Although it was a rainy day, Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service was exercising today, giving me a chance to see a pair of Pierces.
Quint 7 runs this 2017 Pierce Arrow XT6700 . It pumps 1750 gpm, has a 400 gal tank and a 75' rear mount aerial ladder. It operates from Station 7, Bayers Road and carries HRF+ES number 18-581Q.
A more recent acquisition is this aerial platform:
Platform 3 operates from West Street with this 2020 Pierce Arrow XT, with 1750 gpm pump, 250 gal tank and 100' mid-mount. It carries HRMF+ES fleet number 20-618P .
Firefighters travel in relative comfort and safety nowadays. "Back when" they had to ride in open top apparatus:
Back in September 1966 when the West German ship Wuppertal arrived in the port of Halifax with fire in its cargo of baled cotton, the response was by the King Seagrave pumper in the foreground and an unidentified pumper in the background. I believe there were municipal hydrants in the area,so they did not have to draft seawater from the harbour.
The fire was extinguished without serious consequences, except to some cotton.
I know this is a truck blog, but a little car identification is always fun too. The Rambler on the far left was my family transportation on the day.
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