Baltimore City Fire Department

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Steve,



I don't think this is the Tucson rig unless they changed chassis at some point. Duane's shot I think is of a Hendrickson chassis. Tucson's was a special Seagrave chassis.



In Walt McCall's American Fire Engines bible on page 363 is a shot of the Tucson Calavar. The caption says among the other info, was the tallest aerial at the time in use by any FD and the first Calavar 150 delivered. If any of you have the book, its in the 1972 area.



David



[quote name='firebuff55407' post='53941' date='Nov 25 2006, 23:22 ']Duane took this photo at one of the IAFC outdoor displays in Baltimore. It is of a Calavar Firebird 150-footer, which might just be the one that went to Tucson in 1974.



Duane had a lot of pages of other info in his pocket notebook. On a page listing "Calavar" at the top, he listed the first six Calavar Firebirds as:

1- Philadelphia, 1970 125-foot

2- Chattanooga, 1972 125-foot

3- Vancouver, 1973 125-foot

4- Tucson, to be delibered in 1974 150-foot

5- Manhasset, NY, to be delivered in 1975 125-foot



1973 Photo by Duane Troxel.[/quote]