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Our next in line for replacement should be Truck 34 and Engine 53 I believe.

Good day everyone. I was hoping to get some help from those of you here if you'd like. I've been put on the truck committee here at DFW Airport. We'll be working on specs for some of our structural apparatus in the near future so I'm looking to get a jump on some ideas by seeing what other Dept's have done. I'm more focusing on compartment organization / layout or even just some unique innovative designs period. So if you have pictures of, or can take pictures of some engines , Quints, platforms that'd be much appreciated. Things I know we're looking to do and I'm having a hard time finding pictures of, is a compartment for the engineers gear and even possibly the captains gear. We have a lot of guys requesting separate compartments for said gear. Other things I'm looking for is just nice compartment layouts. One of my goals is to get the trucks more streamlined so equipment is easier to get to without having to move 5 things to get to one. Lol And again, as stated above. Any unique ideas that have been done for equipment storage or ways to maximize space. I've got some local Dept's around that I've gone to or plan to drop by, and I keep my eyes peeled online for more. Just trying to get as much feedback / ideas as I can. Thank you much to anyone who can help out. Have a great day brothers!

Thanks! I'll check it out!

Yeah, Europe has its compartment organization on point. Granted their line deployment and pump set ups are entirely different, but I'd like to think that at some point Rosenbauer would find a way to fuse the ideas of Europe and US together into one impressive rig.

Hey guys Was curious if anyone would mind throwing in some suggestions. I'm currently at a fire dept at a regional airport. The guys who've been here a while have been trying to get our schedule back to the old way it was. (Though idk how it was before hand because it had changed to our current schedule before I started). He old schedule involved a Kelley day I believe every 5 or 6 weeks. Supposedly it was changed to the current schedule because the Kelley day schedule had too much OT. Anywho, we currently work a 106 hr pay period. 24 / 48 with a 10hr day every other week. Apparently the 10 hour day didn't exist on the Kelley day schedule and the other guys hate it. So we've been trying to think of a schedule that could work. So any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. And if you can manage to show a schedule that'd be great. Note* the chief tried suggesting a 48/96, and printed up a schedule, but it still included the 10 hour day which on a 48/96 sucks. That, and the older guys are very against a 48/96. Anywho, here's a picture of the schedule, I'm the swing guy in grey. (Ignore the F1, F2, and F3. Those are the plane fuelers and they work a different schedule.)

Wooooowwww. If that's true, that's a ridiculous in my opinion. I've taken an assortment of different tests, and rarely have I seen anyone make 100 without extra points for military or otherwise depending on the dept's extra point system. I took a test for Irving last month. One of the easiest tests I've taken l other than the behavioral / psych portion of the test that I believe resulted in my 70 something score. Had it not been included I probably would've made in the upper 80's or low 90's. Tests should be difficult and competitive. To have that many people ace a test is just insane. Did they eliminate half the physical agility too? "Here, walk up these steps, pull that hose, and hit this sled. Do it all in 20 min and you're done!" Lol

gotta protect that Lucas2 lol

I've had the chance to sit in a loaded out Explorer Interceptor. It's surprisingly spacious for fitting a size between a sedan or a tahoe. The officers in my area that drive them, love them. I suppose it really comes down to how the units are set up. Regardless, they have become quite popular around here and many other areas surrounding here in Texas. They're quick, and agile, while being spacious and since they don't sit as low as the charger, taurus, or capris, it's been easier to get in and out of. Thats most of the comments that I've gathered.

Not sure if anyone has seen this. Rosenbauer did a rig with the Commander cab and their European AT3 body. I think it looks pretty slick, though with a newly designed cab that fits the contours of the body could make for a slick truck here in America lol. I know that American rigs and European rigs are pretty different, but I gotta hand it to Rosenbauers AT3. I've seen some very impressive compartment setups that just give me a plethora of ideas for a new rig down the road. *picture was taken by Rosenbauer*

I dig the rear seating in the cab. Really neat layout. Thought not exactly on the side of safety considering they are facing sideways. I still like it. Pretty beast of a truck. I think it would've been cool if they had used one of their cab-over styles and custom built it to be a fire apparatus style. lol

So I was headed to see my friend graduate from HFD Academy and start her career at HFD, when down the road from the academy I spotted this. I would've nabbed more pictures but I was running behind. Turns out that whole garage has a load of Classic trucks inside.

watched the first 2 episodes On Demand. Pretty good show. Actually seems to be one that doesn't fake it. And man...do those NOLA units look beautiful lol. I'm a Frazer guy, but those Brauns are nice.

Didn't know about it. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for bringing it up.

Yeah they get ran. We remount every 250k miles. We do a lot of long distance transfers to Houston, our truck averages about 150-300 miles per shift (12 hours) with around 3-4 Houston / Galveston trips per week. We rack up the 250k in about 2 1/2 - 3 years. The 2 units that are on their 5th remount have been around since the previous agency, so about 12-15 years. The boxes get refurbed as well when they go in for remount. Unit 451 is on it's 5th remount, it's box has been round since 2001 or 2 and is now sitting on a 2015 Silverado HD

I'm in Texas, a good majority of agencies here use Frazer. I've been working out of one for years and I personally love it. A generator ambulance is kind of love or hate, but Frazer boxes have a very good life span. We have at least 2 boxes that are on their 5th or 6th remount. I've rode in Osage, Road Rescue, and a couple others, but for me personally, they rode horribly. That could be just how they were specced, but we're talking just hitting a small bump in the road made you feel like you were gonna break your back. I've worked out of a Demers Sprinter, I can say as far as a sprinter goes it was nice, I just prefer the room of a full size box with access to both sides of the patient. Most of our fleet is AEV Sprinters except the CCT trucks. The first batch of sprinters were absolute crap. luckily the company and AEV heard our complaints and the current units are far better and roomier for the most part. I've heard good things on Horton and Braun. Excellance isn't too bad either. In the end, it really just comes down to preference, who can meet your needs / wants, and how you spec it. Look online, YouTube, google, recent delivery pages, see stuff that catches your interest. Frazer occasionally highlights some units on their YouTube and Facebook page,

*NOT MY PHOTOS* So I saw this on the Rosenbauer America Facebook. Indeed a tight fit. Said to have 3/4" to spare. Spec'ing this truck must have been fun lol.

The truck was designed with the limited space in mind. As you can see with the light bar lowered in front of the cab and the suspensio lowered as well. I wish I could find a pic of the truck it's replacing. I can only assume it was ancient lol. I'm also guessing a new station or station remodel was out of the question.

It'd be cool to see this used for fire service....sadly it'll mostly be a garbage truck.

There's variants of 24 on 24 off here in Texas. Houston does 24 on 24 off 24 on 5 days off. Other dept's in the area do three 24's with 4 off....depends where you're at.

Well I'm not sure if this is new....but it's odd lol. Looks like they took an Arrow XT or older Saber cab, altered into an ARFF. (Not my picture)

Pierce is pretty dominate in Texas, especially in SETX and San Antonio and Austin area. Other than Pierce, it's Spartan and Rosenbauer. A lot of the current Ferrara depts are moving to either Pierce, Spartan, or Rosenbauer. I have seen the rare Seagrave and Stuphen. And Ft Worth has 2 new Smeals. But they are few and far between the other 3. I understand what you're saying though. There are ALOT of cab options with Pierce. Personally I lean toward Velocity or Arrow XT. Quantums are huge lol. But I like what they've done with these 2 chassis.

Pretty nice. I remember talking to one of our commissioners last week. He was in Appleton while they were building these behind closed doors. Nice to see they're updating they're lower end chassis. Gives departments on a budget more options. I like it, it'll be nice to see some of the configurations that come out. I love having a song solid windshield as opposed to a 2 piece.

Arlington FD Engine 11 was hit by a drunk driver Apr 5 while working a traffic accident. Engine 11 was blocking a portion of the road while crews were caring for patients when it was struck at high speed by a drunk driver. There were 3 fire fighters still in the cab of the engine. All 3 were transported and are ok. Engine 11 has been declared totaled. This goes to show why we place apparatus the way we do on scenes. I know that here in South East Texas, we get a lot of flack from local PD and SO about blocking the road around the scene for our safety. They seem to find getting traffic flowing to be more important. An event like this proves why we use our apparatus as a safety cushion. Had Engine 11 not been there, there's no telling how many people would've been killed or severely injured. http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2014/04/driver-crashes-into-arlington-fire-truck-injuring-three-inside-totaling-engine.html/ *not my picture*

Seth, I think if Ford ever did being back the Bronco, it'd be more like this concept from a few years back and not like the next gen f-150 lol

Lol it's pretty funny how many people fall for this. That's obviously a photoshopped picture of the Ford Atlas concept (beginnings of the 2015 f-150) I would hope someone could put more creativity into an April fools joke and make it more believable.