DAVE911.COM: Turn Back The Clock pt. 41

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Sunday, March 01, 2009

Birmingham Fire & Rescue

Jay sent these pictures that he took of Birmingham's truck companies years ago. Thanks, Jay!

Truck 13...

12's Snorkel...

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3's Truck...

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1's Truck...

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27's Truck...

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Snorkel...

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At 3/04/2009 05:15:00 AM , Dave Echols said...: I love the old snorkles. I remember going to one of the City auctions and one of them sold for something like $1200.00. The pneumatics on those things are worth more than that.
I also liked the fact that Station 27 used to be unique as it was the only station with an engine, rescue and truck company. But no more.
At 3/04/2009 10:10:00 AM , Anonymous said...: station 1 has all 3 types of unit
At 3/04/2009 08:54:00 PM , Dave Echols said...: True, they do now.
At 3/09/2009 02:00:00 PM , Anonymous said...: Station 16 also had an Engine, Rescue Unit and a Truck. I worked on all three back in the '70's.

Dennis Kizziah
At 4/16/2009 07:58:00 AM , Jason Brush navytacmedic@rescueteam.com said...: I remember my dad working at 27 when they shared a station with 30. We lived in Roebuck down the road from the station and I would always hear them going out on runs. Man...the childhood days...