South King Engine 651, originally uploaded by bbirmingham.
25 June 2010 was the annual Kid’s Safety Day at the Museum of Flight. Local fire departments brought vehicles and equipment to display and educate children about fire safety.
Archive for the ‘fire apparatus’ Category
Kid’s Safety Day
Friday, June 25th, 2010Yakima FD Engine 91
Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Yakima FD Engine 91, originally uploaded by bbirmingham.
My wife and I took a day trip over to Yakima on Friday, 26 March 2010. While in town, I happend to see Engine 91 of the Yakima Fire Department. This is a 1991 Spartan/Darley triple combination pumper.
Seatac Engine 45
Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Seatac Engine 45, originally uploaded by bbirmingham.
It is the first day of spring. It is sunny and the temperture is supposed to be near 70. I set out to photograph some fire apparatus near the Sea-Tac airport. I knew Engine 45 has a relatively new Pierce Quantum. Station 46 is fairly new and it has a nearly new heavy rescue.
There wasn’t much going on the City of Sea-Tac today, however, I did manage to find the new Quantum sitting in front of Station 45.
Snohomish County FD1 Ladder 11
Saturday, December 12th, 2009
Snohomish County FD1 Ladder 11, originally uploaded by bbirmingham.
I was killing time while Alexis was in class today. I found Ladder 11 from Snohomish County Fire District 1 sitting out in the cold. This is a 2001 E-One. The replacement for this truck was sitting inside the fire station. The replacement is a 2009 Spartan/Crimson aerial. It is black over red like the other new apparatus for Fire District 1.
Snohomish County Fire District 1 Engine13
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
I spent some time yesterday driving around North King County and South Snohomish County looking for fire apparatus to photograph. It was cold and there wasn’t many apparatus out and about. I did find Engine 13 from Snohomish County Fire District 1. One of the firefighers on duty told me that the City of Edmond’s Fire Department will be merging with Fire District 1 in January 2010.
Port of Seattle Fire Department
Saturday, October 31st, 2009Today, the Port of Seattle Fire Department hosted a pancake breakfast as a fundraiser for the Northwest Burn Foundation. I went and had some pancakes, bacon and sausage. I got a tour of their fire apparatus.
This is the Port's newest ARFF vehicle
This is another of the Port's ARFF vehicles
This is the Port's newest Engine, 711. It is not yet in service.
Thank you to the fire fighters of the Port of Seattle for the breakfast event and the tour of the apparatus.
Fire Apparatus I haven’t seen yet.
Sunday, September 13th, 2009Yesterday, I had a busy day traveling around the Seattle area. I took Alexis to her class in Northgate and went looking for fire apparatus to photograph. As I drove around the north end of Lake Washington, I stopped at Northshore Fire Station 51. Their “new” Rescue 51 was parked out front going through the daily rig checks. They actually acquired the truck in October of 2007. The Batallion Chief there gave me a quick tour of the vehicle. It was parked in the shade and made for some challenging photography. Here it is.
Northshore Fire Department Rescue 51
Continuing into downtown Seattle to meet some family for lunch, I happened onto a couple of opportunities to see some of Seattle’s newest fire trucks. The first shown here is Ladder 4, a 2009 Pierce 100ft tractor drawn aerial. Ladder 10 received an identical truck.
Seattle Fire Department Ladder 4
The other aerial I saw is Ladder 1, a 2007 Spartan/Crimson 103ft tractor drawn aerial.
Seattle Fire Department Ladder 1
In addition to the aerials, I saw Engine 5′s new 2008 E-One Quest. I will post it here shortly.
Another new camera lens.
Monday, July 6th, 2009I got another lens to add to the camera bag. This time it is a Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G. This was the second weekend I took it out to see what it could do. I am impressed. I stopped by Renton Fire Station 12 as they were preparing for the 4th of July. Engine 12 and Engine 121 were going through the daily rig checks.
Renton Engine 12
Renton Engine 121
Engine 16, Engine 11, and Aid 11 stopped by for an early morning meeting.
Renton Engine 16
After leaving Station 12, I went up to Station 24 in the Skyway area. This station is part of King County Fire District 20. They have a new Aid Unit. They let me take a closer look and get a few pictures. Thanks to KCFD 20.
New KCFD 20 Aid 23
