Fire Engines Photos

FDNY tries to replace its front line units on a roughly ten year cycle. Given the beating these vehicles are exposed to, this relatively short service life makes a lot of sense. Quite a few are scrapped rather than being bought by other volunteer departments when they get to the auctions, unlike most other used big city rigs.

By comparison, LFB has a fifteen-year cycle for pumps and a twenty year cycle for aerials. Most big European cities like Paris and Berlin have similar replacement protocols.

Added by Rob Johnson on 15 June 2017.

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True Andy, but bear in mind most US cities operate far more aerial units than do British cities of comparable size.

FDNY for example has 143 truck companies, while London has 13!

Added by Rob Johnson on 20 June 2017.

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