Here are some photos I took of my Fire Departments new Ladder Truck (It is actually a "Quint", not a "Truck") on October 8, 2020. We took the vehicle out of the District (with permission) up to Poughkeepsie at the Shadows Marina and restaurant on the Hudson River. I have been a member of my Department since 1972.

The bridge in the background is the Mid-Hudson Bridge, also known by its official name, The Franklin D. Roosevelt Bridge.

The vehicle was manufactured by Pierce Fire Apparatus in Wisconsin, and is built on their Ascendant chassis, which enables building on a single axle. It has a vertical height of 107 feet with a horizontal reach of 100 feet. A 1500gpm pump feeds the pre-piped waterway. The rear hose bed carries 300 feet of 3" hose and 1000 feet of 5" hose. There are two 1 3/4" hand lines and a 2 1/2" hand line in a mattydale lay behind the crew compartment, which can be pulled off either side of the vehicle as needed. There is also a full array of other fire fighting equipment such a saws, hand tools, Scott Air packs, rescue tools, etc. on the vehicle.

The reason it is called a Quint and not a Truck, is that it is a dual purpose apparatus, meaning it has a pump, water tank, and hose of an Engine, and aerial device (ladder), and ground ladders of a Truck... thus a Quintuple or Quint for short, which combines the five functions of two different types of fire apparatus.

I hope you like the images.

Here are some photos I took of my Fire Departments new Ladder Truck (It is actually a "Quint", not a "Truck") on October 8, 2020. We took the vehicle out of the District (with permission) up to Poughkeepsie at the Shadows Marina and restaurant on the Hudson River. I have been a member of my Department since 1972.

The bridge in the background is the Mid-Hudson Bridge, also known by its official name, The Franklin D. Roosevelt Bridge.

The vehicle was manufactured by Pierce Fire Apparatus in Wisconsin, and is built on their Ascendant chassis, which enables building on a single axle. It has a vertical height of 107 feet with a horizontal reach of 100 feet. A 1500gpm pump feeds the pre-piped waterway. The rear hose bed carries 300 feet of 3" hose and 1000 feet of 5" hose. There are two 1 3/4" hand lines and a 2 1/2" hand line in a mattydale lay behind the crew compartment, which can be pulled off either side of the vehicle as needed. There is also a full array of other fire fighting equipment such a saws, hand tools, Scott Air packs, rescue tools, etc. on the vehicle.

The reason it is called a Quint and not a Truck, is that it is a dual purpose apparatus, meaning it has a pump, water tank, and hose of an Engine, and aerial device (ladder), and ground ladders of a Truck... thus a Quintuple or Quint for short, which combines the five functions of two different types of fire apparatus.

I hope you like the images.