Photo tour of D/FW metroplex

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On Saturday I had the honor to go on a photo tour with several guys from around the country here in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Here are some of the photos that I took.

Coppell, TX. Truck 123

Coppell, TX. Rescue 122

Coppell, TX. Engine 122

Squad 121

Coppell, TX. Reserve Truck

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Lewisville, TX. Rehab 160

Lewisville, TX. Brush 166

Lewisville, TX. Engine 166

Lewisville, TX. Battalion 160

Lewisville, TX. Quint 163

Lewisville, TX. Truck 167

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Fort Worth, TX. Engine 35

Fort Worth, TX. Water 35

Fort Worth, TX. Attack 35

Fort Worth, TX. Rescue 35

Fort Worth, TX. Rescue 352

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Fort Worth, TX. Quint 9

Fort Worth, TX. Ladder Tender 9

Fort Worth, TX. Truck 1

Fort Worth, TX. Engine 1

Fort Worth, TX. Quint 12

Fort Worth, TX. Engine 12

Pump panel on Fort Worth Engine 12

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I have about 15 more photos that I need to down load. Hopefully this will do you guys for now. Enjoy!!

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AWESOME PHOTOS, Pete! You guys really got around! Can't wait to see more. Wish I had gone with you guys.

On another note, it's good to see photos from you again! Hopefully, this wil start a new era.....

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As promised here are some more photos from the tour this past Saturday. Haslet was the only FD that we went to that was an all Volunteer Fire Dept. Some of guys were at the station and were kind of nice to pull out all the rigs for us. The Ford Engine had to be jump started for us. It took a while, but she finally fired herself up, and lined up for a photo.

Haslet, TX. Engine 28

Haslet, TX. Truck 28 (former Richardson, TX. quint)

Haslet, TX. Tanker 28 (owned by Tarrant County)

Haslet, TX. Brush 28

Haslet, TX. Brush 228 (owned by Tarrant County)

Haslet, TX. Engine 228

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Keller, TX. Quint 582

Keller, TX. Engine 584 (Reserve Engine)

North Richland Hills, TX. Engine 223

North Richland Hills, TX. Truck 223

North Richland Hills, TX. Hazmat

North Richland Hills, TX. Medic 223

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North Richland Hills, TX. Quint 221 going on a EMS run as we pulled up.

North Richland Hills, TX. Quint 221 back from EMS run and in line for her photo shoot.

North Richland Hills, TX. Bomb Squad

North Richland Hills, TX. Quint 221 (Reserve)

Well other than some station logos, that concludes my photo tour. I hope you all enjoy the photos!!

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Here are the logos. The Lewisville ones were actually on the side of the rigs. Of course the Coppell one is painted on the wall inside the bays.

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Nice shots! That Fort Worth ladder tender 9 appears to have a small pump on board...a good idea for responding to auto accidents where there may be a chance of a fire. I like the idea of using ladder tenders as a way to keep miles of big quints.

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Nice shots! That Fort Worth ladder tender 9 appears to have a small pump on board...a good idea for responding to auto accidents where there may be a chance of a fire. I like the idea of using ladder tenders as a way to keep miles of big quints.

Ladder Tender 9 has a 250/250 pump/tank. This is the only Ladder Tender in all of Fort Worth. It was bought back around 2000 because Station 8 was in it's original 1950 era house, and their 1980 something ALF Century ladder failed it's ladder inspection. So the firefighters were not able to use the aerial. At least not climb on it. Since the Sutphen Quints that Fort Worth had in reserve at the time were too big to fit into Station 8, they needed something to use while they drew up specs for a new aerial. Fort Worth purchased this Ladder Tender and assigned it to Station 8. When Truck 8 received their new ALF Midmount aerial/tower which just cleared the top of the bay door they kept the LT as a back-up piece. When Station 8 moved into their new house a few years ago they relocated the LT to Station 9. The LT really now is used as a Rescue more than it is use to keep wear and tear off the Quint.

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Excellent photos, thanks for sharing!