GA_Dave

It's all my wife's fault! I have been fascinated with fire apparatus since I was three, when I watched all the action at a nearby fire from my front porch. From there, my interest in them grew. As a teenager, I would ride my bike to stations as far as 15 miles away, just to check out their apparatus. When I started driving, my range increased. I received a camera for Christmas in 1980. I had no real interest in photography, so it just sat on a shelf for a while. Not long after, the local department took delivery of a new pumper. I was heading out to go see it and my wife suggested that I take the camera and photograph it, which I did. That was almost 21,000 apparatus ago. The Pittsburgh Brockway was photographed in 1988.

Sorry, I did not record that information.

Engine 22, Norlina, NC 1964 Brockway/Seagrave 750/750 #P-5175 x-Bowie, MD

Antique Engine, Abingdon, VA 1924 Brockway Torpedo/American LaFrance 350/40 #B-243

The yellow Huskiteer is the twin to the one I posted from Johnson City. It carries Saulsbury #1341.

Tanker 1, Johnson City, TN 1977 Brockway Huskiteer/Saulsbury 250/1000 #1340 x-Lynchburg, VA

I haven't seen any of these large drones in Georgia, but then again, we have lots of guns and rednecks.......

Not saying that at all. IF I was a guy who owned a home in that setting, with the possibility of that kind of fire, I would have already purchased the correct size hose and equipment to adequately do the job. Don't get me wrong, when TSHTF, you react with whatever you have available. I fault no one for trying their best. I have extinguished more than one car fire with the only thing I had available - I beat them out with the flannel shirt I was wearing. But when you know you are in a situation that has a known potential for this type of incident, being prepared is the key to success.

Water extinguishes a fire by absorbing the heat from the fuel to a point below the ignition temperature. The flow rate from a hose line is directly proportionate to to amount of heat absorbed. The typical garden hose puts out maybe 12 gallons per minute. Increasing to a 1" diameter hose, the flow increases to about 30 gallons per minute. The typical interior firefighting attack hose flows well over 200 gallons per minute. If a simple garden hose works, why didn't everyone protect their homes with them? I wouldn't try it with any less than a 1" hose.

Over the past 44 years, I have photographed only 9 fire apparatus built on Brockway chassis. It was not a common chassis compared to the Fords, GM's and Internationals that are everywhere. I saw no previous examples in this section, so I thought I would add those I have photographed. Also, I am not well versed in any model names or numbers used by Brockway, so please chime in if you know. Engine 35, Pittsburgh, PA 1978 Brockway/Maxim 1500/500

There is more water in that pool than you think. It has to be at least 10' x 30', based on the size on the chair on the far side. There are about 7.5 gallons of water in a cubic foot and I'll bet the pool is at least 3 feet deep and that's 6700 gallons right there. Your idea has merit, but you'd need a larger diameter than a garden hose.

They will probably bring him up on charges!

Some other clown started spreading that the half of the LAFD apparatus are electric and need to return to the station to recharge every 11 hours. The FACT is, LAFD operates ONE electric pumper. While I think the concept is utterly ridiculous (water and electricity mix so well), electric fire apparatus are equipped with an on-board back-up generator that can recharge the apparatus anywhere.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Very nice! All American LaFrance 700 Series rigs except the last one, an American LaFrance JO 100' ladder. They were built before the 700's.

The "Airport Fire truck" in the pictures above is an excellent representation of a late 1940's American LaFrance 700 Series that served Hancock Field in Syracuse, NY.

Looking good!

I have several family ties to WWII, although none to Pearl Harbor itself. My Dad was too young to enlist at the beginning, but later served with the 1st Infantry Division in Europe. His older brother served on a crew manning a 16-inch gun on the USS New Jersey. Dad's older sister was married to a guy who drove a deuce-and-a-half all over Europe. Mom lost her older brother, a belly gunner on a B-24 that went down in Italy. Her sister married a guy who stormed the beaches at Normandy. I was raised to honor them and the thousands upon thousands that served with them. It is a longstanding tradition that I always watch the movie "Tora! Tora! Tora!" every year on December 7th.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Years ago, I responded to a wreck on the Interstate where a Nissan pickup had run over a retread that had just come off a semi. It got wrapped up in his right front wheel, forcing him into a hard left turn at 65 MPH. His Nissan rolled three or four times, totally destroying it, but he was basically uninjured. He was sitting on a nearby guardrail when we arrived on scene, crying. It was his first new vehicle and he had just bought it that morning. The option/price sticker was stuck to the shattered glass that had been the window!

The term "shell shock" comes to mind.

To all who have served, Thank you!

I would have done that job for FREE!

I grew up near Buffalo, NY. Haven't been cold since I moved to Atlanta in 1985. If you added up all the snow we have had here since 1985, it wouldn't make a decent storm back home! I don't even own a snow shovel. The last boots I had were turned back in at the Fire Department when I retired. We ran the furnace a couple weeks ago to burn off all the dust in the system, on a day that we could open the windows and let the smell out. It's an annual event.