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what is your most favorite response vehicle at your company
what is your favorite response vehicle at your company
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Permalink Reply by Tyler R Donivan on
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what kind of engine is it
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Permalink Reply by James Borsellino on
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I love driving, so have driven most in the past, but I really enjoy driving our 1996 E-one 95' Platform. Handles great and is a super aerial to operate. But I do miss my old heavy rescue, I almost bought it at aution.
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Permalink Reply by ashfire on
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I would have to look back over the years at some of the units I have ridden on to think about that. My fire company was big on Young Fire Apparatus. We had four pumpers and one brush/rescue unit built by them. The brush unit I never got to ride because it was sold before I joined.
One pumper was a custom built open cab, two built on Ford cab over chassis canopy cabs and the last was a full enclosed cab for ten riders.
We also had bought two Maxim F series pumpers but had to give up one of them because our fire company couldn't pay for it so it went to a sister fire company in our county because our colors matched theirs.
We bought a old NYFD Mack pumper and had it rebuilt and painted our colors.
We bought two twin 1990 KMEs and used them for awhile until a new chief was elected and bought two twin 2001 Luverne/Spartans pumpers which I have never ridden on.
Has for other apparatus. Rescue Trucks 1959 Chevy/American Marsh walk in, 1967 GMC cab over Bruco walk in that have rode on. They have had two other since. 1990 Freightliner/American Eagle walk in and a 2008 Seagrave walk around
Brush units mostly pickup trucks. 1975 Ford F250, 1980 Chevy. 2002 Chevy.
Two Seagrave 100 rear mount ladder trucks 1990 and 2008.
Ambulances! we have had some that were home built by members using 1971 Chevy Suburban, 1974 GMC van, 1975 Ford Econoline, and then we bought a Ford E350 Springfield as our last volunteer owned unit. Then we have had different county owned units at times. Last ambulance I drove was a 1990 Freightliner/American LaFrance owned by the county. Now we don't get to have the same ambulance all the time after the county bought 70 of them and when they go in for service get changed out and have the number plates switched on the side of the body to ID the unit.
Has for favorite unit. I would pick the units from the 70s up to 1990. What most members told me they would like. The engine, most are not interested in the truck becuse it was the chief's idea and why we have around the clock career crew.
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Permalink Reply by Keith Simmons on
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We have two, I will always choose the older truck when I can. The new one is good truck but I feel I have better control over the pump in the older truck.
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Permalink Reply by Tony P on
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The vehicle that is best suited to the call we're going to attend. What other reason can there be?
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Permalink Reply by John Carder on
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A bit over a year ago, we replaced a 1980 IH engine with one that's a 2000. We're a rural, all-volunteer department in the foothills of Colorado, so 4WD is mandatory. The new (to us) engine had been purchased by a large Pennsylvania department to deal with fires at a large landfill. I believe the EPA shut down the landfill, and that meant that they rolled it for car fires, realized it was underutilized, and sold it to us.
Anyway, it has a relatively short wheelbase, which means it can negotiate some of our tougher driveways, and it has a big pump. and carries five firefighters, if we ever got that many to respond. With no hydrants, we never have enough water, and it only carries 500 gallons, but it gets them there quickly. If we roll on a fire, the tender is the next truck out of the barn. It's slower, so by the time it arrives, it is needed. About the only type of call that I would not roll the engine on would be a wildfire up a trail off of a back road. We've got a 2000 F350 brush that's great for that, but really only carries two firefighters. The new engine is really an urban wildland interface truck, so if any structures are threatened by a wildland call, I run the engine.
With the old 1980 IH, we tended to roll the brush truck on a lot more calls, since it could get there faster. Since most calls are EMS, the brush brought what we needed.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Weber on
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We have a 1964 IH 1 ton brush truck with a pto pump and 300 gal. tank.It's my favorite to drive by far.Old 4 speed non syncro 4 speed,but it will go anywhere.Works good on all kinds of calls,not just brush fires.We can run an exposure line at a structure fire,pump basements,car accidents,service calls,etc...Why do the manufacturers not make a truck like this anymore?(Nice small truck with a 250-500m gpm PTO pump)I think it would sell.
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