Tailboard

With the "oldest" discussion going, I was wondering if anyone still rides tailboard. I thought the NFPA standard was grandfathered in.

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RESCUE67SQUADPermalink Reply by RESCUE67SQUAD on February 22, 2009 at 6:19pm
i ride olney for 3 occasions santa parades and funerals
Permalink Reply by Alan on February 22, 2009 at 6:49pm
our dept no longer has anybody ride the backstep except for taking Santa around. When I first joined in the early 90's we could ride there. We had safety straps there that we had to wear.
Permalink Reply by Fireyladd - Retired Chief Sharp on February 22, 2009 at 7:35pm
NOPE! We quit about 15 years ago. I remember riding tailboard years ago and enjoying the ride and view. Understand why its not done today but was fun back then.
Permalink Reply by Jacob on March 7, 2009 at 2:45pm
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!!!Not enrout any way, maybe in the parkin lot...
Permalink Reply by Jay Nicholson on March 24, 2009 at 8:36pm


I hope the NFPA doesn't come down too hard on Santa
Permalink Reply by John Rulli Jr. on March 24, 2009 at 8:46pm
nope but the old heads love telling war stories of the good old daz
Permalink Reply by Tom on March 24, 2009 at 8:58pm
We do not ride the back step except for Santa drive bys and funeral processions for the engine carrying the casket.
We also will ride there to repack the 5" if it’s a long lay.

Seat belts are also important. We have had a member fall out of an enclosed cab when it went around the corner. He was getting dressed when responding and think the sleeve got behind the door handle. Thankfully he did not get hurt.
Smoke EaterPermalink Reply by Smoke Eater on March 25, 2009 at 7:51pm
The only time we do it is for funerals. Check out my pics and you will see. I'm the guy on the right side of the truck. We were wearing a harness and traveling at a low rate of speed. The casket was special ordered by his wife. It was very nice.
Permalink Reply by FIRE BEAR on March 25, 2009 at 7:57pm
i dont know about now but i was on a dept in michigan and we was allowed to ride the boards we was told when and if we got rid of the truck that would be the end of it i thought it would be cool so i did it one time and one time only you never notice how far up you can bounce on a board when you go over a set of railroad tracks at 3 am and its not like the driver was going fast either we just bounced lmao all the way back to the station but i never rode it again
Permalink Reply by Marc Hansen on April 4, 2009 at 8:53pm
In PA the only two groups of people that are allowed by law to ride on the rear of a vehicle are garbage men and firefighters although NFPA has said no to the idea a long time ago. All new revisions of NFPA standards allow for exisiting equipment to be grandfathered in, so that any change only applies to equipment bought after the new standard takes effect. You can still order a truck with a tailboard and riding positions but it would not meet NFPA and ISO would not acknowledge it for rating, so you would spend all that money on nothing. All of that being said I havent seen anyone riding tailboard for a long while.
Permalink Reply by Kelly Joe Aylor on April 4, 2009 at 8:57pm
Its a "no no" period. Its death and dismemberment waiting to happen. Its good risk management. Don't do it.
Permalink Reply by Mick Shelley on April 14, 2009 at 10:01am
Not in our department, I beleive those days are long gone

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