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Post by afp on Jan 23, 2002 20:09:25 GMT -5
If anyone who hasn't seen the lastest ladder truck from Seagrave being delivered to FDNY here's the link www.seagrave.com This truck has some really amazing graphics and it's just beautiful!!!
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Post by Box_2565 on Jan 31, 2002 7:49:30 GMT -5
Dave Jones passed along this article to me, thought it would make for some interesting reading here! Sure would be nice if CFD would buy a few of these! Right Dave!
January 22, 2002 3 New Fire Trucks Heading East By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLINTONVILLE, Wis., Jan. 21 (AP) - Three fire trucks built by a company in this east central Wisconsin town are heading to the East Coast this week to help replace equipment lost in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack. Workers at Seagrave Fire Apparatus had one of the trucks painted with a red-white-and-blue mural on both sides showing a firefighter raising an American flag. "I am so proud that a small city of this size can help out a city like New York," said Diane Eastman, a lifelong resident of the area, who brought her daughter to see one of the trucks. Seagrave started rushing to build 54 custom fire trucks for New York after receiving an emergency order in October estimated at about $25 million. It normally takes up to a year to build a fire truck. The New York Fire Department lost about 95 pieces of equipment when the World Trade Center was destroyed. Seagrave, which employs about 350 people, has supplied fire equipment for New York since 1918, when some city trucks were still drawn by horses. Many Seagrave workers have personal ties to New York firefighters, who often visit the company to inspect the trucks. "There's been a lot of outgoing emotions that have gone along with this," said George Kanugh, Seagrave's marketing and sales manager. The first three trucks are to leave Wisconsin on Tuesday morning. They will make a stop at the company's New Jersey office, where workers will finish equipping them. New York firefighters will have the trucks next month, ready for service, while Seagrave finishes the rest of the order, Mr. Kanugh said. On each truck, workers fixed a medallion commemorating the firefighters killed in the attacks, Mr. Kanugh said. The day after the terrorist attack, Seagrave workers from New Jersey arrived at the disaster site trying to repair burned and disabled trucks. Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company
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Post by Box_2565 on Mar 22, 2002 0:40:42 GMT -5
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