<img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='B)' />-->QUOTE(Frank B @ May 3 2007, 20:29 ) [post="103879"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post]<div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Also could be Bridgwater MD. Mack notes said NJ. Do you have any Ideas about my Finderne Hahn post? Please let me know if any one at the station has any Idea when this Hahn was purchased,or any thing else they may have on it![/quote]
Finderne had 2 Hahn Engines and 1 Hahn Snorkle. The Snorkle (Truck 68) was a 1968 Hahn with 85 foot Pitman boom.
The first engine was Engine 72. This rig was a 1972 Hahn that was there until mid 1998. It was sold through ADESSA Auto Aution in Manville. Unknown location at this time.
Then second was Engine 82 an 1982 Hahn that was destroyed in an explosion in Sept of 1990. It was responding to a Natural Gas leak. As it got to a block away, the gas vapor caused the gasoline engine to stall. As it "bucked" there was a spark and lit the whole thing up! Seams the gas got into the storm drain and travled to where then Engine was told to stand by at a hydrent. 3 members were in the rig when she blew. One was burned bad and flown to a burn center. (He became Chief in 2005) The Officer got out and pulled the burning member out of the rear seats. (He was Chief in 2003) The Driver "jumped" or was blown out of the cab and injured his knee - he stayed on doing limited duties until 1999.
The engine was being looked at to have a Pierce Glider kit installed before the incident. Pierce could not do anything with what was left. The heat twisted the frame of the rig. The gas fed fire burned for a few hours. Pierce sold a Javilin Demo to Finderne to replace the lost engine. in 1998 a new Pierce Engine was bought to replace the 1972 Hahn. The unit has the ONLY BLACK OVER RED paint job. The 1998 engine is Dedicated to ENGINE 82 as a reminder to all the members of what can happen.
Below is ENGINE 98
Finderne had 2 Hahn Engines and 1 Hahn Snorkle. The Snorkle (Truck 68) was a 1968 Hahn with 85 foot Pitman boom.
The first engine was Engine 72. This rig was a 1972 Hahn that was there until mid 1998. It was sold through ADESSA Auto Aution in Manville. Unknown location at this time.
Then second was Engine 82 an 1982 Hahn that was destroyed in an explosion in Sept of 1990. It was responding to a Natural Gas leak. As it got to a block away, the gas vapor caused the gasoline engine to stall. As it "bucked" there was a spark and lit the whole thing up! Seams the gas got into the storm drain and travled to where then Engine was told to stand by at a hydrent. 3 members were in the rig when she blew. One was burned bad and flown to a burn center. (He became Chief in 2005) The Officer got out and pulled the burning member out of the rear seats. (He was Chief in 2003) The Driver "jumped" or was blown out of the cab and injured his knee - he stayed on doing limited duties until 1999.
The engine was being looked at to have a Pierce Glider kit installed before the incident. Pierce could not do anything with what was left. The heat twisted the frame of the rig. The gas fed fire burned for a few hours. Pierce sold a Javilin Demo to Finderne to replace the lost engine. in 1998 a new Pierce Engine was bought to replace the 1972 Hahn. The unit has the ONLY BLACK OVER RED paint job. The 1998 engine is Dedicated to ENGINE 82 as a reminder to all the members of what can happen.
Below is ENGINE 98
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