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Old Battery · « **Reply #15 on:** August 01, 2007, 06:25:45 PM »

Early on in this thread, somebody posted some not-so-good photos from back around 1991, when Philadelphia had just organized Rescue 1 and was temporarily operating as a two-piece company. Here are some good photos if anyone is interested.

First, the 1979 American La France pumper which was converted as a collapse truck...

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Old Battery · « **Reply #16 on:** August 01, 2007, 06:28:06 PM »

...and the second piece, a 1979 Ford/Hesse beverage truck which was donated by the Coca-Cola Company.

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Old Battery · « **Reply #17 on:** August 02, 2007, 06:03:13 PM »

A long, long time ago, this 1971 Oshkosh/Pierce was operated by Squrt 38.

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Old Battery · « **Reply #18 on:** August 02, 2007, 06:08:36 PM »

This 1971 Oshosh/Pierce/Pitman was operated by Snorkel 5. If you look closely, you can see the compartment doors rotted at the bottoms in this 1990 photo. This truck was refurbed in 1995 with a new Pierce cab and body, still in service today (seen earlier in this thread as the subject of an awesome Phil/Las photo).

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Old Battery · « **Reply #19 on:** August 02, 2007, 06:11:32 PM »

This 1978 Mack/Baker single-axle Aerialscope was assigned to Tower Ladder 4.

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Old Battery · « **Reply #20 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:47:49 AM »

This 1976 IH/National Foam unit, one of three in the city, was once operated by Foam 169.

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Old Battery · « **Reply #21 on:** August 05, 2007, 11:50:46 AM »

This 1982 American La France/Pitman was once operated by Snorkel 22.

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Old Battery · « **Reply #22 on:** August 05, 2007, 01:12:24 PM »

There are two Chevrolet brush fire units (referred to here as "Grass Firefighters") stationed at opposite ends of the city, 1982 and 1988 models respectively.

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Old Battery · « **Reply #23 on:** August 06, 2007, 05:02:06 PM »

Field Com 1 once ran a 1974 Ford/Gerstenslager. It was replaced by a 1995 Freightliner former medic unit which was converted for that purpose.

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