Bryce, here is the answer to item number one.
Here is HOSE 34 at the city shops bone yard awaiting sale. Sometime at the end of Aug of this year it was special called to a West Seattle second alarm house fire, to lay a supply because of problems with the closest hydrants. Now, sometime while responding, operating at the fire or returning to quarters it developed a fatal engine problem which later was determined too costly to repair or replace. Hose 18 now remains the last of the KW engine fleet still in service.
Here is HOSE 34 at the city shops bone yard awaiting sale. Sometime at the end of Aug of this year it was special called to a West Seattle second alarm house fire, to lay a supply because of problems with the closest hydrants. Now, sometime while responding, operating at the fire or returning to quarters it developed a fatal engine problem which later was determined too costly to repair or replace. Hose 18 now remains the last of the KW engine fleet still in service.