I'd have to get a closer look in person, but the red and white one looks very much like the ones used by East Point until the mid 1980's. The only thing is we...
East Point's Ford cabovers were Pirsch trucks. At least E-2 old was, I worked briefly on it in '81. Did you work for EPFD Walter? We must have just missed each...
Hi Robert, I've volunteered with the EPFD for 25+ years and hold the rank of Honorary Captain. I remember once in the mid-80's (I think that's right) when one...
I dont know whether I have overshot my photo limit today, but hey, its not like the old days where your mailbox gets filled up in less than a day, LOL. ...
Not too sure Jeff, but stanstead in essex has a few of them, here is a link http://www.ecfrs.co.uk/baa_stansted/p861uyj.htm Pete(UK) ... From: Jeff Webster...
This one is not my photo, so credit to unknown photographer. A High-Volume Pumping Unit (HVPU) is a large fire appliance supplied by the British government to...
We use a lot of these now, prime movers, or pod carriers. They have a multitude of pods, hose layers, control units, scientific support units, hazmat,...
Last night I was browsing the WSB television web site and came across a short blurb about a roll-over accident involving an ARFF unit at Hartsfied-Jackson...
No, it's one of their 10 Oshkosh Stryker's. In a message dated 10/2/2008 2:13:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sdsmith@... writes: Also... is this the...
Limit? What limit? I don't remember nuttin' 'bout no limit! You're right Pete. I do remember that, but since it's not like the old days, I'm not worried about...
This is another example of "Hotdogging", These are not sports cars. same thing happened in Phoenix, a few years back, you can't take turns at 50 m.p.h. I bet...
Thanks Smitty. This is what I saw last night on their web site (WSB's). I'm just wondering why it took them over a week to find out about it? Walter "Smith,...
This isn't the Jaguar (I don't think). The Chef from AFD is scheduled to be one of the speakers at our neighborhood watch meeting later this month, so I will...
One thing you can't tell from the video - or the still shot - is the fact that road is almost one continuous curve. Even so you can drive by there (it runs...
Something similar happened in Detroit in August, where a 'big box' squad vehicle flipped while making a turn en route to an alarm, and the obvious cause was...