Future Fireman

Hope they catch the A$$HOLE! Mike From Firehouse.com: Investigators are dusting a fire truck for fingerprints to try to find out who stole it from the Casa Loma Volunteer Fire Department garage and drove it into a nearby creek. The culprits took the truck some time after 9:30 p.m. Friday, said Sgt. Dalia Rodriquez of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office. And just before 6 a.m. Saturday, local police got a call that there was a fire truck upside down in Llagas Creek on Casa Loma Road near Twin Falls Road. "The fire truck is in pretty bad shape. ... It's a total loss," Rodriquez said. Casa Loma Fire Chief Kylee Vicha said the engine was the largest of the department's four trucks, which serve about 175 residents in an isolated 5,500-acre area of the Santa Cruz Mountains in southern Santa Clara County. The 15-person, all-volunteer fire department relies primarily on community donations for its equipment. "This is devastating," Vicha said. "This area is remote, with really bad roads, and it takes trucks from other stations up to two hours to get out here." It took a tow truck with a massive winch seven hours to pull the fire truck out of the creek. It was towed to a California Highway Patrol yard.

That cab and etc. setup (excluding paint job) looks EXTREMELY similar to Stamford Fire Dept. look of cabs Mike

Hmm, some good looking rigs there. How big exactly is the new station? It seems to be huge for 2+ ambulances and a flycar. Mike

Alright, alright. I'll drop this topic. Mike

Hey, but isn't AMPERAGE the killer, not voltage? Those could be 500 volt lines, but the amps could be around 15. (i.e 30?-40? amps would kill a guy, but say a guy had a catatsrophic run-in with a 2QB's electrical connections while live, they guy's a goner.) Mike

It seems balls are moving throughout assorted things such as levers, lasers, etc... Mike

Hmm. How big is the hosebed and how much compartment space will it have, if any? Mike

I'm Mike, currently going to High school and looking around in the Fire Service. I currently reside in Mass. and if you have any problems with the Red Sox let me know, i hate them too. I'm also looking to pursue a Fire Science degree. Anyway, I really do enjoy the Fire Service and a local tradegy that occured in 1999 really sparked my interst in this. So everybody, stay safe and come home!

Is it an eliptical tank? Or is the tank being covered? I may seem like an idiot asking this. Mike

How much water does it carry? Also how much is the pump rated at?

That's a "unique" chassis. Did Seagrave build it in 05 and quit building them in 06? Mike