Memphis Fire Dept

[Guest]

There is one of the ford tractor with pirsch tiller for sale on Craigslist . Wish I had the money !!!

[Truckman]

[quote name='Deejr' timestamp='1344472246' post='494585']

Reserve Pumper (F51) was this 1956 Pirsch 1000/300 that also got a diesel repower.



Dick Adelman Photo/DanEvans Collection



This is one of the three pumpers acquired when Whitehaven TN was annexed by Memphis



Engine 18 formerly Engine 34 (F46) was this 1965 Pirsch 1000/300.



Dick Adelman Photo/DanEvans Collection



This may have began at 18 and moved to 34





Reserve Engine (F54) was this 1970 Pirsch, 1000/500



Dick Adelman Photo/DanEvans Collection



This began at Engine 2 and then to 22



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[wfdstation42]

[quote name='Deejr' timestamp='1344444939' post='494554']

Dick Adelman Photo/DanEvans Collection

Floodlight Truck (F360) was this 1958 Ford C with a 1936 MFD Shops Built, remounted body.

Dick Adelman Photo/DanEvans Collection

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Here is the Floodlight trucks current condition. It is my understanding it is still owned by the city and was driven to its current location, parked and left to deteriorate. Sad, so very,very sad.



Photo courtesy of LarryC

[Truckman]

It was supposed to be given to the Memphis Fire Museum, but I guess that has failed somewhere. It's sad to see this rig look like this. The generator and lights came off the old light truck.

[jim kay]

Wow ... What a sad sight to see this piece rusting away...

[Guest]

[Guest]

Engine 12 (F96) was a 1984 Pirsch, 1000/750

   

Engine 6 (F20) was a 1988 Pirsch, 1000/750

   

Dick Adelman Photo/DanEvans Collection

[Guest]

Engine 29 (F23) was a 1988 Pierce Arrow, 1000/750.

   

Engine 42 was also a 1988 Pierce Arrow, 1000/750.

   

Looks like 1988 was a transition year switching from Peter Pirsch to Pierce on the engines.

Dick Adelman Photos/DanEvans Collection

[Truckman]

The Ward was new for Engine 5 and then was handed down.







also...



That was probably the Pirsch was going out or had gone out of Business. We have several TDA's ready to be awarded to Pirsch and hade to switch to Seagrave.

[Guest]

I know MEMPHIS bought some pierces around early 90s and then started buying eones up until the last few years when they began buying Pierce again. Our dept just ordered a Pierce pumper that is being built off of mfd specs an will be a sister to the latest mfd pumpers. On another note I think my buddy rode that Pierce that was eng 42 above as a spare pumper the other day.

[senatobiafire704]

Thanks for sharing Chief Adelman's/your images. Memphis has had a long, upstanding tradition of being very innovative and on the front lines of the fire service. It's a shame that the current members are being suppressed and not allowed to share photos, etc. We can all learn new things from other people. I use this site frequently to learn new apparatus ideas, see different tecniques, etc. along with looking at great images. Thanks for posting great pieces of American fire service history.

[Guest]

[quote name='senatobiafire704' timestamp='1344973880' post='495177']

Thanks for sharing Chief Adelman's/your images. Memphis has had a long, upstanding tradition of being very innovative and on the front lines of the fire service. It's a shame that the current members are being suppressed and not allowed to share photos, etc. We can all learn new things from other people. I use this site frequently to learn new apparatus ideas, see different tecniques, etc. along with looking at great images. Thanks for posting great pieces of American fire service history.

[/quote]You are very welcome! I am very happy to share what I have.

DanEvans

[Guest]

I'd love to see the green running boards come back into tradition.

[Guest]

   



Does anyone know if there is or ever was a "Memphis Tenn. Fire Apparatus" book published?

Maybe by Dick Adelman or his son?



I'm aware of the MFD Yearbooks which have some very nice Adelman photos, but wondering if there is a book dedicated soley to Memphis Fire Apparatus?



Hope all is well in The River City, haven't seen to many MFD posts lately.

[ACPD227]

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Does anyone know if there is or ever was a "Memphis Tenn. Fire Apparatus" book published?

Maybe by Dick Adelman or his son?



I'm aware of the MFD Yearbooks which have some very nice Adelman photos, but wondering if there is a book dedicated soley to Memphis Fire Apparatus?



Hope all is well in The River City, haven't seen to many MFD posts lately.

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Im not sure I know they did the 2 yearbooks like you stated but you can ask his son directly here. wtadelman@yahoo.com

[jquest6368]

The Smith Brothers have an extensive collection of Memphis rigs on their SmugMug page...really awesome shots!



[url="http://smithbrothersfirephotos.smugmug.com/Fire-Apparatus-Across-the-USA/Memphis-TN-Fire-Department/7068154_xTMfDm"]http://smithbrothersfirephotos.smugmug.com/Fire-Apparatus-Across-the-USA/Memphis-TN-Fire-Department/7068154_xTMfDm[/url]

[Guest]

Merry Christmas & thanks for the link.

[karl4700]

I just saw on the Pierce Flickr site some new engines for Memphis, they are painted white-over-red. 

 

Are these demo's or is this going to be a switch over?

[kenosha]

The three engines on the Pierce Flickr site are going to be assigned to Engines 10, 32, and 36. They were purchased with grant money as they protect the Port of Memphis. They have 500 gallon water tanks, 200 gallon foam tanks, and a dry powder system. Since they were purchased with grant money, they were required to be delivered in a certain timeframe. As a result, chassis's were used that were already in production. They are all being repainted to be solid red. 

[MFD76]

The three engines on the Pierce Flickr site are going to be assigned to Engines 10, 32, and 36. They were purchased with grant money as they protect the Port of Memphis. They have 500 gallon water tanks, 200 gallon foam tanks, and a dry powder system. Since they were purchased with grant money, they were required to be delivered in a certain timeframe. As a result, chassis's were used that were already in production. They are all being repainted to be solid red. 

Thanks for the info Ryan, nice to see Q sirens on the three. 

 

Stay Safe,

Rick