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Do you happen to know why they cancelled the KME's? And do they plan on replacing those orders with Rosenbauer engines?

This is the new Mobile Air 1. It's a 2021 Mack Terrapro/Ferrara. From an unknown photographer on Facebook:

Are we talking about San Francisco FD? If so, I saw there were SFFD staff at Ferrara in Louisianna doing final inspections on some new rigs. There was an Engine, Tiller, and a Mobile Air Unit on a Mack Terrapro chassis in the pictures I saw.

That's quite a short wheelbase!

Sharp! I like it!

LOL that makes sense. Is this a 24/7 position (I assume just during predicted weather events thought), and what type of person staffs it? (Captain, Chief, etc?)

I'm not sure what the role is, but here's a photo of the unit.

Wow. This is why I'm all for systems that prevent this, such as a kill switch that shuts the truck off if the thief doesn't engage certain features.

I'm surprised they are only replacing 4 engines and 2 trucks.

Does anyone know who this will be assigned to? (PHOTO: Pierce Manufacturing/Hughes Fire Equipment)

Has it been repaired or totaled? Or something inbetween LOL?

How many Pierce tillers have been delivered so far?

Looks like the bid hasn't been awarded quite yet, and has been through a lot of amendments and changes so far.. Also at the link below are the detailed specifications for the new tillers. https://bit.ly/3jtaIOZ As for KME's future, I haven't heard anything concrete about future plans other then the press release. Such a large and diverse line of products that KME manufactures simply can't be absorbed by other operations easily or quickly I would think. And that press release was kind of vague about KME's future, at least to me. Time should tell what happens, but KME losing such a large contract such as LACoFD would definitely hurt the bottom line for REV Group.

I agree and I wish!

Rescue 1 being replaced by a Pierce Arrow XT. To my knowledge, this is the first rescue with a walk in body and short cab. Here are the latest photos. Photo Album for Pierce Job 34562-01 East Pierce F & R, WA Custom Enforcer Pumper (cdn-website.com)

From Hughes Fire Equipment Facebook page:

Thanks for the info JWI! Did Phoenix split this order with Rosenbauer again?

I'll be visiting Seattle soon. Does anyone have any advice about fire apparatus related sites or anything else worth visiting?

Interesting move after a long time with KME exclusively. But, REV Group is more or less disbanding KME, so I guess LACoFD is considering their options and Rosenbauer is one of them.

Didn't know Phoenix FD was getting E-One rear mounts. Are E-One rear mount aerials new to PFD, or have they had them before (or even rear mount aerials a new thing)?

I can only imagine what it was like for the dispatchers that night.

That's sad. Pasadena had some really nice Seagraves.

Great to see Seagraves for Long Beach! Hoping their neighbor to the north, LAFD, will return to Seagrave at some point in the near future.