[quote name='hank' date='19 February 2010 - 12:42 PM' timestamp='1266607359' post='364983']
Good pictures. I visited Seattle on a business trip and stopped by fire alarm which
at that time (1966) was located under the space needle. The fire alarm operators
made a call and I was taken out to visit the Last Resort Fire Department and they
had a collection of antique apparatus that was top shelf. I don't know if that museum
is still in operation, however, it was really something to see. I would say it was the
best private collection I have ever seen.
tHANKs
[/quote]
Hank:
The Last Resort Fire Dept. is still going strong. Their collection of rigs are all in great shape and most appear ready to respond and go in service with full compliments of period-correct hose, ladders, hand tools, nozzles and turn-outs. Some of the rigs are now parked at the former E10/L1 house in Pioneer Square as part of the fire museum, and the rest are at the organization's garage in Ballard.
The LRFD trucks are the main draw at the annual Seattle Fire Festival. This year's event is in July, here is the webpage for it http://www.lastresortfd.org/Fire_Festival-09.htm .
As for building/remodeling firehouses, Seattle caught a break by having voters approve a property tax levy when times were good. The money for it is segregated from the city's general fund, and as such, is mostly protected from the downturn in tax revenues. The plan is that when all work is completed, all firehouses in the city will be capable of surviving a major earthquake and be able to operate as neighborhood emergency centers. The other parts of this plan were putting hard suction and additional LDH on all engine companies and commissioning a new 108' fireboat with a 24,000gpm pump for the salt water bay that (along with an older 97' boat with a 10,000gpm pump on the fresh water canal) can pump water to virtually any point in the city in the event that an earthquake knocks out water mains.
John
Good pictures. I visited Seattle on a business trip and stopped by fire alarm which
at that time (1966) was located under the space needle. The fire alarm operators
made a call and I was taken out to visit the Last Resort Fire Department and they
had a collection of antique apparatus that was top shelf. I don't know if that museum
is still in operation, however, it was really something to see. I would say it was the
best private collection I have ever seen.
tHANKs
[/quote]
Hank:
The Last Resort Fire Dept. is still going strong. Their collection of rigs are all in great shape and most appear ready to respond and go in service with full compliments of period-correct hose, ladders, hand tools, nozzles and turn-outs. Some of the rigs are now parked at the former E10/L1 house in Pioneer Square as part of the fire museum, and the rest are at the organization's garage in Ballard.
The LRFD trucks are the main draw at the annual Seattle Fire Festival. This year's event is in July, here is the webpage for it http://www.lastresortfd.org/Fire_Festival-09.htm .
As for building/remodeling firehouses, Seattle caught a break by having voters approve a property tax levy when times were good. The money for it is segregated from the city's general fund, and as such, is mostly protected from the downturn in tax revenues. The plan is that when all work is completed, all firehouses in the city will be capable of surviving a major earthquake and be able to operate as neighborhood emergency centers. The other parts of this plan were putting hard suction and additional LDH on all engine companies and commissioning a new 108' fireboat with a 24,000gpm pump for the salt water bay that (along with an older 97' boat with a 10,000gpm pump on the fresh water canal) can pump water to virtually any point in the city in the event that an earthquake knocks out water mains.
John
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