TEXAS RIGS

[jgohio]

[quote name='Ladder 68' post='252815' date='Oct 8 2008, 13:59 ']Thanks for the corrections Joe. Ah how times have changed. I am driving Ladder 68 today and the difference from 1979 to 2008 is amazing in the way of apparatus and everything else we do and what we use to accomplish it.



I love the photo of the Stafford pumper. I have never seen that photo before. The old timers told me one of our pumpers was there and I have read it in the aforementioned book, but have never seen a photo of it. Thanks a million. I'll have to talk to Paradowski when I see him at the next fire and ask for permission to use that one and put it up at Station #3.



The pumper was a Ford C/Boardman I believe. When I joined there it was Engine 3 which was replaced by a '79 ALF Century and then a '84 Pirsch (Tag on to a HFD order for 2 identical rigs) and finally the current '96 Spartan/Quality pumper (1 of 2).



Thanks again.[/quote]



Great. Glad you liked it. I can send you a larger format version of the Stafford piece if you want it.

Things have changed. In the entire collection of 134 photos of the fire, I didn't see a single SCBA. It was mostly an exterior operations, but now days there would still be people running around in their packs on.



Joe