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Thanks for posting this Bryce!
It's a sad end of an era.
Seattle Fire Department Apparatus #321, unceremoniously stricken from the books and sold on Ebay.
Delivered in 1970, the Kenworth 1750 GPM triple combination pumper, was equipped with a 3000 GPM Stang, with body work by Heiser, and purchased for $63,776.50 through L.N. Curtis Co.
After being assigned to Engine Company 1 from April through July of 1971, 321 served mostly in West Seattle until 1995 at Fire Stations 36, 32 and 11. 321 was then converted, by the shops, into a large diameter hose tender and on August 4, 1996, was designated as Hose 18.
I'd say 47 years in service is a pretty good run. It speaks volumes to the durability of those rigs.
Why didn't the department hang onto it? And why didn't it wind up with Last Resort FD? I really hope it doesn't get scrapped.