City Of Rochester, NY Fire Apparatus

[ex98thdrill]

Good-looking trucks. I applauded a few years ago when Rochester moved away from the Quint-Midi concept and started going back to straight Engines and Truck Companies, as man & God intended.

With all due respect I disagree with that.  When Lennie Huether came up with the Quint-Midi concept, I for one thing that he was ahead of his time.  With available water mains in the city of Rochester, and with the narrow streets, those Midi's gave Rochester quite the bang for the buck.  It allowed them access with the smaller truck, and it minimized the wear and tear off of those high dollar quints.  If the call was something more than what the Midi could handle, they rolled the quint in.

 

Although I'm not advocating that everyone get rid of their full size engines, the Quint-Midi concept allowed Rochester to deal with the "bull$h!t calls" at an affordable price.