Fire Engines Photos

I've always thought that the front of Fire Apparatus, and old cars for that matter, give the truck a personality, and this unit absolutely proves the point. Nice shot Matt.

Added by Howard A. Baldwin on 22 December 2012.

Howard:

This was a special low profile chassis developed originally for German cities - around the time they were transitioning from normal control chassis to forward control designs, which tended to have a higher cab roof because of the "cab over" configuration. In some places, old bridges and medieval archways would not allow the newer taller cab ladders access, so Magirus came up with this design.

More recently, the Mercedes Econic garbage truck, with a low profile cab, has become very popular when a low profile aerial chassis is called for...

Added by Rob Johnson on 24 March 2019.

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