[quote name='firebuff55407' post='158302' date='Oct 24 2007, 23:31 ']pfdbuff - Thank you Jeff for the interesting story on the TAC units. I just missed seeing the Tacs in service when I visited in March of 1980. I guess I referred to them as "Attack" units as that is what they were listed under in the old PFD Apparatus Roster I got from the shops. How big were the water tanks on the Tacs? And another question I had- did Philly have paid drivers at that time? If so, was there a paid driver assigned to both the Tac and the Unit?[/quote]
Steve,
There isn't a driver/engineer position in the Philadelphia Fire Department. All members assigned to a company are qualified drivers. Each week the assigned positions within a company change so that over the course of a month every one at that company has his/her turn at driving etc.. The water tanks on the first two units purchased were 300 gallons. The other eight had 350 gallon tanks. Also, the first two had the "phone booth" on the officer's side of the apparatus. No others had that. Being a South Philly boy, I remember Tac 10 very well. It was pretty interesting to see them in service.
Jack
Steve,
There isn't a driver/engineer position in the Philadelphia Fire Department. All members assigned to a company are qualified drivers. Each week the assigned positions within a company change so that over the course of a month every one at that company has his/her turn at driving etc.. The water tanks on the first two units purchased were 300 gallons. The other eight had 350 gallon tanks. Also, the first two had the "phone booth" on the officer's side of the apparatus. No others had that. Being a South Philly boy, I remember Tac 10 very well. It was pretty interesting to see them in service.
Jack
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