See what you’ve been missing! Here are some featured posts from the last few weeks:
Some thoughts on Pumper Operations: While the latest generation of apparatus has a new set of issues (electronics), generally apparatus are just not dying in the middle of pumping ops. It’s not happening. If the rig starts, it pumps. Read the rest of the post here.
Inside the ladder shop. Making & restoring San Francisco’s wooden ladders: It takes at least two weeks to make one of the San Francisco Fire Department’s wooden ladders. It’s all done by hand, using Douglas Fir that has been aged for 15-years inside the SFFD ladder shop near Candlestick Park. Watch the video here.
C’mon Examiner Newspaper, at least show the right department’s pumper!! The article is about the Montgomery County Council in Maryland failing to provide a pay raise to attract firefighter candidates who are paramedics. But the picture? The fire truck and fire station aren’t even from the East Coast. See the picture here.
Belk Carrousel Thanksgiving Day Parade shows apparatus history: It isn’t Macy’s but for fire buffs this may be better. Travel through time with the Charlotte Fire Department. Watch the video from the parade here.
Hose Wagon to Beer Wagon: A1969 Mercedes-Benz fire truck finds new life. Read the story here.
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