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My Dept. had a lot of good natured ribbing on occasion, but when the alarms sounded, everyone put that aside. The one thing that did cause animosity, however was when the Dept. made new hires become paramedics as a condition of employment. The guys before that, like me, had to ''ride the squad''...

True about Columbus, Ohio. Cut my teeth on a Simon-Duplex /LTI, 110 ft tiller there. Ladder-1, AKA ''TOP GUN''.

Just curious, I know that E-13 was with L-20 at one time. What engines, if any, were with Ladders 3, 8, and 25?

All of my departments TDA's have duel axles on the tractor. Pierce and LTI/ALF. Works well. Surprised Seagrave doesn't offer it as an option.

Just curious, how is it possible that L-4 in midtown has 32 1st due all hands and the closest Harlem ladder company only has 13? Just seems odd to me, but what do I know........

I bet that if some of those helmets could talk..................they would cough first! :LOL:

E-One used to make a 135ft. aluminum rear mount, I think. 5 sections with the base section being super wide.

I personally think that the White cab roofs look great, unlike Chicago's Black over Red. The Large White block style numbers and the 3 stripes look awesome too.

Wow, that's good stuff. My firefighting career is kind of similar to your Fathers. My Father did work for the United Postal Service and my brother and I both became Firefighters. I was working on the local Township's road crew out of High school and I was a volunteer on their Fire Dept. I took a...

If someone told me that 343 firefighters would die in the line of duty in 1 single incident, I would have never believed them.

Clown News Network......................

Wow. That is a great story. Kudos, sir.

Must be L-8, ''Ghostbusters'' since it's invisible! :D

Minnesota twins pitcher Allen Anderson is now a Captain on the Columbus, Ohio FD. We also had a visit from a baseball player, Bryce Harper, who he and his girlfriend, had lunch with us at Station-1 in the Downtown area.

Why do firehouses seem to attract these mascot-type people? We had many over the years. Chief Bill, who was from a group home somewhere, really thought that he was a chief. We treated him great and offered him lunch every day AFTER we were done. This went on for years. There was even a video of...

I was in the 1982 class and I don't recall that name. The old BLS and ALS, squads and medics, was a good system at the time. I spent a lot of time on Squad 14 and 15. They changed in 1996 to a paramedic engine concept with a paramedic on all 34 engines and 2 person/paramedic transport units. The...

Great story! I never understood guys being late for duty. I had a perfect attendance record for my entire 36 year career. Came close a few times because of accidents, heavy traffic, etc. We worked the 3 platoon system, 24 on, 48 off, so you only had to be there once every 3 days, but we had guys...

Yep. I know of some guys who actually saw it in person and they all said it looked goofy.

Wikipedia under ''Sutphen'' mentions the concept truck saying that the bucket doubled as the tiller cab. Never made it to production. No pics that I can find.

The Sutphen corp. tried that many years ago with a one time prototype. It looked horrible! Never took off. I am going to Google search for any pics.