Philadelphia, PA

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With Engine 8 is Ladder (Snorkel) 2. This is an American LaFrance/85 Ft Pitman.



   

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Squrt 43 American LaFrance. Stationed on Market Street with Ladder 9 and Light Wagon 1.



   

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Engine 60's KME at Gray's Ferry's Firehouse... This was while the new Station was being constructed and just AFTER Engine 47 was closed.



   

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Squrt 72 operated this ALL RED Seagrave when it was delivered. It then sported the White upper roof shortly after. It has since been reassigned to Sqt 55 since SQUAD 72 was formed.



   

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One of two Mack 75 Foot Tower Ladders was assigned to Ladder 6.



   

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Here is my shot of the GIANT DELUGE 99 - Reo. It was still in service at the time of my photo. It was stationed at Engine 11/Medic 21 on South Street just below Center City. In teh 70's and 80's it was working alot down on Delaware Avenue at Pier and Warehouse fires.



   

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Here is SOC 1 from the Muster last October 1st. It is an all white Ford with hidden emergency lighting.

   

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Training Academy 1 and 2 use Ford Explores of differnet years.



   



   

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Chemical Unit 2 was one of two units in service BEFORE the era of HAZ-MAT units. One was in the North area and one was in the South area of Philly. I BELEIVE that both are still around and kept with HAZ MAT 1 as spares. Chemical 2 was photographed at the Old Engine 47's station with Deputy 1. It was running with Engine 60 until Haz Mat One was in service.



Chemical 1 & 2 were twin Ford C/ Saulsbury units with Purple K surpression systems.

   

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In 1991 Philly re-established RESCUE 1 after 3 firefighters died in the Meridian Bank High Rise Fire. Starting the company up the City went out for donations to help fund the start of the new unit. Coca-Cola donated a delivery truck. Also to help cut the costs upfront, PFD used an old American LaFrance engine and gutted the pump and added compartments. These two rigs began RESCUE 1 and 101. It was a 2 piece Company responding to all calls with the crew divided between the two trucks.



The main Rescue was the old Soda Truck.

   



The Engine was a collapse truck and carried the bulky equipment.

   

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Rescue 1 awaited its NEW rig. The Spartan/Saulsbury was designed after many PFD members visited many different Rescue Companies across the USA.



This unit was later painted with a white roof and upper rear body. It is now a spare to the new Resuce 1 KME.

   

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Philly has 2 airports. Philadelphia International Airport (PIA) that most of us know is located in the south. It is near the City limits and down in the area just south of the Sports Complex. Also it is near the Philadelphia Naval Yard. This was known as ENGINE 77 and 78 for a while. There were 2 stations on the airport grounds. One was closed and PFD refers to the Station collectively as ENGINE 78. Then Units are F-1, F-2 and so on.



In the Great Northeast was N.E. Philly Airport. This area is MOSTLY small aircraft and freight or cargo planes. Due to the lack of commercial traffic, the city cut fire protection on the airfield. When closed the unit was Called ENGINE 76. Here is a shot of one of the last units at the airport. Philly had 2 or 3 of these units operating at one time.



The rig is based on an all wheel drive Ford C chassis. The body was built by Yankee.

   



At this time the closest companies are Engine 22 and Ladder 31. I forgot the Medic Unit assigned here...

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Just a quick correction about Philly's Mack Tower Ladders. There were actually 3 of them. A 1978 Single rear axle model that originally served in TL-6, then TL-4, then junked (it currently sits in a lot with other old trucks along I-95 in Philly). TL-18 had a 1982 dual rear axle model, and a 1986 dual rear axle model was at TL-6, then TL-4, and in the past year has been junked.

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[quote name='Crossbronxxpress' post='51950' date='Nov 18 2006, 22:51 ']Just a quick correction about Philly's Mack Tower Ladders. There were actually 3 of them. A 1978 Single rear axle model that originally served in TL-6, then TL-4, then junked (it currently sits in a lot with other old trucks along I-95 in Philly). TL-18 had a 1982 dual rear axle model, and a 1986 dual rear axle model was at TL-6, then TL-4, and in the past year has been junked.[/quote]



OOPS! I forgot about 18's rig. I remembered it was one they used as an AD for MACK. Once the first Mack was junked and the last 2 of TL6 and TL4 were left... Those were the ones I saw most often. Thanks for the backup and correcting the info!

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Great stuff. Keep posting can't wait to see more Philly stuff. Gordon

[1958 F.W.D.]

Wow, that picture of the twin screw Tower Ladder 6 brings back memories......That was the first Philly company I ever rode with as a buff. I remember many, many Friday or Saturday nights riding the R3 Train line from Montgomery County where I lived, down to Market East station, and then getting on the Market St. bus (I cant remember the number) and out to 43rd Street........What an adventure for a non-city boy from the middle-upper class suburbs! I got off the bus, and no one was in the station- waiting around was fun, especially at night <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/machinegun.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



One night I was on the bus, and here comes E5 and TL6 down Market Street heading east towards downtown. As I was mumbling "schitt I missed another one...." I got off the bus at 43rd Street, and I see the nose of the suburban pull out of the station and onto 43rd street, and then come out onto Market making a left. The Chief's Aide saw me, and the suburban came to a halt right there in the middle of the left hand lane of eastbound Market Street- The Aide waved furiously at me to get in- And let me tell you I tank him to this day, as it was a job in a vacant warehouse that went to a 4th alarm- that I got some truly spectacular pictures at. (Chief un-named in order to protect the guilty!)



I was a regular buff with the "C" platoon for about 2 years, with both E5 and TL6- that is until Bn 11 got a new Chief- who had a pure hatred for vollies. I was a volly at the time, yes, but when I rode, I was a PFD BUFF first and foremost. In fact, very few of the guys knew I was a volly and the ones that did know didnt care. Later on I heard that he kicked me out so that he could bring in his son and his friends to ride.



Those were some great times. I saw a LOT of fire riding on that Scope!

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When closed the unit was Called ENGINE 76. Here is a shot of one of the last units at the airport. Philly had 2 or 3 of these units operating at one time.



The rig is based on an all wheel drive Ford C chassis. The body was built by Yankee.

This is a 1962 Yankee Clipper 900/1500/300F. It was built on an FWD 6x6 chassis and uses a Budd cab, the same cab used by Ford for their C-Series trucks, but it isn't a Ford. Philadelphia had two of these rigs.

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[quote name='Fireman5230' post='51937' date='Nov 19 2006, 02:56 ']Philly has 2 airports. Philadelphia International Airport (PIA) that most of us know is located in the south. It is near the City limits and down in the area just south of the Sports Complex. Also it is near the Philadelphia Naval Yard. This was known as ENGINE 77 and 78 for a while. There were 2 stations on the airport grounds. One was closed and PFD refers to the Station collectively as ENGINE 78. Then Units are F-1, F-2 and so on.



In the Great Northeast was N.E. Philly Airport. This area is MOSTLY small aircraft and freight or cargo planes. Due to the lack of commercial traffic, the city cut fire protection on the airfield. When closed the unit was Called ENGINE 76. Here is a shot of one of the last units at the airport. Philly had 2 or 3 of these units operating at one time.



The rig is based on an all wheel drive Ford C chassis. The body was built by Yankee.





At this time the closest companies are Engine 22 and Ladder 31. I forgot the Medic Unit assigned here...[/quote]



At the time E76 was in operation, E18 actually operated out of NE Airport, before their present quarters were built on "The Boulevard." If they got a structural run, they took the red piece. If they got a CFR Run, they jumped in the yellow one. But what happened if there was a CFR run while they were on a structural run???



To the best of my knowledge the building at NEA is still there, and a few years ago even still said "Engine Company 18" on it, but the building was comdemned.

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Awesome shots Fireman5230! Keep it up!

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[quote name='Fireman5230' post='51914' date='Nov 18 2006, 21:22 ']Engine 60's KME at Gray's Ferry's Firehouse... This was while the new Station was being constructed and just AFTER Engine 47 was closed.



from my guess engine 25s rig has this rig now due to an accident their KME had. engine 60 got one of the spartan structural foam units



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