What's New in Apparatus

Ladder 175's Tiller photo by: Tim Keller

Apparatus updates by Jack Lerch

These reprints are done with the permission of the editor John A. Calderone.


  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal lerch-January-February-2012 (Contract for 2000 GPM pumpers that would replace all of the remaining 2002, 2003, and 2004 regular Seagrave 1000 GPM pumpers )
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal September-October-2011 contracts were still pending for the building of four 2000 GPM high-pressure pumpers to repiace the Seagrave high-pressure pumpers assigned to Engines 6, 70,34, and 65.)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal July-August 2010 (Delivery continues on the two add-on orders of the 2010 Seagrave Marauder 2000 GPM pumpers)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal May-June 2010 (Twenty-two 2010 Seagrave/Aerialscope 75-foot towers)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal November-December 2004 (RESCUE COMPANY 6 WAS ORGANIZED ON August 2, 2004)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal July-August 2002 (ALL BUT THREE OF THE APPARATUS destroyed have been replaced)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal May-June 2002 (THE FIRST OF FIVE NEW HEAVY RESCUES)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal March-April 2002 (A DONATED 2002 FERRARA INFERNO 1000 gpm pumper was delivered)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal January-February 2002 (Emergency purchases following WTC)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal July_August 2001 (The two Seagrave 100-foot tractor-drawn aerials)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal May_June 2001 (THE LAST EIGHT NEW SEAGRAVE 1000 GPM pumpers)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal March-April 2001 (Two Fireboats and five 2000 Seagrave 1000 gpm rescuepumpers)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal January-February 2001 (SEAGRAVE 2000 GPM pumpers Companies 72, 159, 207, 284, and 324, delivered)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal November-December 2000 (DELIVERY HAS STARTED ON TWO ORDERS)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal September-October 2000
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal July-August 2000
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal May-June 2000
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal March-April 2000
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal January-February 2000
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal November-December 1999
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal September-October 1999
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal May-June 1999 (THTRTY-SEVEN ALL-WHITE 1999 CHEVROLET)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal March-April 1999 (DELIVERY OF THE FINAE SIX PUMPERS)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal January-February 1999 (New Ladder Company 133)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal November-December 1998 (RESCUE-PUMPERS)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal September-October 1998 (TACTICAL SUPPORT UNITS)
  • Re-printed from Fire Apparatus Journal July-August 1998 (1998 SEAGRAVE 1000-gpm pumpers)
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    by: DONALD VAN HOLT (Ladder 103 / Engine 216 / Ladder 108 Retired, 1983)

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