Pierce Apparatus

[MFD76]

Ex Topeka, Kansas Reserve Aerial 1 at the drill yard. Now for sale at a truck lot. This rig spent most of it career at Aerial 8 when it was front line and nick named the "Big Bannana".



1980 Pierce Arrow/ LTI 100ft no pump or tank



This was the last remaining yellow apparatus on the Topeka Fire Department. They repainted the yellow Engines Red in the early 1990's. Topeka only used yellow for a very short time 1977ish-1983ish before returning to red. Topeka operates two Aerials 5,8 and Four City Service Truck Companies at 3,9,10,11. All Aerials and Trucks are dry no water. The union has held strong and fought the chief on Quints in recent years <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> . Topeka operates twelve engines. The new Aerial 1 is a 1995 E\-One 95ft Tower from Aerial 5. It is a glider kit of a 1976 Oshkosh Pierce Aerial.



This old Pierce was wellworn and in recent time the ladder was not operational (notice it is not retracted fully). This rig logged many hours as a reserve on the streets because Aerial 5 and 8 were always in the shop being repaired.



Stay Safe, Rick