Kansas City area fire apparatus

[MFD76]

What does the 12/2009 mean, December 2009 build date?

 

 

 

 

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. 

 

I, for one, am sad to see the Lime-Yellow going away, I cannot imagine 12+ departments, man, talk about a sight!

 

Trav!

Hey Trav, yes December 2012 build date. A few years ago I started keeping track of the month built if available on the sticker along with year built. I agree I have always been a red fan. Most of the metro departments switched long ago because big brother Kansas City, Missouri KCFD switched. When KCFD went to white over red in 1990 most of the metro departments began to transition back to red, although a couple started in the 1980's. It was odd for many years most of the Missouri side of the metro was lime or yellow and the Kansas side of the metro was red or white over red. Kansas City , Kansas Fire Department KCKFD always maintained red except for the haz-mat units they were red with yellow strips until they ordered the new Ford C8000/ E\-One rescue-hazmat solid yellow in 1989. Since that time all haz-mat's have been yellow in KCK.