Here are photos of Turn of River's 1995 Seagrave the dept. sold to pay bills when the city was once again financially squeezing the hell out of them. This is one of the photos when it was placed on eBay. Even though this was newer that the 1993 Seagrave, it had more miles on it since it was assigned to Station 2. Station 2 only runs an engine and covers a lot of miles while Station 1 also runs a tanker, truck and rescue. In all honesty the '95 Seagrave was a piece of garbage compared to the '93 which was a much better built machine with a lot less mechanical problems.
The next photo is Belltown's Smeal. Belltown was a Mack department for years and with no Mack fire service chassis being offered this was their first non Mack engine purchased since a Buffalo in the 1930's. This machine was spec'd using the Turn of River philosphy of a first due engine that can do a little bit of everything. In Turn of River with the call volume, distance to cover, career guys working alone, long mutual aid response and a decades long reluctance to have a good amount of volunteer drivers that mindset became a necessity. Belltown covers a square mile and does a fraction of the calls Turn of River does so it was overkill, plus they have a strong contingent of volunteer drivers often completely clearing out the house on a home alarm. I've been told the former career guys had a heavy influence in designing it and now they're all gone having been reassigned to SF&R stations. The volunteers who now completely operate that dept. despise this machine and the volunteer drivers given the choice will use E42, a 1986 Mack CF RSI.
The next photo is Belltown's Smeal. Belltown was a Mack department for years and with no Mack fire service chassis being offered this was their first non Mack engine purchased since a Buffalo in the 1930's. This machine was spec'd using the Turn of River philosphy of a first due engine that can do a little bit of everything. In Turn of River with the call volume, distance to cover, career guys working alone, long mutual aid response and a decades long reluctance to have a good amount of volunteer drivers that mindset became a necessity. Belltown covers a square mile and does a fraction of the calls Turn of River does so it was overkill, plus they have a strong contingent of volunteer drivers often completely clearing out the house on a home alarm. I've been told the former career guys had a heavy influence in designing it and now they're all gone having been reassigned to SF&R stations. The volunteers who now completely operate that dept. despise this machine and the volunteer drivers given the choice will use E42, a 1986 Mack CF RSI.
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