Military Fire Trucks

[milfireguy]

Here is a Seagrave truck that is displayed in the Motor T museum on Camp Pendleton. I took the pictures in March of this year. The light and my camera do not do this truck justice!

It having Navy markings is intriguing.

Cheers

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This is a 1945 Seagrave, Model 66E, with 65 foot aerial ladder delivered to Naval Station Treasure Island, CA. Rig carried Seagrave serial number C-5760 and USN serial number 74-0019. The unit ws restored by members of the Camp Pendleton Fire Department.

 

[RESCUE19]

Military didnt make it this way, but I did!
We also have a Duece, and a 5ton

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Military didnt make it this way, but I did!
We also have a Duece, and a 5ton

Welcome, Sir!
Do you have pics of all your MV FireTrucks?

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Grape Creek (TX) VFD New-to-them Brush Truck

I've been watching this brush truck being built for the Grape Creek Volunteer Fire Department (unincorporated community just outside San Angelo in Tom Green County, Texas, USA).

She started out as a DRMO M931 and I first spotted her at a heavy truck maintenance shop where all of her "tractor gear" was removed and a few mods made.

This morning I spotted her ON THE MOVE sporting a new paint job, headed for a public scale prior to registration, then off to have DECALS added.....

Lookin' GOOD ! ! !

 

[MRFD715]

I started a thread for this truck, but I'll put them here too. Our newest addition is an M915A4 that we made into our tanker.





Here is our M54A2 that used to be the tanker, it is now being transformed into a brush/grass rig.



We also have a 1970 Dodge P10 we use as a brush/grass rig. (Sorry, no pics. I really should get some though!)

 

[tamangel]

MR,

How about putting a link to your other thread in your last message here..Nice to have ways to get to it from here ( or from there to here..)

Mike W

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[MRFD715]

MR,

How about putting a link to your other thread in your last message here..Nice to have ways to get to it from here ( or from there to here..)

Mike W

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I should have thought of that to start with

Here it is:

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/conversations/91603-m915a4-its-new-mission.html

 

[MRFD715]

Got a couple of pics of the P10 to add here. Looks kind of goofy right now with the two strobes on it, the light bar we had on it decided it was tired of working and melted itself down. Will likely be in service for only a couple more months, that's when we plan on the M54 being back in service.

Do any of you know how it was originally equipped? I'm going to try and get my hands on it when the FD gets rid of it and I would like to put it back to original condition.

 

[RESCUE19]

Welcome, Sir!
Do you have pics of all your MV FireTrucks?

Heres a few...

 

[tamangel]

Got a couple of pics of the P10 to add here.

more pic's of P-10's ( if your go to P-10V3, there are pic's on Chevy platforms..) BTW, nice M36..

http://www.dodfire.net/fire_vehicles/PhotoAlbum.asp?ShowSub=P-10V2

Mike W

Is this your truck/ Found...somewhere in my web travels..

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[milfireguy]

Got a couple of pics of the P10 to add here. Looks kind of goofy right now with the two strobes on it, the light bar we had on it decided it was tired of working and melted itself down. Will likely be in service for only a couple more months, that's when we plan on the M54 being back in service.

Do any of you know how it was originally equipped? I'm going to try and get my hands on it when the FD gets rid of it and I would like to put it back to original condition.

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Do you know at which air base that P-10 served?

 

[MRFD715]

Do you know at which air base that P-10 served?

I'm not sure, but I would love to find out. I don't really know where to start though. I do know that it was originally red, it was painted blue before we acquired it though.

 

[Freitagon]

Could anyone tell me from where I could purchase military trucks?? These should contain premium quality parts and accessories for giving high performance.

 

[milfireguy]

I'm not sure, but I would love to find out. I don't really know where to start though. I do know that it was originally red, it was painted blue before we acquired it though.

Would you believe that 70L 724 is not listed in Air Force records? I have asked my contact within the AF to check for the number again. 70L 719 was at Nellis while 70L 741 was with the NDANG at Fargo. Between those two numbers there are no listings. 151

 

[MRFD715]

Would you believe that 70L 724 is not listed in Air Force records? I have asked my contact within the AF to check for the number again. 70L 719 was at Nellis while 70L 741 was with the NDANG at Fargo. Between those two numbers there are no listings. 151

That is interesting, assuming all the numbers between those two were used, that seems to be a lot of missing records. I appreciate you looking for me!

I can't find info on the P10V1 anywhere, so if anyone knows where I can look or how it was originally equipped I would appreciate any information I can get!

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

That is interesting, assuming all the numbers between those two were used, that seems to be a lot of missing records. I appreciate you looking for me!

I can't find info on the P10V1 anywhere, so if anyone knows where I can look or how it was originally equipped I would appreciate any information I can get!

Those missing numbers might be on the AF Inventory for AREA 51. Those records are scheduled to be declassified in "the near future" - I thinks the release is going to happen in June of 3926 A.D. You won't have to wait toooooo loooong.

LOL

 

[MRFD715]

Those missing numbers might be on the AF Inventory for AREA 51. Those records are scheduled to be declassified in "the near future" - I thinks the release is going to happen in June of 3926 A.D. You won't have to wait toooooo loooong.

LOL

I guess if that is where it served I may never find out any history on it! LOL

Sometimes I think our government thinks the term "in the near future" translates to "never".

 

[milfireguy]

I guess if that is where it served I may never find out any history on it! LOL

Sometimes I think our government thinks the term "in the near future" translates to "never".

Heard back from the Air Force, still no info on where the rig served. One note on this series of P-10s, the body work is from Pierce. I am working to obtain a list of equipment that would have been carried on this series of P-1s.

 

[MRFD715]

Heard back from the Air Force, still no info on where the rig served. One note on this series of P-10s, the body work is from Pierce. I am working to obtain a list of equipment that would have been carried on this series of P-1s.

Here is a silly question, is it possible it never served for the AF? It had ~21,000 miles on it when we got it and was in awesome condition, as it still is. A lot of the Fire/Rescue trucks off the bases that I see come through DRMO are pretty well used up. Maybe it got used elsewhere?

I was aware that the apparatus body was made by Pierce as it has all of the original tags from Pierce on it. From the very few pictures I've see it looks like it's missing a rack that goes over the apparatus body and holds ladders any maybe other things? Another thing that might not be right is the rear bench seat, any other P10's I've seen just have three seats (I was told they use 3 man crews so no need for more than 3 seats).

Thanks again for trying to find the info for me!

 

[milfireguy]

Here is a silly question, is it possible it never served for the AF? It had ~21,000 miles on it when we got it and was in awesome condition, as it still is. A lot of the Fire/Rescue trucks off the bases that I see come through DRMO are pretty well used up. Maybe it got used elsewhere?

I was aware that the apparatus body was made by Pierce as it has all of the original tags from Pierce on it. From the very few pictures I've see it looks like it's missing a rack that goes over the apparatus body and holds ladders any maybe other things? Another thing that might not be right is the rear bench seat, any other P10's I've seen just have three seats (I was told they use 3 man crews so no need for more than 3 seats).

Thanks again for trying to find the info for me!

I guess anything is possible. Some Air Force friends have contacted me with their memories of what equipment was on the P-10.

Gasoline powered smoke ejector, K-12 saw, electric sawzell, A-Frame ladder, stokes basket, backboard, first aid kit, tool box, bolt cutters, port-a-power, rope, portable O2 unit, cutting tourch, crash ax, standard ax pickhead flat, 3 dry chem extinguishers. As more info comes in I will post.