1958, S-177 thru 180
Washington D.C. was the single biggest user of Pirsch apparatus in the United States, having received some 80 pieces over the years. This rig is one of four pumpers delivered in 1958, Shop numbers 177 thru 180. It has a 750-gpm Hale QL75HD two-stage pump and a 200-gallon water tank. TheDCFD Shop added a small line reel and wooden canopy. Note the SCBA to left of the pump panel. The back step members had theirs in the hosebed; the lineman, a 15-minute Sling Pak, and the layout man a full 30-minute bottle. 1980 image, E-10.
Kevin Byrne