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Vancouver Fire Department circa 1925. The Vancouver Volunteer Fire Brigade was established in 1886 [2] with one volunteer hose-wagon company assigned to protect the new city which mainly had lumber mills at the time, and within 16 days of its existence, the city of Vancouver burned to the ground. [3]
The well-known World War II M25 tank transporter (also known as Dragon Wagon) truck, commonly referred to as Pacific was not a product of Pacific Truck and Trailer but of Pacific Car and Foundry. Again, the well-known Pacific School Coach was a Kenworth model CT school bus, made from 1949 onwards; Kenworth itself being a subsidiary of Paccar ...
Oshkosh business units Pierce Manufacturing and Oshkosh Airport Products fit TAK-4 independent suspension system systems to a large amount of its fire trucks. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Most recently the latest TAK-4i intelligent independent suspension system has been fitted to Oshkosh's L-ATV (Light Combat Tactical – All-Terrain Vehicle), this selected to ...
The successor to the 1940-1956 Mack L series, [2] the B-series was a line of heavy conventional-cab trucks. Adopting a more streamlined appearance over its predecessor, the B-series was designed with a sloped windshield and larger, rounded fenders [ 1 ] The model line was sold in multiple configurations, including tractors and straight/rigid ...
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 ...
A Hayes-Anderson truck from 1933. The Hayes Manufacturing Company was established in Vancouver in 1920 by Douglas Hayes, an owner of a parts dealer, [1] and entrepreneur W. E. Anderson from Quadra Island, [1] as Hayes-Anderson Motor Company Ltd. [2] The company sold American-built trucks and truck parts for the first two years, then built their own trucks, because the trucks weren’t strong ...
The MSVS SMP contract was awarded on June 11, 2015 [6] to Mack Defense, who provided trucks based on the Renault Kerax (Mack is a subsidiary of the Volvo Group, which also owns Renault Trucks). They feature four driven axles with a two-speed ZF VG2000-300 transfer case for eight-wheel drive . [ 9 ]
A wildland water tender is a specialized vehicle capable of bringing water, foam, or dry chemicals to fire trucks in the field that are engaged on the fireline. Water tenders have a large truck mounted tank that carries a minimum 1,000 gallons and up to 4,000 gallons of water.