And burning up on a hot day...

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Me too

Seagraves had their own unique sound

Gets ya excited huh those iron men? And the ladders are metal. Calm down now buddy and stop touching yourself.

@@justincase7937 you didn't notice, I assume Thomas Walsh was referring to the portable ladders carried on the ladder truck, which were wooden well into the 1990s (you can see them sticking out of the back of the tiller trailer as the ladder truck backs into quarters). Then there was an accidental ladder failure at a fire. Subsequent ladder testing saw every 55 ft ladder fail. Fiberglass and aluminum have replaced the old wooden ladders.

@@KeithDCarl Those ladders in the back look metal to me, the way they're reflecting the sunlight. And Thomas was quoting an old saying. Men obsessed with firefighters is homo erotic. I was on for 32 years and there was never a shortage of adult weirdos and creeps hanging around firehouses and fire scenes acting like little kids all excited about firefighters and equipment. They couldn't get laid to save their own life but could name every piece of equipment on a truck like Rain Man.

@@justincase7937 Yep, I know what and who you're talking about. Regarding the ladders, they were definitely wooden with the tips painted white. But who cares, right? I only quibble about it because even at the time I found it so odd that the ladders were made of wood. I felt the same about the "hip boots & dungarees" prior to the modern turnout gear and the ticker tape box alarms before modern dispatch. Both of which were gone from the CFD prior to my service. The wooden ladders were still around. They took so much maintenance, they would bow like a pole vaulter's pole, and they were heavy as shit! The modern ladders are so much nicer and safer. I do miss the tiller trucks though!

​​@@KeithDCarl I know this is Cincinnati, but in Chicago those ticker tape box alarms were part of the "Joker System" and called a "Joker Box". The high desk it sat on was called a "Joker Stand". One FF sat at the desk during his shift. I believe Gamewell was the manufacturer. It may have been named that to refer to "go watch that fuqqin Joker of a box this shift". I think Chicago quit utilizing them around the mid 70's but the Joker Stands stayed, still working, in the houses until the early 90's. Although the bells didn't ring anymore I can still remember hearing the constant "tapping".

SMH

It's not a TeleSqurt, it's articulating. There's no "I" in "Squrt."

@@fmartinjr WHAT does that mean? I don't speak Ebonics

Not really, because in Cincinnati, they don't use mechanical sirens like a Q2B. Instead they only come with an electronic siren.

It was way easier there than up on Glenway in Price Hill, where I learned to do it. And the doors on Glenway are about a foot narrower.

@@grumpygeorge was that with Cincinnati Fire?

I don't believe the Cincinnati FD has ever used black over red. Chicago has always had apparatus in that color scheme

@@emt5330 quite correct -- I think I got my cities mixed up.

@@KKEM641 Haha, I was wondering why these vehicles looked a bit off. Besides the green light I was looking for. Nice apparatus, though. I love how the 80's hasn't been forgotten.

Cincinnati fire department has never had black over red on their engines or ladders they went white over red for a while and now they're all red again

Chicago FD had Model A's for their Battalion Chief's that were red with the roofs being tarred. The red paint wouldn't stick to the tar & someone from brass liked the scheme. They kept it. The family of the Commissioner in the late 1920's owned a steamship line. He adopted the red & green nautical lights on all apparatus and firehouses.

You were obviously never on the job. This is the part where you tell me how close you came to getting on the job.

You don't know shit dimwit. I was a union firefighter for 31 years. While I didn't always support the union on issues and the constant whining ruined parts of the job, the union is why we no longer do 60 plus hour weeks, get callback and overtime pay and good benefits and many other benefits better than they had..."back in the day."