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Take a look, inside and out, at this 1962 Seagrave in Mulvane, Kansas.
See more on the history of this truck from MulvaneEmergencyServices.com here.
Take a tour of this Seagrave the men taking the video believe to be from 1940-something. They're looking for some help narrowing it down.
The video was taken in at the Douglas General Store in Washington State.
MainLineMediaNews.com reports the commissioners in Radnor, Pennsylvania approved a check for $600,000 Monday and the brand new Rosenbauer arrived Tuesday.
The rig still needs to have logos and lettering put on, and firefighters will be trained before it begins responding to calls.
Read more here in Pete Bannan’s story and see photos here in the Patch.
MORE DELIVERIES:
Newark Fire Department (New Jersey) unveiled 5 new apparatus Wednesday, three engines and two hazmat vehicles.
“These two Hazmat vehicles are state-of-the-art, top-line Hazmat apparatus,” said (Fire Director Fateen) Ziyad. “They give us the ability to support a regional response, and put us on the same line as New York City and Fairfax County, Virginia, the two best Hazmat responders on the East Coast. The three new engines allow us to upgrade our fleet, giving us a top of the line engine fleet.”
Read the press release from the mayor’s office here.
Going to be in the San Francisco Bay area on Saturday? Check out the Belmont Fire Protection District’s new Tiller during two public viewings. The $1.2M truck was built by Seagrave and mostly funded with a grant from FEMA. More here in the Patch.
Two Pierce Sabre pumpers are now ready for action in Bridgeport, Connecticut. BridgeportNews.com reports they were delivered earlier this year and replace the department’s 1982 pumpers. Read more here.
Jan. 14 Roundup: Ambulance Stuck On Icy Road | Pierce’s $31M Order | Deliveries, Funding, Maintenance
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In Norcross, Georgia, an ambulance carrying a pregnant woman to the hospital couldn’t get up an icy hill. A second ambulance was called and was able to get the patient to the hospital. Read MyFoxAtlanta’s story here and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s here.
INDUSTRY NEWS:
PIERCE GETS $31M ORDER: Ghana has order 104 trucks from Pierce. WLUK reports Pierce will deliver 90 pumper tankers, 10 water tenders, and 4 aerial ladders in 2012. Read more here from WLUK and here from the Business Journal.
New Deliveries:
FERARRA FOR HARRISTOWN: Engine 344 replaces a 2001 apparatus the Harristown Fire District (Illinois) sold to a Saskatchewan department over the summer. The new rig carries up to 1,000 gallons of water and can pump 1,250 gpm. Read more in the Herald-Review here.
2010 SPARTAN FOR SCUGOG: The $300,000+ apparatus, built by Seagrave, will replace a 1988 International rescue truck and will used mainly for MVAs and medical calls. It will be put into service in Scugog, Ontario, on January 18. Read the full article here.
FUNDING:
GRANT MONEY FOR NORTH ARLINGTON: $285,000 in grant money will be put towards a firetruck in North Arlington, NJ. NorthJersey.com has the full story here.
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT WANTS USED TRUCK, RESIDENTS NOT PLEASED: Signing the paperwork is all that’s left for the Spring Valley Fire Department to purchase a 1998 E-One from nearby Good Hope VFD. But many residents are questioning the decision not to repair the apparatus they already have. Read all sides of the argument here in the TimesDaily.com.
MAINTENANCE:
DOWN FOR THE COUNT: And the count is 3. That’s how many of Harwich, Massachusetts, pumpers were out of service this winter. According to WickedLocalHarwich.com:
Engine 68, which was purchased in 1976, had been taken completely out of service and is sitting dormant behind the station.
Engine 65 has been in service since 1985 and has developed a number of major engine problems.
The third engine, number 64, is one of the newer engines, being from 1992, but has been experiencing oil leaks and other mechanical issues as it surpasses 115,000 engine miles.
The department is scheduled to get a new engine in 2011, but the town doesn’t vote on the purchase until spring. It could take 9-12 months after that to take delivery. Read more at WickedLocalHarwich here.
