Pacific Northwest

[Bryce]

I cannot emphasize enough how spectacular those 1976 KWs were in person. Most of the other KWs had an unfinished look to them, since they had been modified over the years by the shops to add compartments or a crew cab area. Not the two '76s. They just looked tough.


I also was in law school from 1999-2002 at Seattle U on Capitol Hill, and I would occasionally see them in service as reserves at Engine 25. Usually I'd know they were being used when they were responding not because of their audible emergency equipment, but because of their engines. They were the loudest rigs I've ever heard. You could hear the engine from blocks away. Those were such awesome rigs, and all of these photos are really bringing back very fond memories of going to fires in Seattle with my dad when I was a kid. Thanks for posting!