Iowa Rigs

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Next up is the Amana Colonies.  There are actually seven villages in the Colonies; Main Amana, East Amana, High Amana, Middle Amana, South Amana, West Amana and Homestead.  All are served by the Amana Fire Department from two stations.

 

Engine 1 at the main station in Middle Amana.

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Truck 1.  This rig was recently acquired from Lafayette, IN.

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This KME rig had just been lettered the week before, just in time for Amana's Maifest celebration.

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Aerial 1 does fit inside the main station.  Not by much, but it does fit. 

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Tanker.

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The weather was problematic when I visited but I kept shooting.

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Support 1.  This rig is being phased out.

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Brush 1.

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Brush 1.

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The other Amana station is located in Homestead.  A pumper and a brush truck are based here, and some volunteers report for calls at Station 2.

 

Engine 2.

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Engine 2.

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Brush 2.

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Brush 2.

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Who built North Liberty's Rescue Rig?


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There's Pierce badges on the lower part of the Ford grill.

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During late May I stopped by Hills, IA, just south of Iowa City, just as Hills VFD was being paged to an electrical fire at a business a half block from their station. There wasn't much action to shoot, but I did take some apparatus photos.

 

Hills 81.

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Hills 82.

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Hills 82.

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Hills 85.

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Hills 85.