More to come, the rest of the pix are the 80's Ford/E-Ones- etc.......
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Ladder 17 right behind it, a 1984 Hurricane model, the FIRST of MANY E\-One 110' aerials that we purchased! We got the 2nd one purchased, first of 3 that we've had (a 1984, a 1993 & a 2011)
FF Sean 'Skip' Olson
Boston Fire, Ladder 14
In Memory:
FR David A. Middleton E51, LODD, Box 5247, 05/28/07
FR Paul J. Cahill E30 & FR Warren J. Payne L25, LODD, Box 4-281, 08/29/07
FLT Kevin Kelley L26, LODD, 01/09/09
FLT Edward J. Walsh E33 & FR Michael Kennedy L15, LODD, Box 9-1579, 03/26/14.
Ladder 17 right behind it, a 1984 Hurricane model, the FIRST of MANY E\-One 110' aerials that we purchased! We got the 2nd one purchased, first of 3 that we've had (a 1984, a 1993 & a 2011)
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Skip, All those photos coming up next!
Also, always wondered, whats the story behind the heavy duty tubular bumpers on the older rigs? Almost look like a locomotive "cow catcher"!
Have you ever driven in Boston? <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
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I will make it there one day- wife keeps on pestering me to go, she's been.....
Will my New York driving stick out? I'm sure they're quite similiar....LOL!
After posting these pix, it made me pull out Pat Smith's book again, what a great photo book! Rear c
over IS Ladder-15s piece under collapse......RIP Bros.
I was trying to track Pat down, I have 2 of his vids of Boston I'd like to put up on YouTube for u Fellas, good stuff!
Also, always wondered, whats the story behind the heavy duty tubular bumpers on the older rigs? Almost look like a locomotive "cow catcher"!
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Way I heard it told, those are known as 'Bury Bars (as in Roxbury).... they could be used to knock down the fences you always found around the triple deckers to get better access to the fire scene. Don't know if that's an "urban legend", but an old salt Boston FF told me that many moons ago.
Way I heard it told, those are known as 'Bury Bars (as in Roxbury).... they could be used to knock down the fences you always found around the triple deckers to get better access to the fire scene. Don't know if that's an "urban legend", but an old salt Boston FF told me that many moons ago.
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Seen it done many times....we at EMS gave the nickname "bully bumpers" to the ones on our trucks.
I will make it there one day- wife keeps on pestering me to go, she's been.....
Will my New York driving stick out? I'm sure they're quite similiar....LOL!
After posting these pix, it made me pull out Pat Smith's book again, what a great photo book! Rear c
over IS Ladder-15s piece under collapse......RIP Bros.
I was trying to track Pat down, I have 2 of his vids of Boston I'd like to put up on YouTube for u Fellas, good stuff!
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Do yourself and the wife a favor, take a cab or train. Have no desire to drive in Boston or New York City. Did it once or twice, years back and never again.
John Hinant Retired Member of Richmond VA Fire Bureau
October 25, 1858 - October 25, 2020 = 162 years old The sixth oldest paid, documented, Fire Department in the United States First established in 1782
"In God We Trust - All Others We Take For Granted"
On FP a few years ago, was a then-current shot of R2 in a truck lot somewhere in NYS. Looked pretty much intact.
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In 2007, it was a bit less than "intact". It was at Northern Fire Apparatus in Watertown NY. The next visit I made up there, it was gone along with most everything else on the lot.
I didn't have my weedwacker with me.
John Kenealy
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In 2007, it was a bit less than "intact". It was at Northern Fire Apparatus in Watertown NY. The next visit I made up there, it was gone along with most everything else on the lot.
I didn't have my weedwacker with me.
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5 years made the memory more optimistic than the fact.
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