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On December 9, 1989, it ceased operation due to heavy competition. The main competitor was Ward LaFrance who could sell a Fire pumper for US$50,000 less than the US$180,000 asking price for a Maxim pumper. [3] In 2009 Maxim was re-established as a brand of custom fire apparatus by Greenwood Emergency Vehicles of North Attleboro, Massachusetts ...
Engine 60 (the fire engine stationed on the Universal set) was used for scenes filmed on the set; Engine 127 was used for scenes where location filming was completed. In 1973, LACoFD purchased a large number of Ward LaFrance P-80 Ambassador pumpers; the company donated an additional P-80 unit to Universal to serve as Engine 51, ending the need ...
The 1926 engine came 150 to 750 gpm pumpers, chemical and hose trucks powered by 6-cylinder Waukesha engines. In 1928 came a pumper with fully enclosed cab, the first of its kind from a major U.S. manufacturer, and in 1931 a one-man operation hydro-mechanical aerial ladder hoist used on an 85–ft articulated ladder truck.
A typical configuration of the Mercur as a fire truck was with a 600 gallon per minute pump inside the shelter that was powered by the truck engine. Another smaller pump (200 gallons per minute) could be carried (400 lbs) and was powered by a 34 hp Volkswagen Beetle engine (air cooled as well). Tankers were equipped with a 630 gallon water tank ...
1916 N-Type fire engine Jezebel 1953 F8 Fire Water Tender Hong Kong Fire Services Department Dennis Sabre fire engine. Dennis fire engines were noted, from their 1908 outset, for their use of a Gwynnes made centrifugal pump or 'turbine' as a water pump, rather than the piston pumps used by other makers. This was more complex to build than the ...
Lenoir, North Carolina, has a 2023 rescue pumper. The truck is named Engine 2 and housed at Station 2. [16] Columbus, Ohio, has a fleet with many Sutphen Monarch pumpers and aerial platform apparatuses. [citation needed] Norwalk, Ohio, bought the first Sutphen tower ladder on a Ford chassis after being used as a demo unit. [4]
In 1926 came the first complete Peter Pirsch fire engines; these were 150 to 750 gpm pumpers, chemical and hose trucks powered by 6-cylinder Waukesha engines. In 1928 came a pumper with fully enclosed cab, the first of its kind from a major US manufacturer, and in 1931 a one-man operation hydro-mechanical aerial ladder hoist used on an 85 ft ...
Ferrara Fire Apparatus manufactures a wide variety of fire apparatus including the MVP Rescue Pumper, Custom Pumpers, Aerial Ladders, Aerial Platforms, Industrial Pumpers, Tankers, Rescue, and Wildland trucks. Ferrara's new Inundator Super Pumper is recognized as the world's largest capacity NFPA-rated fire engine. This truck features a pump ...