Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire

[Guest]

Bill,



You are correct on Coulters two macks coming from Pittsburgh. Not sure on assignments though. The last time I was at Coulter they both were there. I accessed it from the White Oak area, so there must be two entrances.



Rpatterson,



The two at Central of E. Twp. were purchased new. Shaler Villa purchased one also in that time frame.

[Guest]

Pitcairn Fire Co.2 (Allegheny County Station 230) purchased an R-Mack from PBF which was assigned to Engine 37 back in the early 90's. It was repainted safety slime green/yellow and ran as Engine 23. You knew it was from Co. 37 since it was the only R-Mack to have a bin/tray along the hose bed to store 5 gallon buckets of foam since 37 was part of the city's HAZMAT team. They only kept it for a couple of years then sold it off at an auction in Butler County.

[Guest]

[quote name='Shoop' post='269284' date='Dec 29 2008, 15:36 ']Bill,



You are correct on Coulters two macks coming from Pittsburgh. Not sure on assignments though. The last time I was at Coulter they both were there. I accessed it from the White Oak area, so there must be two entrances.



Rpatterson,



The two at Central of E. Twp. were purchased new. Shaler Villa purchased one also in that time frame.[/quote]



There are a few ways to get in there, but they are all through Westmoreland County. Even though there is no sign, you do enter Westmoreland. Its kind of a geographical screw up if you ask me

[Guest]

[quote name='194FireGuy' post='269290' date='Dec 29 2008, 16:44 ']Pitcairn Fire Co.2 (Allegheny County Station 230) purchased an R-Mack from PBF which was assigned to Engine 37 back in the early 90's. It was repainted safety slime green/yellow and ran as Engine 23. You knew it was from Co. 37 since it was the only R-Mack to have a bin/tray along the hose bed to store 5 gallon buckets of foam since 37 was part of the city's HAZMAT team. They only kept it for a couple of years then sold it off at an auction in Butler County.[/quote]

Spotted and photographed at a truck dealers lot in Duncansville, PA. about 1995-96, it wasn't there long.

[Guest]

Mike,



There are no Macks at the fire academy anymore. I stopped a few years ago for pictures. They had the ALF engine, and Pirsch snorkel X-Avalon at the time. Unfortunately I couldn't find anybody to get pictures of the snorkel. They replaced it a year or two after that with a Pierce quint.

[Guest]

Well the Pittsburgh rigs I posted on Keystone Relics got erased with the move of the server. I'm going to post them here, and hopefully add some more. I'm glad to see the PBF thread opened back up.







Truck 25

1974 ALF 100'

Tom Bair Photo







Truck 25

1978/74 ALF 100'

Tom Bair Photo







Truck 23

1974 ALF 100'

John Schmidt Photo







Truck 47

1974 ALF 100'

John Schmidt Photo







Truck 6

1987 Pierce/Smeal 105'

Denis Gardner Photo







Truck 8

1988 Pierce/Smeal 105'

Tom Bair Photo

[Ladder 68]

Are the older PBF rigs in the 20 and 40 series front line rigs or reserves?



Thanks and good stuff.

[OPEN CAB MACK]

[quote name='LarimeSta1' post='269271' date='Dec 29 2008, 14:29 ']Other side with the ancient station in the background. They also ran a Suburban as a Safety Unit.



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I spent many hours ther with "A" line. A great time and a great bunch of guys.

[OPEN CAB MACK]

[quote name='Rpaterson33' post='269268' date='Dec 29 2008, 14:25 ']I think one or two of the R models went to 147 elizabeth Twp. they had two r model mack "wagons"[/quote]

Elizabeth Twp. had there own. They were not from the city.

[OPEN CAB MACK]

[quote name='LarimeSta1' post='269269' date='Dec 29 2008, 14:25 ']One of my favorite stations, recently closed, was Troy Hill Engine 39. A great group that was always willing to accomidate fire buffs. This picture was taken the day before the station closed.



Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire Engine 39

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They ran a Brockway, Mack, and a Ford Louisville there as well. Always a short wheelbase to negotiate the narrow streets in Troy Hill.

[OPEN CAB MACK]

[quote name='fdny1075' post='269275' date='Dec 29 2008, 14:49 ']was the safety unit disbanded also at the time of the station being closed?i think the unit number for the safety unit was 4539.my how times have changed who remembers listening to pbf on vhf when you would hear squad 11 i think out of 1engine and 1 truck being dispatched to a zone.does not seem that long ago too me.[/quote]

Yes 4539 was the safety unit out of 39 house. This unit responded on all full boxes city-wide. This unit was established with the crew of 39 Engine after Bricelyn St in 1995. But due to budget cuts, when 39 was shut down along with others 2 years ago, the safety unit went too. Now, just a B.C. is dispatched as a safety officer. The squads, the last were Squads 11, 12, 24, 28 and 33. Squad 33 ran the 1st and 6th Battalions, 24 ran the South Side, 28 the West end, and 11 & 12 in the 3rd & 2nd Battalions. They were a 4 man crew and were disbanded in June 1992. Squad 11 gave Station 11 the most runs of any house in the city for a number of years.

[OPEN CAB MACK]

[quote name='Ladder 68' post='269373' date='Dec 29 2008, 21:53 ']Are the older PBF rigs in the 20 and 40 series front line rigs or reserves?



Thanks and good stuff.[/quote]

Not sure what you mean by the 20 and 40 series?

[PFDEng1]

Here's a shot of E37 I got back in the good ole' days. 1973 Mack 1000/500

June 1985 Kodachrome slide JVM

[OPEN CAB MACK]

[quote name='PFDEng1' post='269389' date='Dec 29 2008, 22:31 ']Here's a shot of E37 I got back in the good ole' days. 1973 Mack 1000/500

June 1985 Kodachrome slide JVM[/quote]

Very classy. A nice shot. I have a few shots taken back in 1988 at the Red Bull Inn fire on Shady Ave. back in August of 1988. A couple R's working and 8 Truck, one of the beasts operating.

[Guest]

Ladder 68,



There are currently units in the 20 and 30 designations. At one time Pittsburgh had units in the 40, 50, & 60 designations that were front line, but they haven't been around for years.



PFDEng1,



You don't have anymore Pittsburgh? or any extra slides for sale do you?

[Guest]

[quote name='Shoop' post='269325' date='Dec 29 2008, 20:43 ']Mike,



There are no Macks at the fire academy anymore. I stopped a few years ago for pictures. They had the ALF engine, and Pirsch snorkel X-Avalon at the time. Unfortunately I couldn't find anybody to get pictures of the snorkel. They replaced it a year or two after that with a Pierce quint.[/quote]





They have/had (should still have it) aspinwalls mack CF





City of pittsburgh has 29 operational fire stations, starting at 3 and going to 38. With of course skipping a good ammount due to the citys great idea of cutting houses. 4 multi alarm fires going at the same time will drain all the citys fire resources. Most "well off" or working fires will give a 3 to 5 alarm fire, as each alarm adds 2 additional trucks or engines to the assignment. And this year they DID pull an outside company in as an air truck. Which is a rarity

[Guest]

rpatterson,



When did they get Aspinwalls Mack? I haven't been there for a few years. I was referring to the Pittsburgh Mack R, but I should have been more specific.

[Guest]

[quote name='Shoop' post='269455' date='Dec 30 2008, 01:40 ']rpatterson,



When did they get Aspinwalls Mack? I haven't been there for a few years. I was referring to the Pittsburgh Mack R, but I should have been more specific.[/quote]





I knew what you meant, but it was there when i took FF 1 which was spring of 07 ish. They probably parted with it when 102 got their new engine whatever year it was. Id say late 06 to early 07. However with the academy purchasing the truck im not sure if they sold it or still have it, havnt been there in a while.

[Guest]

Here are 8 more Pittsburgh classics for your viewing pleasure! <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />







Engine 3

1981 Ford/Grumman 1500/500

Denis Gardner Photo







Engine 14

1971 ALF 1500/500

Tom Bair Photo







Engine 19

1977 GMC/ALF 1000/500

Tom Bair Photo







X 2

1966 Seagrave/1983 Doerr Bro's 1000/300

Tom Bair Photo

[Guest]

Truck 12

1979 Seagrave 100'

Tom Bair Photo

Never repainted to my knowledge. Sold to Monesson







Truck 14

1976 Seagrave/1983 Doerr Bro's 100'

Originally painted safety orange. Damaged by fire in 1982.

Tom Bair Photo







Truck 23

1984 Duplex/Thibault 100'

Tom Bair Photo







Truck 37

1988 Pierce/Smeal 105'

Tom Bair Photo