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It has been a long time since I posted on this site.  Will try to be more vigilant in the future.  I have a couple of outstanding questions I have at the current time to bring my databases up to date.  Any help on these would be greatly appreciated:

 

1)      William Penn - have they sold the 1992 Pierce Lance engine yet ?

 

2)      Newtown - did they sell the 1988 Pierce Arrow ladder yet ?

 

3)      Warminster - did they sell the 1990 Pierce Arrow ladder yet ?

 

4)      Midway - did they sell the 1982 PemFab/Emergency One or 1990 Piece Lance engines yet ?

 

5)      Nottingham - did they sell the 1988 Seagrave engine yet ?

 

6)      Bristol - have they sold either the 1985 Hahn/Smeal ladder or the 1996 KME engine yet ?

 

7)      New Hope - what ever happened to the old Tac 46 ?

 

8)      Newportville - did they sell the 1992 KME engine yet ?

 

9)      Newport - did they sell the 1986 Emergency One Hurricane squrt yet ?

 

10)  Feasterville - did they sell the 1990 Pierce Arrow engine ?

 

11)  Langhorne - what is the game plane now since Elite went out of business and they had an engine on order from them ?

 

12)  They use to post the meeting minutes for the Bucks's County Fire Chiefs Association on this site - but they have not done this since May.  Was wondering why ?  Is was very informative in regards to apparatus purchases and sales.

 

                                              

Listed below are some recent apparatus news and highlights.  You made add anything you like to this.

 

Many thanks,

 

Bruce W. Anderson

BA000049@aol.com

 

 

BUCKS COUNTY

 

CHALFONT                          Has taken delivery of their 2007 Peterbilt/4-Guys, 500/2000, stainless steel elliptical tanker.

 

NEWTOWN                          Ordered a Pierce 105' Steel ladder. The truck has a Velocity Chassis with a Detroit Diesel Series 60 515 hp diesel engine and an Allison EVS4000 automatic transmission. Seating for seven (7) firefighters, air conditioning and TAK4 independent front suspension. Whelen LED warning light package with a Roto Ray and Federal Q siren.  The truck has an aluminum body with roll up doors. There is a Waterous single stage 2000 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, and two (2) speedlays, with an enclosed pump panel.  The generator is a 15Kw Harrison hydraulic generator with two (2) cord reels and Focus lights. The aerial device is the Pierce 105' steel aerial ladder with 750 pound tip load. There are remote tip controls and the Pierce Quick lock movable waterway. A September 2008 delivery is expected.

 

LOWER SOUTHAMPTON  They ordered a KME Predator XLFD with 8 seats, Cummins, Model ISL,  425HP,  Onan Protec 25kW generator, Will-Burt NightScan PowerLite NS10-9000OPT light tower, 20 Foot - 6 inch walk around rescue body, roof compartments, painted rollup doors, 6 bottle 6000 PSI cascade system.

 

THIRD DISTRICT                 They sold their 1990 Emergency One Hush, 4-door 7-person cab, 1500/500, rear engine, top-mount pump control console, 350 HP Detroit 6V92, Allison HT-740 auto trans, governed to maximum speed of 65 MPH, pre-piped deck gun, through Command Fire Apparatus of Lancaster to Pittsfield (Berkshire County, MA) where it will become a dedicated spare engine.  Will leave at the end of January.

 

YARDLEY-MAKEFIELD     They have ordered a Pierce 75' Aluminum ladder. The truck has a Dash Chassis with a Cummins ISM 500 hp diesel engine and an Allison EVS4000 automatic transmission. Seating for six (6) firefighters, air conditioning and TAK4 independent front suspension.  The truck has an aluminum body with roll up doors. There is a Waterous two stage 2000 gpm pump, 400 gallon water tank, and three (3) crosslays. There is a CAF system piped to five water outlets and a 30 gallon Class A foam cell.  The generator is a 15Kw Harrison hydraulic generator with two (2) cord reels and Magna Fire 3000 lights. The aerial device is the Pierce 75' aluminum aerial ladder with 750 pound tip load with the Pierce Quick lock movable waterway. A September 2008 delivery is expected.  They have also purchased a 2007 Ford E350 van, 4x4, diesel, automatic, 8 passenger, designated as Utility 80.

 

WILLIAM PENN                  Took delivery of one of their two Spartan Gladiator Classic LFD/Toyne; seating for 10; 515 HP Series 60 Detroit Diesel engines; Hale Q-Max 1500 GPM pumps; extruded aluminum bodies; high side compartments on both sides, full depth on the left side and offset depth on the right side to allow for slide in ladder racks; 500 gallon tank with 30 gallon Class B foam cell, and a 8KW Harrison Hydra generator on 1/17/08.  The second one will follow in awhile.  I understand they must build an enclosure for it at the sub-station since it will not fit into the present building.

 

REIGELSVILLE                      The 1989 Emergency One Hurricaine, 4-door cab, 1500/500, engine which they purchased from Northampton (Bucks County) in 2007 is now in service as Engine 42-1.  It has been repainted all red.  Looks like they did a nice job on it who ever did the refurb on it.

 

 

 

 

 

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Bruce W. Anderson
Historian & Photographer
SE PA Region

Ladder 90 is at Glick in preperation for sales and I believe it is going to a Motgomery County fire company with a Smeal/Spartan 125ft Ladder due in the near future.

Newportville Fire Company sold our 1992 KME 1750GPM pumper to Jons Mid America Fire Apparatus Sales of Missori. She went via flatbed to be sold out there.

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Alexander DeAngelis

emtsmith - any idea which Montgomery County company ?

Alexander - thanks for the info on Newportville.

 

Bruce 

 

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Bruce W. Anderson
Historian & Photographer
SE PA Region

Ladder 25  (the 1985 HAHN) is presently OOS and in the process of being sold, the truck is still in station, don't have the name of the people buying it right now, but there in Idaho.  The Engine (53 - KME) is still in service and not going to be sold at this time.

 

Russ Swinehart

Squrt 44 is still in service at Newport

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Tommy McCool
Newport Fire Co.

RICHLANDTOWN FIRE CO. #1, STATION 36,  IS IN THE PROCESS OF DRAWING SPECS FOR A NEW PUMPER.  THERE HAVE BEEN NO SET SPECS AS FAR AS MANUFACTURERS ARE CONCERNED,  BUT WE ARE LOOKING INTO E-ONE, KME, FERRARA, CRIMSON/SPARTAN,  4GUYS, AND PIERCE.  THE APPARATUS COMMITTEE HAS TENTATIVELY AGREED ON SEATING FOR SEVEN, CAFS, RESCUE PUMPER STLYE BODY, HYDRAULIC GENERATOR, FRONT BUMPER HOSEBED, 3 CROSSLAYS AT THE PUMP, BLITZ LINE OFF THE BACK, AND ROOM FOR MINIMUM 1500' OF 5".  IT WILL ALSO BE EQUIPED WITH A PORTABLE COMBI-TOOL, RESCUE 42 STRUTS, AND CRIBBING FOR VEHICLE RESCUES, AND A SMALL FOLDING AND/OR TELESCOPING LIGHT TOWER.   BIDS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT FOR ESTIMATED COST PRICES,  TO SEE WHERE WE STAND FINANCIALLY.  FINAL BIDS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED MID TO LATE 2008 WITH A SCHEDULED DELIVERY OF SOMETIME IN 2009.  THE NEW TRUCK WILL BE REPLACING OUR CURRENT 1978 MACK CF 600 PUMPER W/ AN OPEN CAB.  THE MACK IS CURRENTLY SECOND OUT, W/ OUR '95 KME FIRST OUT.  ONCE THE NEW TRUCK ARRIVES, THE KME WILL BE MOVED TO SECOND OUT, WITH THE NEW PIECE BEING PLACED AS FIRST OUT.

Bruce,

The new ladder will have a single stage pump to match the rest of the fleet and it's current expected delivery date is November 2008.

Out of curiousity, how did you come across all of this apparatus information?

- Ken, AC80

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New engine 42-1 was sent out to get painted. All the painting of the interior of the cab and tool mounts were done at the firehouse. I will post some picks of the truck soon.

Ken,

 This is my hobby.  I have over 50 people who provide me information from time to time in the six county area surrounding the City of Phila (Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, and Montgomery).

Is Staion 44 going to keep the squrt, or is it still for sale ?

Many thanks,

Bruce 

 

 

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Bruce W. Anderson
Historian & Photographer
SE PA Region

Feasterville still has there truck.  Old Special Service 6 is for sale. We should be seeing our new truck mid March. 

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Chief
Steven Krippel

whats is wrong with tower 80 or is yardley puting a ladder in 0's

what is happening with the old engine 77

when is e-13 coming in

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Notalk

o ya what happened to the old 2001 seagrave at 13's

 

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Notalk

Is Station 13 getting a new engine ?

Bruce 

 

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Bruce W. Anderson
Historian & Photographer
SE PA Region

Engine 13 was sold and i believe there new engine is supposed to be in soon. If im not mistaken its a rescue pumper.

and tower 80 im not sure if there seeling it but 0's is getting a new pierce quint. and squirt 44 is in service but for sale.