Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire

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Can some one explain what happened during the 1992 reorganization? What is differnt now than pre 1992?



Thanks in advance,

Rick

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Rick, 1992 was a bad year for the bureau. All tillers went O.O.S., replaced by straight trucks, Engines 1,5,14,18,23,27,33,& 35 were taken out of service. Trucks 1,5,7,15,18,27,35,& 37 were taken out of service. Compaines 18, 23, & 27 became quints, they are called engines though, they were 1992 American LaFrances with 75' sticks on a tandem axle. These were the last LaFrances to come out of the American LaFrance facility on Neville Island. Squads, 11, 12, 24, 28 & 33 were disbanded. This was a major shakup, but not the last. The city of Pittsburgh is the only major city in the U.S. to not have an engine or truck company located in the downtown district. At one time, there were 3 engines and a truck located in one house in downtown. The city still owns the building, however, last week there were talks of selling it. Back in the mid 80's there were over a 1,000 firefighters on the job. Now there are under 800. Shoop would be able to fill us in on the more specifics.