West Ridge Fire Dept. (Erie, PA)

[RoaddoggAK]

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Tower 479


2003 Sutphen Magnum 110'


2000 gpm pump


500 gal tank


Runs 1st out in our district and Mutual aid truck company


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Engine 472


1993 Sutphen Deluge


1750 gpm pump


1000 gal tank


Refurbished with new rear rescue compartment/lighting/paint in 2008


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Engine 473


1993 Sutphen Deluge


1750 gpm pump


1000 gal tank


Currently for sale, to be replaced by a 2010 Supthen Rescue/Pumper:


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Truck 477


2008 Ford F-450


Knapheide Utility Body


Rope rescue/Fire Police/EMS First Response


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Truck 478


2000 Union City Body Step Van


Air/Light Unit


2 Position Bauer Cascade System


Carries Dive Team Equipment


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Engine 19


1951 Mack


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2008 Ford Expedition


Command Unit, stays with the Chief full time


MDT


All pictures courtesy of http://www.EriePAFire.com


also http://www.WestRidgeFire.org

 

[RMBROWN]

Nice rigs....

 

[Wailer]

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Where I live, the city has a 1949 Mack pumper that looks similar to 1951 in the photo. It has a Federal 66L mechanical siren.

 

[RoaddoggAK]

With the exception of a couple of electrical gremlins, the '51 runs great! It's quite a pleasure to know that I'm one of the few guys around that have the ability to drive it.


As a testament to these trucks, the only thing we've had to do to it in the last 5-10 years is have anew gas tank and new front brakes made. Even after sitting all winter, she fires right up come springtime.

 

[medicandy]

Good looking department. Nice looking units.

 

[danh]

Nice to see Mutual Aid on here looks great.

 

[pdk9]

nice apparatus collection. i'm assuming u guys don't like sutphen?

 

[NHFDFF81]

nice stuff, good luck with the new rig!

 

[RoaddoggAK]

nice apparatus collection. i'm assuming u guys don't like sutphen?

We've had good luck with ours, and so have a couple of other departments in the county. We were originally going to look at other manufacturers for the new rig, but Sutphen had a cache of 2009 compliant motors still available. Nobody else that we looked at did. That was a big factor. As far as the other manufacturers, it seems as though a lot of departments around us are in flux with who they are buying trucks from. A lot of the departments that bought KME in the early 90's are now going as far away from them as possible to Marion and Precision, among others. There are a couple of Pierce departments, but those trucks have never really done much for me. They seem mas produced.

 

[Luismariadarlene]

Very nice fleet they all look great