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West, Texas - willman940 - 02-28-2014
Does anyone know what West Texas is running now? I remember reading about a donated Pierce Contender tanker demo, and atleast one other donated used apparatus.
I also started a thread in the photo requests area if you have any pictures.
Thanks in advance,
John "Will" Schowengerdt.
West, Texas - Juice - 02-28-2014
John,
While I don't know the answer to your particular question, it did make me begin wondering. If you Google Map West, TX. and look at the Fire Station Street View, you can see the tanker sitting out front, as well as a Flower Mound Engine, one of the White and Blue Brush trucks purchased by the state, a Flower Mound SUV, what appears to be an old tanker sitting behind the fence, and another Engine there for the coverage. Further, if you see the school. just down the road from the explosion site, there is a large scale command center set up. Lastly, if you look at the hospital there is another Flower Mound Engine. There are a lot of emergency vehicles all around town, apparently this was taken right after the explosion.
Trav!
West, Texas - Roto-Ray - 02-28-2014
Berywn, PA donated a Ford C/E-One engine to them as well: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/08/west-volunteer-fire-department-gets-fire-engine-donation/
West, Texas - Juice - 02-28-2014
Quote:Berywn, PA donated a Ford C/E-One engine to them as well: <a class="bbc_url" href="http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/08/west-volunteer-fire-department-gets-fire-engine-donation/">http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/05/08/west-volunteer-fire-department-gets-fire-engine-donation/</a>
Yeah, forgot to mention that...
West, Texas - CAPTFBFD - 03-01-2014
The Berywn Engine actually ended up in Ross VFD who provides mutual aid to West due to the amount of equipment that West had already received. I know Pierce donated a Tanker to west and a White E\-One engine was donated as well.
West, Texas - JakeF - 03-01-2014
Looking at Google maps that's Flower Mound's reserve engine Ex E501. It's is seen twice, at the hospital and the station. The other engine is Little Elm rescue engine 621.
West VFD is also running a Spartan/Quality engine. Ex Stafford TX
West, Texas - Juice - 03-01-2014
Thanks for clarification, I thought it was 2 different Flower Mound Engines, I didn't look at the number of the one at the hospital when I posted that.
Trav!
West, Texas - TacSupport1 - 03-04-2014
Freightliner, Pierce, and Siddons-Martin Fire Apparatus (the local Pierce Dealer) donated a DX series tanker:
Photo: https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1/941534_555094981208011_1974284413_n.jpg
Siddons-Martin Fire Apparatus (Pierce Dealer) also donated their 1989 Pierce Arrow loaner engines, which was in immaculate shape. Pat Siddons tried to make this one anonymous, but it didn't work out to well as he got a lot of good publicity
http://www.flickr.com/photos/texasfirepics/4071365220/
West, Texas - willman940 - 03-04-2014
Do you know if their running anything else?