Boston Fire Department

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[quote name='edburke' post='24392' date='Aug 19 2006, 18:10 ']Well, as a person that works for the City of Boston, alongside the Boston firefighters, I have heard their complaints. Boston is famous for their ladder work, and it's not uncommon to have three guys working at the tip of the stick. With the current Pierces, you can see a significant bow with just one guy at the tip, and the height of the siderails raises safety concerns when compared to the E-Ones-another issue that heavy duty aerials would address. As far as the tillers go, one has to look no further than 1 city north, to Somerville to see that a heavy duty aerial on a TDA doesn't have to be huge. I've seen Maxim TDA's, Seagrave TDA's with 4 door cabs, E-Ones with canopy cabs and 4 door cabs, and the Pierces in my 25 years of fire scene photography, and in my opinion, the 1976 Seagrave TDAs were the best aerial that the city had.[/quote]







Ed,



Correct me if I'm wrong but we have a Boston Spec 1988 E\-One 110' aerial...these things are actually considered medium duty aerials...if not light duty...and you are right about the Boston Jakes disliking the pierces...I havent heard one good comment about them from those guys. On the other hand people in FL LOVE the Pierce truck. It also seems like some of the guys at Boston R1 love that new Pierce though. But that's about it.