The Strangest Fire/EMS Thread

[pdk9]

Wtf are some of those things?!?!


German Steve Urkel mobile, a converted WWII half track, and a tiny ass Chevy astro ambulance?


I'm gonna be having nightmares now about what I would do if I ever had to work with "equipment" like that


As for the Atlanta ARFF rigs, those look like something out of Star Wars...kinda cool but kinda weird at the same time...at least they have a LOT more lighting than the standard minimal ARFF lighting setup

 

[fireman29b]

The "wrap" idea with whelen edge plus bars has been done to various extents by different places.... always looks odd to me... and they are actually not all that populated with lights sometimes. EMSA in Oklahoma was a big user of the "wrap".

http://elightbars.org/forums/f13/those-do-you-think-maybe-their-nah-cant-656/


http://elightbars.org/forums/f13/those-do-you-think-maybe-their-nah-cant-656/#post6179


http://elightbars.org/forums/f13/those-do-you-think-maybe-their-nah-cant-656/#post6186

I was always told EMSA had some kind of design patent on that wrap concept.

 

[Eric1249]

They are kind of cool. It would be fun to operate one

 

[GPC]

Pics from an auction I believe...

I want one. I have absolutely no use for it what so ever but, I must have one.

 

[JohnMarcson]

I want one. I have absolutely no use for it what so ever but, I must have one.

I was told that one sold at auction for $16k and needed only a battery and a way to remove it.

 

[GPC]

I was told that one sold at auction for $16k and needed only a battery and a way to remove it.

Wow! That's way less than I thought it would be. This dream may be feasible after all. lol!

 

[SomeBloke]

Uhm....

 

[nerdly_dood]

Yes. That is indeed a Unimog.


Let me google that for you

 

[Aries]

Some from Russia


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[usonian]

I've always been a fan of the "Red Rhino" rapid attack vehicles in Singapore:

 

[SomeBloke]

Some seriously weird ones here.

 

[unlisted]

I'm just going to leave this here.

 

[Camerin]

Unlisted beat me to it!


Did you see that on Chive?

 

[Flashguy]

Ground clearance seems really low...

I took a tour of their ARFF units back in the late 90's. They had the two types as mentioned above, but both had a full suspension kit that allowed the operator to raise and lower the whole truck. I really felt like I was watching transformers. Then they lifted the piercing nozzle and the truck...at that point I was waiting for it to talk to me about saving the world. :haha:

 

[unlisted]

Unlisted beat me to it!

Did you see that on Chive?

Where else!

 

[Skip Goulet]

Hmm Vol FF hits the lotto? interesting pov...

Quite a setup, especially on a convertible. But that's mild compared to what you see here in Texas!

 

[Skip Goulet]

A Crosley mini truck.

Wow! I haven't seen one of these in many years. The Dallas Zoo had one that was set up for kiddie rides. The one they had had a blinker-type (BR2) beacon on top and a small Mars siren on the hood. I wouldn't be all that surprised if it's still there.

 

[Phillyrube]

Why is it, a lot of these vehicles look like Wild pigs/boars that got stuck in an industrial mould?

In other news...


I think they based this out of the 62 house on Bustleton Ave in the Northeast. Lots of brush and fields. What I miss about Philly, they loved those Model 77 and 78s.

 

[Phillyrube]

Pics from an auction I believe...

The Air Force had one of these at Langley AFB. I saw it up close a few years back when our DMAT team was set up near the fire station. It was OOS, and sitting out back. The guys said it was a maintenance nightmare.


News Colet Special Vehicle Design

 

[Skip Goulet]

http://elightbars.org/forums/f80/worst-ambulance-fire-truck-thread-41173/#post33986

The delivery van ambulances in that thread are the weirdest from my pile.

That big ambulance at the top was built by the nefarious Bob Dietz at his plant in Eldorado, KS. He also built some Suburban ambulances as well. I bought a nice little '67 Buick ambulance from them in 1975 that had 47K on it when we got it and only paid $100 for it.


I love the minivan ambulances like this one. A private co., now long gone, in Odessa had an '83 Dodge, but I never knew who built it.It had space, though.