Kansas City area fire apparatus

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[quote name='Toneslider12' post='296626' date='Apr 12 2009, 18:47 ']I really like Lee's Summit's rigs, the engines look sharp. Does Belton or Grandview still run yellow?[/quote]



Toneslider,



Belton still runs a bright yellow almost lime and Grandview just started switching back to black over red.



In Grandview it has been a ten year struggle with the city to switch back to red. The city did not want to switch back to red with the previous fire chief. The current fire chief ordered an ambulance black over red last year and did not clearly tell the city the color was differnt. It showed up and the City Manager was not happy. Oh well the guys are happy with red again.



Funny thing is if Grandview had started switching in 1997 like they wanted to, with Pumper 2 the Pierce Dash they would have a completely red fleet now.



Beltons Chief offered to switch back to red, but the members did not want to. Go figure, Beltons first yellow rig was a 1974 Oshkosh Pierce Fire Marshal. When the offer was made most of if not all the current members had never worked in Belton with any red rigs.



Lee Summits fire chief just retired and took the fire chief job in Peoria, AZ. So they might have an ablity to switch back to red. Most of the members would like to switch. Only time will tell.



Stay Safe, Rick