Telesquirts (Telesqurt)

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4th-generation SFD engine: 1982 Emergency-One/Spartan 4x4/2000 gpm/ 500 tank / 50' Strato-Spear boom. One of four identical units purchased - this one is #2097 assigned to Engine 7. I drove this engine for quite a few years.

 

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5th-generation Syracuse engine: 1987 Saulsbury/Spartan 4x4/ 2000 gpm/ 500 tank / 50' LTI boom. One of three identical units purchased.

 

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Cramerton FD, NC Engine 400

1987 Duplex / Grumman

1250 / 600 / 50' TS

# 17705

x McAdenville FD, NC

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Dallas FD, NC Engine 631

1988 Duplex / Grumman

1000 / 300 / 50' TS

# 18012

x Gastonia FD, NC

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Lowell FD, NC Ladder 17

1989 Pemfab / Grumman

1500 / 500 / 65' TS

# 17936

x Gastonia FD, NC

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North Gaston FD, NC Engine 214 (was High Shoals FD)

1987 Ford C8000 / Pierce

1250 / 500 / 50' TS

E-3744

x Solvang FD, CA

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Mooresville FD, NC Ladder 1

1993 Pierce Lance

1500 / 500 / 65' TS

E-7916

has been sold to Atwell Township FD, NC

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West Iredell FD, NC Ladder 303

1988 Ford C8000 / Pierce

1250 / 500 / 50' TS

E-3803

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Trinity FD, NC Ladder 8

1982 Kenworth L700 / E\-One

1500 / 500 / 50' TS

# 2482

x Parkwood FD, NC Ladder 1

x West Jefferson FD, NC Truck 7

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6th-generation SFD engine: One of five identical units purchased between late 1989 and early 1991. KME FireFox 4x4/ 2000 gpm/ 500 tank / 50' LTI boom. These were the first 4-door cabs for SFD engines, and the last on a 4x4 chassis.

 

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7th-generation SFD engine: One of four units purchased between May 1999 and February 2000.  Saulsbury/Spartan 2000 gpm / 500 tank / 50' TeleSqurt. These engines were also equipped with Class A foam systems and folding handrails on the boom. The department had decided to make the change away from their Syracuse Safety Yellow color to this new dark red paint scheme.

 

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Here is a 1994 Pierce Lance with a 50ft Tele-Squrt used by the City of Sea-Tac Fire Department.

 

   

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South King Fire & Rescue, formerly Federal Way Fire Department, used a 1994 Pierce Lance with a 50ft Tele-Squrt as Engine 64 until it was replaced in 2011.

 

   

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Beaverdale, PA Eng 22 was a 1986 Pierce Arrow 1500/500/54' which originally was owned by Elsmere, DE.

 

Does Beaverdale still have this in service?

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Canadian Forces Base, Gagetown New Brunswick

1996 Pemfab Imperial T964/ Tibotrac

(1050/500/10F/50' telesquirt)

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Noel and District Fire Department, Nova Scotia

2005 GMC C7500 / LRB Fabricators / King Seagrave

(1050/400/50' tele-squirt)

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Hamilton Fire Department, Ontario

1988 Freightliner / Thibault

(1050/500/50' tele-boom)

 

Buchanan Photo

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8th-generation Syracuse engine: One of five units purchased between 2005 & 2008 - American LaFrance Eagle 2000 gpm / 500 tank / 50' TeleSqurt. These engines also featured A & B foam capability.

 

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9th-generation SFD engine: A temporary budgetary crisis for the City of Syracuse resulted in my being told that I could have the two engines my Capital Improvements Plan called for - but without booms - or nothing at all. Well, that was a relatively easy choice - you get what you can get, while you can get it. So two Sutphen engines were acquired in 2011 - following the standard SFD pattern (2000 gpm/500 tank) but no booms. They were "fairly" well received, although our fireground commanders (including me) missed having the boom.  The deck gun did provide a decent master stream - but that elevated stream is tough to replace. In actuality, the fact that we were willing to "play ball" with the city administration and not carp (too much) about it enabled them to find sufficient funding the next year for us to do a third Sutphen engine as an add-on.  But don't worry - the booms will be back!

 

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 . . . And they're back!  10th-generation SFD engine: 2012 KME 2000 gpm/500 tank/ 50' LTI boom. Two of these were purchased.