USA-Canada Trip 2013

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I'm always very interested in industrial fire departments. With a contact via the Lewiston FD I was able to visit the Fire Department of Clearwater Paper in Lewiston / Idaho. Clearwater Paper is a large paper mill and hygiene-products manufacturer. The fire protection for their premises was outsourced several years ago to the Medcor Company.

 

The guys at the fire station were very friendly, but I'm sure, they never had a visitor before, that was interested in photographing their equipment. The fleet consists of three engines, a water-tender, a hazmat-truck and a large tower-ladder.

 

Truck 91 is this 1990 Spartan Gladiator with LTI bodywork, 1500 gpm-pump, 150 gwt, and 100' tower. It was bought used in 2009 from Hinsdale/Illinois.

 

Here's some irony - I sold the replacement aerial for this one to Hinsdale, and it was a Spartan/Rosenbauer(General)/Metz.  Kind of neat, considering you're doing lots of Rosenbauer photography...