Speaking of Engine 11…
In 1985 the Apparatus Division paint shop began turning out apparatus in the new “Stars and Bars” scheme. This pumper appears to be one of the three 1982 Hahns. The 1982 model was transitional. The previous fourteen Hahn wagons had Circle-D lamps mounted on telescoping poles whereas the ’82 models had the new Nightfighter spot/flood lights. Subsequent Hahns had light bars in lieu of the rotating beacon.
Note the shop’s elegant billboard proclaiming “If we can’t fix it, it ain’t broke”, incorporating a Hahn as their emblem. At the time of the photo the DCFD was running twenty-two Hahn pumpers and three Hahn ladder trucks.
Photo c. late 1980’s
Kevin Byrne