Thread: Cool, interesting, odd etc Fire/EMS vehicles -locked due to new section

Post pics of your favorite or interesting fire/ems vehicles.

Drool! A Whelen 6000 bar! Talk about uber-rare!

dual roto rays that is great I have never seen that before. I love it. :shock:

It looks like they have their colors covered. Chicago FD uses Green on one side of their trucks.

For UFO EMS, I would guess...

at 1:40 and 2:10 it shows the rear of this one lite up at a fire call.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boeUT3kt13g

Don't knock those garland trucks, they use green in the front and rear of their trucks, I see em everyday just about and that set up is damnned effective.

Originally Posted by cory y

Don't knock those garland trucks, they use green in the front and rear of their trucks, I see em everyday just about and that set up is damnned effective.

yea im glad i got to see a video on them, it actually looked fairly good / effective from what I could tell! maybe a little more red than the 900's in amber and the TD in amber but looked nice.

For some reason garland is really big on the blue/amber colors. ALL of their apparatus have B/a split strobes or leds doen the side. I have a couple of videos on my youtube account. Ill link it later tonight if I don't head up to the cotton bowl to be an extra for "Friday night lights" tonight

Originally Posted by nerdly_dood

looks like a retarded hearse... minus the ambulance crap and blue lights 8-)

Originally Posted by fireman616wfd

Originally Posted by nerdly_dood

looks like a retarded hearse... minus the ambulance crap and blue lights 8-)

I agree. If they're gonna do it like that, do it more subtly on a SUV or a van, it looks ridiculous on a sedan.

and what is up with that side door? i see a door handle but I dont see a door :lol: :?:

since i didnt make it over to the cotton bowl heres the links i was talking about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlH71fdRgJA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkJtnKwzupA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp1K93razf4

well there is enough warning lights on that one engine for 3 different engines haha

Originally Posted by fireman616wfd

and what is up with that side door? i see a door handle but I dont see a door :lol: :?:

It's there, you just have to look closely.

[quote=nerdly_dood]

Originally Posted by fireman616wfd

Originally Posted by "nerdly_dood":tj25s40z

looks like a retarded hearse... minus the ambulance crap and blue lights 8-)

I agree. If they're gonna do it like that, do it more subtly on a SUV or a van, it looks ridiculous on a sedan.[/quote:tj25s40z]

Modern take on ECHO 1 lol

Here's our newly unveiled 2010 Chevy Impala's, dedicated to the new Street Crimes unit. There are only a few of these black & white's in the scheme seems a little "busy" to me. The emblem on the side is a falcon - why, I don't know. Sorry for the low quality.

Originally Posted by RJ*

For UFO EMS, I would guess...

OMG!.It looks like a power ranger zord... NOW MORPH!!! :lol:

Originally Posted by sbparkcop

Here's our newly unveiled 2010 Chevy Impala's, dedicated to the new Street Crimes unit. There are only a few of these black & white's in the scheme seems a little "busy" to me. The emblem on the side is a falcon - why, I don't know. Sorry for the low quality.

Apart from saying "SBPD" instead of "POLICE" as the big text on the side I don't have a problem with it, although the "Street crimes" text should be smaller IMO.

Originally Posted by nerdly_dood

Apart from saying "SBPD" instead of "POLICE" as the big text on the side I don't have a problem with it, although the "Street crimes" text should be smaller IMO.

All the city's marked units say "SBPD" on the side panel doors with "SOUTH BEND POLICE" underneath. They also have "POLICE" graphics on the rear trunk lid. Any specialty units in the city have their specific insignia on the C Post (I.E. - Honor Guard, Crime Scene Technician), with the exception of the newly formed Street Crimes division. They get to be extra special, I suppose.

They're special because it's the Mayor's baby. I liked the blue cars better, except they looked stupid saying "NEST" down the side. And I also agree, the SBPD looks goofy on that car. It looks much better with the standard graphics on the other cars. But not as goofy as a brand new Impala with a huge, stupid StreetHawk on it.

Originally Posted by bobcoop06

They're special because it's the Mayor's baby. I liked the blue cars better, except they looked stupid saying "NEST" down the side. And I also agree, the SBPD looks goofy on that car. It looks much better with the standard graphics on the other cars. But not as goofy as a brand new Impala with a huge, stupid StreetHawk on it.

You said it, right there! Awesome way to conserve money... let's use 20yr old light bars on brand new patrol vehicles. It's ridiculous.

Originally Posted by sbparkcop

Originally Posted by nerdly_dood

Apart from saying "SBPD" instead of "POLICE" as the big text on the side I don't have a problem with it, although the "Street crimes" text should be smaller IMO.

All the city's marked units say "SBPD" on the side panel doors with "SOUTH BEND POLICE" underneath. They also have "POLICE" graphics on the rear trunk lid. Any specialty units in the city have their specific insignia on the C Post (I.E. - Honor Guard, Crime Scene Technician), with the exception of the newly formed Street Crimes division. They get to be extra special, I suppose.

I was there for the changeover from specialty patches to the red/white/and blue "DC" style graphics, not sure I'm a big fan of the new look (I actually think I liked the patches the best), but hey, they didn't ask me, and I don't live around there any more, so ...

The ADAC vehicle is Germany's AAA. They respond to vehicle breakdowns on the AutoBahn. I would want there vehicles to be lit up like a christmas tree, but when I was in Germany they ran very simple ambers on thier vehicles.

Originally Posted by resQyou

The ADAC vehicle is Germany's AAA. They respond to vehicle breakdowns on the AutoBahn. I would want there vehicles to be lit up like a christmas tree, but when I was in Germany they ran very simple ambers on thier vehicles.

They respond to breakdowns with an ambulance?

Thats a good question, they ran Mercedes Stationwagons when I was stationed there, and the more I look at it, it would seem to be something other than their "roving maintenance" type vehicles... But who knows, they could have branched out, but the hospitals used to rule the ambulance service in Germany...

Originally Posted by resQyou

Thats a good question, they ran Mercedes Stationwagons when I was stationed there, and the more I look at it, it would seem to be something other than their "roving maintenance" type vehicles... But who knows, they could have branched out, but the hospitals used to rule the ambulance service in Germany...

My guess is it's an ambulance used at car races and such events that are organised by ADAC.

Merged with other "favorite" pics thread, made sticky.

Here's mine.