Thank you, Warren, for the good photo of Truck 1! Continuing the Truck chronology in this thread...
S-375 and S-376, 1987
Through a story too long to put here, what was originally spec’d out as tillers became a pair of rear mounts delivered in 1987 at $300,000 apiece. This was a new experience for the DCFD. The aerials were 110’, four-section aluminum construction. Unlike the Pirsch ladders, which were riveted, these were welded. They had no prepiped waterways, as did previous aerials.
Shop No. S-375 went to Truck 17 and S-376 to Truck 5 (very briefly, then T-15 for the rest of its life).
Photo is T-17 on the apron, September 1987.
Kevin Byrne