Boston Fire Department

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[quote name='FiremanJoe' post='24387' date='Aug 19 2006, 18:28 ']hey all, not to sound like a smartass or nething but from what i've seen of boston it seems like a medium duty aerial would work just fine. but i definatly agree about the jack spreads on the e-ones, far superior. and for a tiller not to be freaking gigantic, you kind of need a medium duty aerial on it, so i hear anyway.[/quote]



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.