TODAY OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH OUR FALLEN BROTHERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA

[Guest]

Nice pics and good luck to Baltimore City. does anyone know when they are going to be put in front line service?

[DualReverse]

Does that really say "Emergency Medical Serivces" on the banner underneath the aerial banner?



BOOTY. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bitch.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rant:' />

[fd2119]

[quote name='DualReverse' post='120693' date='Jun 19 2007, 11:38 ']Does that really say "Emergency Medical Serivces" on the banner underneath the aerial banner?



BOOTY. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bitch.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rant:' />[/quote]



OK, so I wasn't the only one who noticed that. Sad, sad, sad placement. I'd much rather see the company slogan, or "Baltimore City Fire Department". ANYTHING but EMS. Not so much because I'm not a fan of EMS, but it's a TRUCK company. In my personal opinion, it doesn't belong on the piece, ESPECIALLY on the ladder board.

[Marc]

[quote name='DualReverse' post='120693' date='Jun 19 2007, 11:38 ']Does that really say "Emergency Medical Serivces" on the banner underneath the aerial banner?



BOOTY. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/bitch.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rant:' />[/quote]



Hopefully, when the Brothers at Truck's 1 and 2 receive their new rigs, they will modify the ladder boards themselves.

[edburke]

[quote name='fd2119' post='120695' date='Jun 19 2007, 11:50 ']OK, so I wasn't the only one who noticed that. Sad, sad, sad placement. I'd much rather see the company slogan, or "Baltimore City Fire Department". ANYTHING but EMS. Not so much because I'm not a fan of EMS, but it's a TRUCK company. In my personal opinion, it doesn't belong on the piece, ESPECIALLY on the ladder board.[/quote]



I've been saying since the mid 80's that EMS has no place in the fire department, and 20 years later, I still believe that. I do not know of anyone that joined the fire department to go on medical runs, and my statement was made out of selfishness when I was dropped from 2nd on a list to 103rd for a fire job because I wasn't an EMT. Now, I look at it from the selfishness of having had the local fire department make multiple runs at taking my job as an EMT away, and forcing those who joined to fight fires into doing more medical runs, as the primary EMS provider, which they most likely don't want to do. In places like Baltimore, where fire and EMS have been run by the same agency since before the publishing of the White Paper, it's not as black and white, but the fact remains that EMS's role continues to increase, while fire call load continues to decrease in those departments that have provided both services historically, which does warrant recognition of the emerging predominant service of the fire department. I'm not sure how the budget line items work in Baltimore, but fire duty generally does not provide billable revenue, but EMS work does. If anyone has the run numbers from last year, did Trucks 1 & 2 do more fire duty or EMS work, and where was the majority of generated revenue that was put back into the city coffers? From fire duty or EMS work? I know we're talking about a tax base here, but if you look at offsetting funds, EMS most likely contributed more cash towards purchasing these rigs than fire duty, so why shouldn't it receive some recognition? The way fire prevention is going, 20 years from now you may just see a name change to the Baltimore City EMS and Fire Department, as it will be the better description of the work done by the members.