FDIC 2014

[MFD76]

Junction City, Kansas will also be a Rosenbauer customer with the delivery of this Commander pumper.  Not the cable-style valve control handles, a design that I really like.

 



 

 



 

 

JCFD does quite a lot of firefighting and they respond frequently on Interstate 70 from two fire houses. They used to have very standard normal fire ground efficent engines. The last Engine was a similar style design Pierce Arrow XT pumper.  I would hate to be the Chauffeur standing on the rear step running the pump on busy Interstate 70. Truck traffic has increased since Kansas raised the speed limit to 75mph. I do agree Taylor the pump controls are very nice. With this machine they have switched from white over red to black over red. JCFD's historically accurate color is solid red. I guess if there is a positive this is the first machine in over forty years to have a mechanical siren. 

 

Until the early 2000's all JCFD Engines were called Pumps. Pump 1, Pump 2, Pump 3. In the early 2000's an outside fire chief changed them to Engine 10, Engine 20, Engine 30. Now they have moved to Engine 1, Engine 2, Engine 3.