Kansas City area fire apparatus

[MFD76]

Wakarusa Township Fire Department (Lawrence,Kansas)

Fire House 1

Engine 1130

2003

Pierce Contender/ Kenworth

1250/1000







Wakarusa surrounds the city limits of Lawrence on three sides, they operate two fire houses. They are a combination department with career officer/driver assigned each shift at Fire House 1. They have a very active volunteer base. Almost each day you will find Engine 1130 staffed with four. Fire House 2 on the north side of Lawrence houses live-in firefighters.

[MFD76]

Olathe, Kansas Fire Department

Fire House 1

Rescue 50

[Fire28]

WOW! Thats interesting!

[Jamie]

That's something you don't see every day. What is it used for?

[MFD76]

[quote name='Jamie' timestamp='1307381589' post='443009']

That's something you don't see every day. What is it used for?

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They have three pods Shoring-Trench, High Angle, and Foam with twin Monitors. They originally used a city garbage roll off to move the second pod when needed. After the Greenburg Tornado they found having a tandem would work better. After Greensburg is when they added warning lights and a 100w electronic siren.

[MFD76]

EX: Kansas City, Kansas

EX: Broken Bow, Oklahoma

1964

Unknown number One of Two

International 8190-CO/ Pierce/ Snorkel

75ft Snorkel

KCKFD shops added 750 pump no tank with Mack gauges!!!



KCKFD Fire Department Shops have been very talented at modifying or making fire apparatus.

[MFD76]

Broken Bow, Oklahoma

EX: Kansas City, Missouri KCFD Snorkel 2, Fire House 17

Ladder 1

1964/1979

#14967

E\-One/ Henderickson/ Pittman Snorkel

75ft Pittman Snorkel (1964)

1000/250



This unit was originally assigned to KCFD Snorkel 2 at Fire House 17 in Mid-Town. It made every working fire and extra alarm fire in the city. Extremely busy in the WAR Years. Originally a RED open cab dry 1964 FWD/ Pierce/ 75ft Pittman Snorkel. After fifteen years of hard fire duty the Snorkel was remounted by E\-One on a new LIME-GREEN 1979 chassis with new body and a fire pump and tank were added. It served at Snorkel 2 until 1990 when Truck 2 was reopened and a new Demo Duplex/ LTI tiller was assigned. The Snorkel then was assigned to the spare pool as a reserve truck company. It served a briefly at Quint 28 as Snorkel 28 while their 1979 Seagrave was being painted White over Red. It was auctioned in 1994 to Ferrera Fire Apparatus where it sat for the next few years. Ferrera repainted it White over Red and sold it to Broken Bow.



NOTE: The Federal Q Siren is mounted under the officer side floor board and was added by the Men of Snorkel 2. KCFD loves their REAL Q Sirens!!!!



NOTE: Once in Broken Bow it replaced a 1964 open cab International CO-8190/ Pierce/ Pittman 75ft Snorkel with a KCKFD Shop added 750 fire pump no tank from Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department.

[MFD76]

Grandview, Missouri Fire Department

Fire House 3

Truck 3

2002

#13110

Pierce Dash

2000/500

105ft Ladder

Pierce All Steer



Delivered Lettered Ladder 2. Entered service as Truck 3 with Ladder 2 letters, later re-lettered Truck 3.

GRANDVIEW HAS RETURNED TO RED in BLACK over RED!!!!





This is one of four Pierce All Steer units to serve the Kansas City Metro. Interesting note three were Yellow 105ft Ladders and show cased Pierce's Lance, Quantum, and Dash Cabs.



First

Overland Park, Kansas

1996 Red Pierce Quantum, Engine 44 (Disposed of)



Second

Lee's Summit, Missouri

1999 Yellow Pierce Lance 105ft Ladder, Truck 2 (Disposed of)



Third

CJCFPD Central Jackson County, Blue Springs, Missouri

2000 Yellow Pierce Quantum 105ft Ladder, Ladder 1 (Reserve Ladder 11)



Fourth

Grandview, Missouri

2002 Yellow Pierce Dash 105ft Ladder, Truck 3 (Front Line Service)

[MFD76]

Sugar Creek, Missouri a small town wedged between Independence and the Missouri River. Once home to a large Standard-Amoco refinery, now BP uses the large tank farm. Sugar Creek has owned some interesting fire apparatus over the years including the 1947 700 Series ALF used for the Hallmark 700 Series ALF Christmas ornament a few years ago and this 1964 Mack C Model. The current fleet consists of a E\-One Cyclone II engine, Pierce Suburban Ford C-8000 engine, and National Foam Duplex 54ft Squirt Foam Pumper ex Amoco.



Private Owner

EX Sugar Creek, Missouri Fire Department

EX Pumper 1, EX Pumper 2

1964

#26417

Mack C Model Chassis # 1039

Type C125F

1250/500

[MFD76]

Sugar Creek, Missouri Fire Department

Pumper 1

2000

#121490

E\-One Cyclone II Low Profile

1750/1000







This is why the Mack and E\-One have low light bars, the old fire house.

[MFD76]

One of only three Metro Kansas City Departments using yellow. Gladstone is metalic navy blue. All other Metro Kansas City Departments use some form of Red.



Lee's Summit, Missouri Fire Department

Pumper 3

2006

#18479

Pierce Lance

1250/500/30AF/30BF/CAFS

[MFD76]

Sad end to a great history of DRY ladder trucks that proudly protected the Kansas Jayhawk. This is the seventh Truck Company to serve Lawrence, Kansas in the 100+ years of the Lawrence Fire Department. It is the first to have a full size fire pump and tank although the 1947 700 Series ALF had a booster system. It is also the first Tower Ladder to serve the Lawrence Fire Department. Once placed in service the entire front line fleet will be Red again.



Lawrence, Kansas Fire Department

Truck 5

2011

#23572

Pierce Velocity

2000/300/30A/CAFS

100ft Tower Ladder

[MFD76]

Olathe, Kansas Fire Department

Chief 50 (Chief of Department)

2011

Chevrolet Tahoe



Olathe is returning to an all Solid RED staff car fleet. From 1994-2010 they ordered Solid white for the staff car fleet.











In the KC Metro most if not all departments have undercover markings for Staff Level Cars. I miss the days of decals and light bars for the Chief Officers.

[Jamie]

What is the reason for the undercover markings?

[Ladder 68]

To avoid rolling around in a billboard would be my guess. If I have my way I will choose the same thing when we replace staff vehicles.

[Guest]

I wish my Tahoe was RED.....but it's White so I'll live with it. Mine is subdued kind of like Olathe's but it's black lettering on a white truck. Placed very low on the door panel like their's is. I, on the other hand, have a ton of lights and push bar on the front of mine so it's not completely incognito.

[countryboy88]

[quote name='Jamie' timestamp='1313006019' post='452419']

What is the reason for the undercover markings?

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Might have something to do with re-selling them?

[MFD76]

[quote name='Jamie' timestamp='1313006019' post='452419']What is the reason for the undercover markings?[/quote]



I believe it's just to be more undercover you can run errands or go outside your city and it draws less attention. Up into the early 1990's most chiefs had marked cars in the metro. I understand the reasoning. I love visiting the St. Louis metro because al or most chiefs are still marked. That's one thing I like gold chief on the fender with a light bar and lettering. After all we are the proud fire service. The public should know who the chief officers are. Just my opinion.



It's just like wearing a suit and power tie. Looks good if your running a fortune 500 company. Not so good if your a chief officer. Your a chief officer wear your badge. Be proud in city meetings we are better than the rest, after all we are Firemen. I really respect that my chief all though his car is unmarked he wears his badge everyday and is class A to most city counsel meetings. As my AC told the public works director once after he complained about something we did "looks like your guys check the wrong box on the application". Good times!!! Still the greatest career in the world.

[Guest]

My chief used to dress like a City Manager or a business man back in the mid-to-late late 1990s to early 2000s. He'd occasionally wear his white F.D. shirt and gold badge but it was unusual if he did. His reasoning was that his uniform was "intimidating" when he met with contractors and other business people, or even with the mayor and city council people. We used to get on him about not wearing his uniform but he continued to wear his "business man's attire" all the time. Same way with his vehicles through the years: no markings, just a fire department license plate and a dash light. He was hired at our department in early 1989, and his first car was a blue 1989 Ford Crown Vic and it had regular Missouri license plates. Sure, it had a dash light, but other than that it looked like an unmarked police car!



He wants to stay incognito to this day in his maroon 2005 Ford Explorer. It would look nice "dressed up" but he doesn't want it that way. God forbid we should have to spend money doing that!



Over the past 8 or so years he's been wearing his uniform and gold badge every day to work. I don't know the reason for the change. Maybe he decided that the chief's look was the best look after all; I don't know.



Personally I like staff vehicles with graphics and light bars. That does let the public know who we are, that their fire officials are out and about taking care of business and protecting them. I can see a large department or district with several stations where the chief of department's vehicle is a slick top and has no graphics on it. But my department consists of 18 personnel and 1 station; too small for an inconspicuous chief's vehicle, in my opinion. I hope this changes with the next chief.



Rick, I agree with you all the way!

[ACPD227]

I know my department spends $800.00 plus per car to mark that does not include the two tone paint. If you add it all up Id say its a $ savings to use smaller graphics.