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Stillwater Engine 1 (Unit 35)
2008 Ferrara Inferno 1500/1000
Production #BR1498
This and another identical rig were purchased used from Ferrara. It was rejected by it's original Department and returned to Ferrara for rehab, repainting and subsequent sale to Stillwater.
No one was really sure where it came from (Texas was speculated), but a couple of different people told me it was originally lime green.[/quote]
Both of these Ferrara's were spec'ed and built for the St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No. 4 in Mandeville, Louisiana (just north of New Orleans). Mandeville operated them for approximately one year but had repeated maintenance issues with them. Ferrara and Mandeville agreed to some type of "give back" and "refund" deal and Ferrara took possession of the nearly-new, little-used "hangar queens" while the Mandeville FD was refunded their money. Ferrara went on to repair the apparatus and sell them to Stillwater. Mandeville spec'ed and purchased two new apparatus from Pierce.
Mandeville, by the way, had been an all-Pierce FD for approximately 20 years. They are a small, career department that provides fire protection and EMS out of four (4) stations utilizing four (4) engines, three (3) ambulances, one (1) heavy rescue, and one (1) truck company. The only apparatus they operate that is not a Pierce is a 102' Sutphen mid-mount platform.
The Ferrara apparatus were originally painted whatever the "Ford" yellow is officially called. They had white roofs as well.
Stillwater Engine 1 (Unit 35)
2008 Ferrara Inferno 1500/1000
Production #BR1498
This and another identical rig were purchased used from Ferrara. It was rejected by it's original Department and returned to Ferrara for rehab, repainting and subsequent sale to Stillwater.
No one was really sure where it came from (Texas was speculated), but a couple of different people told me it was originally lime green.[/quote]
Both of these Ferrara's were spec'ed and built for the St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No. 4 in Mandeville, Louisiana (just north of New Orleans). Mandeville operated them for approximately one year but had repeated maintenance issues with them. Ferrara and Mandeville agreed to some type of "give back" and "refund" deal and Ferrara took possession of the nearly-new, little-used "hangar queens" while the Mandeville FD was refunded their money. Ferrara went on to repair the apparatus and sell them to Stillwater. Mandeville spec'ed and purchased two new apparatus from Pierce.
Mandeville, by the way, had been an all-Pierce FD for approximately 20 years. They are a small, career department that provides fire protection and EMS out of four (4) stations utilizing four (4) engines, three (3) ambulances, one (1) heavy rescue, and one (1) truck company. The only apparatus they operate that is not a Pierce is a 102' Sutphen mid-mount platform.
The Ferrara apparatus were originally painted whatever the "Ford" yellow is officially called. They had white roofs as well.
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