St. Louis Metro

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Crestwood FD

Engine 1210

2000 Pierce Dash

Former Cottleville FPD unit. Sold when they replaced their fleet. Crestwood purchased it in '03. Note the lime instead of yellow.

   

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rear view

   

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Crestwood

Reserve Engine 1290 (Still numbered as first out)

1987 Seagrave

The FF said he has been on it since it first went in-service. Also it almost runs better than the '00 Pierce.

Sorry for the indoor shots

   

   

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Crestwood FD

Rescue 1216

199? Ford F350

FOR SALE

   

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Here is the bell and gold leaf on the '87 Seagrave.

   

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I thought this was kinda neat, looking through a window into the bays.

   

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All in all, I would say it was a successful day. I was able to get most of the units I wanted to. Also I referred several of the FF's to Firepics. One of the Crestwood guys said he has seen some of my pics of a house fire, but he could never find the site again. But I pointed him the right direction. I thought it was pretty cool that he has seen some of my work. I tried to get Des Peres Public Safety, but they moved up for a fire in North/Central County. The fire was down the street from my brothers work at Code3 PSE. I passed the location less than an hour before, dropping him off at work. By the time I heard of the fire, I was too far to go. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Here is my parting shot. Thanks for looking!!

   

[derry86]

Phil,



Can you explain the numbering system on the trucks you just posted. Seems to be a rhyme and reason to everything.



Rob

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[quote name='derry86' post='135814' date='Aug 1 2007, 14:32 ']Phil,



Can you explain the numbering system on the trucks you just posted. Seems to be a rhyme and reason to everything.



Rob[/quote]

The St. Louis Metro has a metro numbering system. St. Louis County, Jefferson County, St. Charles County use the 4 digit numbering. St. Louis City and the City of Brentwood are the only departments that do not follow this numbering. The first 2 numbers represent the department. The 3rd is station number. The 4th is type of apparatus.

0-Engine

1-Second Out engine

2-Ladder Co.

3-Tanker

4-Rescue/engine

5- Quint

6-Rescue Co./Squad

7-Medics

8-utility/brush

9-utility/brush/marine



An Example is:

Metro West 3354.

33- Metro West

5- Station 5

4- Rescue Engine



Also, no department in the area has more than 7 stations. 8 or 9 in the station slot represents reserve units. Its a very nice system. So departments number their quints as truck co. Im not sure why on that. I hope I made all of this make sense. If you have another question about just ask.

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[quote name='Rescue29Engine23' post='135781' date='Aug 1 2007, 13:54 ']Phil, Metro West FPD

Pumper/rescue/tanker 3354

1997 Spartan Gladiator/Ferrara

Is this a 3,000 Gallon?[/quote]

Sorry Keith, I didnt see your question.

3354 is 1800 gal. water and 100 gal. foam.

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[quote name='SLCPDEXPLORER' post='135819' date='Aug 1 2007, 15:46 ']Sorry Keith, I didnt see your question.

3354 is 1800 gal. water and 100 gal. foam.[/quote]





No problem Phil, I didn't quote so I'm sure thats why it didnt stant out, lol.



Thanks. Thats a big odd, 1,800 on a dual? Hm. I guess massive compartment space? <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hysterical.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[jmclaug866]

Great shots Phil. Any idea on what Metro West will have for a spare ? I thought it would be the Sutphen pumper but I guess not with it being for sale. Does 3392 usually run out of Sta #5? I havent been over that way in a long time, last time I was 3392 and 3346 were jump manned by the crew at 4's, just curious.

[ilfirebuff]

Great Shots Phil,



on a sucessfull day of shooting rigs.

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[quote name='jmclaug866' post='135857' date='Aug 1 2007, 17:04 ']Great shots Phil. Any idea on what Metro West will have for a spare ? I thought it would be the Sutphen pumper but I guess not with it being for sale. Does 3392 usually run out of Sta #5? I havent been over that way in a long time, last time I was 3392 and 3346 were jump manned by the crew at 4's, just curious.[/quote]

With 3392 being a reserve. Its just housed there because there was space. I dont know what they are doing for reserves, they have that Sutphen, plus the old 3342 or 3335. I dont which one it is, but one of the old quints.

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Thanks for the compliments!!

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Here are two more shots from Metro West house 5. I kinda like this one.

   

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firebuff,



First of all let me say thank you so very much for this thread, and what a tremendous job you've done.



As a FF for St. Louis, and a buff, this is truly a treat that words can not express.



How strange that a huge protion of those companies and even many of the firehouses are no longer in existance. I am attempting to compile a list of abandoned firehouse locations, what companies were assigned there, and if they are still standing. I have found a few, but I have recently lost my old rosters.



It is also pretty cool to see some of the firehouses that I have either been assigned or "subbed", and what they looked like long ago and what was housed there.



IE..An interior shot of the 34's shows a straight staircase on the north wall of the apparatus floor which is no longer there. Hard to tell how far back that is, but I know there is a pole on that side of the house.



And of course my 1st assginment...Eng 7! Pretty cool to see what companies used to be there. But it was a noisy place at one time!



I'm trying to go thru some of my info, and locate what houses some of the interior shots were taken.



Thank you...very much once again!



StLFF34



One in particular though, I'm having a hard time to locate this firehouse.....Any local guys figure this one out??

[photog999]

Steve,



Excellent history of St. Louis! I am waiting to see if anyone has the mid 70's to the change to quints to post here as I have the department shot after the changeover in 1988 or 89. I am also going to do some shooting this weekend here in STL to update my roster of rigs and get a sample of the current fleet.





Dennis

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[quote name='StLFF34' post='136446' date='Aug 3 2007, 13:47 ']firebuff,



First of all let me say thank you so very much for this thread, and what a tremendous job you've done.



As a FF for St. Louis, and a buff, this is truly a treat that words can not express.



How strange that a huge protion of those companies and even many of the firehouses are no longer in existance. I am attempting to compile a list of abandoned firehouse locations, what companies were assigned there, and if they are still standing. I have found a few, but I have recently lost my old rosters.



It is also pretty cool to see some of the firehouses that I have either been assigned or "subbed", and what they looked like long ago and what was housed there.



IE..An interior shot of the 34's shows a straight staircase on the north wall of the apparatus floor which is no longer there. Hard to tell how far back that is, but I know there is a pole on that side of the house.



And of course my 1st assginment...Eng 7! Pretty cool to see what companies used to be there. But it was a noisy place at one time!



I'm trying to go thru some of my info, and locate what houses some of the interior shots were taken.



Thank you...very much once again!



StLFF34



One in particular though, I'm having a hard time to locate this firehouse.....Any local guys figure this one out??[/quote]



This was "Station 40-41" at 921 Delmar Boulevard, home to Engine 40, Engine 41, H&L 13, and Hose 1, when I first visited St. Louis in 1965. St. Louis had a few fire stations at the time that were identified with hyphenated double numbering. St.Louis "Station 5-25" at 2123 N Market was similarly identified.