Take Your Camera To Work Day!

Well, not exactly, but I wanted to play with "The Beast" and thought that I would bring my camera stuff to work. During our morning vehicle checks, I shot a few images of the guys checking our ladder tower...$875.000 worth of power, style and grace. It looks bulky but it drives like a dream and is fun like crazy to work with...

Ladder Tower 51... "The Tower of Power"


The pump operator's panel...pull a few levers, idle it up, then 2000 gallons of water per minute..."Surf's Up"
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From the basket, "Tupes" takes the ladder up to exercise the gears and piston...when fully extended, he would be 100 feet from the ground
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I hope you like the images....

 

Thanks Gale...I was just playing around. Glad that you enjoyed them.

 

Hi Leigh,

I'm glad the kids enjoyed the images...many people, young and older, are interested in fire apparatus. It must be the shiny red paint, chrome and the flashing lights. We get many people coming to the door asking for tours and to be able to sit in the driver's seat. If you take the kids, I'm sure that you will bring your camera. I always take pictures of the kids that come to the firehouse and send the images to their families. What might now be a shiny, new fire engine...someday will be an "old fashioned" shiny red fire truck with a little kid smiling for the camera. An image that they may cherish for a lifetime.

Thanks for checking out my images, Leigh.

 

Thanks Greg...I truly appreciate your very kind words. The fire service has been very good to me and my family. I've seen alot in my 27 years and I will have memories to last a lifetime. I've assisted in the delivery of 4 babies, treated the second patient poisoned by the infamous tainted-Tylenol tablets and the list of oddities goes on and on. It's been a great career and I will always cherish my friendships...the laughing...the crying and the effects of September 11, 2001 on all of us. When the bells go off, we are a fine-tuned machine...and when no bells...we are "F-Troop"

Thanks again Greg!