Fire Engines Photos

Is this appliance new? There seems to be little equipment on Board!

Added by John Mc Ateer on 20 July 2009.

Looks like a Freightliner from around 2002/03 of the Binghamton Fire Dept in New York State.

Added by Pete Matten on 21 July 2009.

I would guess, it is a brand-new apparatus that has just arrived; and the gear that is on the old truck, still in service, has not been transferred over yet.

Great shot - especially shows the "Ground-lights", mandated by NFPA - rigged UNDERNEATH the rig, to illuminate the ground-surface, around the rig, for Health & Safety. Do you see these in Britain, or, elsewhere?

Also, the 4 or 5-man crew-cab forward: not as roomy, for donning Turn-Out gear and SCBA, as a Raised-Roof, but easier, budget-wise.

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 23 July 2009.

Ground lights are now a European standard; I have personally only seen them so far on some newer trucks in Germany and Switzerland. I imagine they are difficult to keep clean!

Added by Rob Johnson on 02 October 2012.

The chassis is actually International, not Freightliner. The windows in the front door are the spotting tip. In the Freightliner, the windows slope downward at the bottom; in the International, they're horizontal (like this one).

Added by Michael Feldman on 02 October 2012.

The "Rescue 1" lettering on the door is a bit odd, because it is obviously a pumper. Nothing to stop it from carrying some rescue equipment, of course, once it is loaded up - but there is not going to be much extra room after it is filled with all the NFPA schedule pumper items....

Added by Rob Johnson on 30 June 2018.

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