C.D. M37 in Pittsfield, MA

[pwrwagonfire]

Thought all you guys would be interested to see this!
MY father works for the state department of fire services, and was in Pittsfield yesterday doing mask fit testing. I had heard rumor that the town's Civil Defense had an M37, and he said he'd try to get pictures.

Sure enough, at lunch time the fire chief "took him to the M37!" Notice next to it, the agency's other vehicle...an M725!

This is the stereotypical paint job for Civil Defense trucks here in Mass. Notice how the old logo has been retro-fitted to include "Emergency Management Agency" which as you may know is the new moniker for Civil Defense.


Trucks are housed indoors year round, although I'm not sure on what kind of use they get...it seems the M37 has a recent inspection sticker, and has leaves in the bed so it may be used more. The M725 I ASSUME was set up as some sort of command post at some point.

Truck is in good shape! Sorry the pictures aren't so hot...they didn't have time to pull them out for my dad.

 

[Kalashnikov]

I was in Pittsfield a few months ago for work. Nice trucks.

There's a member here that I bought my deuce from (don't know his user name off the top of my head) but he said his town has a 5 ton for the "EMA."

The fire department in Millville, MA has a big old Mack tanker truck, not military, but still cool. It's only a small town too. I thought they had a deuce or a 5 ton tanker a few years ago but I may have been mistaken since it was before my MV years.

 

[TheAxeman]

Very cool that your Dad would take the time to snap a few pics and kudos to the fire chief for entertaining him. Thanks for sharing that.

 

[majorhitt]

Sharp looking trucks. The M37 must be A M37B1. Full bench seat in the cargo area