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i just saw palm harbor had 2 engines and their quint for sale in a used fire truck book...obv the 1998 Truck 67 and then 2 of the 1998 pumps....which 2 pumps? I know they replaced E65 a couple of years ago...anybody have any ideas? or even better new photos of the replacements? i love seeing the Pinellas County stuff....and where is 16 going?

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Dan, Engine 16 is quartered at the old Kenneth City fire station at 46th Av. N./58th St. Pinellas Park won the contract to provide service for the City of Kenneth City about 2 years ago. Kenneth city used to have their own volunteer department up until about '88 or '89, and it was Pinellas County Station 21. When the volunteers were disbanded, unk reason, Lealman took over contract service for the small city, but did not use the station, they responded from their stations 18, now at 54 Av N./40 St. and 19, 46 Av. N./67 St. When Lealman lost the KC contract, Pinellas Park disbanded Engine 33 and organized Engine 16, originally a BLS engine, but now an ALS engine. Now here is where it gets complicated, the number 21, originally KC, went to PP stand alone rescue station at 118 Av. N./31 St. as R21. When the number 37 came available from Largo, PP changed R21 to R37. Then......Lealman, who won the Tierra Verde contract from St. Petersburg, changed the TV station from #2 to #21 with Engine 21. The St. Petersburg/Clearwater Airport ARFF station was #16, but now is ID'ed as #00 in the County CAD. So.....PP, when they occupied the old KC station after renovation took the number 16. Confused? Lealman now has Stations 18, 19 and 21. Pinellas Park now has Stations 16, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37.