DCFD Photos, old or new

[dcfireman]

   

Thanks, Dave McClung for the kind words. ResQguy – I can’t believe someone (You!) actually took detailed noticed of the six ambulance color schemes over the years. And Pete (UK) brought in the photographic evidence, all street shots, too. My personal favorite style.

I'd like to post some more of the truck chronology from where it stopped with the next seven deliveries :

[quote name='ResQguy' post='137231' date='Aug 5 2007, 21:38 ']Chief, you forgot to mention the snappy paint job they did on this beast. The white stripe on T17 was not removed for painting and replaced later, it was in fact masked off and they painted around it! That's why the stripe is recessed in the red paint... <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tisktisk.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]I never noticed that, ResQguy. I wonder if T-6 was the same. But…speaking of color, the next trucks delivered to the DCFD returned to the pre-1986 color scheme, and were delivered in red with white banding. In the year 1998 – 1999, the DCFD bought five more Seagrave tillers, a large purchase by DC norms. One of the impetuses for this large purchase was the fact that six trucks wrecked in 1996-97: Trucks 1, 17, 03, 08, 11, and 16. Only Trucks 3, 11, and 16 were rebuilt. But heading into ’98, it was tough keeping trucks in service.

That blur in the photo in my son, Kelly, who never moved that fast around the house. 2nd Alarm, 7th and Franklin NE