Kansas City area fire apparatus

[MFD76]

Last Tuesday KCFD Pumper 71 became Pumper 27.

 

Pumper 27 was disbanded in 1979. From 1979-1994 Squad 27 midi-pumper (FAO & Firemen) operated from Fire House 27. In 1996 when the new Fire House 27 was opened at the same location it became the sole quarters for Haz-Mat 71 consisting of Pumper 71, Support 71, Utility 71 and in recent years Foam Tanker 1. Support 71 is now know as Haz-Mat 71. This change occurred since KCFD will provide Fire Alarm services for Raytown, MO and Grandview, MO in the coming months. One department will take fifty series and one will take the seventy series on the KCFD Fire Alarm Channel A1. Southern Plate currently operates in the sixty series on A1. Since neither department operates a speciality company. Haz-Mat 71 will keep there memorial number deticated to the six firemen of Pumper 30, Pumper 41 that lost their lives in the 1988 explosion. However one department will assume the Pumper 71 designation. The KCFD Fire Acadmey pumper also no longer carries the Pumper 51 designation. Since one department will assume the Pumper 51 designation. 

 

Another note, Belton, MO is currently specing two pumpers. Preliminary reports appear the department will be returning to RED from the current lemon-yellow color scheme. If this change occurs this would leave Central Jackson County, Lee's Summit, and Kearney as the only three metro departments still purchasing yellow. At one time in the Kansas City metro over twelve departments used lime-green or yellow.