United States Forest Service

[Aaronw]

Ex Six Rivers National Forest Model 51

1976 Ford / B&Z

120 gpm aux pump, 300 gallon tank



Now operated by the Van Duzen Volunteer Fire Department (one of the communities found near the Six Rivers NF).

[Aaronw]

Six Rivers National Forest Water Tender 35

1995 Ford LTL 9000

3300 gallons, 350 gpm pto pump

[Aaronw]

Six Rivers National Forest Water Tender 245

KME / 2012 IH7400

1500 gallon tank, 350 gpm pto pump



This is one of the new Model 22 tactical water tenders, the tank is mounted much lower than the earlier style tenders. It was designed with more compartment space to offset the loss of the the top racks used on the earlier design.

[Aaronw]

Payson Hotshots from the Tonto National Forest, stationed out of Payson, AZ

[Aaronw]

Black Mesa Crew 2, a 5 person fuels module from the Apache Sitgreves National Forest (North East Arizona)

[Aaronw]

1966 Chevrolet Model 56, built by Earl Sherman & Co of Oakland, CA

250 gpm PTO pump, 300 gallon tank. There is a forward facing bench seat directly behind the cab.

 

This engine is being restored by an employee on the Los Padres National Forest. It was obviously used by another department at some point based on the red paint.

 

The Model 56 was introduced in 1957 in an effort to standardize a fire engine design across the agency. Although the engines have grown larger over the past 50 years, you can clearly trace the features of the Model 56 through the Models 60, 61, 62 and right into the the most recent Model 326. 

[Aaronw]

Klamath National Forest (Northern CA/OR border) Water Tender 17

350 gpm PTO pump, 1500 gallon tank

 

 

[Aaronw]

Los Padres National Forest (central coast of CA) Engine 51

2009 IH 7400 / BME Model 62, 500 gpm 2 stage PTO pump, 500 gallon tank 

 

This was the last year of the Model 62, 2010 being the introduction of the Model 326 with a 350 gpm single stage PTO pump, and larger 600 gallon tank. The Model 326 is 8 inches longer but can be very hard to tell apart from these late Model 62s. The key identifying features are the pressure / volume switch on the pump panel and 2 digit identifier.

[Aaronw]

Wolf Creek Hotshots, Umpqua National Forest (Southwest Oregon)

International is by far the preferred chassis for most of the USFS, but Region 6 (Oregon / Washington) is the exception. You find many of their heavy vehicles mounted on a Freightliner. 

 

Another oddity, mismatched buggys. One built by Boise Mobile Equipment of Idaho, the other by Phenix Truck Bodies of Southern California. 

 

 

 

 

[Aaronw]

Wolf Creek IHC, Freightliner / Boise Mobile Equipment

 

This is the older of the two buggys, equipped only with yellow warning lights

 

 

 

 

[Aaronw]

Wolf Creek IHC, Freightliner / Phenix Truck Bodies

 

The newer buggy with a full code 3 lighting package

 

 

[Aaronw]

Wolf Creek IHC logo

 

 

[hp1530]

Kind of interesting that Region 6 uses Freightliner when the rest of the fleet are Internationals. Wonder if Daimler Trucks being headquartered in Portland makes a difference.

[Monrovia1]

 

Angeles Division 2.

[Aaronw]

Kind of interesting that Region 6 uses Freightliner when the rest of the fleet are Internationals. Wonder if Daimler Trucks being headquartered in Portland makes a difference.

 

Yeah, I don't know what the deal is. Back when the big 3 still built medium and heavy duty trucks, Dodge, Ford and Chevy / GMC were well represented along with IH. Freightliner has never been widely used outside Region 6. I suppose it is possible that FL might make a little more effort on the bids for the local region.

[hp1530]

Yeah, I don't know what the deal is. Back when the big 3 still built medium and heavy duty trucks, Dodge, Ford and Chevy / GMC were well represented along with IH. Freightliner has never been widely used outside Region 6. I suppose it is possible that FL might make a little more effort on the bids for the local region.

 

I keep hearing (nothing other than hearsay/opinions) that the IH are a better overall chassis and they have a factory 4x4 system which makes them more suited for off road and more rugged for fire service.

[Monrovia1]

 

Angeles Engine 518.

[Guest]

USFS International / KME Wildland Pumper Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest, WA

 

[Guest]

Nice pic all the truck form the old one to the new one thank

[rlukas1]

I stopped by the North Bend. WA Ranger Station and found E322 standing alown, still dirty from being out on the fire line all day yesterday.  It's a 2011 Type
III
, IH, KME with body work by Kovatch, carrying 600 gallons of water and 20 gallons of foam.

 

Bob Lukas Photo