One Of The Most Beautiful Ambulances Ever

[x635 4,066]

Today, I photographed a stunningly beautiful ambulance.

It's Milford, CT's Rescue 3, a ???? International/?????.

I LOVE seeing lime on an ambulance, and to see one that is fairly local is awesome to me! (The only other lime ambulances I know of are LAFD and Miami Dade FD)

This was quite the suprise, as I didn't even know this bus existed!

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[Guest]

Yeah, That would be an International. I love those arrows under the Light bar.

Edited November 30, 2006 by NRFDTL11Buff

[x635 4,066]

Yeah, That would be an International. I love those arrows under the Light bar.

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I'm aware that it's an International, thanks. This is x635 here. I was just unsure of the year and body make, hence the question marks.

[x242Steve 1]

The look of that cab would put it anywhere from a 1999 to a 2002 International chassis.

[x152 179]

Seth:

Although I cannot tell you the year (Steve you are probably right on), this is an older unit for the MFD.

All new Milford deliveries are now in RED (Engines, Trucks, and Rescue/Medic units).

Most of the recent Fire units are from Smeal, not sure who is making the most recent Medic unit.

[x635 4,066]

Thanks for the replies, guys.

I'm sad they had to go red. EVERYONE has red, lol.

Lime is unique and looks good too....although red is a safer color.

[IzzyEng4 427]

Rescue 3 (5 Gulf 3 for those C-MED buffs) was originally Rescue 1 back in 2000 when it was replace by the current Rescue 2 in 2002 / 2003, which in return was replace by the current Rescue 1 (5 Gulf 1) fairly recently. Milford is going to white over red and the last yellow truck purchased was Engine 5's Sutphen 75' quint out of the Woodmont Borough station.

The red trucks are Engine 1, 6, 7, Tower 1 (Smeal / HME's) and Rescues 1 & 2 (Internationals)

The yellows are Engine 2 (Smeal /Spartan spare), Engine 3 (Smeal / HME), Engine 4 (Pierce), Engine 8 (Ex E-7 Pierce), Engine 11 & Engine 12 (Ford C/ Pierce the last I know. The designations for Engine 8,11 & 12 might have changed recently, I 'm not sure but those were the designations we got when I worked at South Central C-Med to match up with the C-MED radio designations.

Milford's yellow was unique, had almost a bright greenish hue and you could tell they were Milford's trucks when West Shore (W. Haven) and Stratford's yellow trucks were on scene next to them from a distance.

I remember Milford had red trucks left over from the 60's when the volunteers were still around and then went to a white and a white with lime stripe paint scheme. I have fond memories of Milford's old American LaFrance ladder truck, open cab 100 foot rearmount, painted white with a lime stripe along the bottom of the body and the truck had a powerful Wakashaw engine zipping by when my uncle used to work at the court house.

[Guest alsfirefighter]

635 did you mean lime is a safer color? You put red. Statistically lime and yellow are the safest.

I don't know how many of you have ever ridden in one of these but the few I was in the ride wasn't the best or as good as smaller normal chassis ambulances.

When I first saw them I loved them until I rode in it. Where I think these work best are for departments where their EMS staff is also used to supplement first alarm assignments when they are available. Gives you plenty of space to carry SCBA and some basic hand tools to go to work. Could see it being a pretty decent haz tac unit as well.

[Guest]

x635,

We have a fire department in our county that lime green is the color of all there trucks. You can find it @

Home.twcny.rr.com/cortlandvillefire/

or go to cortland-co.org

cfd373

Edited December 1, 2006 by cfd373

[x152 179]

For those of you who like the those bizarre colors, Branford (CT) still has a nice fleet of YELLOW rigs. However, the new E1 and M1 are now red/white and future orders will be as well.

As a former career FF with the BFD, I grew to like those yellow rigs and will be sad to see them gone.......

[IzzyEng4 427]

For those of you who like the those bizarre colors, Branford (CT) still has a nice fleet of YELLOW rigs. However, the new E1 and M1 are now red/white and future orders will be as well.

As a former career FF with the BFD, I grew to like those yellow rigs and will be sad to see them gone.......

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Branford is Chrome yellow, or sometime called "Crash Truck Yellow" since it was the same paint color used by the Navy for their tows and deck trucks on an aircraft carrier. The too are going back to a red and white scheme.

And actually, lime is not the safest color, white is. That argument was something that was started by Ward LaFrance back in the 60's and 70's to sell the new color as an alternative to the popular all red, all white and red & white schemes. Its never been officially proven and they again had a recent study that more people notice red fire trucks simply that is what we are all taught they area at an early age. As for visibility, if you can't hear the siren and see all the flashing lights, then something is wrong.

Seth I think you got to let those trucks of yours "ripen" a bit! LOL

Edited December 1, 2006 by IzzyEng4

[AndyC3J 190]

The look of that cab would put it anywhere from a 1999 to a 2002 International chassis.

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That design goes back into the early 1990's, possibly even 1989. Somewhere around there was when they redesigned it and dropped the "S" designation from the model name.

[HFD23 37]

Don;t give HOMER J. any ideas...

[x635 4,066]

Don;t give HOMER J. any ideas...

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That is the point of this. My Lime campaign is continuing. Any other color choice would be horrible.

[IzzyEng4 427]

I have some red Krylon left............................

[Guest alsfirefighter]

You gotta point homer. By the way I'm still waiting to ride in lime yellow with a blue stripe.

[HFD23 37]

You gotta point homer.  By the way I'm still waiting to ride in lime yellow with a blue stripe. 

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Dec 07 is the time... deffinatly 2 mabe 3...

[capt2102 64]

I MIGHT BE WRONG BUT I THINK MILFORD DOES NOT NORMALLY TRANSPORT IN THIS UNIT, AN AMR AMBULANCE DOES THE TRANSPORT WITH AN FD MEDIC ON BOARD. I BELIEVE THEY CAN TRANSPORT IF NECESSARY, THESE UNITS ALSO RESPOND TO FIRE CALLS ALSO. MILFORD FIRE IS A ROCK SOLID DEPT. THEY HAVE SAVED MY FATHER-IN-LAW ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, GREAT EMS ABILITIES. ADVERTISED AS A CLASS 1 DEPT. AND I DON'T DOUBT IT! HAPPY TO CALL IT MY HOME TOWN.

[smwells 7]

ALS, last real ambulances were station wagon Oldsmobiles and Cadilacs, after that they all ride like crap

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Hey Homer J.

I will let you know when Put Valley VAC's 1962 Cadillac gets back from restoration (mid 2007?) so you can go for a ride..

40+ years old and still rides like a cadillac. All 7200 lbs of it !!

Stuart