Kansas City area fire apparatus

[MFD76]

Ladder 2 spare truck ex Ladder 1 Lawrence, Kansas Fire Department (First fully enclosed unit for LFD)



#8604096 8/86



1986 Spartan-LTI-FMC Constoga 100ft Ladder 0000/000



Note: Delivered with Federal Power Speaker Lights, Electronic Speaker and Mini Bars were added in 1990's. Blue strip added after the consolidation of the Ambulance Service.







This is the all time special truck. It was speced to be ultra Heavy Duty. LTI Tower Ladder with no Basket. Chief McSwan wanted this Ladder to be able to mass evacuate students from the KU dorms and wanted the highest tip load made. Pre 1986 Lawrence operated a 1972 100ft ALF Ladder Chief and 1967 85ft Pierce Snorkel. Ladder 2 the spare is a 1986 Spartan-LTI-FMC Constoga 100ft this is a carbon copy of the 1982 Pierce Arrow LTI's that Metro Dade ordered. They were the LTI Tower Ladders without the buckett. In fact Lawrence rejected the first Ladder 2 because LTI used a different ladder than what was Metro Dade spec. The trucks delivery was delayed by two years because of the mis match on the ladder. Neat story. Also carries a 40ft Bangor Ladder.