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2025-02-07 Aubrey Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2025-01-31 Lockheed-Martin Has a new Pierce GLB 6x6 apparatus being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2025-01-17 Plano Has a new Pierce Velocity 100' tower being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2025-01-03 Dallas Has a new Pierce Enforcer Volterra (electric) engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-12-20 Balch Springs Has a new Pierce Enforcer '100 aerial being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-12-13 Lockheed-Martin Has a new Pierce Velocity engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin webite. Link 1 :

2024-12-11 Dallas Rosenbauer America and the Dallas Fire Rescue Department have entered into an innovative partnership aimed at the joint further development of the PANTHER 6x6 electric through to series production. The pre-series vehicle will be delivered in mid-2025 and will operate at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL), making it the first airport to receive a PANTHER 6x6 electric. Link 1 : Link 2

2024-12-10 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: Authorize Acceptance of a Donation of a Vehicle from the Office of Radiological Security Response Program to the Fort Worth Police Department Link 1 :

2024-12-10 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: The Aviation Department is seeking City Council approval to appropriate $1,353,760.00 in the Municipal Airport Capital Projects Fund for the purchase of an Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicle at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport (Airport). Fort Worth Fire Department Station 35 (FWFD Station 35) at the Airport currently maintains three ARFF vehicles to satisfy Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) emergency response requirements. According to the FAA, the average service life of ARFF vehicles are ten to twelve years, and the FAA has multiple factors to consider if an ARFF vehicle is in need of replacement. The oldest ARFF vehicle at the Airport was manufactured in 2003. Not only is it twenty-one years old and has significantly exceeded the FAA's recommended average service life, but almost all FAA criteria has been met to justify its replacement. By replacing this ARFF vehicle, the Airport will be better equipped to satisfy FAA requirements with reliable equipment that Link 1 :

2024-12-06 Weatherford Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-11-15 Little Elm Has a new Pierce Velocity engine being built according to the Sidsons-Martin website. It might be part of multi-piece order. Link 1 :

2024-11-09 Flower Mound Has a new Pierce Enforce heavy rescue being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-11-08 Balch Springs Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-11-08 Dallas Has several Pierce/Ford brush trucks being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-11-08 Haltom City Has a new Pierce Enforce 107' truck being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-11-08 Pilot Point Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-10-25 Fort Worth Has a new Pierce/Freightliner Air & Light unit being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-10-25 Fort Worth Has a new Pierce Enforcer 100' tower being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. There appears to be more than one being made. Link 1 :

2024-10-04 Denton Has a new Pierce Enforcer Heavy Rescue being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-09-18 Bedford A new Engine 153 (first-due to my home) has been ordered. It's a Spartan Metrostar S-180 with a 750 gallon water tank, 20 gallon foam tank, Waterous 1500 GPM pump, The stock unit is expected Spring 2025 and will replaced the current Engine 3 that was total after being hit while working a major accident several months ago. Photo 1 :

2024-08-30 Carrollton Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-08-30 Denton Has a new Pierce Enforce engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-08-09 Denton Has a new Pierce Enforcer Volterra electric (EV) engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-08-09 Lewisville Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Looks like it might be an order of more than 1. Link 1 :

2024-08-02 Parker County Has a new Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-07-27 DFW Airport Has a some new Oshkosh Striker 4x4 being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 : Link 2

2024-07-19 Prosper Has a new Pierce Velocity engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-07-19 Waxahachie Has a new Pierce Velocity 105' rear mount (RM) aerial being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2024-06-05 Irving Station 8 will be relocated from 650 E Las Colinas Blvd to 5601 Riverside Dr. Link 1 :

2024-04-08 Denton Has a new Pierce electric hybrid Volterra engine ordered. See article at link below. Link 1 :

2024-03-24 Rockwall Has a new 2023 Pierce Enforcer (500 gallons of water 105 ft., rear mount, aerial). Photo and Info, Thanks to Jeremy! Photo 1 :

2024-03-15 Carrollton Has a new Pierce Enforcer 107' tiller being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #38456. Link 1 :

2024-03-15 Irving Has a new Pierce Enforce engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #39023_1, so maybe there's more than one coming. Link 1 :

2024-03-08 Sachse Has a new wildland brush truck being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #38064. Link 1 :

2024-03-01 Reno Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #38974. Link 1 :

2024-01-24 Southlake Has placed an order for a Pierce Velocity Engine. Thanks to Nicolas.

2024-01-12 Denton Has a new Impel engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #39290. Link 1 :

2024-01-12 Lancaster Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #41037 Link 1 :

2024-01-12 Midlothian Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #38015. Link 1 :

2023-12-01 Haltom City Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #40738. Link 1 :

2023-11-17 Irving Has a new Pierce Enforcer 107' Ascendant truck being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #40583. Link 1 :

2023-11-03 Irving Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #37816. Link 1 :

2023-10-18 Fort Worth Station 43 Ground Breaking Link 1 :

2023-10-06 Lewisville Has a new Pierce Impel engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #37802. Link 1 :

2023-09-27 Dallas 23-2211 1 44. CONSENT AGENDA Authorize the purchase of a firefighting robot vehicle for the Fire-Rescue Department - Municipal Emergency Services, sole source - Not to exceed $472,720 - Financing: Homeland Security-Urban Area Security Initiative Funds

2023-09-22 Johnson County Has a new Pierce/Freightliner Engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #38590. Link 1 :

2023-08-25 Cedar Hill Has a new Pierce Enforcer PUC engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #37728. Link 1 :

2023-08-04 Plano Has several Pierce being built. One is an Ascendant 107' and there are 2 Velocity engines. Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2023-07-28 Little Elm Has a new Pierce Velocity Engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #37591. Link 1 :

2023-06-27 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "The Fort Worth Fire Department was awarded a fully equipped Type 6 wildland fire apparatus valued at approximately $300,000.00 from the Texas A&M Forest Service, Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS) to be used by the department's wildland firefighting team. Through the TIFMAS program, the Texas A&M Forest Service will order this completed truck on behalf of the Fire Department through the state or federal contract purchasing process and will pay the selected vendors via a third-party vendor transaction. The Fort Worth Fire Department will own the truck, subject to a Supplemental Terms and Responsibilities Agreement."

2023-06-27 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "The purpose of this Mayor and Council Communication is to seek approval to acquire land from M.L. Tierce, III and Lynda L. Tierce (Seller) for the construction of a new Fire Station No. 16 in Southwest Fort Worth. The Property Management Department, in collaboration with the Fire Department, has determined the site located at 5701, 5709, 5717, 5719 and 5721 Lovell Avenue and 5700 Curzon Avenue, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas will meet the Fire Department's operational objectives for the Southwest Division and will provide sufficient land to develop and construct Fire Station No. 16. An appraisal of the property was prepared by an independent appraiser and a negotiated agreement has been reached with the Seller. The mineral estate will not be acquired and the deed will contain a surface waiver for the exploration of the mineral estate. The real estate taxes will be pro-rated with the Seller being responsible for taxes due up to the closing date. The City will pay the estimated cl

2023-06-27 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "(CD 3) Authorize Execution of a Construction Contract with RJM Contractors, Inc, in an Amount Not to Exceed $9,134,687.00, Including the Owner's Construction Allowance, for the Construction of a New Fire Station 43 for a Total Anticipated Project Cost of $10,817,345.00 (2014 Bond Program); and Adopt Appropriation Ordinances in the Amount of $4,000,000.00 for Additional Funding for the Fire Station 43 Project; and Amend the Fiscal Years 2023-2027 Capital Improvement Program"

2023-06-27 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "(CD 2) Authorize Execution of a Construction Contract with RJM Contractors, Inc., in an Amount of $2,570,670.00, Which Includes $24,230.00 for the Owner's Construction Allowance for Improvements and Renovation of Fire Station 15, for a Total Anticipated Project Cost of $3,004,000.00"

2023-05-12 Euless Has a new Pierce/Ford F550 Utility unit being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2023-05-05 Rockwall Has a new Pierce Enforcer 105' aerial being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2023-04-14 Plano Has a new Pierce Enforcer 107' trucking being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2023-03-17 Burleson Has a new Pierce Velocity 107' Ascendant being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job # 37421. Link 1 :

2023-03-17 Fort Worth Has a batch of Pierce apparatus being built. The first is a Velocity 107' Ascendant. It's job #37-503-1 Link 1 :

2023-03-17 Richardson Has a new Pierce Enforcer Heavy Rescue being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2023-02-04 Allen Has a new Pierce Arrow XT 100' aerial being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #37618. Link 1 :

2023-02-03 Garland Has a new Pierce heavy rescue running as Rescue 8. Thanks to Keith Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2023-01-27 Denton Has at least two Pierce Enforcer engines being according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 : Link 2

2023-01-27 Euless Has a new Pierce Impel engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #37439. Link 1 :

2023-01-27 Grand Prairie Has another Pierce Enforcer being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #37507. Link 1 :

2023-01-13 Red Oaks Has a new Pierce Ascendant 107' truck being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #37264. Link 1 :

2022-12-30 Grapevine Placed an order for 3 Pierce apparatus. Replacements for Engine 3 (Velocity), Truck 1(100' platform), and Quint 5 (107' Ascendant). Thanks to Nicolas

2022-12-19 Dallas has a new 2022 Pierce Enforcer 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 36673-03; Dallas Shop # 22082) Station 59 opened for business on July 8, 2022. It is located in the southeastern part of the city. This engine was placed into service on September 9, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2022-12-19 Cedar Hill Has a new 2021 Pierce Enforcer Heavy Rescue (Non Walk-In Body) Pierce Job # 35969. This heavy rescue began official service on May 25, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2022-12-19 Dallas Has a new 2022 Pierce Enforcer 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 36673-02; Dallas Shop # 22086) This engine began service on August 8, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2022-12-19 Duncanville Has a new 2021 Pierce Velocity PUC 1500-750-25 Foam (Pierce Job # 35787). This engine went into service in late 2021-early 2022. This rig is the first Duncanville unit in the new gray over red livery. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 :

2022-12-19 Frisco Has a new 2022 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-25 Foam (Pierce Job # 36348-03; Frisco Shop # FD4155). This engine began service on August 30, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2022-12-19 McKinney Has a new 2022 Pierce Enforcer 1500-300-20 Foam-100' RM (Pierce Job # 36077; McKinney Shop # 2132). This tower began service on August 19, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 :

2022-12-19 Plano Has a new 2022 Pierce Velocity 1500-575-25 Foam (Pierce Job # 36453-02; Plano Shop # 21407) This engine began service on October 31, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 :

2022-11-29 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "(ALL) Authorize Purchase Agreement for Quick Response Brush Trucks from Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC, in an Annual Amount Up to $1,612,613.00 using an HGAC Cooperative Purchasing Contract FS12-19A for the Fire Department through Property Management and Authorize Two One-Year Renewal Options for the Same Annual Amount"

2022-11-07 Frisco Has a new Engine 5. It's a 2022 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-25 Foam (Pierce Job # 36348-02; Frisco Shop # FD4154). This engine began service on August 30, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2022-11-05 Garland Has a new Pierce Velocity Heavy Rescue being built according to the Siddons-Martin website.

2022-11-01 Ferris, Fort Worth, Grap New orders at Siddons-Martin include: Heath - Enforcer Pumper, Southlake - Velocity Pumper, Grapevine - Pumper, 107' Aerial, and 100' Platform, Irving - Tiller, Ferris - Enforcer Pumper, Fort Worth - Mid Mount Aerial Tower, 8 pumpers on an Enforcer chassis this time.

2022-10-25 Fort Worth Has a new trailer on the agenda for the bomb squad. Link 1 :

2022-10-25 Fort Worth Has 11 new Pierce trucks on the city council agenda. The Fire Department (Fire) approached Fleet and the Purchasing Division for assistance with buying 11 fire trucks that will be used to transport firefighters and equipment to fires, hazardous incidents and other emergency situations throughout the City of Fort Worth (City). Pierce Manufacturing Incorporated sells apparatus through BuyBoard from authorized distributors. The regional distributor for Texas is Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC. Fire obtained a cooperative quote for the fire trucks from Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC using BuyBoard Cooperative Contract 651-21. The fire trucks will be replacements for old units that can no longer be economically maintained.

2022-10-24 Fort Worth Fort Worth Fire Department has placed an order for 6 Skeeter Brush Trucks Type 6 Step-Side Wildland Engines and they will be associated with job number S14830 once in production. Thanks to Thomas.

2022-10-22 Dallas Dallas Fire Rescue has placed a total of 8 apparatus on order over the course of the past month o 1 x Fan Truck is on order and will be associated with job number S14776-01 once in production. o 1 x Air Wagon (non-cascade, mass bottle transport only) is on order and will be associated with job number S14799-01 once in production. o 3 x Type 6 Rescue-Side Wildland Engines are on order and will be associated with job number S14800-01,-02,-03 once in production. o 3 x Type 6 Rescue-Side Wildland Engines are on order and will be associated with job number S14818-01,-02,-03 once in production. Thanks to Thomas

2022-10-22 Krum Krum Fire Department has a Type 5 Step-Side Wildland Engine nearing completion and can be seen at the in-production link below. (updated every Tues. and Thurs.) Thanks to Thomas Link 1 :

2022-10-22 Ovilla Ovilla Fire Department has placed an order for a Type 5 Step-Side Wildland Engine and will be associated with job number S14767-01 once in production. Thanks to Thomas

2022-10-22 Rockwall Rockwall Fire Department has placed an order for a Type 5 Step-Side Wildland Engine and will be associated with job number S14810-01 once in production. Thanks to Thomas

2022-10-22 Seagoville Seagoville Fire Department has placed an order for a Light Duty Rescue Squad and will be associated with job number S14723-01 once in production. Thanks to Thomas

2022-10-14 The Colony Has a new Pierce Arrow XT Pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job number 37365. Link 1 :

2022-10-07 Waxahachie Has a new Pierce Velocity engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #37172. Link 1 :

2022-10-04 Bedford Is hiring firefighters! Follow the link for details. Link 1 :

2022-09-28 Grand Prairie KRLD had a little story about the new Squad 5's push-in ceremony. Photo 4 :

2022-09-26 Dallas Truck 23 is a 2022 Pierce Enforcer #36210-02 107’ TDA Photo 1 :

2022-09-18 Dallas Has a new Truck 39. It's a 2022 Pierce Enforcer Ascendant 107' TDA (Pierce Job # 36210-01; Dallas Shop # 21261) This truck began service on August 25, 2022. The truck is "dry" (no pump or tank) as are all Dallas trucks. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2022-09-14 Dallas Agenda Items: "Authorize a construction services contract for the construction of Fire Station No. 41 Replacement Facility located at 5920 Royal Lane - Imperial Construction, Inc., best value proposer of three - Not to exceed $6,155,000.00 - Financing: 2020 Certificate of Obligation Fund (This item was deferred on August 24, 2022)"

2022-09-14 Dallas City Council Agenda Item: "Authorize an architectural services contract with PGAL, Inc. to provide design services for the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Station No. 21 Replacement at Dallas Love Field - Not to exceed $3,514,000.00 - Financing: Aviation Passenger Facility Charge - Near Term Projects Fund"

2022-09-14 Frisco Has a Engine 2. It's a 2022 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-25 Foam (Pierce Job # 36348-01; Frisco Shop # FD4153). This engine began service on August 30, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2022-09-08 Dallas Has a new Engine 27. It's a 2022 Pierce Enforcer 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 36673-03; Dallas Shop # 22099). This engine began service on August 9, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 :

2022-09-02 Denton Has a new Pierce Enforcer 100' trucking being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #37289. Photo 4 :

2022-08-26 Dallas Has a new Truck 50. It's a 2022 Pierce Velocity Ascendant 107' RM with T3 All Steer (Pierce Job # 36211-03; Dallas Shop # 21216). This truck went into service on July 22, 2022. As is tradition in Dallas, this is a "dry" truck (no pump or tank). Thanks to Lindsay! Photo 1 :

2022-08-24 Dallas Has a new Engine 50. It's a 2022 Pierce Enforcer 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 36673-01; Dallas Shop # 22090) This engine began service on August 5, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2022-08-22 Dallas Has a new Truck 56. It's a 2022 Pierce Velocity Ascendant 107' RM with T3 All Steer (Pierce Job # 36211-04; Dallas Shop # 21217). This truck went into service on August 3, 2022. As is tradition in Dallas, this is a "dry" truck (no pump or tank). Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2022-08-22 Wylie Has a new 2022 Rosenbauer Commander 1750-500-40 Foam-68' RM (Rosenbauer # 75227). This quint went into service shortly after the opening of Station 4 on June 20, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 :

2022-08-12 Mansfield Has a Pierce Ford 550 Light Rescue being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #37121. Link 1 :

2022-08-11 Irving "Irving’s original fire station known for its red bay doors will be demolished to clear the way for a new, more modern station. In its place, Irving plans to build a $6.9 million new station, which would serve the downtown Heritage District by 2024." - Dallas Morning News Article Link 1 :

2022-08-07 Carrollton Has a new Engine 118 (yes, it is a quint). It's a 2022 Pierce Enforcer 2000-480-20 Foam-75' RM (Pierce Job # 36085; Carrollton Shop # 30011) This quint went into service on April 21, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 :

2022-07-29 Frisco Has a new Velocity 107' Ascendant Tiller being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job number 36570. Link 1 :

2022-07-23 McKinney Has a new 2022 Pierce Enforcer 1500-500-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 36076; McKinney Shop # 2131). This engine went into service this spring after Station 11 was opened on February 16, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 :

2022-07-18 Flower Mound Has a new 2021 Pierce Velocity 1500-1930-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 35972; Flower Mound Shop # 63000-19) This engine went into service on May 10, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2022-07-15 Carrollton Has a new 2022 Pierce Enforcer 2000-500-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 36206; Carrollton Shop # 30112). This engine went into service on May 9, 2022. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 :

2022-07-15 Plano Per the Siddons Martin Instagram account, looks like Plano Fire Rescue is replacing their front line ambulance fleet with all new Braun/Ford F550 type 1 units. Thanks to Mark Link 1 :

2022-07-01 Anna Has a new Pierce Enforce PUC 100' aerial being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #36835. Link 1 :

2022-06-24 D/FW Airport Has a new Pierce Velocity 107' rear mount Ascendant aerial being built according to the Siddson-Martin website. It's job # 36895_1, and the _1 points to it being an order of more than 1. Link 1 :

2022-05-20 Everman Has a new Pierce Enforcer Ascendant 107' rear mount aerial according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job number 36712. Link 1 :

2022-05-20 Plano Has a new Pierce Enforcer Ascendant 107' rear mount truck being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job 36452 Link 1 :

2022-05-20 Southlake Has a new Pierce-Freightliner tanker being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job number 36769. Link 1 :

2022-03-25 Denton Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #36417 Link 1 :

2022-03-20 Pantego Has a new Engine 49. It's a 2019 Spartan Metro Star #218053-01 1500/750/20f-A. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2022-03-18 Frisco Has a new Pierce Velocity engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #36348. Link 1 :

2022-03-08 Fort Worth Has a new Quick Response Mobile Command Unit on the City Council Agenda Photo 1 :

2022-02-18 Medstar Medstar received a replacement for their 10 year old Ambus. The old one will go to Amarillo according to a news report. Link 1 :

2022-02-11 Grand Prairie Has a Pierce Arrow XT Heavy Rescue being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #36402. Link 1 :

2022-02-04 Carrollton Has a new Pierce Enforcer PUC engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #36206. Link 1 :

2022-01-28 Plano Has several new Pierce Velocity engines being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #36543. Photo 4 : Link 1 : Link 2

2022-01-14 Grand Prairie Has a new Pierce Velocity 100 ft aerial tower being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #36936. Photo 1 :

2022-01-07 Mesquite School District The school district has a Pierce Saber Pumper being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #36946. Photo 1 :

2022-01-06 Denton Has a new Peterbilt blocker truck. Please follow the link for an article in the Denton Record-Chronicle as well as Denton's Facebook post. Link 1 : Link 2

2021-11-26 Farmers Branch Has a new Pierce Velocity engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #36278. Link 1 :

2021-11-26 Forest Hill Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #336218. Link 1 :

2021-11-24 Murphy Engine 191 is a 2021 Pierce Velocity PUC 1500-750-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 35491). This engine began service on September 7, 2021. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2021-11-22 Dallas Has a new Engine 36 It's a 2021 Pierce Arrow XT 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 35017-06; Dallas Shop # 21086) This engine began service on April 14, 2021. Engine 46 is a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 35017-05; Dallas Shop # 21085). This engine and the crews from Station 46 were housed at Station 33 while new Station 46 was being built. New Station 46 was opened for business on October 15, 2021.Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2021-10-23 Coppell Has a new Skeeter Brush Truck for Brush 121. Coppell (SBT Job # 14607) • Final inspection 9.8.21 • Apparatus ID: Brush 121 • 2021 Ford F550 Gas 4x4 • Rescue-Squad Body • OEM 2” Spacer Lift • Upgraded Continental Contiterra tires (245/70 R19.5) • Darley 2 BE 21H Pump (380gpm@25psi 100gpm@135psi) • Scotty 4171 Foam System • 400gal. Water / 10gal. Class A tank • Independent bumper sweep nozzles with in-cab pump controls • Portable WARN 9.5cti winch with mounting and power at front and rear of apparatus. Thanks to Thomas Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2021-10-23 Flower Mound Has a new Skeeter Brush Truck for Brush 503. Flower Mound (SBT Job # 14578) • Final inspection 4.30.21 • Apparatus ID: Brush 503 • 2020 RAM 5500 Diesel 4x4 • Rescue-Side Body w/Transverse pull-out • Signature 6” Skeeter Brush Trucks suspension lift • Super Single conversion with Continental MPT81 tires (335/80 R20) • Darley 2 BE 18V Pump (375gpm@25psi 100gpm@140psi) • Scotty 4171 Foam System • 400gal. Water / 10gal. Class A tank • Custom Skeeter Brush Trucks front bumper with bedliner treatment • Independent bumper sweep nozzles with in-cab pump controls • Bumper mounted WARN M12000 winch. Thanks to Thomas Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2021-10-15 Cedar Hill Has a new Pierce Enforcer Heavy Rescue being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #35969. Link 1 :

2021-10-13 Lancaster Has a new Truck 1. It's a 2021 Pierce Enforcer #35801 30f-A/CAFS/107' (No pump or water tank, just a CAFS system for suppression capability). Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2021-10-08 Arlington Station 1 to be rebuilt. "Construction is set to begin this fall on a more modern, more efficient Fire Station No. 1 in Downtown Arlington. The Arlington City Council recently approved a construction contract for up to $9.2 million" Photo 1 :

2021-10-08 Carrollton Has a new Pierce Enforcer 75' truck being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #36085. Link 1 :

2021-09-28 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Authorize the execution of a ground lease agreement with Cook Children's Health Care System, or affiliate, for approximately two acres of land located at 13340 Highland Hills Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76008 for a temporary fire station; 2. Authorize the expenditure of up to $162,000.00 for necessary site improvements; 3. Authorize a one-time purchase agreement with the City of Grapevine for a dome shelter in the amount of $5,000.00 for the Fire Department; and 4. Adopt attached appropriation ordinance adjusting estimated receipts and appropriations in the General Capital Project Fund by increasing receipts and appropriations in the Temp Fire Station 43 project (City Project No. 103643) by $162,000.00 and decreasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Fire Station 42 project (City Project No.C01563) by the same amount." Photo 1 :

2021-09-28 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Items: "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of eleven fire trucks from Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC in an amount up to $11,415,342.17 for the Fire Department using BuyBoard Cooperative Contract 571-18. DISCUSSION: The Fire Department (Fire) approached Fleet and the Purchasing Division for assistance with buying eleven fire trucks that will be used to transport firefighters and equipment to fires, hazardous incidents and other emergency situations throughout the City of Fort Worth (City). Pierce Manufacturing Incorporated sells apparatus through BuyBoard from authorized distributors. The regional distributor for Texas is Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC. Fire obtained a cooperative quote for the fire trucks from Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC using BuyBoard Cooperative Contract 571-18. This purchase includes eight Pierce Custom Velocity Pumper trucks, two Pierce Custom Velocity Aerial trucks and one Pierce Custom Velocity 100’ Tower. All requested Photo 1 :

2021-08-20 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "These funds will then be used for the purchase of two truck attenuator systems that will be installed on two older fire trucks that will then serve as blocking trucks for freeway incidents." Link 1 :

2021-08-15 Mineral Wells Has a new Rosenbauer 109’ Rear Mount Aerial Ladder. Thanks to Jessie. Photo 1 :

2021-08-15 Rendon Has a new Rosenbauer Commander custom pumper with a 1500 GPM pump, 750 gallon water tank, and 20 gallon foam tank. Thanks to Jessie. Photo 1 :

2021-07-16 Flower Mound Has a new Pierce Velocity engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #35972. Link 1 :

2021-07-09 Azle Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #35839. Photo 4 :

2021-06-20 Dallas Truck 41 is a 2021 Pierce Velocity Ascendant 107' RM with T3 All Steer (Pierce Job # 35018-03; Dallas Shop # 21213) This truck was placed into service May 20, 2021. Truck 41 is currently housed at Station 27 as Station 41 has not yet been rebuilt after it was heavily damaged during the October, 2019, tornado that struck North Dallas. In keeping with Dallas tradition, this is a "dry" truck (no pump or tank). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2021-06-11 Irving Has a new Pierce Dash CF engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job number 35747. Link 1 :

2021-06-06 Dallas Trek 37 is a 2021 Pierce Velocity Ascendant 107' RM with T3 All Steer (Pierce Job # 35018-01; Dallas Shop # 21211) This truck was placed into service the week of May 9, 2021. As is tradition in Dallas, this is a "dry" truck (no pump or tank). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2021-06-06 Dallas Truck 40 is a 2021 Pierce Velocity Ascendant 107' RM with T3 All Steer (Pierce Job # 35018-02; Dallas Shop # 21212) This truck was placed into service May 18, 2021. As is tradition in Dallas, this is a "dry" truck (no pump or tank). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2021-05-23 Dallas Engine 17 is a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 35017-02; Dallas Shop # 21082). It went into service the second week of April, 2021. Here is Engine 58 in Dallas. Photos by me. Station 58 is tucked away in an area of northwest of Dallas surrounded by Coppell and Irving. They are in temporary quarters awaiting the building of a permanent station. Engine 58 is a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 35017-04; Dallas Shop # 21084) It began service the second week of April, 2021. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2021-05-20 Hurst Has a new Pierce Impel engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #35692. Link 1 :

2021-05-10 Dallas Engine 48 is a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 35017-01; Dallas Shop # 21081). It went into service the end of March, 2021. Engine 54 is a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 35017-08; Dallas Shop # 21088). It went into service the second week of April, 2021. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2021-05-07 Fort Worth Has some new engines being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. The first one is job #35739-01. Photo 4 :

2021-05-05 Dallas The new Engine 20 is a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 35017-07; Dallas Shop # 21087). This engine went into service the second week of April, 2021. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2021-04-30 Dallas Has a Pierce Velocity Heavy Rescue being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. I believe this will be a tractor drawn rescue. It's job #35455. Link 1 :

2021-04-28 Dallas Engine 56 was placed into service the second week of April, 2021. It's a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 35017-03; Dallas Shop # 21083). Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2021-04-18 McKinney Engine 4 is a 2020 Pierce Enforcer 1500-500-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 34983-01; McKinney Shop # 2035). This engine was placed into service on February 24, 2021, and is 1 of 2 new engines with the Enforcer cab & chassis. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2021-04-18 Melissa Quint 1 is a 2020 Ferrara Cinder 1750-500-30 Foam-77' RM (Ferrara # H 6618) This quint is slated to go in service at the end of April-first of May. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2021-04-11 Hutchins Engine 341 is a 2020 Spartan Gladiator 1500-750-20 Foam (Spartan # 519030-01) This engine went into service in February, 2020. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2021-04-09 Lancaster Has a new Pierce Enforcer 107' Ascendant Tiller according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #35801. Photo 1 :

2021-04-01 Farmers Branch Quint 133 is a 2020 Pierce Dash CF 1500-500-75' RM (Pierce Job # 34656). This quint went into service on October 28, 2020. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2021-03-27 Frisco Has a new Pierce Velocity Heavy Rescue being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #35265 Link 1 :

2021-03-27 Garland Truck 7 is a 2020 Pierce Velocity Ascendant 2000-500-20 Foam-107' RM-T3 All Steer (Pierce Job # 34348; Garland Shop # 1300468) This truck went into service on October 13, 2020. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2021-03-27 Garland Blocker 2 is a1994 Pierce Lance 1500-500 (Pierce Job # E-8252; Garland Shop # 130-438). This unit is primarily used as a blocker. However, it still retains fire suppression capability if needed (the pump is fully operational, the tank is full of water and the red line is fully functional). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2021-03-21 Garland Has a new Engine 2. It's a 2020 Pierce Velocity 1500-500-30 Foam-T3 All Steer (Pierce Job # 34349-01; Garland Shop # 1300467) This engine went into service on September 4, 2020. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2021-03-14 Allen Brush 5 is a 2020 Navistar International-Pierce FX3 Type 3 Interface Engine 500-500-25 Foam (Pierce Job # 33502; Allen Shop # 35188) This engine was placed into service the first week of August, 2020, and has seen service in Texas and California wildfires. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2021-02-26 Denton Station 8 was placed into service. Please follow the link for an article. "“This is Mayor Hudspeth. I am proud to officially open new Fire Station 8, located at 3131 Colorado Blvd.,” he said. “Please show the status board updated with Denton Fire Department Fire Station 8 in service with new Engine 8 and Medic 8. This station is now fully staffed and open to serve the citizens of Denton.”" - Denton Record Chronicle Link 1 :

2021-02-26 Southlake Has a new Pierce Velocity 100' rear, mount aerial platform being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job # 35097. Link 1 :

2021-02-12 Lake Worth Has a new Pierce Velocity 107' rear mount aerial being built according to the Siddson-Martin website. It's job # 35105. Link 1 :

2021-01-18 Granbury Tower 1 went into service the first quarter of 2020. It's a 2019 Pierce Velocity Ascendant 2000-280-20 Foam-100' MM Tower (Pierce Job # 33310; Granbury Shop # 3889). Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 :

2021-01-04 Garland Engine 4 went into service on September 4, 2020. it's a Pierce Velocity 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 34349-02; Garland Shop # 1300466) This engine has the "rear steer" feature. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2020-12-30 Princeton The new Quint 793 is slated to go into service on or about January 1, 2021. This unit was a demo acquired by Princeton and tailored to their needs. The livery is dark blue (Kona Blue to be specific) and red. 2019 Spartan Metro Star-Smeal 1500-480-20 Foam-75' RM (Spartan Chassis # 86777; Smeal # S4971). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2020-12-28 Addison Rescue 101 went into service August 28, 2020. It's a 2020 Rosenbauer Panther ARFF 2100-1600-300 Foam (Rosenbauer Job # 104834) Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2020-12-26 McKinney Engine 10 went into service on April 2, 2020, when this new station was opened. it's a 2019 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-20 Foam (Pierce Job 33514; McKinney Shop # 1943). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2020-12-24 Many Please follow the link for a video slideshow of some of my favorite photos I took in 2020. Link 1 :

2020-12-23 Celina Engine 2 went into service in May, 2020. It's a 2020 Pierce Velocity PUC 1500-480-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 34020). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2020-12-20 Dallas Truck 53 is a 2019 Pierce Velocity Ascendant 107' RM (Pierce Job # 33958; Dallas Shop # 20203). It was placed into service on June 9, 2020. As is tradition with Dallas, this is a "dry" truck (no pump or tank). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2020-12-19 Parker Truck 811 went into service in April, 2020. It's a 2018 Pierce Velocity 2000-300-20 Foam-100' RM (Pierce Job # 31629) This unit was a Pierce demo unit when acquired. Modifications were made by Pierce to accommodate the department's needs. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2020-12-17 Grand Prairie Follow link to Dallas Morning News article. "Two of the department’s trucks will now be outfitted with truck-mounted attenuators (TMAs) that will serve as “temporary traffic control and advance warning signals for motorists during the early stages of highway traffic incidents,” the department said in a statement." Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2020-12-01 Prosper The new Engine 1 went into service on April 25, 2020, and replaces a 2013 Pierce Impel PUC (Job # 26153) which is now a reserve. The new one is a 2020 Pierce Impel PUC 1500-720-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 34223). Photo 1 :

2020-11-29 Cedar Hill Has a new Tower 211. It's a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT #33490 2000/300/100’ Ascendant mid-mount aerial tower. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2020-11-29 Dallas Has a new Tower 18 in downtown Dallas. It's a 2020 Pierce Velocity Ascendant 100'MM Tower (Pierce Job # 33942; Dallas Shop # 20201). This tower was placed into service on August 14, 2020, and returns a truck company to Station 18 for the first time in many years. As is customary with Dallas trucks, this truck is "dry" (no pump or tank). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2020-11-29 Dallas Has a new Tx Truck 33. It's a 2020 Pierce Velocity #34106 107'. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2020-11-29 Dallas Has a new Engine 25. It's a 2020 Pierce Arrow XT #34139-02 1500/500/30f. It's 1 of 3 Arrow XT pumpers in service. 8 more are on order. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2020-11-29 Dallas Has a new 829 Air Supply Unit. It's a 2020 Peterbilt 348/Pierce #33940. It's manned 24/7 and quartered at 18’s. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2020-11-29 Flower Mound Has a new Truck 505. It's a 2019 Pierce Velocity #34106 107' Tractor Drawn Aerial(TDA). Thanks to Eric. Photo 1 :

2020-11-29 Grand Prairie Has a new Engine 2. It's a 2020 Pierce Dash CF #34570 1500/500/30f-A/CAFS. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2020-11-28 Prosper Truck 1 went in to service on February 29, 2020. This is the first aerial in the history of the department. It's a 2020 Pierce Velocity Ascendant 2000-280-20 Foam-100' MM (Pierce Job # 33219). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2020-11-27 Grand Prairie Has ordered another Pierce mid-mount tower for Station 1. Thanks to Eric Link 1 :

2020-11-26 Dallas The new Engine 30 went into service on May 25, 2020. It's a2020 Pierce Arrow XT 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 34139-03; Dallas Shop Number 20010) Station 30 is currently running out of Station 35, due to repairs going on at station 30. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2020-11-14 Grand Prairie Has a new Station 3 in the works. Follow the link to a Dallas Morning News article. "The city has broken ground on a 19,538-square-foot facility at 1260 W. Marshall Drive. The station, scheduled for completion in the spring, will replace the existing Fire Station No. 3, which is located at 1702 Robinson Road." Link 1 :

2020-11-13 McKinney Broke ground on station 11 in Craig Ranch. It's expected to be completed in 2022. They also have two Pierce Enforcer engines being built. Thanks to Jeremy Link 1 : Link 2

2020-10-23 Dallas City of Dallas Office of Emergency Management has a new Pierce Arrow XT Heavy Duty Rescue being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2020-10-09 Plano Broke ground on a new fire training center. Follow the link to their Facebook post. Link 1 :

2020-10-07 Saginaw Has a new station in the works. Check out the link for more information. Link 1 :

2020-10-06 Azle, Fort Worth, Decatu Fort Worth has ordered 11 new units, 8 Velocity PUC pumpers and 3 Ascendant 107' aerials. Decatur has ordered a Pierce Impel Pumper. Azle has ordered a Pierce pumper. Elmo has ordered a Pierce Commercial Pumper. Duncanville has ordered a Pierce pumper. Lewisville has ordered a Pierce pumper. Lancaster has ordered a Pierce Ascendant 107' Tractor Drawn Aerial Tiller. Irving has ordered a Dash CF PUC Pumper. Waxahachie has ordered a Dash CF PUC Pumper. Thanks to John

2020-10-02 Irving Has a new Pierce Arrow XT 100' Tower being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34769. Link 1 :

2020-09-16 Dallas, Hurst, Ennis Hurst FD has ordered a Pierce Heavy Duty Rescue Pumper. Ennis has ordered a Pierce 105' Aerial. And Dallas ordered two (2) more ArrowXT Pumpers. Thanks to John

2020-09-11 Fort Worth Has a new Oshkosh Striker 6x6 ARFF Truck being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #2402-01. The -01 makes me think there will be more to come. Link 1 :

2020-09-11 McKinney Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34983-01, so there may be more to follow. Link 1 :

2020-09-04 Denton Has a new Pierce Velocity pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job# 34938. Link 1 :

2020-09-04 Grapevine Has a new Pierce Velocity pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job# 34994. Link 1 :

2020-08-28 Fort Worth Has 8 new Pierce engines and 3 quints(107') on the upcoming city council agenda. Photo 1 :

2020-08-26 Fort Worth The new high profile has arrived, according to FWFD's Facebook post. "Fort Worth Fire’s new High Profile Vehicle. This new multi-purpose vehicle can drive through water up to 50” high and carry up to 24 people. As of noon today a request has been made for it to deploy to the south coast." Link 1 :

2020-08-22 Addison Rescue 101, a Rosenbauer Panther 4x4 was delivered 8/17/2020 and will be replacing the current Oshkosh T1500. Driver training and crew familiarization is underway and the unit will enter service toward the end of the month. Thanks to Thomas Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 : Link 2

2020-08-21 Plano Has a new Pierce Velocity 107' Ascendant aerial being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34985. Link 1 :

2020-08-14 Denton Has a new Oshkosh Striker 6x6 ARFF Truck being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #2399. Link 1 :

2020-07-20 Frisco Engine 4 was placed into service July 16, 2020. The Pierce Velocity features blue accents and other details to highlight FC Dallas' connections and presence in the City of Frisco. Thanks to Thomas. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2020-07-18 Plano Follow the link to a Facebook video describing Plano Fire Rescue's 4 newest engines and the replacement process. Link 1 :

2020-07-17 Fort Worth Has a new Pierce Velocity 100' aerial being made according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34760, expected shortly after the 5 pumpers in production. Link 1 :

2020-07-17 Irving Has a new Pierce Dash CF PUC pumper being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job # 34768. Link 1 :

2020-07-02 Fort Worth Has a Pierce Velocity 107' Ascendant rear mount aerial being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34753. Link 1 :

2020-06-26 Corsicana Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34870. Link 1 :

2020-06-19 Coppell Has a new engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's a Velocity pumper. Job #34733-01, which means, there are likely more than one on the order. Link 1 :

2020-06-16 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "Authorize the Purchase of One High Water Rescue Truck from General Body Manufacturing Co., d/b/a General Truck Body for the Fire Department in an Amount Up to $178,659.28 Using Grant Funds and a GoodBuy Cooperative Contract (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)" Link 1 : Link 2

2020-06-16 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "Authorize an Agreement with Howe & Howe, Inc. for the Purchase of a Fire Fighting Robot, in an Amount Not to Exceed $144,900.00, Utilizing Funding from the 2019 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Award (ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)" Link 1 : Link 2

2020-06-05 Fort Worth Has some more Pierce Velocity PUC engines being built, according to the Siddons-Martin webste. The first of the batch is job #34759-01. Link 1 :

2020-05-16 Farmers Branch Has a new Pierce Dash CF 105' rear mount being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34656-01, so the -01 makes me think there will be more than 1. Link 1 :

2020-05-01 Grand Prairie Has a new Pierce Dash CF engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34570

2020-04-09 Lancaster Has a new Pierce Enforcer 107' Ascendant Tiller according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #35801. Photo 1 :

2020-03-20 Frisco Has a new Pierce/Ford F550 Utility being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34176. Link 1 :

2020-03-20 Parker County Has a new Pierce Enforcer being built, and judging by the #####-1, there are more to come. Link 1 :

2020-03-20 Weatherford Has a new Pierce Dash CF engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34469 Link 1 :

2020-03-13 Parker County Has a new Pierce Dash CF PUC engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34468. Link 1 :

2020-03-01 Grand Prairie Has a new Truck 9. It's a 2019 Pierce Velocity #33170 2000/300/100 Ascendant mid-mount tower. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2020-03-01 Pantego Has a new Engine 49. It's a 2019 Spartan Metro Star #218053-01 1500/750/20f-A. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2020-03-01 Richland Hills Engine 291 has been in service several months now. It's a 2019 Spartan Metro Star #518034-01 1500/750/20f-A. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2020-02-29 Wylie Has a new Quint 142. It went into service on February 16, 2019. It's a 2019 Rosenbauer Commander 1750-500-40 Foam-109' RM (Rosenbauer # 74676). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2020-02-09 Coppell Has a new Quint 124. It went into service on January 15, 2020, and is currently housed at Station 3. It will move to new Station 4 later this year when this new station is completed. It's a 2019 Pierce Velocity Ascendant 2000-480-20-Foam-107' RM (Pierce Job # 33404). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2020-01-31 Burleson Has a new Pierce Velocity PUC Engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34317. Link 1 :

2020-01-28 Fort Worth Has a new Bell 505 police helicopter on the city council agenda. Link 1 :

2020-01-24 D/FW Airport Has a new Pierce Velocity engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33792_01. Which makes me think there will be more than one apparatus on to the order. Link 1 :

2020-01-17 Denton Has a new Pierce Enforcer Heavy Rescue being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33885. Link 1 :

2020-01-17 Prosper Has a Pierce Impel PUC engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #34223. Link 1 :

2020-01-12 Watauga Has their new Engine 311 in service. It's a Spartan from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists. Please follow the link for photos of it on scene of a house fire. Link 1 :

2020-01-09 Mansfield "t’s official, the sign is up. Station 5 will go on the SE corner of National Parkway and Holland. We will break ground next month. The Station should open in the early part of 2021. Station 5 will house a minimum of 5 firefighters per day, staffing a Fire Apparatus and an Ambulance. Our 5th Station will allow us to provide service to that portion of the City even faster." - Facebook Link 1 :

2020-01-05 Grand Prairie Follow the link to a video on the recently renovated Station 4 on the city's north side. The second link goes to a Google map of fire stations in the area. Link 1 : Link 2

2020-01-04 Dallas Truck 19 went into service in the spring of 2019. It's a 2019 Pierce Velocity 100' RM Tower (Pierce Job # 32630; Dallas Shop # 19201). As is customary with Dallas aerials, this is a "dry" truck (no pump or tank). It is currently housed at Station 27 as Station 19 was heavily damaged in a windstorm on June 9, 2019. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2020-01-04 Dallas Truck 43 went into service in the spring of 2019. it's a 2018 Pierce Velocity Ascendant 107' Rear Mount Aerial (Pierce Job # 33632-02; Dallas Shop # 19214) In keeping with Dallas tradition, this is a "dry" truck (no pump or tank). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2020-01-01 Dallas Heavy Rescue 19 was placed into service in April, 2019. It's a 2019 Pierce Velocity Heavy Duty Rescue (Pierce Job # 32873; Dallas Shop # 19511). It is currently housed at Station 27 as Station 19 was heavily damaged in a windstorm on June 9, 2019. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2020-01-01 Fort Worth Has added a new Battalion, 7, and realigned some stations. The two photos describe the changes, and the link is a to a Google map that I made, showing the stations. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 :

2019-12-28 Central High VFD Work continues on their tanker, thanks to donations. It's just been repainted. Their next goals are a pump, and lights etc.. Thanks to Thomas Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-12-26 Lewisville Engine 1 in went into service on August 30, 2019. It is a 2019 Pierce Impel 1500-750 (Pierce Job # 33177-01). Engine 3 went into service on September 6, 2019. It's a 2019 Pierce Impel 1500-750 (Pierce Job # 33177-02). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2019-12-24 Lindale Has a new Engine 1. It went into service on October 21, 2019. It is a 2019 Pierce Enforcer PUC 1500-1000-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 33542). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2019-12-20 Rockwall The new Engine 4 went into service on November 4, 2019. It's a 2019 E-One Cyclone II 1500-750-30 Foam (E-One SO # 142430). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-12-18 Grand Prairie "Last night the Grand Prairie City Council approved the construction contract for Fire Station 3. Groundbreaking is scheduled to begin in January with an anticipated 12-13 month build time frame." from a Facebook post. Link 1 :

2019-12-16 Rockwall The new Engine 2 in Rockwall went into service on November 4, 2019. It's a 2019 E-One Cyclone II 1500-750-30 Foam (E-One SO # 142677). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-12-11 Coppell Follow the link to an article about the 4th station and 3 new Pierce engines. " The station is scheduled to be complete in December 2020. It will be located on North Point Drive in Coppell." Link 1 :

2019-12-01 McKinney The new Engine 9 in McKinney was placed into service on November 5, 2019. It's a 2019 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 33514-02; McKinney Shop # 1942). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2019-11-22 Cedar Hill Has a Pierce Arrow XT Tower being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job 33490. Link 1 :

2019-11-22 Ferris Has a new Pierce Enforce PUC, for Engine 101. It's based on a stock unit, with job # 33257. Link 1 :

2019-11-19 Fort Worth Has 8 new apparatus purchases requested on the city council agenda. If approved, they'll be purchased from Siddons-Martin, and include 5 Pierce-Custom Velocity Pumpers, 1 Pierce-Custom Velocity Aerial-100' Truck, 1 Pierce-Custom Velocity Aerial-107' Truck, and 1 Oshkosh Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Vehicle Photo 1 :

2019-11-12 Melissa Engine 951 went into service on May 24, 2019. It's a 2019 Ferrara Inferno 1250-500-30 Foam (Ferrara # H-6481). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2019-11-10 McKinney The new Engine 6 was placed into service on November 2, 2019. It's a 2019 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 33514-01; McKinney Shop # 1940). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-11-03 Granbury Has a new Engine 1, which was placed in service on August 15, 2019. It's a 2019 Pierce Impel 1500-750-25 Foam (Pierce Job # 33306). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2019-10-19 Plano Truck 8 in Plano went into service on May 10, 2019. It's a 2018 Rosenbauer RBM Commander FX 1250-300-20 Foam-109' RM (Rosenbauer # 74484; Plano Shop # 18408). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-10-11 Garland Has a new Pierce Arrow XT 100' Tower being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Too bad they're encrypting their radio traffic. Boooo!!! Link 1 :

2019-10-06 Richardson A Engine 5 went into service on September 12, 2019. It's a 2019 E-One Typhoon 2000-500-30 Foam-78' RM (E-One SO # 141933). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-09-20 Argyle Has a new Pierce Impel PUC pumper being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33925. Link 1 :

2019-09-20 Dallas Has a new Pierce Velocity 107' Ascendant trucking being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33958. Link 1 :

2019-09-14 Aubrey Has great looking new Engines 522 and Engine 521 in the same specification placed into service on July 27, 2019. They are 2019 Pierce Enforcer PUC 1500-750-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 33165-01 and 02). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-09-13 Grand Prairie Has a new Pierce Velocity 100' tower being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33170 Link 1 :

2019-09-10 Celina The new Quint 1 was placed into service on August, 30, 2019. It's a 2019 Pierce Velocity Ascendant PUC 1500-480-20 Foam-107' RM (Pierce Job # 32900). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2019-09-07 Frisco Engine 3 went into service April 23, 2019. It's a 2018 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-25 Foam (Pierce Job # 32552-01; Frisco Shop # 11-9935) Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-08-02 Flower Mound Has a new Velocity tiller being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33450. Link 1 :

2019-07-22 Dallas The new Engine 6 went into service on April 18, 2019. It's a 2019 Pierce Velocity 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 32631-01; Dallas Shop # 19081). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-07-19 Frisco Has a new Pierce Velocity 100' tower being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job 32977. Link 1 :

2019-07-14 Hutchins Hutchins Fire Rescue took delivery of a new 100' HD platform ladder truck from Spartan. Ladder 342 is assigned to station 2. Thanks to Ryan Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-07-12 Denton Has a new Pierce Velocity Engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job 33685. Link 1 :

2019-07-08 Fairview The new Engine 752 went into service on June 29, 2019. It's a 2019 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 33171). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-07-08 Frisco The new Engine 8 went into service on April 8, 2019. It's a 2018 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-25 Foam (Pierce Job # 32552-02; Frisco Shop # 11-9936). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-07-01 Bardwell Thomas Parsons sent in a these pics of a new brush truck for Bardwell. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-07-01 Ennis Held a push in ceremony for their new Pierce Engine 193. Thanks to Thomas Parsons. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-06/28 D/FW Airport Has a new Velocity mid-mount 100 foot aerial in production at Pierce, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33793. Link 1 :

2019-06-21 Dallas/Fort Worth D/FW A "celebrating the opening of the Airport's new Department of Public Safety headquarters. " follow the link to their Facebook post. Link 1 :

2019-06-21 McKinney Has two new Pierce Velocity pumpers being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. They're jobs 33514-01 and 33514-02. Link 1 : Link 2

2019-06-21 North Richland Hills Has a Pierce Velocity 105' rear mount aerial in the works, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33713. Link 1 :

2019-06-09 Anna The new Engine 1 went into service in December of 2018. It's a stock unit that was configured to meet the needs of the department. It'sa 2017 Pierce Enforcer PUC 1500-750-30-Foam (Pierce Job # 30784). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2019-05-27 Frisco The new Engine 1 went into service on February 20, 2019. It's a 2018 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-25 Foam (Pierce Job # 32552-03; Frisco Shop # 11-9937). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2019-05-26 Allen The new Engine 3 went into service in February, 2019. It's a 2018 Pierce Arrow XT 1500-500-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 32303; Allen Shop # 35181). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2019-05-26 Dallas -In service as of May 13th This is the first specialized apparatus purchased by Dallas since switching to Pierce Mfg. and is also a change from previous apparatus in this role as it is a walk-In style rescue body with a bench seat and bottle holders for crew in the rear. Below are the highlights of the rig. Some are tools previously found on USAR 19 and some new features to HR19: The rear of the cab houses a work area rather than crew seating since all additional crew ride the bench seat inside the rescue body. 2 Warn winches, one with steel cable permanently mounted into the front bumper as well as a portable synthetic fiber winch with mounting points in rear and fore/aft on each side of the apparatus. Fore/aft anchor points high mounted into the rescue body for more recovery rigging options Full compliment of Milwaukee cordless tools including 16” chainsaws and scene lights Hurst EDraulics as well as the standard Halmatro extrication set. Cutter’s Edge/ICS Chainsaw. Thanks to Thomas! Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2019-05-26 The Colony Has a couple of new engines, E11, E12: They are Pierce Arrow XT chassis based on Washington DC’s spec. 500 gallons on board Elkhart RamXD ground monitor Side mounted electric ladder racks Easy access water can on officer’s side -E11 in service as of May 9th -E12 in service as of May 15th. The former E12, a Velocity PUC will be repurposed as a FDNY style squad company in the near future. Thanks to Thomas Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 : Link 2

2019-05-24 The Colony "The Colony's fourth fire station set to be complete by August" - follow the link to the The Colony Courier Leader online article for the full story. Link 1 :

2019-05-14 Midlothian Is having a ground breaking ceremony for their new Station 1 at 1900 W. Main St. at 10AM. Link 1 :

2019-05-10 Coppell Has a new Pierce Ascendant 107' aerial being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33404. Link 1 :

2019-05-07 Farmers Branch New Fire Station #2 Groundbreaking Ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday May 7th at 1:30pm. The address is 13333 Alpha Link, located southeast of Brookhaven College. Link 1 :

2019-05-05 Addison The new Engine 101 went into service on February 18, 2019. It's a 2019 Sutphen Monarch 1500-960-40 Foam (Sutphen # HS-6200). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2019-04-29 Dallas A new Engine 34 went into service on April 19, 2019. It's a 2019 Pierce Velocity 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 32631-03; Dallas Shop # 19084). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2019-04-19 Allen Has a new Pierce Arrow XT engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33264. Link 1 :

2019-04-19 Dallas, Irving Dallas Fire Rescue is following in the lead of Irving FD with a blocker program. Check out the CBS 11 News story at the link. Link 1 :

2019-04-19 Fort Worth Has two new Pierce Velocity Ascendant 107ft rear mount aerials being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. They're job #s 33300-1 and 33300-2. Two additional engines are also in the works. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 : Link 2

2019-04-19 Lucas Has a new Engine 861 that went into service on April 18, 2019. It's a Pierce Enforcer PUC 1500-750-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 32616). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2019-04-16 Addison Has a new Skeeter/Ford F-550 Squad 101. "This truck is built on a Ford F550 4x4 chassis with our Rescue Squad body. Other features include a 360 gallon water tank, 40 gallon foam cell, custom Skeeter front bumper with bed liner, front monitor, and ground sweeps, hose reel, and much more!" Link 1 :

2019-04-12 Colleyville Is putting Squad 24 into service. As I understand it, the crew from Truck 241 will man the Chevy Tahoe for EMS calls. Link 1 :

2019-04-12 Mesquite Held a push in ceremony for their new Spartan engine. Follow the link for an online article. Photo 4 :

2019-04-05 Granbury Has a new Pierce Impel pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33306. Link 1 :

2019-04-05 Lake Worth Check out my photos of the new Pierce Dash CF Engine 10. They held a push-in ceremony today. Link 1 :

2019-04-05 Oak Point Has a new Pierce Enforcer pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33384. Link 1 :

2019-04-05 Southlake Has a new Pierce Velocity Ascendant 107' rear mount aerial being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33217. Link 1 :

2019-04-02 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of twenty-five Ford F150 pickup trucks from Caldwell Country Ford d/b/a Rockdale Country Ford in a total amount up to $834,450.00 for the Police Department through the Property Management Department." Link 1 :

2019-03-31 NE Tarrant County Many of you may know of my Facebook page, Working Photos by Ben Saladino. I'll probably keep posting there, but I'm also going to try using my website at the link to start sharing more of my fire service photography. I'll continue to keep this page for fire apparatus and station news. Please check it out and share with people who don't like or have access to Facebook. Thank You Link 1 :

2019-03-29 Highland Village Has a new Pierce Velocity PUC engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2019-03-29 Lewisville Has a new Pierce Impel pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2019-03-25 Westlake Held a grand opening for their beautiful new station, located at NW corner of Dove and Davis. Follow the link for a video tour from their Facebook post. Link 1 :

2019-03-23 Hwy 321 Has a new Rosenbauer CT Series 1/8” Aluminum 156” Body Roll Up Doors Top Mount Control Panel Ladder Storage in the Body, Right Side 95 cubic feet Hose Bed Storage with Two Dividers Eight Bottle SCBA Storage in the Rear Wheel Well Area Two Fire Extinguisher Storage Tubes in the Rear Wheel Well Area Hale DSD 1250 GPM Single Stage Pump Two (2) Crosslay Discharges Front Bumper Jumpline With Hose Well Four (4) 2-1/2” Discharges One (1) 3” LDH Discharge 3” Deck Gun Discharge with TFT Extenda-Gun Piping Rear Compartment Electric Rewind Hose Reel Foam Pro 2001 System with 20 Gallon Foam Tank 1000 Gallon Poly Booster Tank Six (6) M9 Scene Lights Whelen LED Warning Lights and Light Bar Freightliner M2 106 4-Door Cab/Chassis Seating For Five (5) Aluminum Treadplate Chassis Exterior Trim Package 300 HP Cummins Engine Allison 3000EVS Automatic Transmission 40,000# GVW Misc. Equipment Including Ground Ladders, Hard Suction Hose. Thanks to Jessie Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2019-03-23 Parker Co ESD 6 Has a new Brushfighter on a Ford F550 crew cab chassis with 6” lift 41” tires Rear SCBA seats 400 gallon water tank 20 gallon foam Waterous 200-100-DS CAFS system. Thanks to Jessie Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2019-03-18 Dallas Has ordered the following from Siddons-Martin. Three (3) Pierce Velocity Pumpers • Two (2) Pierce Velocity Ascendant 107' Aerials • One (1) Pierce Mid-Mount Aerial Platform • One (1) Pierce Light & Air Unit The Department has also purchased a total of twelve (12) new Wheeled Coach ambulances: Ten (10) F-350 Ambulances and Two (2) F-450 Ambulances. Along with these new units comes an order for a Lake Assault Fire Boat as well as a new truck built by our Skeeter Brush Trucks division. Link 1 :

2019-03-17 Arlington The new and permanent station 17 is at 875 Bird's Fort Trail, in the Viridian project. It is close to being open. Here are a few pics from Bob. Thanks Bob Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2019-03-17 Plano The new Hazmat 5 has been in service for one week. It's a 2018 Spartan Metro Star-SVI (SVI # 1053; Plano Shop # 18407). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2019-03-14 Arlington Here are some more photos of the new Tower 8, which went into service 2/14/2019. It's a Spartan/Smeal 100' rear mount platform. If I understand correctly it does not have a pump or tank. Thanks to Bob Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2019-03-14 Irving Will be relocating their station 4 from 3303 N MacArhtur to 800 Metker Street. "The Fire Department chose the 1.9 acres site at 800 Metker Street near Toler Lane to help reduce response times and better serve the community. Fire Station No. 4 will replace the existing Station No. 4 at 3303 N. MacArthur Blvd. The station was designed around a Hill Country theme, featuring Austin stone, cedar trim and a metal roof. Building designs were done in accordance with the U.S. Green Building Council requirements to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification. Landscape designers worked to preserve the trees and plant life already on the property." - Rick Stopfer Link 1 : Link 2

2019-03-08 Aubrey Has a couple of Pierce Enforcer engines being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. They're job numbers 33165-1 and 33165-2 Link 1 : Link 2

2019-03-08 Fort Worth The first Pierce Velocity engine for Fort Worth is in the works, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33099-1. Link 1 :

2019-03-02 Frisco Follow the link for a video about Frisco's new Public Safety Training facility. Link 1 :

2019-02-22 Fairview Has a Pierce Velocity Pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #33171. Link 1 :

2019-02-12 Fort Worth A new dive truck is on the city council agenda. "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of a dive truck from Daco Fire Equipment in the amount of $183,193.00 using Houston Galveston Area Council Contract No. FS12-17 for the Fire Department using Grant Funds." Link 1 :

2019-02-08 Lewisville Has a new Pierce Velocity mid-mount, 95' truck being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #32987 Link 1 :

2019-02-05 Fort Worth Station 26's demolition and reconstruction is on the city council agenda."Proposition D, Fire Safety Improvements, of the 2018 Bond Program authorized the demolition of existing Fire Station No. 26 and the design and construction of a new fire station on the same site, in the amount of $5,341,000.00." Link 1 :

2019-02-05 Fort Worth Police have a new armored vehicle on the city council agenda. "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of an armored critical incident vehicle from Ring Power Corporation, in an amount up to $315,000.00 using grant funds for the Police Department through the Property Management Department." Link 1 :

2019-02-01 Dallas Has several new Pierce apparatus being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. There are at least 4 pumpers, One 100' truck, and two 107' foot trucks, and a heavy Rescue. Link 1 : Link 2

2019-01-30 Richland Hills Is considering a bond proposal for replacing their 60 year old fire station. Link 1 :

2019-01-18 Forney Has a new tanker being built according to the Siddons-Martin In-Production website. It's Pierce job #32762, based on a Freightliner chassis. Link 1 :

2018-12-31 Farmers Branch Truck 131 is a new 2018 Pierce Dash CF Job #27544 500/300/105'. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2018-12-31 Fort Worth Squad 2 is a new 2018 Spartan Gladiator/SVI #1057 Heavy Rescue, and Rescue 38 is a new 2018 Spartan MetroStar/SVI #1056 Rescue Squad 2 is Fort Worth’s full-time Heavy Rescue company; Rescue 38 is cross staffed by Engine and Quint 38 as needed. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-12-31 Grand Prairie Engine 5 is a new 2018 Pierce Dash CF Job #32193-01 1500 PUC/500/30f-A/CAFS This is one of four identical units delivered, assigned to Engines 5, 6, 7, and 9. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-12-30 Dallas Engine 42 went into service in the summer of 2018.It's a 2018 Spartan ER Star Series Gladiator Classic 1500-500-30 Foam (Spartan # 217129-01; Dallas Shop # 18081). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2018-12-26 Dallas The new Engine 8 went into service in August, 2018. It's a 2018 Pierce Velocity 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 32353; Dallas Shop # 18086). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2018-12-26 Flower Mound Will be getting a tiller. ETA is Spring 2020 according to a Facebook post/interview with Chief Greaser. "The Flower Mound Town Council recently approved the purchase of what will be the biggest addition to the Fire Department’s fleet, a 107-foot Tiller Ladder Truck. Flower Mound Fire Chief Eric Greaser explains what this truck does, why it was needed, and what this means to Flower Mound homeowners. ▪️Q. First of all, tell us what a Tiller Ladder Truck looks like and what are its various functions. 🔥Chief Greaser: A Tiller, also known as a tractor-drawn aerial in the fire service, is comprised of two components a tractor and the trailer it pulls. The trailer carries a 107-foot aerial ladder, a large array of ground ladders, compartment space, and additional equipment. At the end of the trailer, there’s a second driver, who is called the Tillerman. The Tillerman steers the rear wheels, which aids in maneuverability. The Tiller will be painted the standard Flower Mound Fire Department Link 1 :

2018-12-24 Garland Engine 9 went in to service in August, 2018. It's a 2018 Pierce Velocity 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 31822-02; Garland Shop # 130064). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2018-12-22 Flower Mound Has two new Engines, 505 & 506. Engine 505 went into service on December 17, 2018, and Engine 506 went into service on December 19, 2018. Engine 505: 2018 Pierce Velocity PUC 1500-750-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 32183; Flower Mound Shop # 63000-11) Engine 506: 2018 Pierce Velocity PUC 1500-750-20-Foam (Pierce Job # 32698; Flower Mound Shop # 63000-12). Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2018-12-22 Kaufman The new Engine 3 went into service on December 1, 2018. It's a 2018 International 4400-Pierce 1250-1000-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 31987). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2018-12-21 Bell Helicopter Bell Helicopter has some new ARFF equipment. This particular unit was delivered to the Amarillo facility this week. The other facilities in the Ft. worth and Arlington will be receiving similar units along with smaller RIVs every year for the next 5 years until the current fleet is total replaced. Thanks to Joshua Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-12-15 Gainesville Has a new Quint 3. This unit was placed into service on December 10, 2018. It's a 2018 Pierce Enforcer 1500-500-75' RM (Pierce Job # 32488). Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-12-10 Fort Worth Is in the process of receiving six (6) new Rosenbauer Commander Custom Pumpers featuring: Waterous rear pump system with Waterous Eclipse CAFS Foam, EXT extruded aluminum 3/16” heavy duty body with Robinson Roll-Up Doors, Command light tower mounted on cab roof, hydraulic ladder rack, Commander 70” extruded aluminum 3/16” cab with raised roof, seating for six. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 : Link 2

2018-12-06 Lake Worth Has a new Pierce Dash CF engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #32748. Link 1 :

2018-12-04 Fort Worth "Authorize Execution of Architectural Design Contract in the Amount of $222,820.00 Including Reimbursable Expenses with RPGA Design Group, Inc., for Design and Construction Administration Services for Fire Station No. 45 Located in North Fort Worth, Estimated Total Cost for the Project, Including Land, Design, Construction, Land Purchase, Survey, Project Management, Bid Advertisement, Geotechnical, Testing, Materials Inspection, Surveying, Site Utilities, Contingency, etc., is $6,400,000.00 (COUNCIL DISTRICT 7)" Link 1 : Link 2

2018-11-26 Terrell Has a new Quint 61. The truck went into service the second week of October, 2018. It's a 2018 Spartan Gladiator Classic-Smeal 2000-480-20-Foam (Smeal Model C-802-CC105 AL; Smeal Serial # 814060; SO # 4763; Terrell Shop # 33055). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2018-11-23 Haslet Has a new Engine 28 which went into service on November 10, 2018. It's a 2018 Pierce Velocity PUC 1500-700-25-Foam ( Pierce Job # 32022). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2018-10-26 Denton Has a new Pierce Velocity Pumper in the works, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's Job 32596. Link 1 :

2018-10-26 Ennis Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #32721. Link 1 :

2018-10-26 Irving Has a new Pierce Arrow XT 100 ft. platform trucking being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job # 32682. Link 1 :

2018-10-16 Flower Mound According to "The Leader" website, the Flower Mound Town Council on Monday approved a site plan for its seventh fire station. The station will be located at the northwest intersection of Skillern Road and Wichita Trail." Link 1 :

2018-10-12 Frisco Has several new Pierce Velocity engines being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. They're job numbers 32552-01,32552-02, and 32552-03 Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2018-10-10 Fort Worth Has two new heavy rescues coming from SVI, Squad 2 and Rescue 38. Check out the link for more info. Link 1 :

2018-10-10 Irving City of Irving is building a new fire station at the southwest corner of Toler Lane and Metker Street. This project will replace the existing Irving Fire Department Fire Station 4, currently located on MacArthur Boulevard at Coker Street. Construction is expected to begin in January and be completed by the end of 2019. The station will provide new housing and state-of-the-art fire support facilities. It will provide the same high level of services that the city currently provides through the 50-year-old station. A public meeting will be held 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Tuesday, October 16, at Lee Park Recreation Center, 3000 Pamela Drive. The City of Irving staff will review the proposed plans, which are designed to complement the surrounding residential neighborhood. Information will be provided concerning the construction schedule for the new station.

2018-10-09 Bedford Placed and order of (1) Spartan Pumper and (1) Spartan 100' Mid-Mount Platform from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, according to a Facebook post. Link 1 :

2018-10-04 Grand Prairie Has order a Pierce Velocity Mid-Mount Ascendant 100' aerial tower according to the Siddons-Martin Facebook page. Link 1 :

2018-10-04 Hurst Held a wet-down/push-in ceremony to welcome their new Pierce Velocity 100' rear mount Truck 202 home. Crews will be training on the truck and finalizing mounting tools, etc. for several weeks before it actually goes into service. Follow the link for a gallery of some photos I took during the ceremony. Link 1 :

2018-09-21 Grand Prairie Has a Pierce Kenworth Rescue in production according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2018-09-19 East Possum Kingdom "The Possum Kingdom East Fire and Ambulance Auxiliary has purchased a new fire truck for the PK East Volunteer Fire Department." " The acquisition of the truck brings the department to seven total vehicles." Link 1 :

2018-09-12 Medstar, Fort Worth, Hal MedStar has new rides! Follow the link for a .pdf with all of the details. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 :

2018-09-03 Lewisville Has a new 2017 Pierce Velocity 1500-300-95' midmount (Pierce Job # 30933) for Truck 166. This truck is scheduled to go into service in late December 2018-early/January 2019, when new Station 8 opens, Truck 166 will be housed at Station 6 with the current Engine 166 moving to Station 8 to become Engine 168. Currently, Truck 166 is serving as needed around the city. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2018-08-28 Fort Worth "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of five fire trucks from Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC in the amount of $4,386,499.00 using Houston Galveston Area Council Contract No. FS12-17 for the Fire Department. The five requested fire trucks include two rear mount aerials and three pumpers that will be used by Fire Department firefighters throughout the City of Fort Worth (City). " Link 1 :

2018-08-26 Garland Engine 3 went into service on August 9, 2018. It's a 2018 Pierce Velocity 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 31822-01; Garland Shop # 1300463). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-08-24 Dallas Has a couple of Pierce Ascendant rear mount 107' aerials being build according to the Siddons-Martin website. Their jobs 32632-1 and 32632-2 Link 1 : Link 2

2018-08-17 Allen Has a new Pierce Arrow XT engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #32303. Link 1 :

2018-08-11 Arlington Has a new Spartan 100' rear mount, platform "Tower" which I understand to be going to Station 8. Link 1 :

2018-08-10 Dallas, FRI2018 Here are a few of my shots from the Fire Rescue International 2018(FRI2018) Expo. It's going on through 8/11/2018. Follow the second link for a free expo pass. Link 1 : Link 2

2018-08-07 Fort Worth From the city council agenda: "Authorize Acquisition of Fee Simple Interest in Approximately 1.76 Acres of Land, More or Less, Being All of a Tract of Land in the Josiah Walker Survey, Abstract 1600, Tarrant County, Texas, from 122 S. MAIN GP, LLC, in the Amount of $920,400.00 and Pay Estimated Closing Costs Up to $10,000.00 for the Development and Construction of a New Fire Station in North Fort Worth (2018 BOND PROGRAM) (COUNCIL DISTRICT 7)" Link 1 :

2018-08-06 Farmers Branch Has a new Truck 131. The truck went into service on July 9, 2018. It's a 2018 Pierce Dash CF 105' RM with a Darley 500 GPM Hydraulic Pump and 300 Gallon Water Tank (Pierce Job # 31044; Farmers Branch Shop # 42052). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-08-03 Flower Mound Has a new Pierce Velocity engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #32183. Link 1 :

2018-08-03 Flower Mound Has a another new Pierce Velocity PUC engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #32698. Link 1 :

2018-08-01 Dallas This Truck 36 went into service in October, 2017. It's a 2017 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 100' MM Tower (Spartan ERV # 216067-01; Dallas Shop #17201). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-07-25 Wylie Has ordered a new Rosenbauer 109' Rear Mount Viper Aerial. Link 1 :

2018-07-15 Plano The new Truck 2 went into service on April 26, 2018. It's a 2017 Rosenbauer RBM Commander FX 1250-300-20 Foam-109' RM (Rosenbauer #751117; Plano Shop # 17406). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-07-09 Richardson Has a new Engine 2(looks like a Quint to me). It went into service on June 12, 2018. It's a 2018 E-One Typhoon 2000-500-30 Foam-78' RM (E-One SO # 141087; Richardson Shop # 14137). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-06-29 Haslet Has a new Pierce Velocity PUC engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #32022.

2018-06-28 DeSoto You are invited to the official groundbreaking ceremony on June 28th at the future location of the new fire station #2 at 206 S. Parks Drive. The station will be 14,200 sqft, with 3 bays, and have offices for administration and prevention, as well as a community room and backup EOC. Link 1 :

2018-06-27 East Lake Buchanan VFD Will receive their new Rosenbauer Commercal CAFS pumper this week. The Rosenbauer FX series aluminum body is furnished with the left side pump panel, 1250 GPM single state pump, Waterous CAFS system, 1250 gallon poly tank, all on a short wheelbase Freightliner 2-door cab/chassis. The Burnet County ESD #5 is furnishing the apparatus. Truck has full height hinged door, booster reel in the rear tailboard compartment, two-arm style electric ladder rack on the passenger side, shelves and pull out tray are furnished along with Pac Trac extruded aluminum mounting tracks in the compartment over the rear wheels. Thanks to Ed Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-06-27 Irving Here's a story on NBC 5 news about Irving FD's blocker program. Link 1 :

2018-06-04 Bedford, D/FW Airport Bedford Citizens Fire Academy Class 26 had their field day at D/FW Airport's Fire Research Training Center Saturday June, 2, 2018. Follow the link for a few pics. Photo 1 :

2018-06-03 McKinney The new Truck 1 went into service the second week of May, 2018. It's a 2017 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-20 Foam 100' RM (Pierce Job # 31029-01; McKinney Shop # 1715). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2018-06-01 Burleson Has a new Pierce Velocity PUC engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Photo 4 :

2018-06-01 Grand Prairie Has a new Pierce Dash CF PUC engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #32193-01. Link 1 :

2018-06-01 Saginaw Has a new Pierce Dash CF engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #32007. Link 1 :

2018-05-29 Princenton The new Engine 791 is slated to go into service on June 1, 2018. It's a 2017 Rosenbauer RBM Commander Crossfire Rescue Pumper 1500-700-30 Foam (Rosenbauer # 14001). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2018-05-27 McKinney The new Truck 5 went into service May 1, 2018. It's a 2017 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-20 Foam-100' rearmount. (Pierce Job # 31029-02; McKinney Shop # 1719). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-05-23 Flower Mound The new Truck 501 went into service on April 21, 2018. It's a 2017 Pierce Velocity 1500-300-95' MM (Pierce Job # 30837; Flower Mound Shop # 63000-09). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-05-12 Dallas The first Pierce Velocity engine is being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #32353. Link 1 :

2018-05-07 Alvarado Engine 79 went into service in February, 2018. It's a 2017 Spartan ER Star Series Metro Star IPS (Intelligent Pump Solutions) Rescue Engine 1500-1000-30 Foam (Spartan ER # 216129-01). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-05-05 Central High VFD, Ellis Is replacing a 1976 brush truck chassis that is beyond repair. Here are some pics of the work in progress. Thanks to Thomas. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2018-04-27 Krum Has a new Pierce Enforcer engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job 32018. Link 1 :

2018-04-27 Waxahachie Has a new Pierce Dash CF engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #31979. Link 1 :

2018-04-21 Fort Worth Replacing Station 26 and adding Station 45 are included in a bond proposal, on page 23, at the link below. Fire Station 26 6 $5,341,000 Project Description: Demolition of existing fire station due to age and condition; and design and construction of new fire station and supporting infrastructure and equipment. Fire Station 45 7 $6,400,000 Project Description: Land acquisition, design and construction of new fire station and supporting infrastructure and equipment. Thanks to Derek Link 1 :

2018-04-21 Wylie Has their first Water/Rope rescue truck. It is a 2017 Ford F-550 with a Maintainer Custom body. It is Rescue 143. It was placed in service last year and was deployed to Hurricane Harvey shortly after going in service. Thanks to James Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-04-21 Wylie Has anew Brush 141. They will receive it after it gets back from FDIC. It is a Blanchat built on a 2018 Ford F-550. Further back, the put a new Medic 141 in service in early 2017. It is a 2016 Horton on a Ford F-450 Chassis. Thanks to James Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-04-16 Lowry Crossing The Engine 1 went into service on March 16, 2018. It's a 2018 Ferrara Cinder 1250-1000 (Ferrara # H-6342). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-04-14 Euless Worked a 2 alarm fire with help from Bedford, Grapevine, Fort Worth, and Haltom City. Here are some photos I shot. Link 1 :

2018-04-13 Parker County Has two Pierce Enforcer pumpers being built according to the Siddons-Martin In-Production web page. These will be the new Engine 51 and 54. Thanks to Steve. Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2018-04-13 Waco Has a new Pierce Enforcer PUC engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin In-Production web page. Link 1 :

2018-04-11 Southwest Bell County VF The Southwest Bell County VFD purchased a new 1000 GPM commercial apparatus from Daco Fire Equipment. The Rosenbauer Top Mount Pumper will be built on a 4-door M2 106 Freightliner cab/chassis; CT series 1/8” aluminum body with rollup doors. The truck will have a 1000 GPM Hale DSD single stage pump; 1250 gallon poly tank; ladder storage in the body; 6” rear dump valve; Whelen LED warning lights. Thanks to Ed Photo 1 :

2018-04-09 Corsicana "Fire Chief Paul Henley and the Corsicana Fire Department invites the public to attend the “Push In” Ceremony for its new 2017 Spartan Custom Pumper Fire engine at 8 a.m. Monday, April 9 at Fire Station No. 4, 3009 North Beaton Street." Link 1 : Link 2

2018-04-07 Hurst, Bedford, Euless Hurst Police and Fire Departments, along with Bedford and Euless FDs worked car crash/natural gas explosion/house fire on the city's south side. Here are some of the photos and video that I was able to shoot. Link 1 : Link 2

2018-04-02 Dallas Truck 57 went into service in early 2018. It's a 2017 Spartan ERV Gladiator Classic 100' TDA (Spartan ERV # 217057; Dallas Shop # 17261). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-03-31 Haslet On Saturday, March 31, 2018 2:00PM, Haslet will welcome their new 100' platform Pierce Truck 28 into service with a Wet Down/Push In ceremony at their station, located at 1701 FM 156. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-03-31 Haslet Here are some pics I took of the wet down/push in ceremony for the new Truck 28, a Pierce Velocity 100' rear mount platform. I believe it's one of the best looking trucks I've ever seen. It was a very nice ceremony and they even offered rides in the bucket afterwards. Link 1 :

2018-03-30 Hurst Has a new Pierce Velocity 100' ladder being built. Visit Siddons-Martin at the link for pics. Link 1 :

2018-03-27 Calhoun County Recently purchased six (6) 1250 GPM Commercial Rosenbauer Pumpers for the six departments located throughout Calhoun County. The trucks have the following features:Rosenbauer CT Series 1/8” Formed Aluminum bodies with roll-up doors, Darley 1250 GPM single stage pumps, stainless steel plumbing, Top Mount Control Panels, Ladder Storage through the body, 1000 gallon poly booster tank, Whelen LED warning lights, Freightliner M2 106 2-Door Cab/Chassis with 300 HP Cummins Engine. Thanks to Ed at Daco. Photo 1 :

2018-03-26 Sachse The new Truck 1 is slated to go in service shortly. It's a 2017 Pierce Enforcer Ascendant 1500-500-20 Foam-107' RM (Pierce Job # 30798). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2018-03-21 Dallas Big news from Big D. They've ordered 5 Pierce Velocity Pumpers, 2 Ladders and 1 Aerial Tower, according to a Siddons-Martin Facebook post. Link 1 : Link 2

2018-03-09 Bastrop Co. ESD 2 Takes delivery of a new Rosenbauer Wildland Timberwolf apparatus built on a Freightliner M2 108SD, 4x4, powered with the 380 HP Cummins engine. Unit has the EXT extruded heavy duty aluminum body with Robinson roll-up doors, Rosenbauer NH45 1250 GPM single stage pump with high pressure rear mount pump system. Front bumper mounted remote controlled monitor, bumper crosslay, dual hose reels mounted under the rear crew cab area, 750 gallon poly tank with 30 gallon foam tank. Thanks to Ed at Daco. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-03-09 Beckville Will be receiving their new Rosenbauer Commercial Pumper-Tanker Apparatus next week. It’’s a Rosenbauer CT rescue style body 1250 GPM pumper, top mount control panel, 182” body with Robinson rollup doors, 1500 gallon poly booster tank, Rosenbauer N1250 single stage bronze pump, (2) 1-1/2” crosslay discharges and hose beds four (4) 2-1/2” discharges front bumper 1-1/2” discharge and hose tray Hannay hose reel mounted in the rear tailboard compartment Foampro 1600 series injection foam system with 20 gallon tank 3/16” aluminum body with eight (8) enclosed compartments 55 cubic foot hose bed ladders stored in the body (2) 6” x 10 ft. hard suction hose and mounting trays Whelen led warning light package 2018 freightliner m2 112, 2-door cab/chassis 14,600# front axle 30,000# rear axle Cummins isl-9 350ev HP engine, Allison 3000evs automatic transmission. Thanks to Ed Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2018-03-04 Duncanville Has a new Quint 272. It went into service on February 8, 2018. The unit is dedicated to the memory of Captain Tim Riffe who commanded this truck until he succumbed to cancer in 2012. It's a 2017 Pierce Velocity Ascendant PUC 1500-480-20 Foam-107' RM (Pierce Job # 30690). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2018-02-13 Arlington "RECOMMENDATION Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of two (2) 2018 Chevrolet Tahoes to be purchased with Gunn Chevrolet, Ltd., of Selma, Texas, through the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (TLGPC) in the estimated amount of $87,868. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of (1) 2018 Chevrolet C2500 HD Crew Cab replacement vehicle for the Fire Department, with Caldwell Country Chevrolet of Caldwell, Texas, through the (TLGPC) in the estimated amount of $69,565." Link 1 :

2018-02-13 Coppell "The Coppell Fire Department is moving forward with its four-year improvement plan, which includes the construction of a fourth fire department and the relocation of Fire Station 1." - From a Coppell Gazette article at the link. Link 1 :

2018-02-10 Fort Worth The new Dive 32 is up on the SVI website at the link. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Link 1 :

2018-02-08 Haltom City Follow the link to a Star-Telegram article about proposals to replace station 3 as well as building a new city hall and police station. Link 1 :

2018-01-29 Bedford Bedford worked a dryer/house fire on Sunday. Follow the links for some of the video and still shots I was able to capture. Link 1 : Link 2

2018-01-29 Fort Worth "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of seven suburban vehicles from Caldwell Country Chevrolet, LLC using Buyboard Contract No. 526-16 in an amount up to $362,426.00 for the Fire Department through the Property Management Department." Link 1 :

2018-01-26 Lockheed Martin Fort Wor Has a new Pierce Velocity 100' platform truck being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job number 31602. Link 1 :

2018-01-23 Lewisville Here's a LewisvilleLeader article about several new things for Lewisville Fire Department. Please follow the link. Link 1 :

2018-01-12 Corsicana "The City of Corsicana has made an offer to the Texas General Land Office to purchase the former Texas Youth Commission facility and land at N. 45th Street and CR 2004 to create a training facility for Corsicana’s Fire and Police Departments." according to a Corsicana Daily Sun article at the link. Link 1 :

2018-01-12 White Settlement Has a new Spartan ERV pumper being build according to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists's Facebook post. Link 1 :

2018-01-05 Argyle Has a new Pierce Velocity pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2018-01-04 Keller Station renovations: "The project will include renovations to Fire Station 2, 737 Keller-Smithfield Rd. North and Station 3 at 1500 Rufe Snow Dr. And a new building also will be built behind Fire Station 2. Fire Stations 2 and 3 were both opened in 1994." according to a Star-Telegram article at the link. Link 1 :

2018-01-03 Irving Follow the link to a WFAA News 8 story on Irving's Blocker program. Link 1 :

2018-01-02 Winchell Winchell Fire Department recently took delivery of a DACO Fire “Brushfighter” wildland apparatus. Chassis is a F-550 Ford Extended Cab 4x4, Brushfighter custom bumper with Akron remote controlled Monitor, Brushfighter aluminum extruded body with crosswalk and 10 year warranty, Waterous 100-50-DS CAFS skid with 10 gallon foam cell with in cab controls, 400 gallon poly tank, and Whelen Led lighting. Thanks to Ed at DACO Fire Equipment. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2017-12-31 North Texas Here's a video that's probably too long, but I think it highlights well some of the almost 13,000 photos that I shot in 2017. There are about 275 photos included from various fire service events and scenes that I had the opportunity to photograph. These are some of my best and favorite shots, and I hope you enjoy them. Most of these shots are from North East Tarrant County, and a few other fire departments of the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas area. Link 1 :

2017-12-28 Irving I don't have any photos to share, but Irving has assigned some old engines as Blocker 3 and Blocker 12. The apparatus will be used to provide safety blocks on highway accidents, hopefully sparing the new tiller Trucks 3 and 12 from any impacts.

2017-12-24 Irving Truck 3 went into service in the fall of 2017. It's a 2016 Pierce Arrow XT 100' TDA (Pierce Job # 29632-01). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2017-12-10 Frisco Truck 8 in Frisco went into service on November 21, 2017. It's a 2017 Pierce Velocity 2000-300-25 Foam-100' RM (Pierce Job # 30382). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2017-12-08 Aledo, Parker Co. ESD New Fire Station 34 Grand Opening Saturday 10:30 AM: Parker County Emergency Services District 1 will host an open house and grand opening ceremony for the new Fire Station #34 at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 at the station’s new location, 991 Bailey Ranch Road in Aledo. Thanks to Moris Link 1 :

2017-12-02 Arlington Recently had a new engine on the city council agenda. I believe it will be another Spartan ERV engine. Link 1 :

2017-12-01 Arlington Station 12 is set to reopen after extensive renovations. Please follow the link for a video from the city of Arlington describing the project. Link 1 :

2017-11-26 Irving Truck 12 & Engine 12 both went into service when the station opened on August 10, 2017. Truck 12: 2016 Pierce Arrow XT 100' TDA (Pierce Job # 29632-02) Engine 12: 2016 Pierce Dash CF PUC 1500-500-40 Foam (Pierce Job # 29633). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2017-11-25 University Park Engine 451 and Truck 451 went into service in the spring of 2017. The engine is a 2017 E-One Cyclone II 1500-470-30 Foam (E-One SO # 140553; University Park Shop # 10223). The truck is a 2017 E-One Cyclone II HPS 105 1750-470-30 Foam-105' RM Steel Aerial (E-One SO # 140554; University Park Shop # 10222) Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2017-11-23 Allen A new Engine 1 was placed into service on November 12, 2017. It's a 2017 Pierce Arrow XT PUC 1500-500-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 30889). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2017-11-23 Carrollton Has a new Truck 112, which went into service on October 23, 2017. It's a 2017 Ferrara Inferno HD-100 1500-300-100' MM (Ferrara # H-6105). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2017-11-22 Farmers Branch Has a new Pierce Dash CF 105 foot HD Aerial being built according to the Siddons-Martin website.

2017-11-09 Westlake Broke ground on a new fire station at the NW corner of Davis and Dove, according to their Facebook page. Link 1 :

2017-10-27 Arlington Took delivery of new rear mount, 105' Spartan ERV. It's assigned to Truck 7. Truck 7 is different from previous apparatus deliveries, as it has all red roll up compartment doors. (not gray). It also has a Station 7 logo on the rear compartment doors. Check out the Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc.'s New Deliveries section at their website. Thanks to Peter Link 1 :

2017-10-21 Waco Here's a news story about Engine 4 and their new bear logo. Link 1 :

2017-10-13 Irving Has a new Pierce Dash CF PUC engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #31375-1. Link 1 :

2017-10-05 Burleson Has ordered a Pierce Velocity pumper from Siddons-Martin, according to their Facebook page. Link 1 :

2017-10-05 Dallas Has 5 engines and 2 rear mount aerial on order from Spartan ERV according to the Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc. Facebook page. Thanks to Mark Link 1 :

2017-10-05 Sherman Has a 75' rear mount aerial Spartan ERV/Smeal on order through Metro Apparatus Specialists, Inc., according to their Facebook page. Link 1 :

2017-10-03 Arlington Has another pumper and a 100' rear mount aerial on order according to Metro Fire Apparatu Specialists' Facebook post. Link 1 :

2017-10-02 Fort Worth From a Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Facebook post. "Thank you Fort Worth Fire Department on you order of (2) 105' Rear Mount Aerials, (1) 100' Mid-mount Platform, (2) SVI Trucks Heavy Rescue's, (1) SVI Trucks Dive truck, (2) Metro Fire Brush Trucks." Link 1 :

2017-09-29 Flower Mound From their Facebook page:" Station 7: With the approval of the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 budget, Fire Station #7 will soon begin the design phase of construction! This station will be located near the intersection of Wichita Trail and Skillern Blvd. This fire station will greatly improve Fire & EMS response times in south central Flower Mound when it opens. Actual construction of the building should begin in FY 2018-2019."

2017-09-29 North Richland Hills Has two new Pierce being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. They're job numbers 31176 and 31181-1. #31176 is an Impel pumper, not ArrowXT. North Richland Hills #31181-1 is a Velocity 105' HDL, not ArrowXT. Thanks to John Link 1 :

2017-09-29 Reno VFD has a new Pierce Saber FR Pumper built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #31307. Link 1 :

2017-09-25 DeSoto Has a new Quint 261 which went into service on July 17, 2017. It's a 2017 Spartan ERV Star Series Metro Star Classic 1500-500-20 Foam-103' RM (Spartan ERV # 215182-01). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2017-09-25 Fort Worth Ordered six new Rosenbauer pumpers in May. They will be built on the Rosenbauer Commander 70” custom cab with 8” raised roof. The “EXT” extruded aluminum body are similar in design to the previous units purchased, including Waterous CAFS system, Super Vac light tower, with the rear mounted pump and pump panel. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 :

2017-09-22 McKinney Has two new Pierce apparatus in production according to the Siddons-Martin website. They are jobs #31029-1 and 31029-2, both 100 foot HALL Velocity trucks. Link 1 : Link 2

2017-09-16 Garland There's a new Truck 11 in Garland which went into service on June 5, 2017. It's a 2016 Spartan ERV Metro Star Classic 1500-500-20 Foam-75' RM (Spartan ERV # 215181-01; Garland Shop # 1300462). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2017-09-16 Tarrant County College TCC's Fire Service Training Center hosted Fire Fest 2017. The firefighter training was open to all departments, and taught by local instructors. Topics included Live Fire, Pumping: The First Five Minutes, SCBA, and Swift Water Awareness. The first link is to my photos, the 2nd to the flier. Link 1 : Link 2

2017-09-11 Flower Mound Has a new Engine 504 which went into service August 12, 2017. It's a 2017 Pierce Velocity PUC 1500-750-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 30573). Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2017-09-10 Fort Worth I was asked to photograph the 3rd Annual Climb for a Calling, which was held at Burnett Plaza in downtown Fort Worth. Follow the link to see the album of photos I shot. Link 1 :

2017-09-08 Highland Park Has a new Pierce being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #31223. Link 1 :

2017-09-08 Irving Worked a 2 alarm(plus a couple extra companies) apartment fire at about 16:00. Follow the link to some of the photos I shot. Link 1 :

2017-09-05 Glenn Heights Has a new Engine 301 in Glenn Heights which went into service March 8, 2017. It is a 2016 Spartan ERV Metro Star Classic 1500-1000-30 Foam ( Spartan ERV # 215203-1). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2017-09-02 Frisco Has a new Ford F-550/Pierce utility unit being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2017-09-01 Denton Has a new Pierce Velocity aerial being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #31027. Link 1 :

2017-09-01 Haslet Has a new Pierce Velocity 100' aerial platform being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job#30808 Link 1 :

2017-09-01 Lewisville Has a new 95ft. platform Pierce Velocity being built according to the Siddons-Martin website

2017-08-23 Grand Prairie Truck 1, with a new cab, returned to service a couple months ago after being involved in a major accident with a street sweeper several months prior. It was shipped back to Wisconsin where a whole new cab had to be put on. The upside to this was the new cab is in the now standard solid red paint scheme. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2017-08-23 Grand Prairie Has a new unit for 608, the shift EMS Supervisor rig. It is a 2017 Ram 3500/Frazer. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2017-08-23 Grand Prairie There's a new Medic 10 for the new station 10. It is a 2016 Ram 4500/Frazer MICU. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2017-08-23 Grand Prairie Here's the new Brush 10 for the new station 10. It is a 2017 Ram 5500/Skeeter 240/400/20F-A. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2017-08-20 Red Oak Has a new Engine 182. It went into service on August 11, 2017. It's 2017 Pierce Enforcer 1500-750-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 30707). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2017-08-12 Grand Prairie Continues celebrating 100 years with an Open House for the south zone. August 12, 2017 9 to Noon at Fire Station 10, located at 2645 S. Grand Peninsula. See links for details and map. Link 1 : Link 2

2017-08-11 Flower Mound Has another new Pierce being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's a Velocity platform aerial, job #30837 Link 1 :

2017-08-10 Irving Has a Grand Opening/wet-down/pushback ceremony planned for 9AM at their new station 12, located at 2995 Regent Blvd., Irving, TX 75063. The newly built station will be home to Truck 12(Tiller!), Engine 12, and Medic 12. Photo 4 :

2017-08-10 Irving Here are a few of my photos from the grand opening of Station 12, which is near 635 and Beltline. Medic 12, Engine 12, and Truck 12 have already been answering calls this afternoon. Link 1 :

2017-08-04 Duncanville Has a new Pierce engine being built as job #30690, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2017-08-04 Grand Prairie Has a new Pierce engine being built as job #31091 according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2017-08-04 Hill County Has several Pierce/Freightliners tankers being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Their job #s 30908-1,2,&3. Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2017-08-04 Sachse Has a new Pierce being built as job #30798, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2017-08-04 Waco Has a new Pierce engine being built as job#31056, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2017-08-01 Fort Worth Has a new Ford F-550 for Dive 32 on the city council agenda. "The requested truck will be used primarily for swift water and dive response both locally and state-wide, as needed. The truck will be used to carry fire personnel as well as equipment and supplies used in underwater and swift water rescue and recovery operations. This vehicle will also be used to tow boats and other trailers to remote off-road locations where necessary in the course of swift water and underwater operations." Link 1 :

2017-07-21 Irving EVENT: Irving and Grand Prairie Joint Fire Training Facility Grand Opening Celebration 10:00AM 4850 N. Beltline, Irving, TX 75038

2017-07-21 Irving, Grand Prairie Irving and Grand Prairie held a grand opening for their new fire training facility at 4850 N. Beltline this morning. Follow the link to some of the photos that I shot. Link 1 :

2017-07-13 Denton Has a new Pierce Velocity engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #31028 Link 1 :

2017-07-13 Seagoville Has a Pierce Arrow XT 105 ft aerial being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #30775. Link 1 :

2017-06-27 Arlington A new SWAT vehicle and other police vehicles(9 Chargers and 8 Tahoes) purchases are on the city council agenda for 6/27/2017. Please see the links for more details. Link 1 : Link 2

2017-06-20 Fort Worth A new station in far west Fort Worth is on the city council agenda. The 2014 Bond Program approved by the citizens of Fort Worth included funds for the design and construction of a new fire station in west Fort Worth. A location for the fire station has been identified north of IH-30 and west of Linkcrest Drive in close proximity to the Walsh Ranch development. Please see the link for more details. Link 1 :

2017-06-12 Forreston From a WFAA new article: "A $20,000 cost share grant through the Texas A&M Forest Service Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program went to purchase a slip-on unit that was added to a Stewart Stevenson excess military truck." Please follow the link for the complete story Link 1 :

2017-06-10 Carrollton Has a new Ferrara being built for Truck 112. It's a mid-mount, platform. I'm not familiar with Centerra and what their involvement is in the apparatus. I'll have to do some more research. Link 1 : Link 2

2017-06-09 Allen Has a new Pierce Arrow XT PUC engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #30889 Link 1 :

2017-06-08 University Park Both Engine 451 and Truck 451 recently went into service. Both are E-Ones. The Truck is a 100’ Rear mount. The Engine is the new “Fighting Scot” that replaces the Pierce 2011. They are also planning to convert the Fire Marshall’s 2016 Chevrolet Pick-up into the New Command(Battalion 451) vehicle. They are going to add a winch, bed topper and paint the black stripping. Thanks to Bill. Link 1 : Link 2

2017-06-07 Telico, Ellis Co. Thomas sent in this photo of an International commercial chassis running as Brush 1382, in Ellis County. Thanks Thomas Photo 1 :

2017-05-26 Euless Pierce has started construction of the new Velocity 100' platform. It's job #30666. Link 1 :

2017-05-26 Murphy Siddons-Martin sold Murphy a new Ford/Pierce mini pumper. It's Pierce job #30455. Link 1 :

2017-05-20 Samson Park Held a push-in ceremony for their new Spartan ERV engine. Thanks to Anthony Photo 1 :

2017-05-18 Pierce, Mfg. I had an opportunity on my vacation to visit Pierce Mfg. in Appleton, WI. My friends at Siddons-Martin hooked me up with Keith B. there, and he gave a great tour to me, my aunt, and uncle. Here are a few pics I was able to take. Link 1 :

2017-05-09 Arlington There's an agenda item to donate a used fire apparatus to the Arlington ISD's Fire Academy. "The AISD High School Fire Academy Program provides education in basic fire pump theory and operations, fire stream and hose skills, vehicle operation and other safety instruction as part of a basic training program. The transfer of an engine from the City of Arlington, Texas, which has outlived its useful life for purposes of the Fire Department, will serve to enhance this training and education. AISD High School Fire Academy Program agrees to return the 1998 Quality/Freightliner fire engine, identified with serial number 1FV68HCB5XH97163, back to the City to be sold at auction. " Photo 1 :

2017-05-09 Fort Worth "The Fire Department will use the five requested fire trucks throughout the City of Fort Worth (City). The two brush trucks will be used to transport personnel and equipment to fight brush, grass and structural fires in areas with limited, off-road access. The two rescue trucks will provide specialized equipment necessary for technical rescue situations such as traffic collisions requiring vehicle extrication, building collapses, confined space rescue and rope rescues. The Spartan fire truck with mid-ladder towers will be used for firefighting operations, emergency medical services and rescue purposes." Link 1 :

2017-05-09 Fort Worth "The requested eight fire trucks include two rear mount aerials and six pumpers that will be used by Fire Department firefighters throughout the City of Fort Worth (City). The trucks will be used to carry fire personnel, firefighting/rescue and Emergency Medical Services equipment to the scene of emergencies assisting in the mitigation of a host of Emergency situations within the City including Fire Suppression, Rescue and Emergency Medical Services. The new units will be replacements for old units that can no longer be economically maintained except for one rear mount aerial, which will be an addition to the fleet. The new units meet required specifications and are expected to operate satisfactorily during their service lives of 10 years for each vehicle. Warranty information, manufacturer's Statement of Origin and original sales invoice will accompany the new units upon delivery to the Fire Service Center located at 2920 West Bolt Street." "Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc.105 Feet Rear Mount Teles Link 1 :

2017-05-08 Richardson The Truck 4 went into service in April, 2017. 2016 E-One Quest Gen II 2000-500-100' RM (E-One SO # 140269). Thanks to Lindsay Dye Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2017-05-06 Frisco Has a new Pierce Velocity 100 foot aerial being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job 30382. Link 1 :

2017-04-21 Flower Mound Has another Pierce Velocity PUC Pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website (job #30573). Link 1 :

2017-04-21 Frisco Has a new Pierce Velocity HDR being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website (job #30381). Link 1 :

2017-04-09 Addison Has a new Truck 101. It went into service on April 5, 2017. It's a 2017 Sutphen SPH 100 Aerial Platform 1500-300-100' MM (Sutphen # HS-5975). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2017-04-07 Red Oak Has a new Pierce Enforcer pumper being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website Link 1 :

2017-04-06 Mesquite "Mesquite Fire Station #5 welcomed their new engine the only way a fire department could, with a "push in" ceremony." from an article at the link. Thanks to James Link 1 :

2017-04-05 Grapevine, TCC Grapevine donated one of their old E-One 75' quint to the Tarrant County College Fire Service Training Center. Please follow the link for an article on Fire House. Link 1 :

2017-03-30 Lubbock The city of Lubbock is in the processing of accepting three (3) new Rosenbauer custom top mount pumpers and getting them into service. The trucks feature the EXT all aluminum body with Robinson rollup doors; 1250 gpm Hale pump; Foampro 2002 class A and B foam system; Whelen LED warning lights; Rosenbauer’s Greenstar generator system; Command Knight light 12v LED light tower; Commander 4000 Series 70” cab with the 11” raised roof; Cummins ISL 450 hp engine; Allison 3000EVS transmission and seating for five. Thanks to Ed Link 1 :

2017-03-30 Lubbock The city of Lubbock has awarded DACO fire equipment a contract for one (1) custom top mount pumper with the following features: 1250 gpm hale DSD single stage pump, Foampro 2002 system with 30 gallon A & B foam tanks, 500 gallon poly tank, 55 cubic feet hose bed, EXT extruded aluminum body with rollup doors, Whelen LEDwarning lights, Rosenbauer Green Star generator system, Knight 12v LED light tower on body, Rosenbauer Commander 70” cab with 11” raised roof, seating for five (5), Cummins ISL-9 450 hp diesel engine, Allison 3000EVS automatic transmission, 20,000# front axle / 24,000# rear axle 44000# gvw. Also part of the package was a contract for one (1) 78’ rear mount Smart aerial ladder with the following features: 1250 gpm Hale pump system with intake valves, 3/16” FX series aluminum aerial body with Robinson roll-up doors, 500 gallon poly booster tank, ø Foampro 2002 foam system with 30 gallon class “A” and “B” tanks, Green Star “IRT”, generator system with electric cord reel, Whelen LED warning

2017-03-30 Sansom Park Has a new Spartan ERV Metro Star engine being prepped for delivery. Thanks to Anthony Link 1 :

2017-03-30 Seadrift Seadrift Volunteer Fire Department will be taking delivery of their new Rosenbauer pumper within the next few days. The RXT series aluminum body with Robinson rollup doors; ladders in from the rear; top mount control panel; 1250 gpm Darley single stage pump with stainless steel plumbing; 1000 gallon Poly Tank; Whelen LED warning and scene lights; Freightliner M2 106 4-door crew cab chassis with seating for five; 300 hp Cummins diesel engine; 35,000# gvw. Thanks to Ed Link 1 : Link 2

2017-03-24 Little Elm Has a new Pierce Velocity PUC Pumper being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2017-03-17 Arlington Here's a little more information from an Arlington Voice article about some new apparatus(Truck 8 platform, a couple of engines, pickups, squad, etc.). Link 1 :

2017-03-17 Lake Cities Has a new Pierce Arrow XT PUC Pumper being built as job # 30471, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2017-03-17 Paris Has a new Quint 4, which is very similar to Engine 1 but with a 75' HAL. It's riding on a Dash CF 8011 cab with the PUC platform, and features: Detroit DD13 525 Hp Engine, Allison 4500 XT transmission, 1500 GPM Pierce PUC pump, 500 gallon water, and 20 gallon foam tanks, Husky 3 foam system, 75ft HAL ladder. They took delivery on Feb. 27th. It was Job # 29854. Thanks to Jay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2017-03-16 Hurst Worked a house fire on the far north side this morning. Follow the links for photos and video that I shot. Bedford, Colleyville, and North Richland Hills assisted on scene. Link 1 : Link 2

2017-03-16 Willow Park According to The Weatherford Democrat, "A new fire truck will join Willow Park’s fleet, replacing two older vehicles that were “plagued with mechanical issues” after council voted to approve funding for the new truck Tuesday night." Please follow the link to the article about the new Ferrara Cinder Custom Pumper engine. Link 1 :

2017-03-14 Hurst Had a very busy afternoon. There was a house fire in Station 1's district, and during that Euless and NRH helped Hurst out with a major accident on Pipeline, where 1 patient was transported by PHI Helicopter. Bedford helped with the very smoky house fire. Follow the links for photos and video that I shot. Link 1 : Link 2

2017-03-08 Grapevine, D/FW Airport Grapevine worked a small commercial fire near the airport. D/FW Airport's Big Ban 38 made quick work of ventilation. Here are some photos that I took. Link 1 :

2017-03-06 D/FW Airport "DFW Airport plans to build new $53 million public safety building" according to the Star-Telegram article at the link. "The new facility will have an evidence processing lab and training rooms for the public safety department, which has over 500 employees. It will be located on the airport’s southwest side. Smith said the new facility should be completed by the fall of 2018." Link 1 :

2017-03-06 Euless, Bedford Euless worked a chimney fire with some help from Bedford, early this morning. Follow the link to an album of photos that I took. Link 1 :

2017-02-28 Arlington City Council Agenda Item: "This purchase is for two new fire pumper engines and one new aerial platform truck to replace the three existing front-line fire apparatus that have reached the end of their useful service life. " Link 1 :

2017-02-26 Flower Mound Has a new and unique Engine 502 that went into service on February 17, 2017. It's an 2017 International 7400 4 X 4-Pierce Type 3 Wildland Pumper 1000-500-30 (foam) Pierce Job # 29867. Thanks to Lindsay and Flower Mound's Youtube Channel Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 : Link 2

2017-02-14 Haltom City Along with Richland Hills, North Richland Hills, and the Bedford air truck worked a house fire on broadway today. Here are some of the photos I took. Link 1 :

2017-02-14 Willow Park There was talk of a new engine on the city council agenda according to the Weatherford Democrat article at the link. Link 1 :

2017-02-12 Euless, Bedford Here are some photos from a restaurant fire in Euless. Bedford Engine 151 and Battalion 15 responded as well. Link 1 :

2017-02-11 North Richland Hills Made a quick exterior, then interior attack at a 2nd story balcony fire, keeping the fire from taking off through the attic. It was well under control by the time I arrived, but here are some photos that I shot. Link 1 :

2017-01-29 Lindale Has a new Truck 1. It went into service on January 2, 2017. This is the first department specified Ascendant PUC placed into service in Texas. It's a 2016 Pierce Ascendant Enforcer PUC 1500-500-107' RM (Pierce Job # 29672). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2017-01-28 Palestine Has a new Pierce engine for station 3, according to a Palestine Herald article at the link. Link 1 :

2017-01-27 Ben Saladino For those of you on Facebook, I've created a page(Working Photos by Ben Saladino) for sharing my fire service photography. Please, click the link to like, follow, and share. Link 1 :

2017-01-24 Aledo,Parker County "Parker County Emergency Service District 1 - (ESD 1) and the City of Aledo came together to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new fire station to be located at all places, “911” Bailey Ranch Road." Please follow link for full story on the Star-Telegram site. Link 1 :

2017-01-20 Arlington From the city council agenda: "Purchase of Six Truck Beds for Fire, Bid Project 17-0069 (MO#01242017-008): Authorize the City Manager or his designee to purchase six (6) 2017 Chevrolet Silverado Truck Special Beds for the Fire Department with Caldwell Country Chevrolet of Caldwell, Texas through the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (TLGPC) in the estimated amount of $149,589.52, and execute any and all documents necessary to carry out such purchase. Funds are budgeted in Fleet Services Administration Account No. 790101-68200. This purchase is for six (6) 2017 Chevrolet Silverado Truck Special Beds for the Fire Department. The new truck beds will be used to outfit six (6) Fire Trucks purchased in FY17 to respond to EMS calls. " Link 1 :

2017-01-19 Spartan Smeal This news is about a month old now, but I just saw that Spartan ERV is purchasing its customer Smeal. There's a video at the link. "On December 13, 2016, Spartan announced its plan to acquire Smeal Fire Apparatus, a 30-year cab and chassis customer, and longtime great partner. The combined Company will be a top-four fire apparatus manufacturer, resulting in increased dealer distribution channel and broader reach across the U.S. and Canada, a stronger product portfolio, and increased opportunities for employees." Link 1 :

2017-01-18 Fort Worth As previously reported, new apparatus are in for Engines 3, 7, and 39. Here's a photo of Engine 39. They are custom pumpers built with the EXT extruded aluminum body, rear Waterous pump, hydraulic ladder rack, Robinson rollup doors, Waterous Eclipse CAFS system with the Foampro 2002 system built on a Spartan Gladiator cab/chassis. Thanks to Ed at DACO Fire Equipment Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2017-01-17 Euless Quint 553 was welcomed into service with a push in ceremony. It's a Pierce Velocity 105' aerial with a 500 gallon tank for water and 20 for foam. Shortly after the ceremony, it responded to its first structure fire. Here are some photos that I took at the ceremony and the fire at a two story apartment. Link 1 :

2017-01-15 Hurst Worked a garage/house fire on the SE side of the city. Here are a few photos and a little video that I took. Bedford and Euless assisted on scene. Link 1 : Link 2

2017-01-14 Fort Worth Had new engines coming for 3, 7, and 39 according to the Rosenbauer America website. Thanks to a regular contributor for letting me know about it. Link 1 :

2016-12-31 Forestburg Forestburg Volunteer Fire Department has a new Rosenbauer 3000 gallon wetside pumper/tanker, 1250 GPM, PTO pump system, stainless steel plumbing, extended front bumper with 2” jumpline discharge and hose compartment, (2) speedlays with 2” plumbing, 3000 gallon poly tank, fol-da-tank storage passenger side, hard suction hose storage thru the tank, (4) telescoping led 12v scene lights, whelen led warning lights, 10” rear manual newton dump valve, International 7500 series 6x4, 2-door cab/chassis, 56,000# GVW, 350 hp Navistar N10 diesel engine, Allison 3000EVS automatic transmission. Truck sold by Walter Couch, Daco Fire Equipment. Thanks to Ed Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-12-26 Prosper The new Engine 2 went into service recently. It's is housed in Prosper's new station on the western edge of town off of US 380. It'sa 2016 Pierce Impel PUC 1500-750-30 foam (Pierce Job # 29771). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2016-12-22 Alabama Coushatta Indian Will take delivery soon of a Rosenbauer Maverick pumper/tanker apparatus, Waterous 1250 GPM PTO single stage pump system, stainless steel plumbing, Rowe “CAFS” PTO system, Foampro 2002 injection foam system with a 30 gallon foam tank, bumper mounted remote controlled turret with front bumper jumpline, hose reel, (2) speedlay 1-1/2” discharges, four (2) 2-1/2” discharges, side mount pump panel, FX Maverick series aluminum body with Robinson rollup doors, 1500 gallon poly tank, 10” rear Newton dump valve with Rosenbauer swivel dump, passenger side upper ladder storage, lower Zico 12 volt passenger side folding tank compartment, LED warning lights, International 4x2, 7500 Series 2-door cab/chassis, 44,000# gvw, 14,000# front axle, 30,000# rear axle, 350 hp diesel engine with 3000evs Allison automatic transmission, seating for two (2). Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-12-22 Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport recently took delivery of a new Rosenbauer 101’ 3-section rear mount Smart Aerial platform, ext 3/16” extruded aluminum body, hale 2000 GPM single stage pump system, 500 gallon poly tank, hydraulic E-Z load hose bed, Rosenbauer Commander 4000 series R711 custom cab/chassis, ITS Rolltek and front air bag package, seating for five, 85,800# gvw, Cummins ISX 15l-550 HP diesel engine, Allison 4500EVS automatic transmission, Weldon V-Mux electrical system. The airport also took delivery of a couple more Rosenbauer ARFF trucks. Thanks to Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 :

2016-12-19 Flower Mound Engine 501 went into service on December 1, 2016. It's a 2016 Pierce Velocity PUC 1500-750-20 foam (Pierce Job # 29800). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-12-16 Dallas Dallas Love Field Airport has a new Rosenbauer Panther 6x6. It's marked as "2", and on the air they go by "Red 2". Thanks to Garrett & Mark Link 1 :

2016-12-13 Bedford Lt. Keith Long died of cancer 12/8/2016, and was laid to rest 12/13/2016. Here are some photos from the procession that started at Pennington Field in Bedford and ended at Grapevine Cemetery. Link 1 :

2016-11-19 Cedar Hill Has a new Engine 212, which went into service on November 15, 2016. It's a 2016 Pierce Dash CF PUC 1500-500-30 Foam (Pierce Job # 29624). Thanks to Lindsay Dye Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-11-19 Ovilla Has a new Engine 701, which went into service October 1, 2016. It's a 2016 Pierce Dash CF PUC 1500-750-20 Foam (Pierce Job # 29600). Thanks to Lindsay Dye Photo 1 :

2016-11-17 Waco Has a new Pierce Enforcer pump in the works, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It was purchased to replace an engine totaled in an electrical fire several months ago. It is slated to be Engine 6. They also purchased the Siddons Martin spec. truck now being outfitted at Cedar Hill or Denton. It is an Enforcer PUC, and will be Engine 12. On another order they have an Enforcer PUC, not yet in production, which is slated to be Engine 4. Thanks to John Link 1 :

2016-11-15 Allen Has a new Pierce Arrow XT PUC 105' ladder truck. It's powered by a DD13 500 HP engine and holds 500 gallons of water with a PUC 1500 GPM pump. The truck will be put into service on the first of next month. Thanks to Aaron Photo 1 :

2016-11-13 Somervell County Engine 1 went into service in October, 2016. It's a 2016 International 4400-Spartan ERV Legend 1500-1000 (Spartan ERV # 215171-01). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-10-29 Euless Worked a fully involved shed fire. I had just finished dinner, not too far way, and was able to arrive as they were arriving to get some good action shots. Link 1 :

2016-10-21 Grapevine EVENT: Here's a nice article in the Star-Telegram about efforts to raise money for the restoration and repair of Grapevine's 1928 Model A. The citizens fire academy alumni association is hosting a catered dinner. Please see the article for details. Link 1 :

2016-10-09 Rowlett Ladder 3 went into service on 7-28-16. It's a 2016 E-One Cyclone II 1750-500-500-20 (foam)-137' RM (E-One SO # 139649). Thanks to Lindsay Dye Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-10-02 Fairview The new Truck 751 was placed into service in September, 2016. It's a 2014 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-20 (foam)-105' RM (Pierce Job # 27508). It features Pierce's TAK-4 IRS. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 :

2016-10-01 Colleyville Colleyville dedicated their new Pierce Impel Engine 242 into service this morning with a push-in ceremony. Here are some of the photos I took. Link 1 :

2016-09-29 Flower Mound Here's a video about how Station 6 is temporarily being housed at Argyle Middle School to better serve the Canyon Falls area. Link 1 :

2016-09-29 Granbury Has a new Pierce Freightliner Encore Rescue being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-09-18 Gun Barrel City Engine 51 went into service in August, 2016. It's a 2016 E-One Typhoon 1750-1000-30 (foam) SO # 140221. Thanks to Lindsay for the photos and information. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-09-16 Flower Mound Has a new Pierce(International) wildland pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-09-13 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: It is recommended that the City Council authorize the execution of a construction contract with RJM Contractors, Inc., in the amount of $3,977,500.00 for the new Fire Station 42 located at Spinks Airport and provide for administrative costs in the amount of $1,014,574.01. The new Fire Station 42 will be located in far south Fort Worth on Spinks Airport and be accessed by FM 1187. Link 1 :

2016-09-12 Irving, Grand Priarie Here's a post on the city of Irving's website about the new training facility that Irving and Grand Prairie are building at 161 and Beltline. Link 1 :

2016-09-10 Euless Euless has ordered a 100' platform from Pierce, which is in addition to the 105' stick currently in production. Thanks to John

2016-08-30 Fort Worth There's article in the Star-Telegram about Fort Worth Police Department's budget and some of the new vehicles they want to purchase. Link 1 :

2016-08-29 Balch Springs Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartans aluminum body, Waterous 1500 gpm pump with Aquis Class A foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with Independent front suspension, APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2016-08-29 Benbrook Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartans aluminum body, Waterous 1500 gpm pump with Spartans One-Touch 200 CFM CAFS system w/FoamLogic Class A foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, 750 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2016-08-29 Cool-Garner VFD Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartans aluminum body, Hale QMAX 1500 gpm pump with FoamLogic Class A foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2016-08-29 River Oaks Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartans aluminum body, Hale QMAX 1500 gpm pump with FoamLogic Class A foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, 750 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with Independent front suspension, APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2016-08-26 Grapevine Has a new Pierce Velocity PUC engine being build, according to the Siddons-Martin website. I believe this will replace the current Engine 2. Link 1 :

2016-08-26 Irving A second Arrow XT tiller and another Dash CF PUC engine are in the works from Pierce. Link 1 : Link 2

2016-08-13 Grapevine Grapevine Engine 4 was officially pushed into service this morning at Station 4. The Pierce Velocity engine replaces Quint 4, a Rosenbauer, which will now serve as a reserve truck. Link 1 :

2016-08-12 Grand Prairie The Quint 10, will be going into service on the 23rd. It's a 2015 Pierce Dash CF PUC featuring 1500gpm, 500 gallons water, 20 gallons foam, rear mount with a 75 foot aerial. It will run out of the new station near Joe Pool Lake. Thanks to Eric. Photo 1 :

2016-08-08 McKinney, CareFlite McKINNEY, Texas (Aug. 9, 2016) The McKinney National Airport announced CareFlite, a nonprofit medical transportation provider, has chosen to base a portion of its operation at the city’s airport. McKinney will be its seventh base in the DFW metroplex. CareFlite will bring 29 employees to the airport and occupy three offices in an existing aircraft hangar. CareFlite will base one Bell helicopter at McKinney National Airport. Link 1 :

2016-08-05 Cool-Garner VFD Has a new 2016 Spartan ERV Engine which features a 10 man cab, 1500GPM capacity. Thanks to Mineral Wells Index. Please follow the link to their detailed story. Link 1 :

2016-08-05 Denton Has another Pierce Velocity engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-08-05 Flower Mound Has a new Pierce Velocity PUC engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-08-05 Grand Prairie Here's a video about Grand Prairie's new Station 10 on at Joe Pool Lake. Link 1 :

2016-08-05 Irving Has a new Pierce Arrow XT Tractor Drawn Aerial (TDA)/Tiller being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-07-27 Ferris Has a new Brush 101. It's is a red 2015 (builders date) Ford F-550, diesel B-20 power stroke engine with a Wildfire bodywork brush unit. The cab is a stretch cab with additional items for rescue and first in structural capability. There are no outside riding areas, and a front monitor is placed for a single member operation if needed. It is housed at station #2. Thanks to Thomas

2016-07-23 Celina Engine 1 went into service in June of 2016. It's a 2015 Pierce Dash CF PUC 1500-500 (Pierce Job # 28050; Celina Shop # 16301). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2016-07-22 Euless Has a new Pierce Velocity 105 foot truck being build according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-07-22 Grand Prairie Has a new Pierce Arrow XT engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-07-22 Waxahachie Has a new Pierce Dash CF PUC engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-07-18 Irving Has new Engines 9 and 10. Engine 9: Pierce Dash CF PUC 1500-500-40 (foam) Pierce Job # 29163-01; Irving Shop # 05187 Engine 10: 2016 Pierce Dash CF PUC 1500-500-40 (foam) Pierce Job # 29163-02; Irving Shop # 05188. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2016-07-15 Allen Has a new Pierce Arrow XT 105 foot PUC being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-07-15 Denton Has a new Pierce Velocity engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-07-01 Colleyville Has a new Impel engine being built at Pierce. It's job #29750. Link 1 :

2016-06-29 Argyle I was asked to photography an active shooter drill in Argyle, and many local agencies participated. Here's an album of some of my photos. Link 1 :

2016-06-26 Rowlett Truck 4 was damaged in an accident and was sent to the factory to be refurbished as Ladder 1. Along with body work and a new paint job, a new LED warning light package, front bumper with a jump line tray and a booster reel were added. An engine and pump overhaul plus cab interior work was done, also. 2004 E-One Cyclone II 2000-500-75' RM (SO # 129090). Thanks to Lindsay Dye Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-06-24 Greenville Has a new Pierce Dash CF PUC Pumper being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #30129. Link 1 :

2016-06-18 Rowlett The new Engine 2 in Rowlett went into service the last of May, 2016-roughly 3 weeks ago. It's a 2015 E-One Cyclone II 1750-500-30 (Foam) (SO # 139650). Thanks to Lindsay Dye Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-06-12 Trophy Club There were several lightning related house fires in Trophy Club Sunday afternoon. With almost all Trophy Club apparatus tied up on one fire, several other departments worked this one on Trophy Club. Here are some of my photos. Link 1 :

2016-06-11 Dallas The new Engine 47 went into service on May 26, 2016. It's a 2016 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 1500-500 Class A (10) & Class B (30) Foam (Spartan ERV # 215043-02; Dallas Shop # 15082). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2016-06-04 Arlington Here's an article in the Star-Telegram about the new Arlington Station 5. Link 1 :

2016-06-03 Cedar Hill Has a new Pierce Dash CF pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-06-03 Sherman Has a new Pierce Impel pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-05-29 Decatur I assume this is Decatur, TX, but I'm not positive. It appears there's a heavy rescue being built by SVI. Link 1 :

2016-05-29 Fort Worth SVI's website shows two apparatus being built for Fort Worth. One is an attack truck and the other a new air truck. Link 1 :

2016-05-27 Ovilla Has a new Dash CF PUC engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-05-27 Prosper Has a new Impel engine being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2016-05-23 Bell Helicopter Has a new apparatus being built. I'm not sure what plant it will be assigned to, but assume Fort Worth. It's being built on an International chassis. Link 1 :

2016-05-23 Frisco Has a new Velocity engine being built according to the Siddons-Martin In-Production page. It's job #29730. Link 1 :

2016-05-23 Garland Engine 1 was placed into service on February 10, 2016. It's a 2015 Spartan ERV Star Series Metro Star Classic 1500-500 (Spartan ERV # 214082-01; Garland Shop # 1300459). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-05-23 RI/CT Vacation Here are some fire service photos from my vacation to Rhode Island and Connecticut 5/19/2016-5/22/2016. It's very nice up that way, and there's some great history. Link 1 :

2016-05-21 Cresson "Cresson Volunteer Fire Department proudly announces the grand opening of Cresson Station 2, located inside the entrance to Bourland Field Estates, 17999 US 377 South in Cresson." Open House 10AM to 3PM May 21, 2016 according to the Star-Telegram article. Link 1 :

2016-05-19 Grapevine After lunch today, I swung by a 3 Alarm apartment fire in Grapevine. There was lots of mutual aid, included Lewisville's new Engine 5. Photos are at the link. Photo 1 :

2016-05-14 Colleyville Open House on SATURDAY, MAY 14. 10AM to 1pm. There will be station tours, CFD vehicles on display, and demonstrations of fire/rescue activities such as vehicle extrication, plus games for the children. At the Central Fire Station, 5209 Colleyville Blvd

2016-05-08 Lewisville Here is new Engine 165 in Lewisville. It went into service on April 25, 2016. It's a 2016 Pierce Impel 2000-750 (Pierce Job # 29098-02). Thanks to Lindsay for the pics and info. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2016-05-07 Fort Worth Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex Open House - May 7, 2016 10AM to 2PM, 505 W. Felix St. Free Hot Dogs and Hamburgers, Facility Tours, Demonstrations, Kids Stuff, and more. Click photo 1 for flier. That was fun. Check out the link for some of my photos from the event. The new Quint 35(Smeal 105') was proudly flying the American flag. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 :

2016-05-07 Indianapolis, Payne Spri The other day, I heard Irving dispatched to an incident. I pulled up Google Maps to see what was in the area with the satellite/aerial view. Next door to the Public Storage, where the incident was, something caught my eye. There appeared to be a tiller(AKA Tractor Drawn Aerial or TDA) fire truck in the image. Switching to Street View gave a little better angle, but I still wasn't sure. Hobby-crossover via a bicycle ride, and I was able to get a better view. Sure enough, Pioneer Truck and Equipment has a couple of fire trucks in their yard. I talked to Mark, and he told me the tiller was from Indianapolis, and he's had it about a year, but it was more complicated to get it certified than expected. He said it still runs. Anyway, I thought it was an interesting find, and I enjoyed coming across it like that. If you're looking to make a food truck, Christmas light hanging or utility truck, I bet you can get these very cheap. Heck, I was thinking they could be converted to blocking trucks for a NTE or something Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2016-05-02 Fort Worth Here's a photo of the new Quint 35, a Smeal. It doesn't have the company logo yet. I'm told that will be pretty neat. Thanks to the visitor who submitted this photo. Photo 1 :

2016-04-20 Fort Worth The new FWPD Heliport facility at Meacham International Airport will be officially opened April 20, 2016. The Heliport houses the Fort Worth Police Department’s Air Support Unit, which currently includes two helicopters. The Heliport address is 310 Gulfstream Road. The $5.2 million project cost was funded by the Crime Control and Prevention District. Personnel began moving into new facility in January 2016.

2016-04-16 Springtown, Aledo Thanks to Clay Crawford at Springtown FD for taking time at the end of a long work day to show me station and let me snag some photos. "Link 1" goes to my Facebook page with an album of all of the photos I shot. "Link 2", list the most recent uploads to this site, which is currently Springtown. Thanks to Clay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 : Link 2

2016-04-15 Natalia The Natalia Volunteer Fire Department is taking delivery of their third Rosenbauer CAFS pumper. The truck is the Rosenbauer Commander 3000 series custom 4-door 3/16” aluminum 60” tilt-cab chassis with a 11” raised roof, powered with a 400 HP Cummins ISL engine; 3000EVS Allison Automatic Transmission with a 53,000# GVW. A 1250 GPM Waterous single stage pump is furnished with Odin 200-SP CAFS foam system with a Foampro injection system. The truck has the FX series aluminum body with rescue style compartment, Robinson roll-up doors, hydraulic ladder rack on the passenger side. A 1500 gallon poly tank and 30 gallon foam cell is furnished. Thanks to Ed. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-04-12 Arlington City Council Agenda Item: Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of active shooter equipment for the Fire Department in the total amount of $171,562.20. 193 ballistic vests with W.W. Grainger, Inc. through the interlocal agreement with the National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance (IPA) in the estimated amount of $100,861.38. 269 specialized medical kits with Bound Tree Medical through an interlocal cooperative purchasing agreement with the City of Grand Prairie in the estimated amount of $70,700.82. Link 1 :

2016-04-12 Arlington City Council Agenda Item: RECOMMENDATION Authorize the negotiation and execution of an agreement with RPGA Design Group, Inc., of Fort Worth, Texas, for design services relative to the renovations and additions to the existing Fire Station 12 facility in an amount not to exceed $183,300. PRIOR BOARD OR COUNCIL ACTION On March 22, 2016, Council approved Resolution No. 16-048 authorizing the Construction Manager at Risk service delivery method of construction to build a new addition and remodel the existing facility for Fire Station 12. Link 1 :

2016-04-12 KME KME Fire and Rescue, located in Nesquehoning, Carbon County, PA, is being bought by Orlando, Florida-based The Rev Group. Read more from WFMZ.com. Link 1 :

2016-04-06 Lewisville Here's a Lewisville Leader article by Heather Goodwin on Lewisville's new Pierce Impel Engine 164. It went into service Monday. Link 1 :

2016-04-05 Richardson The new Engine 4 went into service the week of March 28, 2016. It's a 2015 E-One Quest Gen II 2000-500-30 (foam) (E-One SO# 139390). Thanks to Lindsay and A shift Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2016-03-29 Fort Worth A visitor shared these photos of Fort Worth's Station 44 apparatus. Station 44 serves Meacham Airport, so his access and sharing these photos is greatly appreciated. Thanks to Scott Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2016-03-26 Bryan Has just taken delivery of another Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This units features Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1500 gpm two-stage pump, 500 gallon water tank, Hale Foamlogic foam system w/30 gallon foam tanks, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2016-03-26 Midland Has just taken delivery of their first two (2) Spartan ERV pumpers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. These units feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1750 gpm pump, 750 gallon water tank, Waterous Pneumax SP 200 CAFS with Foam Pro 3012 A/B foam system w/30 gallon foam tanks, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2016-03-26 Sheridan Has just taken delivery of another Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. These units feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Hale 1250 gpm two-stage pump, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen emergency lighting on an International 4400 2-door chassis. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2016-03-14 Haltom City Worked a 2 Alarm auto repair shop fire this morning. Fort Worth, North Richland Hills, Watauga, and Bedford provided mutual aid on the scene. Here are some of the photos I took. Link 1 :

2016-03-14 Watauga Worked a house fire on Murel Dr with North Richland Hills, Haltom City, and Keller. Here are some of my photos Link 1 :

2016-03-11 Fort Worth, Euless Fort Worth and Euless worked a 1 story house fire in the 13000 block of S. Pipeline. Here are some of the photos that I took. Link 1 :

2016-03-07 Cleburne Has just placed an order for their third Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartans aluminum body with smart storage, Hale QMAX 1500 gpm pump with FoamLogic Class A foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, 750 gallon water tank, Akron Scene star scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis with APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian

2016-03-07 Cooper Has just placed an order for their first Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartans aluminum body, Hale QMAX 1500 gpm pump with FoamLogic Class A foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian

2016-03-07 Euless, Arlington I'm sharing some photos from Euless Police Officer Hofer's Celebration of Life procession and services that took place 3/5/2016. His end of watch was 3/1/2016. Grand Prairie Quint 10 and Arlington Engine 12, both new arrivals are included in the album. RIP #554 Link 1 :

2016-03-07 Sunnyvale Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's aluminum body, Hale side control 1500 gpm pump with a Hale Foamlogic class "A" foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, 750 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Metro’s Make ready shop custom mounted all of SFD’s equipment including radios. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2016-03-05 Grand Prairie I didn't realize it when I took the photos yesterday at Euless Police Officer David Hofer's Celebration of Life, that I caught Grand Prairie's new Quint 10, for the new station 10. It's a Pierce. As far as I know, the station is not opened yet. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Link 1 :

2016-03-01 Arlington Council Agenda Item: Purchase of Two Pickup Trucks for the Fire Department (MO#03012016-001) Authorize the City Manager or his designee to purchase two pickup trucks for the Fire Department from Caldwell Country of Caldwell, Texas, through the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (TLGPC) in the estimated amount of $71,634, and execute any and all documents necessary to carry out such purchase. Funds are available in Fleet Services Account No. 790101-68200. This purchase is for two 2016 Chevrolet 1500 Silverado Pickup trucks for the Fire Department. Link 1 :

2016-03-01 Fort Worth It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of one Re-hab truck from Sam Pack's Five Star Ford, Ltd. d/b/a Sam Pack's Five Star Ford. The Police Department will use this Re-hab truck to ensure proper hydration and nutrition for first responders during large scale incidents. The truck will be equipped with cold and hot box compartments to store prepackaged food and beverages. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2016-03-01 Fort Worth It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of one rapid deployment vehicle from Sam Pack's Five Star Ford, LTD, d/b/a Sam Pack's Five Star Ford, in the amount of $64,842.00, using Texas Smartbuy Cooperative Contract No. 071-072-AT 2014 for the Police Department. The Police Department will use this rapid deployment vehicle to transport the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team to on-going or life threatening situations throughout the City. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2016-02-25 Bedford The Bedford CFAAA is having a Dine & Donate fundraiser February 25, 2016 at The Texas Roadhouse in Bedford. Please see the flyer, and consider enjoying a meal there that day. Photo 1 :

2016-02-23 Arlington There's a new apparatus on the city council agenda for 2/23/2016. There's not much on details, but I assume it to be another Smeal rear mount aerial, similar to the most recent aerial purchases. Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of a fire apparatus with Scott Fire Apparatus through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Cooperative Purchasing Program, in an amount not to exceed $931,784. Link 1 :

2016-02-15 Bonham Truck 1 went into service on February 8, 2016. It's a 2015 Rosenbauer Commander 1500-480-20 (foam)-78' RM (Rosenbauer # 739515). Thanks to Lindsay for the photos and info. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-02-15 DeSoto Just took delivery of another Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Spartan's stainless steel body, 500 gallon water tank, Waterous 1500 gpm pump, Foam Pro 2002 class A foam system with a 30 gallon foam tank, Extreme duty interiors, Whelen M6 emergency lighting and Pioneer scene lights on an a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection system) that includes driver and officer knee bags, driver steering wheel bag and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian at Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists. In service 1/27/2016. Spartan ERV # 214114-01. Additional photos from Lindsay Dye Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 : Link 2

2016-02-09 Coushatta Indian Nation Recently purchased a Rosenbauer Maverick pumper/tanker apparatus, Waterous 1250 gpm PTO single stage pump system, stainless steel plumbing, Rowe “CAFS” system, Foampro 2002 injection foam system with a 30 gallon foam tank, bumper mounted remote controlled turret with front bumper jumpline, hose reel, (2) speedlay 1-1/2” discharges, four (2) 2-1/2” discharges, side mount pump panel, FX Maverick series aluminum body with Robinson Rollup doors, 1500 gallon poly tank, 10” rear Newton dump valve with Rosenbauer swivel dump, passenger side upper ladder storage, lower Zico 12 volt passenger side folding tank compartment, LED warning lights, International 4x2, 7500 series 2-door cab/chassis, 44,000# gvw, 14,000# front axle, 30,000# rear axle, 350 hp diesel engine with 3000evs Allison automatic transmission, seating for two (2). Federal signal backup camera with 7” screen, AM/FM weatherband radio. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 :

2016-02-09 Forestburg, TX The Forestburg VFD recently purchased a Rosenbauer 3000 gallon wetside commercial pumper/tanker, aluminum body with side mount control panel, Whelen LED warning lights, hard suction hose storage thru the body, 10” rear Newton dump valve and swivel dump, 3000 gallon drop tank mount on passenger side, Whelen scene lights, International 2-door, 7500 series tandem axle chassis, 350 hp Navistar diesel engine, Allsion 3000EVS automatic transmission, 16,000# front axle, 40,000# rear axle. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment. Photo 1 :

2016-02-09 Lubbock Three Rosenbauer custom top mount pumpers with 1250 gpm single stage Hale pumps, stainless steel plumbing, Rosenbauer Minnesota “EXT” extruded aluminum bodies with Robinson Rollup doors, 500 gallon poly UPF tank, Foampro system with a 30 gallon “A” and “B” tank, Rosenbauer Greenstar “IRT” diesel power generator, Command Kl450 light tower, Commander 70” 4000 series 11” raised roof cabs, Cummins ISL 450 HP diesel engines, 3000EVS Allison transmissions, 44,000# gvw, Weldon V-Mux electrical system. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment

2016-02-08 Bonham A new fire truck will officially be placed in-service Monday February 8, 2016 at 4:30 p.m. Truck 1 will be “pushed” into the fire station keeping with a long time tradition within the fire service. The public is invited to attend. Truck 1 is a new 78’ Rosenbauer aerial that cost $707,576. Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2016-02-08 Celina Received their new Pierce Engine 1, according to a 1/28/2016 Facebook post. Thanks to Russell Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-02-04 Arlington Just took delivery of two more Spartan pumpers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Both units features Spartan's stainless steel body, 750 gallon water tank, Waterous 1250gpm pumps, Foam Pro 2002 class A foam system with a 30 gallon foam tank, Extreme duty interiors with Sparliner spray on bed liner, Whelen M6 emergency lighting and Pioneer scene lights on an a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection system) that includes driver and officer knee bags, driver steering wheel bag and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian MFAS Photo 1 :

2016-02-04 Chapel Hill Just took delivery of a Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Spartan's aluminum body, 1000 gallon water tank, Waterous 1500 gpm pump, Spartans One-Touch CAFS system with a 30 gallon foam tank, Extreme duty interiors with Sparliner spray on bed liner, Independent front suspension (IFS), Whelen M6 emergency lighting and Pioneer scene lights on an a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection system) that includes driver and officer knee bags, driver steering wheel bag and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian at Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2016-02-04 Port Aransas Just took delivery of a Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Spartan's aluminum body, 1000 gallon water tank, Hale QMAX 1500 gpm pump, Spartans One-Touch CAFS system with a 30 gallon foam tank, Extreme duty interiors with Sparliner spray on bed liner, Whelen M6 emergency lighting and Pioneer scene lights on an a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection system) that includes driver and officer knee bags, driver steering wheel bag and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian at Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2016-02-01 Garland Here's another shot of Engine 6, which went into service on 1-27-16. Two other engines like this will be going into service at Station 1 & Station 8. These are not yet in service. E6 is a 2015 Spartan ERV Star Series Metro Star Classic 1500-500 (Spartan ERV # 214082-02; Garland Shop # 1300460). Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-01-28 Fort Worth The new Station 17 went into service 1/25/2016. I stopped by today and took a few shots. It features 3 fire poles, stairs, and an elevator for the 2 story 4 bay station, located along side the new public safety training facility. Thanks to the shift today for welcoming in. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 : Link 2

2016-01-07 Bedford Bedford worked at Hazmat incident at 2100 Reliance Pkwy with the help of several other departments. Here are some photos from the incident. Link 1 :

2016-01-06 Benbrook, Eagle Moutain Tarrant County (Benbrook and Eagle Mountain) - Just took delivery of two more Spartan tankers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Both units features Spartan's aluminum body, 3000 gallon water tank, Waterous 1250gpm pumps, Spartan’s One-Touch CAFS systems with a 75 gallon foam tank, Extreme duty interiors with Sparliner spray on bed liner, Whelen M6 emergency lighting and Pioneer scene lights on an a Spartan Gladiator chassis with APS (Advanced Protection system) that includes driver and officer knee bags, driver steering wheel bag and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2016-01-06 Northwest VFD Just took delivery of a SuperVac Rehab from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features SVI's 22' aluminum body, Onan 25kw PTO generator, Bauer cascade system, full restroom, 110v RV AC, small command center, extreme duty interiors with Sparliner spray on bed liner, Whelen M6 emergency lighting and Pioneer scene lights on an a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection system) that includes driver and officer knee bags, driver steering wheel bag and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2016-01-01 Ben Saladino Follow the link to some recent interesting radio calls that I've heard, and also some information I'd like to pass along about public safety two-way radios. Photo 1 :

2015-12-27 Irving Engine 8 went into service November, 2015. It's a 2014 Pierce Dash CF PUC 1500 gallon, 500GPM (Pierce Job # 27550-003; Irving Shop # 05175). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2015-12-26 Ellis County Here's a snapshot of some of the new equipment for Ellis County EMS. Thanks to Justin Photo 1 :

2015-12-26 Lancaster The new Engine 351 went into service in November. It's a 2015 Pierce Impel 1500-750 (Pierce Job # 28581; Lancaster Shop # 1508). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2015-12-21 American Eurocopter It appears that Rescue 2 has been painted or wrapped. My guess is because of the name change from Eurocopter to Airbus Helicopters. Thanks to Mark for sending in the first photo. The 2nd photo is one I took in June 2016. If you have more information or corrections to this, please let me know. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-12-17 Irving Truck 7 went into service in February, 2015. This is the only "dry" truck (no pump or tank) in Irving. It is a 2014 Pierce Dash CF 105 foot RM (Pierce Job 27549; Irving Shop # 05176). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-12-14 Plano The new Truck 4 went into service on November 30, 2015. It is a 2014 Rosenbauer Commander 4000 FX Aerial 1250GPM, 300 gallon,101 foot Rear mount platform (Rosenbauer # 7374; Plano Shop # 14405). Many Thanks to Lindsay Dye (contributor of the year again :) ). Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-12-08 McKinney The new Truck 2 went into service October, 2015. It's a 2015 E-One Quest 2000-500-100' RM (SO # 139416; McKinney Shop # 1528). Thanks to Lindsay for the photo and information. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-12-05 Euless Euless worked a 2 Alarm apartment fire with 4 rescues Saturday morning. Bedford, Colleyville, D/FW Airport, Grapevine, and Haltom City provided mutual aid on scene. Here are a few of my photos. Link 1 :

2015-12-01 North Richland Hills Station 5 is now open with the old Truck 223 at 7202 Dick Fisher, where there use to be a station. Link 1 :

2015-11-30 Dallas "Station 27 will be operational this week and will have its grand opening ceremonies Dec. 10. Festivities begin at 9 a.m." according to the Dallas Morning News article at the link. Link 1 :

2015-11-30 Fort Worth Here's an article in the Star-Telegram about Fort Worth's new public safety training facility. Link 1 :

2015-11-28 Addison A new Quint 102 went into service on October 31, 2015. It's a 2015 Sutphen Monarch Model SL75 1500-500-75' MM (Sutphen # HS-5618). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-11-23 McKinney The new Engine 4 went into service on November 16, 2015. It's a 2014 E-One Quest 2000-500 (SO # 138853; McKinney Shop # 1525). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-11-18 Arlington Has just placed an add-on order for two Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1250 gpm pump, 750 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 2002 foam system w/25 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Delivery is expected in September 2016.

2015-11-18 Canton Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's aluminum Legend body, Waterous side control 1500 gpm pump with a Waterous Aquis class A foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with Independent Front Suspension (IFS), APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Metro’s Make ready shop custom mounted all of CFD's equipment including radios. Photo 1 :

2015-11-18 Desoto - Has just placed an order for their first Spartan 103’ quint from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit will feature Spartan’s aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 2000 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 2002 foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, Harrison 10kw generator, Spartans Greasless 103’ ladder, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis with APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 550hp Cummins power plant. Delivery is expected in November 2016. Photo 1 :

2015-11-18 Garland Has just placed an order for their first Spartan 75’ quint from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit will feature Spartan’s aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1500 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 2002 foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, Harrison 10kw generator, Spartans Greasless 103’ ladder, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis with APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 550hp Cummins power plant. Delivery is expected in November 2016. Photo 1 :

2015-11-18 Garland Just took delivery of their first three Spartan ERV pumpers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. These units will feature Spartan’s Star Series aluminum body with Smart Storage, 1500gpm Waterous pump, 500 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 2002 class A foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lights and Whelen "M" series warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star LFD chassis with APS (Advance Protection System) that includes driver and officer knee bags, driver steering wheel bag and anti-ejection curtains. Metro's make ready shop will install all of GFD's equipment utilizing Performance Advantage brackets and custom designed organizers for several compartments. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-11-18 Groesbeck Has just placed an order for their first Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan's aluminum Legend body, Waterous side control 1500 gpm pump with a Waterous Aquis class “A” foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with, APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 380hp Cummins power plant. Metro’s Make ready shop custom mounted all of GFD’s equipment including radios. Photo 1 :

2015-11-18 Mesquite Just placed another Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Spartan’s Star Series Body with smart storage, Cummins ISL 450hp engine, Hale QMAX 1500GPM pump, Foam Pro 2001 Class "A/B" foam system w/20/30 gallon tanks, 500 gallon UPF water tank, TFT Hurricane RC deck gun, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, and Whelen M6 series emergency lighting on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection system) that includes driver and officer knee bags, driver steering wheel bag and anti-ejection curtains. Delivery is expected in September of 2016. Photo 1 :

2015-11-18 Midland Has just placed an add-on order for an additional Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. These units will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1750 gpm pump, 750 gallon water tank, Waterous Pneumax SP 200 CAFS with Foam Pro 3012 A/B foam system w/30 gallon foam tanks, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Delivery is expected in August 2016. Photo 1 :

2015-11-18 Somervell County Just placed an order for their first Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit will feature Spartan’s aluminum , 1500gpm Hale pump, 1000 gallon water tank and rear dump valve, Whelen scene lights and Whelen 600 series warning lights all on a International chassis. Metro's make ready shop will install all of SCFD equipment utilizing Performance Advantage brackets and custom designed organizers for several compartments. Photo 1 :

2015-11-18 Tarrant County ESD 1 Just placed another order for two more Spartan ERV tankers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Both units will feature Spartan’s aluminum body, one will have 3000 gallon water tank and the other a 2000 gallon tank, both have Waterous 1250gpm pumps, Spartan ERV's One-Touch CAFS systems with a 75 gallon foam tank, Extreme duty interiors with Sparliner spray on bed liner, Whelen M6 emergency lighting and Pioneer scene lights on an a Spartan Gladiator (3000 gallon) and Metro Star (2000 gallon) chassis with APS (Advanced Protection system) that includes driver and officer knee bags, driver steering wheel bag and anti-ejection curtains. These units are slated for Rendon and Saginaw. Delivery is expected in September of 2016. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-11-18 Victoria Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's aluminum Legend body, Waterous side control 1500 gpm pump with a Waterous Aquis class “A” foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with Independent Front Suspension (IFS), APS (Advanced Protection System) that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Metro’s Make ready shop custom mounted all of VFD’s equipment including radios. Photo 1 :

2015-11-17 Fort Worth The requested three fire trucks, a brush truck, a fan truck and a quick attack truck will be used by Fire Department firefighters throughout the City of Fort Worth (City). The brush truck will be used to transport personnel and equipment to fight brush, grass and structural fires in areas with limited off-road access. The fan truck provides ventilation and removes smoke from high rise and commercial buildings. The quick attack truck is a smaller, multi-purpose vehicle used as a rapid-response truck for fires and other emergencies. Follow link for more. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2015-11-10 Fort Worth A new light and air truck, based on a Ford 550 is on the city council agenda. Click the photo link for details. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2015-11-06 Waco Has a new Dash CF Aerial being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's Pierce job #: 28989. Link 1 :

2015-11-01 Allen Contracted with Siddons-Martin for a replacement for Truck 2, an Arrow XT 105' PUC with Tak-4 T3 IRS (Independent Rear Steer) tandem axle. Thanks to Russell

2015-11-01 Colleyville Purchased a Pierce Impel Pumper from Siddons-Martin. Cummins ISL 450 hp, 500 water, 1500 pump, TAK-4 suspension, Husky foam system, Willburt light tower, Hydraulic generator. Thanks to Travis Photo 1 :

2015-11-01 Euless Purchased a Pierce Velocity 105’ Heavy Duty Aerial from Siddons-Martin. DD13 500hp engine, 500 water, 1500 pump, speedlays, Hydraulic generator, TAK-4 suspension, Husky foam and Hercules CAFS. Thanks to Travis Photo 1 :

2015-10-24 Little Elm Has a new Pierce Velocity aerial being built, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job number 28963. Link 1 :

2015-10-24 Paris Has a new Pierce Dash CF PUC Engine - Detroit DD13 500 HP Water - 500 Gallons Cab - Dash CF 8011 Body - PUC 189” Rescue Body Foam - 30 Gallon Pump - Pierce Pump 1500 GPM Job Number - 28591. It will be placed in service this coming week and will be running as Engine 1. Thanks to Jay Photo 1 :

2015-10-09 Fort Worth From the upcoming city council agenda: "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of an armored vehicle from Lenco Industries, Inc. d/b/a Lenco Armored Vehicles, in the amount of $297,661.00, Using General Services Administration (GSA) Contract GS-07-0390M for the Police Department through the Property Management Department." Link 1 :

2015-10-05 Bell Helicopter, Hurst Bell Helicopter ordered a Pierce/IHC chassis RIV with 1000 water, 500# dry powder, front turret and reel for the Hurst facility. Thanks to Travis

2015-10-05 Cedar Hill Ordered another Pierce Dash CF PUC pumper. Thanks to Travis

2015-10-05 Coppell There's a new Pierce in production for Coppell, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's a Velocity 95 ft mid-mount Platform (Job # 28686) It's expected to be delivered in November. Link 1 :

2015-10-05 Grand Prairie Here's another Pierce Arrow XT pumper being built for Grand Prairie, according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's Job #28638, and expected to be delivered this month. New drawing added. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2015-10-05 Grand Prairie The second Pierce in production on the Siddons-Martin website for Grand Prairie is a 75’ Dash CF PUC quint, for Quint 10. They broke ground on the new Station 10 a couple weeks ago. It will be at the corner of S Grand Peninsula Dr and Balboa. Delivery is expected this month. Thanks to Eric and Travis Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2015-10-05 Grapevine Has a Heavy Rescue Pumper on a Pierce Velocity cab due out in February. It is going to station 4. Click the photo link for a drawing. Thanks to Travis Photo 1 :

2015-10-05 Irving Has purchased (1) Pierce Dash PUC Pumper and (1) Pierce Arrow 100’ Tiller. It's the first tiller in the area outside of Dallas FD that we know of. They will order a second tiller after the council meeting October 8. They currently have (2) other Dash PUC Pumpers on order. Due out in February 2016. Photo 1 :

2015-10-05 Lewisville Added a second Pierce Velocity top mount pumper to their current order. One is due out in February and one is due out in April. Thanks to Travis

2015-10-05 Lockheed-Martin Has a new Pierce Sabre 16' heavy duty rescue being built according to the Siddons-Martin website, job #28443. It's expected next month. They are also receiving a Road Rescue ambulance this month. Link 1 :

2015-10-05 Midlothian Just took delivery of a Skeeter brush truck, F450 with 300 water and a F550 Pierce Rescue. 12’ body with cascade and fill station, hydraulic generator and light tower.It's job #28777. Thanks to Justin and Travis Link 1 :

2015-10-05 Southlake Has another Pierce Quantum pumper in production. It's Job # 28697, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Delivery is expected this month. Link 1 :

2015-10-03 Greenville Has a new Rescue Engine 4. It went into service in June, 2015. It's a 2014 Pierce Dash CF PUC 1500-750 (Pierce Job # 27952). Thanks to Lindsay for the photo and information. Photo 1 :

2015-09-26 McKinney Truck 3 went into service in July, 2015. It is a 2014 E-One Cyclone II 2000-500-100' rear mount(SO # 138625). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-09-25 D/FW Airport Has a utility truck on a Ford crew cab chassis being built according to the Siddons-Martin website, it's job #28902 Link 1 :

2015-09-25 Fort Worth Has 3 more Rosenbauer pumpers on the city council agenda. Link 1 :

2015-09-18 McKinney Fire Station # 9 will be located on the east side of Lake Forest Drive between University Drive and Wilmeth Road. It's on the city council agenda at the link. Thanks to Tim Link 1 :

2015-09-17 Bedford The crews made a quick knockdown on an apartment fire this morning. Here are a few photos that I took. Link 1 :

2015-09-15 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of a quint fire truck from Scott Fire Apparatus, Inc., in the amount of $838,862.00 using Houston-Galveston Area Council Cooperative Contract No. FS12-13 for the Fire Department." Click the links for details. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2015-09-14 Trophy Club Has received, but not yet placed into service, a Pierce Arrow XT 105', rear mount, with 500 gallon tank, 2250GPM. The rear seats face forward, and there are panels to mount tool in front of those, behind the driver and officer seats. Thanks to Shawn Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2015-09-10 Bedford, NEFDA I had the opportunity to volunteer with the Bedford CFAAA Rehab Team last night, handing out water to crews that were training at TCC. I also had some time to take a few photos. Westlake's new Engine 481 was there, and I took quite a few photos of it. Link 1 :

2015-09-01 Arlington On the City Council Agenda: Purchase of a Fire Command Vehicle, Bid Project 15-0149 (MO08252015-009): Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of a fire command vehicle with Caldwell Country Chevrolet of Caldwell, Texas, through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Cooperative Purchasing Program, in an amount not to exceed $75,000, and execute any and all documents necessary to carry out such purchase. Funds are budgeted in Fleet Services Administration Account No. 790101-68200. Link 1 :

2015-08-28 Dallas Has a new foam tender purchased through Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists. Please see the link for photos. It's based on a Ford chassism, and has capacity for 1000 gallons of AFFF, and two automatic nozzles. The pump on the back is to pump the foam from totes to the tank once they use it. A similar unit is being built for Houston. Thanks to Garrett and Brian Link 1 :

2015-08-27 Plano Recently took delivery of their new Rosenbauer 101’ rear mount Smart Aerial platform. Features: FX 3/16” aluminum tandem axle aerial body, high side compartments with painted Robinson Roll-up doors, enclosed pump panels, 300/20 poly tank, Waterous 1250 GPM single stage pump, stainless steel plumbing, Foampro 2001 system, Green Star “IRT” generator system, Rosenbauer Commander 4000 series R608 custom cab/chassis, ITS Roll Tek, seating for six, Cummins ISX 15l 550 hp diesel engine, Allison 4000evs retarder transmission, 12v Weldon V-mux electrical system, Rosenbauer Cobra 101’ 3-section rear mount “smart aerial control” platform, joystick controls. Thanks to Ed Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2015-08-24 Colleyville Here's a link to some photos from a 3 Alarm fire at 1201 Hall-Johnson yesterday morning. I believe every NE Tarrant department was there, including D/FW Airport. Link 1 :

2015-08-24 Prosper A second fire station has been approved by the city council. Built on land donated by the Windsong Ranch development, the station is expected to open in the late Summer of 2016 at 1140 South Teel Blvd, at a cost no more than about $6.3M. It will be equipped and staffed for an engine, as well as staffed for EMS. Thanks to Russell Link 1 :

2015-08-24 Van Alstyne Has a new Engine 141. It went into service in April, 2015. It's a 2015 Ferrara Intruder 2 1250-1000 (Ferrara # H-5722). Thanks to Lindsay for the photo and info. Photo 1 :

2015-08-15 Dallas The new Engine 35 went into service in February, 2015. It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 1500-500 (Spartan ERV # 213180-04; Dallas Shop # 14089). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-08-08 Terrell Engine 1 went into service in July, 2015. It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Legend Series Metro Star 1500-1000 (Spartan ERV # 213166-01; Terrell Shop # 33051). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2015-08-02 Grand Prairie Here’s the new Grand Prairie FD Battalion 1 ride, a 2015 Ford F350. It is identical to Battalion 2’s 2014 model. Thanks to Eric Link 1 :

2015-07-31 Fort Worth A new station 42 is mentioned in the city council agenda for 8/4/2015. "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the execution of a contract in the amount of $361,590.00 plus $3,565.00 for reimbursable expenses with RPGA Design Group, Inc., for design and construction administration services and associated utilities for Fire Station No. 42 to be located at Spinks Airport. " Link 1 :

2015-07-19 Dallas Engine 5 went into service in December, 2014. It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 1500-500 (Spartan ERV # 213103-03; Dallas Shop # 14083). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-07-14 Red Oak Red Oak City Council selects American Medical Response as EMS provider - please follow the link for the article on the Waxahachie Daily Light website. Thanks to Justin Link 1 : Link 2

2015-07-06 Dallas Engine 7 which went into service Spring, 2015. It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 1500-500 (Spartan ERV # 213180-03; Dallas Shop # 14088). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2015-06-27 Collin County McKinney and Collin College have approved an interlocal agreement to build a $13.4 million public safety training facility near the intersection of Redbud Boulevard and Bloomdale Road. It’ll be the only comprehensive training site in Collin County for fire and police, according to a StarLocal media article at the link. Link 1 :

2015-06-27 Red Oak Has a new Unified Command/Mobile Incident Command Bus marked MIC-181. Thanks to Justin Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2015-06-24 Dallas "Fire Station 27, at 8401 Douglas Ave., is now set to open in September." according to a Dallas Morning News article at the link. Link 1 :

2015-06-24 Fulshear Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan’s aluminum Star Series body, Hale QMAX 1500 gpm pump, 750 gallon water tank, Hale Foam Logic foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, SVI Command Telescoping scene light, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with the Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2015-06-24 Irving Irving posted on their Facebook page that they have a new station 12 planned. It appears from the photos they posted to be at I-635 EB service road, across from the Home Depot. An exact address was not given. It will house a Tiller Ladder(their first), Engine, and Medic. By the way, they're hiring, so follow the second link for details if you are interested. Link 1 : Link 2

2015-06-24 Midland Just took delivery of their first 75’ quint from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV’s Star Series Aluminum body with Smart storage. Spartan’s 75’ greaseless aerial,TFT Monsoon RC monitor, Waterous 2000 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, FRC scene lights and Whelen M6 warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator LFD chassis with the Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a Cummins ISX 12 500hp power plant. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2015-06-21 Ponder Engine 650 went into service on January 1, 2015. It's a 2014 Ferrara Cinder 2000-1000 (Ferrara # H-5397). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2015-06-20 Grand Prairie I enjoyed a nice 80 mile bicycle ride to/through Grand Prairie this morning. I was able to ride by each station, as well as PD/FD HQ, and Public Safety Training. Check out the link for my route and a few cell phone shots if you're interested. Thanks to the FF at 8's and at 1's for spending a few minutes with me. Link 1 :

2015-06-17 Fort Worth There's a new Rosenbauer Panther 4x4 ARFF for Meacham Airport. Check out the link for a photo from the Rosenbauer America site. It and a new Engine 28 were spotted at Bolt St. recently. Link 1 :

2015-06-16 Arlington The permanent Station 17 is on the city council agenda at the link. Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2015-06-16 Grand Prairie Has a new Pierce Arrow XT Top-Control Pumper scheduled to be delivered in September. It's marked for Engine 1. Thanks to Siddons-Martin Facebook page Link 1 :

2015-06-14 Houston Has just placed an order for 7 more Spartan Pumpers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. These pumpers will be exact duplicated of the others and will feature Spartans aluminum body, Hale QMAX 2000 GPM pump, 500 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis with a Cummins 450hp power plant and Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2015-06-14 Houston Just placed an order for another SuperVac cascade from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This cascade will be an exact duplicate of the other three and will feature SVI’s 12’ aluminum body, Onan 20KW PTO generator, Bauer breathing air compressor, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Ford F550 chassis. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2015-06-14 Houston Just placed an order for another SuperVac heavy rescue from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This rescue will be an exact duplicate of the other three and will feature SVI’s 26’ aluminum rescue body, Onan 25KW PTO generator, SVI Command light telescoping scene light, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis with a Cummins 500hp power plant and Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian Link 1 :

2015-06-14 Parker Co ESD 7 ES7(Cool-Garner)- Has just placed an order for their first Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum body with side controlled Hale 1500 gpm pump, 750 gallon water tank, Hale Foam Logic Class “A” foam system, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with a 450hp Cummins power plant. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2015-06-12 Lancaster Has a new Pierce being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #28581 Link 1 :

2015-06-12 Paris Has a new Pierce Dash CF Pumper being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #28591 Link 1 :

2015-06-08 Cleburne Here are some more photos by Lindsay Dye of Engine 2(previously posted on April 4, 2015). It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 1500-750 (Spartan ERV # 213196-01) that went into service on March 17, 2015. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2015-06-08 Grapevine Recently ordered a Velocity PUC pumper with a Rescue body for station 4. Thanks to Travis

2015-06-08 Irving Recently ordered 2 more Dash CF PUC pumpers to match the others ordered in 2013. Thanks to Travis

2015-06-08 Lewisville Recently ordered a replacement Velocity top mount pumper to match previous units. Thanks to Travis

2015-06-06 Bedford Has just taken delivery of their second Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartans aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1500 gpm pump with Foam Pro 2002 Class “A” foam system w/30 gallon tank, 500 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights, Spartans 8kw generator with APU idle reduction technology all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis with a Cummings ISL 9 450hp power plant and Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2015-06-06 Benbrook Has just placed an order for their first Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit will feature Spartans aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1500 gpm pump, 1000 gallon water tank, Spartans One-Touch 200CFM CAFS system w/40 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis Cummings ISL 450hp power plant and Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2015-06-06 Burleson Has just placed an order for their second Spartan RM 103 quint from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit will feature Spartans aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Spartans Heavy Duty greaseless 103’ RM aerial, Hale QMAX 2000 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis with a Cummings ISX 12 500hp power plant and Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2015-06-06 Copperas Cove Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartans aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1500 gpm pump with Foam Pro 2001 Class “A” foam system w/30 gallon tank, 750 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with the Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2015-06-06 Granbury Recently took delivery of a Rosenbauer rescue pumper built on a Spartan custom chassis. The apparatus has the following features: EXT extruded aluminum 100” high rescue body with Robinson rollup doors; roof area compartments; hydraulic ladder rack; Waterous 1250 gpm pump with 200 cfm “CAFS” system; Whelen LED warning light package; Whelen Pioneer Plus LED scene lights; 15 KW Onan generator with two cable reels; Command Light model Kl450 Knight Light Tower; Spartan chassis. Thanks to Ed and Garrett Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 :

2015-06-06 San Marcos Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan RM platform from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartans aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Spartans Heavy Duty greaseless 100’ RM platform, Waterous 2000 gpm pump with Foam Pro 1600 Class “A” foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, 300 gallon water tank, Whelen scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis with a Cummings ISX 12 500hp power plant and Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2015-06-06 Terrell Has just secured the purchase of their second stock pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit will be an exact duplicate of the stock unit purchased in December and will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum body, Waterous side control 1500 gpm pump with a Waterous Aquis class "A" foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with Independent Front Suspension (IFS) and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Metro's Make ready shop custom mounted all of TFD's equipment including radios. Thanks to Brian

2015-06-06 Westlake I was riding my bicycle down Dove, and saw Attack 481 out, so I turned around to snap a photo, and then noticed a new Engine 481 in the house. It's a Ferrara. Photo 1 :

2015-06-05 Trophy Club Has a new Pierce Arrow XT 105' aerial(Job 28580) being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2015-06-01 Waxahachie Waxahachie City Council approved for Waxahachie Fire Rescue to start running EMS Services for the city. They will hire 24 members and have 3 frontline ambulances. Thanks to Justin

2015-05-28 D/FW Airport From Siddons-Martin "The Pierce 107’ Ascendant Aerial will be in town Thursday May 28th at DFW Airport Fire Station 6! Please stop by and see us! We are excited to show you the newest in aerial innovations with regard to SINGLE Outriggers, SINGLE AXLE and a LONGER Reach!! If a quint is in your plans for future apparatus purchase, you will not want to miss this showing! This aerial is also riding on an Enforcer chassis. This is a must see chassis as well. If you want to see our new Enforcer, this is a great opportunity to see it as well. DFW Fire Station 6 is located at 711 Regent Blvd. This is in the north-eastern section of DFW’s property near 635 and 114, close to Coppell. We will be there from 10:00am 3:00pm available to answer any questions, tour the truck, set it up, go for a ride, etc. Stop by before, after or during lunch and take a few minutes to check this thing out! We look forward to seeing you there!"

2015-05-27 D/FW Airport Thanks to Russell and Travis for inviting me out to D/FW Airport Station 6 to check out Pierce's new Ascendant 107', rear mount, single rear axle, 500 gallon, aerial ladder on an Enforcer chassis. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 : Link 2

2015-05-20 Keller Is changing fire station 4 to 1, since there really wasn't a 1 before. Please follow the link for an article in the Star-Telegram. Link 1 :

2015-05-20 Wise County Wise County EMS has two new ambulances, painted black. Please follow the link to the Wise Counter Messenger article. Thanks to Greg Link 1 :

2015-05-18 Weatherford A new Pierce Velocity, rear mount, tandem rear axle truck in service according to the Weatherford Democrat article at the following link. Thanks to Ron Link 1 : Link 2

2015-05-08 Highland Village Has a new Pierce PUC being build according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #28557 Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2015-05-05 Fort Worth Several new apparatus are mentioned in the council agenda at the link below. It includes 3 engines, 1 quint, 1 brush, 1 rescue, 1 fan truck, and 1 Quick Attack Pumper totaling just over $4M. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2015-05-01 Weatherford Has a new Pierce Dash CF PUC (Job 28558) being build according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2015-04-30 Irving From a local Pierce salesman..."It just takes a minute! We have less than 48 hours left to help our Irving FD brothers and sisters out with winning this contest. There is no real prize other than they get to be in the calendar and a TEXAS fire department is declared the winner. Please help show your support and vote as well as pass this on to two other people! Currently they are being beat by Derby FD. Really?? Derby??? We can do better than that!!!!!!!!" Link 1 :

2015-04-28 Cassie The Cassie Volunteer Fire Department has taken delivery of a new Rosenbauer 1250 gpm commercial CAFS pumper. The apparatus has a 1250 gpm Hale DSD single stage pump, Pneumax 140-sp Compressed Air Foam System, Foampro 2001 injection system with 20 gallon foam cell, 1250 gallon UPF poly tank, 1/8” aluminum “CT” series rescue style body with hinged doors, hydraulic powered ladder rack, 1050 watt power inverter, Whelen LED warning lights, Freightliner M2 106 2-door cab/chassis, Cummins 330 HP diesel engine with the 3000EVS Allison transmission, 40,000# gvw. Thanks to Ed Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-04-27 Euless Euless worked a 3 Alarm lightning strike, church fire early this AM. Bedford, Colleyville, D/FW Airport, Fort Worth, Grapevine, Haltom City, and Hurst all assisted on scene. Here are a few photos that I shot. Great stop! Link 1 :

2015-04-10 D/FW Airport There are 2 new Oshkosh Striker 4500s being built. I believe these two will have Snozzels. They're job numbers 1720 and 1723, and probably relate to the 3/28/2014 post from the council agenda. Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2015-04-06 Cleburne Cleburne Has just taken delivery of their second Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartans aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Hale QMAX 1500 gpm pump with FoamLogic Class “A” foam system, 750 gallon water tank, Akron Scene star scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2015-04-06 Dallas Engine 12 went into service approximately two weeks ago. It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator MFD 1500-500 (Spartan ERV # 213180-02; Dallas Shop # 14087) Thanks to Lindsay for the information and photo. Photo 1 :

2015-04-06 Keller Keller Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartans aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Hale QMAX 1500 gpm pump with Rowe CAFS system, 500 gallon water tank, Domitec 110v AC, Onan 7.5kw diesel generator, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2015-04-06 Parker County ESD6 Parker County ESD #6 recently added a Rosenbauer Wildland unit to their line of equipment. The Wildland unit is built on a 4-door, 4x4 International cab/chassis, 330 HP diesel engine with Allison 3000EVS automatic transmission, 14,000# front driving axle and 26,000# rear axle, seating for five with center console. The body is the FX series aluminum with the rear mounted Rosenbauer NH1000 pump system, with high angle of departure rear compartment. Booster reels mounted under the rear crew cab steps, one high pressure and one low pressure and front bumper sweep nozzles. Extended front bumper with remote controlled akron fire fox bumper turret, 2-1/2” front bumper crosslay, three (3) rear panel 2-1/2” discharges, two (2) 1-1/2” hose bed discharges, Foampro 1600 series system with a 20 gallon tank. 750 gallon poly tank with large hose bed. Thanks to Ed Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-04-06 Roanoke Roanoke Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan 103' quint from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartans Greaseless 103' steel ladder, aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 2000 gpm pump with Foam Pro 1600 foam system with 20 gallon foam tank, 500 gallon water tank, Spartans 16kw generator with idle reduction technology, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2015-03-17 Arlington Council Agenda Item: Purchase of Dive Rescue Boat, Bid Project 15-0061 (MO#03172015-014): Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of a dive rescue boat with Lake Assault Boats, LLC of Superior, Wisconsin in the estimated amount of $122,633, and execute any and all documents necessary to carry out such purchase. Funds are budgeted in Fire Department Fire Operations Account No. 220201-68200. Link 1 :

2015-03-17 Cleburne "Traditions new and old played a role from the bagpipes and drums opening Tuesday’s dedication program at Cleburne Fire Station No. 2 to the ceremonial backing in of the department’s newest engine." Please see the complete Cleburne Times-Review at the link. Link 1 : Link 2

2015-03-17 Euless Engine 552 Christening Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 3:00pm Station 2- 1515 Westpark Way. It's a Pierce Impel like E551. Please see their Facebook page at the link. Link 1 :

2015-03-14 Bedford, Hurst Bedford worked a garage contents fire Saturday morning and made their usual quick knockdown. Hurst responded on automatic aid. Please follow the link for a few of my photos. It's rare that I arrive before they put the wet stuff on the red stuff, and get to witness the knock down. Link 1 :

2015-03-07 Dallas The new Engine 9 went into service in January. It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 1500-500 (Spartan ERV # 213103-02; Dallas Shop # 14082) Info. & Photos Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2015-03-06 Waller VFD Will be taking delivery of their new Rosenbauer “Smart Cab” commercial pumper with the “Smart Cab” module set up for three (3) SCBA seats. The Rosenbauer N-1250 single stage PTO pump system with stainless steel plumbing, push-pull cable controls for discharges, Rosenbauer “E-Z” foam system with 20 gallon foam tank, 750 gallon poly tank, “FX” series aluminum body with Robinson Rollup doors, ladder and hard suction storage in the body with rear access, Whelen LED warning lights, Rosenbauer’s “Green Star” idle reduction technology with separate air conditioning system for the rear cab area, 7.9kw diesel powered generator, electric cord reel, hydraulic hose reels mounted in the extended front bumper, chassis is the International 7400 2-door series with a 315 hp diesel engine, Allison 3000EVS automatic transmission, 37,000# gvw. unit was sold by Les Fulgham. Thanks to Ed at Daco Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2015-02-28 Bedford, Hurst Hurst provided mutual aid to Bedford on a house fire this very cold Saturday night. Please follow the link to see some of the photos I shot. Link 1 :

2015-02-22 Euless, Bedford Bedford assisted Euless with an apartment laundry room fire Sunday night. Please follow the link to see a few photos I shot. Link 1 :

2015-02-17 Edmond, OK Recently took delivery of their first Rosenbauer rear mount “RP3” custom pumper built on the Rosenbauer Commander cab/chassis, 60” cab with 11” raised roof, ext aluminum body, rear mounted 1250 gpm Hale pump and pump panel, 750 gallon poly tank, Robinson rollup doors, front bumper crosslays, speedlays in front transverse compartment, generator with electric cord reel, booster reel in r4 compartment, right side hydraulic ladder rack. Truck was sold by wesley dobmeier, Daco fire equipment. Thanks to Ed Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2015-02-17 Lubbock In January purchased the following equipment from Daco Fire Equipment: 1 Rosenbauer 78’ rear mount Smart Aerial ladder with (ACS) aerial command seat, 3-section galvanized ladder sections, Hale 1250 gpm DSD single state pump, Foampro 2002 injection system, 500 gallon poly tank, 30/30 gallon foam cells, Greenstar IRT 7.9 kw generator system, Whelen LED warning light system, Rosenbauer Commander 3000 series 4-door tilt cab chassis, Cummins ISL diesel engine, Allison 3000evs automatic transmission, seating for 5). 1 Rosenbauer 101’ rear mount Smart Aerial Platform, FX aluminum tandem axle body, 3-section galvanized aerial platform, Smart Aerial contrals with ACS, Rosenbauer Commander R711 custom raised roof cab/chassis, Cummins diesel engine, Allison automatic transmission, seating for five (5), equipment list The units were purchased thru the HGAC cooperative purchasing contract for a total price of $ 1,776,522.00 by Steve Davis. Delivery is scheduled for February 2016. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipme

2015-02-17 McKinney There's a city council agenda item for "a Lease/Purchase Agreement on an E-One Aerial and E-One Pumper" Please follow the link for details Thanks to Tim Link 1 :

2015-02-14 Dallas The new Engine 3 went into service February 13, 2015. It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 1500-500 (Spartan ERV # 213180-05; Dallas Shop # 14080). Thanks to Lindsay Dye for the photo and information. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2015-02-13 Sutphen Sutphen Thomas Clarence Sutphen, age 90, passed away. He was the President of Sutphen Corporation. Follow the link for his obituary. Link 1 :

2015-02-08 Frisco Here are shots of the new station and quint that went into service on February 4, 2015. It's located at the intersection of Rolater and Independence Parkway. The Quint is a 2014 Pierce Velocity 2000-400-75' RM (Pierce Job # 27193). Thanks to Lindsay for the photos and information. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 :

2015-02-07 Dallas There's a new Truck 37 in Dallas. It went into service February 5, 2015. It's 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 103' RM (Spartan ERV # 213104-01; Dallas Shop # 14211). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2015-02-07 Frisco Here's an online article from the Frisco Enterprise about Frisco's 8th fire station opening at 14700 Rolater Road. Link 1 :

2015-02-01 City of Terrell Hills Recently received a new Engine 1. It's a 2014 Sutphen Guardian Pumper, 6-man, 10" raised roof cab, Cummins ISL9 450HP w/Jake Brake, Waterous 1500GPM , Waterous Advantus Class A Foam Injection System, FRC Pressure Governor, 750/30 Harrison 6kW PTO Generator, Dealer: Cullen Emergency Vehicles. Thanks Garrett Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2015-01-31 Dallas EVENT: The Big D Climb benefitting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society features a First Responder Challenge. Please visit the link for more details. Link 1 :

2015-01-29 Fort Worth There's a new Engine 4 listed on Rosenbauer America's website. Thanks to Garrett Link 1 :

2015-01-21 North Richland Hills North Richland Hills FD rescued a horse stuck in a pond, with the help from a John Deere. Here are some of my photos. The horse seemed to be doing ok. Link 1 :

2015-01-17 Dallas Truck 20 went into service January 15, 2015. It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 100' TDA (Spartan ERV # 213204-01; Dallas Shop # 14261). Thanks to Lindsay for the photo and information, and A Shift's crew, also to MFD_Photo1 for the video at the link. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2015-01-15 Rowlett "With the Rowlett City Council’s support, his staff is preparing to spend nearly $2 million for a new fire engine, a new 137-foot ladder truck and the refurbishment of the current ladder truck and a pumper truck." according to a Rowlett Lakeshore Times article at the link. Link 1 :

2015-01-14 Westlake Form a Star-Telegram article: "Westlake Town Council called an emergency meeting last week and approved a budget amendment to free up to $200,000 to replace the fire station, which was severely damaged by a fire last month." Please follow the link for the entire article. Link 1 :

2015-01-10 Flower Mound E502 went into service on January 9, 2015. It's a 2014 Pierce Velocity PUC 1500-750 (Pierce Job # 27620). Thanks to Lindsay for the information and photo. Photo 1 :

2015-01-01 Bedford, Euless Bedford worked a chimney fire with help from Euless. A few of my photos are at the link. Link 1 :

2014-12-31 Euless, Bedford, Grapevi Euless worked an early morning house fire with help from Bedford and Grapevine today. A few of my photos are available at the link. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 :

2014-12-30 Lewisville Truck 167 went into service the week of December 22, 2014. It's a 2014 Pierce Velocity 2000-250-95' MM (Pierce Job # 27643). Thanks to Lindsay Dye for the photo and info. This was his 100th apparatus photographed this year! We really appreciate your quality photos and information. Keep it up! Photo 1 :

2014-12-29 Arlington Has just placed an add-on order for one Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1250 gpm pump, 750 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 2002 foam system w/25 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with the Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Delivery is expected in August 2015.

2014-12-29 Crandall Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body, Waterous side control 1500 gpm pump, 1200 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with the Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains a 450hp Cummins power plant and Independent Front Suspension. Metro's Make ready shop custom mounted all of CFD's equipment including radios Photo 1 :

2014-12-29 Desoto Has just placed an order for their second Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1500 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 2002 foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with the Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Delivery is expected in August 2015.

2014-12-29 Gladewater Has just placed an order for their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Legend body with side controlled Hale 1500 gpm pump, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with a 380hp Cummins power plant. Delivery is expected in August 2015.

2014-12-29 Houston Just took delivery of their first tower ladder from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's Star Series Aluminum body with Smart storage. Spartan ERV's 100' greaseless aerial, Dual TFT Monsoon RC monitors, Whelen Pioneer scene lights and Whelen M6 warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator EMFD chassis with the Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a Cummins ISX 550hp power plant. Photo 1 :

2014-12-29 Midland Midland Has just placed an order for their first two Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. These units will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1750 gpm pump, 750 gallon water tank, Waterous Pneumax SP 200 CAFS with Foam Pro 3012 A/B foam system w/30 gallon foam tanks, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with the Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains, a 450hp Cummins power plant and Independent Front Suspension.

2014-12-29 Raymondville Has just taken delivery of their first US Tanker from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features UST's stainless steel body, Hale side control 1000 gpm pump, 2000 gallon elliptical water tank, Whelen LED warning lights all on a Freightliner chassis with a ISL 400hp Cummins power plant. Photo 1 :

2014-12-29 Rockport Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's aluminum Legend body, Hale top control 1500 gpm pump with Spartan ERV's One-Touch 140CFM CAFS system with 30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with a 380hp Cummins power plant. Metro's Make ready shop custom mounted all of RPFD's equipment including radios. Photo 1 :

2014-12-29 Smith County ESD #2 Smith County ESD #2 (Chapel Hill) - Has just placed an order for their second Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, top controlled Waterous 1500 gpm pump, 1000 gallon water tank, Spartan ERV's One-Touch 140CFM CAFS system w/30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with the Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Delivery is expected in August 2015.

2014-12-29 Southeast Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's aluminum Legend body, Waterous top control 1500 gpm pump with a Waterous Aquis class "A" foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with a 380hp Cummins power plant. Metro's Make ready shop custom mounted all of RPFD's equipment including radios. Photo 1 :

2014-12-29 Sunnyvale Has just placed an order for their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Legend body with side controlled Hale 1500 gpm pump, 750 gallon water tank, Spartan ERV's One-Touch 200CFM CAFS system w/30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with the Advanced Protection System that includes Driver knee and steering wheel bag, officer knee bags and anti-ejection curtains and a 450hp Cummins power plant. Delivery is expected in August 2015.

2014-12-29 Terrell Has just taken delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's aluminum Legend body, Waterous side control 1500 gpm pump with a Waterous Aquis class "A" foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis with Independent Front Suspension (IFS) and a 380hp Cummins power plant. Metro's Make ready shop custom mounted all of TFD's equipment including radios. Photo 1 :

2014-12-29 Whitehouse Has just taken delivery of their second Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's aluminum Legend body, Waterous side control 1500 gpm pump with Spartan ERV's One-Touch 200CFM CAFS system with 30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis 380hp Cummins power plant. Metro's Make ready shop custom mounted all of WFD's equipment including radios. Photo 1 :

2014-12-26 Greenville Here's an another article(from KETR.org) about a new engine coming to Greenville soon. Link 1 :

2014-12-26 Tyler Here's article from the Tyler Morning Telegraph about Tyler donating a 1997 Pierce/Freightliner to a Guatemalan community. Link 1 : Link 2

2014-12-24 Azle Azle Fire Department just received their new Quint 52 which is a 2014 Ferrara Inferno HD 77 foot with Rowe compressed air foam pump system 20 gallon capacity, remote aerial ladder control, blue LED ladder walkway lights, shoreline power climate control system for EMS medication storage, power windows. 500 gallon water tank, Fresno small attic extension and 35 foot ground ladders. This replaces a 1991 Spartan/LTI quint. Thanks to Azle Fire Department Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2014-12-23 Colleyville, Bedford Colleyville worked a house fire today with mutual aid from Bedford, Keller, North Richland Hills, and Southlake. Follow the link for some of the photos I took. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 :

2014-12-22 Dallas The new Engine 10 went into service on December 19, 2014. It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series 1500-500 (Spartan ERV # 213103-04; Dallas Shop # 14084). Thanks to Lindsay for the information and photo. Photo 1 :

2014-12-08 Cleburne, Keller, Roanok All have new Spartan ERVs in production according to the Spartan ERV website, and I'm told Bedford E151 should be in production too. Thanks to Garrett Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Link 1 :

2014-12-04 Lamesa Recently took delivery of a Rosenbauer 78’ rear mount 3-section aerial ladder with “Smart Aerial Controls”. The ladder sections are hot dipped galvanized and the controls are the “Aerial Command Seat” style with joystick control. Truck has a 1500 GPM Hale single stage pump, Foampro system with 20 gallon foam tank, 400 gallon poly booster tank, GreenStar Idle Reduction 7.9kW diesel powered generator, FX series 1/8” aluminum body. The chassis is the Rosenbauer Commander 4000 Series with seating for six (6), 23,000# front axle, 32,500# rear axle and powered with the Cummins ISL-450 horsepower engine. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2014-11-30 Dallas Truck 56 went into service on 11-26-14. It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 103' RM (Spartan ERV # 214003-01; Dallas Shop # 14213) Thanks to Lindsay for the photo and information. Photo 1 :

2014-11-30 Dallas Truck 3 went into service in October. It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 100' TDA (Spartan ERV # 213204-02; Dallas Shop # 14262). Thanks to Lindsay for the photo and information. Photo 1 :

2014-11-30 Farmers Branch Engine 131, a 2014 Pierce Dash CF PUC 1500-500 (Pierce Job # 27544), went into service about a month ago. Photo and information thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2014-11-30 Kaufman Has a new Engine 2. It's a 2014 International/E-One eMAX Rescue Pumper 1250-750 (E-One SO # 138634). It's been service about a week. Thanks to Lindsay for the information and photos. Photo 1 :

2014-11-30 Terrell Engine 2 went into service about 3 weeks ago. It's 2014 Spartan ERV Legend Series Metro Star 1500-1000 (Spartan ERV # 213162-01; Terrell Shop # 33050). Thanks to Lindsay for the information and photos. Photo 1 :

2014-11-24 Euless Looks like another Impel engine is in the works according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2014-11-17 Dallas Truck 40 went into service in October. It's a 2014 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 103' RM (Spartan ERV # 213104-02; Dallas Shop # 14212). Thanks to Lindsay for braving the cold to get the photo and info. Photo 1 :

2014-11-14 Greenville Has a new Pierce apparatus being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2014-11-11 Grand Prairie The new Station 1 (at 510 W Main) will have a grand opening ceremony Tuesday 11/11/2014 at 16:00. Please follow the link for details. Thanks to Mom Link 1 :

2014-11-10 Grand Prairie Has placed an order of (1) Pierce Dash CF 75 Aerial, (1) Pierce Arrow XT Pumper, (1) Pierce Saber 75 Aerial Ladder through Siddons-Martin

2014-11-01 Waxahachie From the Waxahachie Daily Light "The Waxahachie Fire Department christened its newest truck in a ceremony held at Station 3. Firefighters put the department’s new 2014 Pierce ladder truck into service Friday." Please follow the link for the full article. Thanks to Thomas Link 1 :

2014-10-26 Arlington Has a new Rescue 17. It's a Polaris EMS unit from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc. This unit is mounted on a Polaris 900 Crew with a custom built EMS bed to hold a stokes basket, storage under the seats for EMS equipment, upgraded automotive style battery, speed governor, movable winch, replacement front bumper, LED warning as well as LED Rigid Industries off road lighting. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Link 1 :

2014-10-20 Plano Has a new Engine 13. It's a 2014 Rosenbauer Commander 1250-500 (Rosenbauer # 13665; Plano Shop # 14403). They also have a new Truck 1. It's a 2014 Rosenbauer Commander 1250-300-109' RM (Rosenbauer # 735114; Plano Shop # 14401) Engine 13 went into service the week of October 13, 2014. Truck 1 is slated to go into service in November. Thanks to Lindsay for the photos and information. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2014-10-19 Arlington Arlington's 236 million dollar bond package to include 10 million for renovations and improvements for the fire training facility and replacing Station 1. Please follow the link for a Star-Telegram article on the bond package. The second link is an article about using new infrared thermometers and procedures for possible Ebola cases. Link 1 : Link 2

2014-09-24 North Richland Hills Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV Transformer pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This units features Spartan ERV's aluminum body with smart storage, Hale 1500 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 2002 foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, Onan 8.5kw diesel generator, Whelen Pioneer LED scene lighting and Whelen LED M series warning lights and a Cummins ISL 9 450hp engine all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis. Metro's make ready shop mounted of the departments equipment and radios prior to delivery. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2014-09-23 Fort Worth Public Safety Training Center Change Order No. 1 This project provides for the construction of a new Fire Station No. 17 on the site of the Public Safety Training Center (PSTC). This new station will replace the existing antiquated Fire Station No. 17 at 212 East Felix just east of the PSTC and will provide several benefits by being incorporated into the Fire Training Village located on the new PSTC campus. Link 1 :

2014-09-11 Fort Worth The city of Fort Worth recently took delivery of three new Rosenbauer EXT custom pumpers built on Spartan Gladiator chassis. They will be assigned to stations 10, 20, and 30. They have four additional pumpers on order, scheduled for delivery later this year. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2014-09-01 Garland Here is a photo of the new Truck 4 in Garland. It's a 2014 Pierce Arrow XT 1500-500-75' RM (Pierce Job # 27170; Garland Shop # 130-0458). Thanks to Lindsay for the info and pic. Photo 1 :

2014-09-01 Midlothian Here is photo of Midlothian's great looking new Truck 1. It's a 2014 Pierce Dash CF 1500-300-100' RM (Pierce Job # 27452). Thanks to Lindsay for the photos and stats. Photo 1 :

2014-09-01 Tyler Here are some more shots and info on Tyler's most recent additions. Engine 4: Spartan ERV # 213-057-01; Tyler Shop # 14013 Ladder 1: Spartan ERV # 213056-02; Tyler Shop # 14011 Ladder 2: Spartan ERV # 213056-01; Tyler Shop # 14012. Thanks to Lindsay for the additional photos and info. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2014-08-28 Plano Daco fire equipment was awarded a contract to furnish a Rosenbauer 101’ Smart Aerial Platform apparatus. The apparatus features the Rosenbauer 4000 Series Commander Custom 60” cab with 8” raised roof, seating for six, cummins ISX 15l rated at 550 hp, allison 4000evs automatic transmission with retarder, 83,800# gvw, weldon v-mux electrical system, Fx series aluminum body with robinson roll-up doors, waterous 1250 gpm pump, 300 gallon poly tank, Green Star (IRT) 7.9kw generator, Whelen LED warning light system, Rosenbauer three section 101’ Rosenbauer Platform with Smart Aerial COntrols. Thanks to Ed Link 1 :

2014-08-28 Texarkana KSLA and KTAL news both did stories on Texarkana, TX's new Quint 3 and 5. The links have stories, and Photo 1 is a shot that I took, when I saw it at FRI 2014 in Dallas a couple weeks ago. Try the second link if the first does not work, then search for "quint 5" Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 : Link 2

2014-08-22 Denton Has a new apparatus being built according to the Siddons-Martin Your Truck On The Line website. Link 1 :

2014-08-15 Dallas E V E N T: Fire Rescue International will be in Dallas this year on August 13-16th. The Expo is on Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th. I hope to skip my day job long enough to pay a visit to the expo, and photograph as many shiny new fire apparatus as possible. Follow the links for registration info. Link 1 : Link 2

2014-08-15 Dallas Here are some of my photos from Fire Rescue International 2014 at the Dallas Convention Center through tomorrow. It was good talking with several fire apparatus friends, Rich, Jeff, Jon, Brian, Josh, and others. There were lots of local apparatus on display, looking really sharp. Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2014-08-08 Flower Mound Has a new apparatus being built according to the Siddons-Martin Your Truck On The Line website. Link 1 :

2014-08-04 Plano Here are some more photos of the new Plano Engine 5. It will go into service soon. It's a 2014 Rosenbauer Commander 1250-500 (Rosenbauer # 13664; Plano Shop # 14402) Thanks to regular contributor Lindsay Dye for the great photos Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 :

2014-07-29 Fort Worth Has a new Ford F-350 for the Office Of Emergency Management. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2014-07-28 Dallas Has two new Type III Wildland trucks built by SVI Trucks, numbered 40 and 54. These units feature Waterous 500gpm pumps with 500 gallons of water, auxiliary Darley high pressure pump, 20 gallons of foam with a FoamPro 1600 foam system, LED lighting package with Rigid Industries bar on the front grill, all packaged on an International 7400 4x4 chassis. They were sold by Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists. Please follow the links for photos. Thanks to Will Link 1 : Link 2

2014-07-25 Lewisville, Saginaw Lewisville and Saginaw both have apparatus that went into production this week, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2014-07-18 Plano Someone submitted a nice photo of Plano's new Engine 5(If this is your photo, and you want credit, please let me know, and I'll add it). This is one of 3 new Engines (E5, E13, & E11), from Rosenbauer, that will have the new color scheme. There is also a new truck (T1) that is currently being prepped. These should go in service in the next few weeks. Photo 1 :

2014-07-14 Arlington Here's photo of Arlington's new Truck 1, a Smeal, rear mount. Thanks to Jeremy Photo 1 :

2014-07-14 McLendon-Chisolm This 2013 International DuraStar 4400-Ferrara 1000-1250 (Ferrara # H-5445) went into service back in February. It's the first brand new engine purchase in the department's 40 year history. Thanks to Lindsay for the photo and info. Photo 1 :

2014-07-14 Midlothian Here's a link to an article in the Waxahachie Daily Light about Midlothian's new Pierce 100' platform truck. Link 1 :

2014-07-14 Tarrant County ESD 1 Just placed an order for two more Spartan ERV tankers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. These units will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum body, will have 3000 gallon water tanks, a Waterous 1250gpm pumps, Spartan ERV's One-Touch CAFS systems with a 75 gallon foam tank, Extreme duty interiors with Sparliner spray on bed liner, Whelen M6 emergency lighting and Pioneer scene lights on an a Spartan Gladiator chassis with Advanced Protection system that includes driver and officer knee bags, driver steering wheel bag and anti-ejection curtains. These units are slated for Benbrook and Eagle Mountain. Delivery is expected in Spring of 2015. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2014-07-13 Arlington Here's a link to an article in the Star-Telegram, "Arlington firefighters seek better classroom and field training options". It describes a couple of options they are trying to get added to a bond proposal. Link 1 :

2014-07-06 The Colony Has a new Engine 2(472). It's a 2014 Pierce Velocity 1500-750 (Pierce Job # 27139). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2014-07-04 Fate Lindsay comes through again with some great photos of new arrivals that went into service last week in Fate(a little east of Rockwall). Engine 11: 2014 International 4400-Ferrara 1250-500 (Ferrara # H-5509) and Ladder 11: 2014 Ferrara Ember HD 77 1750-400-77' RM (Ferrara # H-5231) Thanks to Lindsay for the great photos and information. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2014-06-24 Colleyville Colleyville worked a 2 Alarm fatality house fire at about 01:00 this morning. They were assisted by Bedford, Hurst, Keller, North Richland Hills, and Southlake. I believe it was a defensive fire from the start. The two story house was fully-involved when I arrived. Some of my photos are at the 1st link, and a story with more info is at the second. Link 1 : Link 2

2014-06-23 Fort Worth Has just taken delivery of another Spartan/Smeal 105’ Aerial, giving them a total of 7 in the city. Scott Fire Apparatus made the delivery on 6/16 and this Quint will call Station 13 its new home. Thanks to Jon Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2014-06-23 Garland Just placed an order for their first three Spartan ERV pumpers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. These units will feature Spartan ERV's Star Series aluminum body with Smart Storage, 1500gpm Waterous pump, 500 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 2002 class A foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lights and Whelen "M" series warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star LFD chassis with APS (Advance Protection System) that includes driver and officer knee bags, driver steering wheel bag and anti-ejection curtains. Metro's make ready shop will install all of GFD's equipment utilizing Performance Advantage brackets and custom designed organizers for several compartments. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2014-06-23 Smeal Thanks to Jon at Scott Fire Apparatus for passing along the two press releases from Smeal describing their acquisitions of LTI(Squrt®, Snorkel®, TeleSqurt®) and US Tanker Fire Apparatus. Please see the photo links for details. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 :

2014-06-02 Benbrook Benbrook P.D. to use Can Am Roadster Read more at the link. Thanks to Terry Link 1 :

2014-06-02 The Colony Has a new 2014 Pierce Velocity 1500-300-95' MM (Pierce Job # 27138) that will go into service soon as Truck 473. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2014-05-30 Farmers Branch Has a new apparatus being build at Pierce according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #27544. Link 1 :

2014-05-30 Irving Has a new Air and Light truck being build at Pierce according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #27548. Link 1 :

2014-05-30 Irving Has a new Pierce engine being built at Pierce, Job #27549 Link 1 :

2014-05-24 Tyler Just took delivery of their tenth Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. With this delivery, the entire front line pumper fleet is in Spartan ERV pumpers. This unit features Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1500 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, Spartan ERV's On-Touch 200CFM CAFS system with 30 gallon foam tank, Harrison 10kw generator and Whelen LED M series warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Metro's make ready shop mounted the departments equipment and radios prior to delivery. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2014-05-23 Waxahachie Has a Pierce being assembled according to the Siddons-Martin Your Truck On The Line website Link 1 :

2014-05-10 Cleburne, Johnson County Coming Together A Community Appreciation Event May 10th, 2014 Noon 4:30pm Cleburne Hulen Park 201 West Westhill Drive Cleburne, Texas 76033. Please see the link for a flier. Bring the entire family, Atmos energy will be providing free hotdogs, and there will be booths from community supporters. They will also have fire trucks, air medical helicopters, and a bounce house for the kids. Photo 1 :

2014-05-09 Bedford Has just placed an order for another Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1500 gpm pump with Foam Pro Class "A" system, 500 gallon water tank, Coleman 110v RV AC, Spartan ERV's Idle Reduction Technology 8KW APU, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen "M" Series LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists

2014-04-28 Tyler Just took delivery of the first of two Spartan ERV 103' rear mount quints from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc.. These units features Spartan ERV's aluminum body with smart storage, 103' greaseless steel ladder with Roll Assisted slide pads (requires no greasing), cab and body avoidance, Waterous 2000 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, Harrison 10kw generator, Whelen Pioneer LED scene lighting and Whelen LED M series warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Metro's make ready shop mounted the departments equipment and radios prior to delivery. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2014-04-17 Frisco Follow the link to a photo on the Pierce Flickr site of Frisco's new Quint 8. Thanks to Rick for pointing it out. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2014-04-17 Little York Just took delivery of their first two Spartan ERV Transformer pumpers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. These units feature Spartan ERV's stainless steel body with smart storage, Darley 1250 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 1600 foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, Harrison 6kw generator, Whelen Pioneer LED scene lighting and Whelen LED M series warning lights and a Cummins ISL 9 450hp engine all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis. Metro's make ready shop mounted the departments equipment and radios prior to delivery. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2014-04-17 Red oak Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV 103' rear mount quint. This unit features Spartan ERV's aluminum body with smart storage, 103' greaseless steel ladder with Roll Assisted slide pads (requires no greasing), cab and body avoidance, Waterous 2250 gpm pump, 400 gallon water tank, Harrison 10kw generator, Whelen Pioneer LED scene lighting and Whelen LED M series warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Metro's make ready shop mounted the departments equipment and radios prior to delivery. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2014-04-14 Euless There is a tradition in the fire service to celebrate the introduction of a new vehicle as it enters service. On Monday April 14, 2014 at 2:00pm you are invited to come to Station 1 at 201 E. Ash Lane and join us for the christening of our newest apparatus, Engine 551. I enjoyed going to this and talking with Jeremy Goodman and others there. I've updated the link below with some of my photos. Great looking engine! Link 1 : Link 2

2014-04-14 Grapevine Grapevine was assisted by Coppell and D/FW Airport on a structure fire yesterday morning, at Love and War in Texas Restaurant. There are still photos on the first link, and a short video at the second. It was VERY WINDY! Link 1 : Link 2

2014-04-11 Fort Worth Has a new ARFF unit for Meacham Airport on the upcoming city council agenda. It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of an Airport Rescue Firefighting Vehicle from DACO Fire Equipment in the amount of $593,989.00, using the Houston-Galveston Area Council Cooperative Contract No. FS12-13 for the Fire Department. The Airport Rescue Firefighting Apparatus (ARFF vehicle) will be used by firefighters to transport personnel and equipment to airport and aircraft fires, hazardous incidents and other situations. This ARFF vehicle is for Fire Station 44 at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport and will replace an older unit that can no longer be economically maintained. The old vehicle will be sold at public auction upon delivery and acceptance of the new ARFF vehicle. Link 1 :

2014-04-05 Grand Prairie Has a new apparatus being build at Pierce according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #27384. Link 1 :

2014-04-04 Crandall Has just placed an order for their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1500 gpm pump, 1200 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis. Thanks to Brian at Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists

2014-04-04 Midland Has just placed an order for their first Spartan ERV 75' tandem axle quint from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Spartan ERV's steel greaseless ladder with Roller Assisted Slide Pads, Waterous 2000 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, Fire Research scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Thanks to Brian at Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists

2014-04-01 El Paso The el paso fire department will be placing into service a Rosenbauer 101’ aerial ladder platform with the “Smart Aerial” feature. The truck is built on the Rosenbauer Commander 4000 Series custom cab R600, 60” cab with the flat roof; Cummins ISX-15l 500 HP diesel engine; Allison 4000EVS retarder transmission; 23,000# front axle; 60,000# rear axle; triple rail frame; FX aluminum body with Robinson rollup doors; three section 101’ aerial ladder with Smart Aerial controls. Thanks to Daco fire equipment. Photo 1 :

2014-04-01 Fort Worth For the upcoming city council agenda: "It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached resolution expressing official intent to reimburse costs of acquiring approximately the amount of $4,000,000.00 of fire equipment and vehicles." Link 1 :

2014-03-28 D/FW Airport According the the airport board's 4/3/2014 agenda, two new ARFF(probably with Snozzles) are being recommended for purchase. An existing one will move to the Fire Training Research Center, and the other will be traded in to Siddons-Martin. Link 1 :

2014-03-21 Midlothian Has another Pierce apparatus being built according to the Siddons-Martin website, it's job #27452 Link 1 :

2014-03-14 Bedford Here are a few photos and a video of an electrical fire at 2712 Brown Trail in Bedford, EARLY Saturday morning. Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2014-03-12 Fort Worth Stations 42 and 43 are part of the 2014 Bond Proposal. Voting takes place May 10. Fire Station 42 6 $4,402,900 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Construct and equip a new fire station in far south Fort Worth. The proposed station would primarily serve the population growth area near Spinks Airport, as well as provide emergency response services for the airport. The proposed new facility would include up to a 4-bay prototype fire station of approximately 11,000 square feet. Fire Station 43 3 $4,700,000 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Construct and equip a new fire station in far west Fort Worth. The proposed station would primarily serve the population growth area that includes the Walsh Ranch development. The proposed new facility would include up to a 4-bay prototype fire station of approximately 11,000 square feet. Link 1 : Link 2

2014-03-02 Carrollton Here is the new Engine 112 in Carrollton. It went into service approximately 2 weeks ago. It's a 2014 Ferrara Inferno 1500-500-30 Foam (Ferrara # H-5357). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2014-03-01 Fort Worth Repairs to Engine 20, after being involved in an accident, are on the agenda for 3/4/2014. Link 1 :

2014-03-01 Fort Worth A new police West Division Patrol facility purchase is described on the 3/4/2014 city council agenda. Link 1 :

2014-03-01 Fort Worth On the 3/4/2014 city council agenda: Authorize Execution of a Construction Contract with Struhs II, LLC d/b/a Struhs Commercial Construction in the Amount of $3,547,950.00 to Construct the Police Air Support Hangar at the Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, Authorize the Transfer of $4,880,000.00 from the Crime Control and Prevention District Fund to the Specially Funded Capital Project Fund, Provide for Additional Project Costs and Contingencies for a Total Project Cost in the Amount of $5,230,000.00 and Adopt Appropriation Ordinance (COUNCIL DISTRICT 2) Link 1 :

2014-03-01 Fort Worth On the 3/4/2014 city council agenda: Authorize Execution of a License Agreement with the Citizens Support Group for the Fort Worth Police Mounted Patrol to Construct a Mounted Patrol Equestrian Facility at West Park, Approve Development Fee Waivers, and Authorize Acceptance of a Gift Deed Conveying to the City of Fort Worth All Interest in the Mounted Patrol Equestrian Facility (COUNCIL DISTRICT 7) Link 1 :

2014-03-01 The Colony Has a new apparatus being build at Pierce according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #27139 Link 1 : Link 2

2014-02-22 Hurst Bedford was dispatched to assist Hurst on a structure fire Saturday morning. The garage was well involved, but out by the time I arrived. The boat was still well involved. The first link is of still photos, and the second has a short video. Link 1 : Link 2

2014-02-21 Parker County, Aledo Please follow the link to a story about Parker County Emergency Service District. Part of the video shows a dedication ceremony for a new Pierce engine. Link 1 :

2014-02-20 American LaFrance This is month old news at this point, but in case you haven't heard, American LaFrance is out of business. Please follow the link for one article from FireRescue1.com as well as FireHouse.com Link 1 : Link 2

2014-02-14 Carrollton Has a new Ferrra Ignitor/HD-107 rear mount with 1500-2000 GPM, 500 Gal and 25 Gal tanks for Truck 117. Thanks to Jeremy and Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 :

2014-02-04 Dallas Box 4 is proud to host the 2014 IFBA Convention in Dallas, Texas! September 3-6, 2014 Link 1 :

2014-01-27 Ferris Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's Aluminum Body, Cummins ISC 380hp engine, Hale 1500GPM pump, 1000 gallon UPF water tank,Akron Scene Star brow and side lights and Whelen 600 series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star X MFD chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2014-01-26 Carrollton Carrollton put Station 8 into service in December 2013. Also Engine 117 is a new rear mount quint (not sure how long it has been in service) and has recently been re-designated Truck 117. Thanks to Andrew Link 1 :

2014-01-25 Southlake Here's a WFAA News 8 story about Southlake DPS's new facility. Thanks to Travis Link 1 :

2014-01-24 The Colony Has a new apparatus being build at Pierce according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2014-01-22 Grapevine Will had a ceremony 1/22/2014 at 16:00 at Fire Station 1, for the new Pierce Truck 1 being placed into service. Please follow the link to their Facebook page for details. I've added the photos that I took, to the second link. Great job Grapevine Fire Department. Thanks for sharing the tradition! Link 1 : Link 2

2014-01-21 Arlington There are several new police vehicles on the city council agenda for the 21st. 11 Tahoes, 14 Chargers, and a "critical response vehicle" from LDV costing $261,869. Please see link for details. Link 1 :

2014-01-18 Greenville Follow the link to an article about a very significant donation Greenville Fire Department. The article is by Brad Kellar of The Herald Banner Link 1 :

2014-01-17 Bedford Follow the link for some photos and video of a house fire on Jasmine Ct. Link 1 : Link 2

2014-01-17 Mesquite Just took delivery of two more Spartan ERV pumpers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. These units features Spartan ERV's Star Series Body with smart storage, Cummins ISL 450hp engine, Hale QMAX 1500GPM pump, Foam Pro 2001 Class "A/B" foam system w/20/30 gallon tanks, 500 gallon UPF water tank, TFT Hurricane RC deck gun, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, and Whelen M6 series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star EMFD chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2014-01-16 Cleburne "Cleburne City Council members on Tuesday approved purchase of a new fire truck from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists at a cost of $506,479." - See more at: the link. Link 1 :

2014-01-10 Frisco Has a new quint being built at Pierce according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's expected to go to Station 8. Thanks to Mike Link 1 :

2014-01-08 Hurst Hurst, Bedford, Euless, Fort Worth, Richland Hills, and North Richland Hills(I hope I didn't miss anyone) worked at 2 Alarm this evening at 601 Bellaire. Follow the link to see a few of the photos I took. Link 1 :

2014-01-06 Malakoff Last month, Malakoff VFD took delivery of an E-One Watermaster Tanker that Malakoff VFD. Thanks to Maria at Hall-Mark Fire Apparatus Photo 1 :

2014-01-06 Richardson In November, Richardson took delivery of a new Engine 6. It's an E-One Cyclone II pumper. Thanks to Maria at Hall-Mark Fire Apparatus Photo 1 :

2014-01-03 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of 135 police interceptor vehicles from Silsbee Ford, using Tarrant County Cooperative Contract No. 2012-151 for the Police Department in the amount of $3,335,445.00." Please follow link for more information. Link 1 :

2014-01-01 Fire Scene Photography Some of my older fire scene photography can be found at the link. Starting in 2014, newer fire scene photography can be found on this page. You can use the department or category filters to narrow down the search for a particular incident. Link 1 :

2013-12-23 Fort Worth Has two new 105" rear mount Smeal Quints for 23's and 24's.

2013-12-18 Ellis County Emergency Service District 6 has a new brush truck and E-One engine. Please follow the link for the article on The Daily Light. Link 1 :

2013-12-16 Plano Follow the link for a Youtube video about Plano's new Rescue Squads. Thanks to https://www.facebook.com/DFWScanner Link 1 : Link 2

2013-12-13 Copperas Cove Has just placed an order for their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 1500 gpm pump with Foam Pro 2001 foam system with 25 gallon foam tank,750 gallon water tank, 110v RV AC system, Onan 7.5kw diesel generator, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis. Deliver is expected in October. Thanks to Brian Link 1 : Link 2

2013-12-13 Fort Worth City Council Agenda item. 1. Authorize the use of funds in the Restricted Residual Account for the 2004 Capital Improvement Program Fire Safety Improvements Proposition Four in the amount of $154,105.00 for a new project that is within the voted purposes of the bonds; and 2. Authorize an architectural services Agreement in the amount of $149,105.00 with RPGA Design Group, Inc., to design the relocation of Fire Station No. 17 to the new Public Safety Training Center site. Link 1 :

2013-12-13 Fort Worth The Fire Department, Emergency Management Office will use this Command Center truck to respond to large public events and emergencies throughout the City. The new truck will be a 2014 F-350 Ford Super Duty 4 x 4 Crew Cab with a Command Center Fire package upgrade. Upgrades will include chassis and truck bed modification as well as emergency lighting and sirens. Follow link for more details. Link 1 :

2013-12-13 Garland Has a new Pierce truck on the line according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2013-12-13 Keller Has just placed an order for their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Hale QMAX 1500 gpm pump with Rowe CAFS system, 500 gallon water tank, Domitec 110v AC, Onan 7.5kw diesel generator, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis. Deliver is expected in October. Thanks to Brian Link 1 : Link 2

2013-12-13 Roanoke Has just placed an order for their first Spartan ERV 103' quint from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's Greaseless 103' steel ladder, aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Waterous 2000 gpm pump with Foam Pro 1600 foam system with 20 gallon foam tank, 500 gallon water tank, Spartan ERV's 16kw generator with idle reduction technology, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Deliver is expected in October. Thanks to Brian Link 1 : Link 2

2013-12-13 Whitehouse Has just placed an order for their second Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body, Waterous 1500 gpm pump with Spartan ERV's One-Touch CAFS system with 30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, 110v RV AC system, Onan 7.5kw diesel generator, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis. Deliver is expected in October. Thanks to Brian Link 1 : Link 2

2013-12-11 Grapevine Follow the link for a story that aired on CBS 11 News this morning. It features the new Pierce 100' Truck One Link 1 :

2013-12-09 Wylie Has taken delivery of two (2) Rosenbauer Commander Custom quints with the 68’ 3-section Roadrunner Tele-boom. The apparatus have CAFS foam, 1750 gpm single stage pumps, Rosenbauer ext extruded aluminum bodies. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment and Lindsay Dye for photos Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2013-12-05 Bedford Bedford as a new Tahoe for the Fire Inspector, a Suburban for Battalion 15. They join Medic 151 and Engine 152 with the new black over red paint and graphics scheme. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2013-12-03 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of two 2013 Kawasaki Mules and two 2014 Club Cars from Metro Golf Cars using a Texas Multiple Award Schedule Cooperative Contract No. 9-78040 for the Fire Department in the amount of $72,919.40. Click link for more details. Link 1 :

2013-12-02 Grapevine Here are a couple of photos of the new Pierce Dash CF. It went into service recently. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2013-11-02 Bedford Bedford Citizens Fire Academy classes 22 and 23 were welcome to D/FW Airport's fire training center today. D/FW, M153, and T153 were great hosts, and everyone had a great time. Follow the link for photos. The newest Oshkosh Stryker, EZ42 is featured. Link 1 :

2013-11-01 El Paso El Paso fire department is in the process of receiving their 2nd 78’ Rosenbauer aerial ladder. The truck is a Rosenbauer 1500 GPM CAFS custom 78’ ladder, Waterous pump and CAFS foam system, 300 gallon poly booster tank, 20 and 30 gallon foam cells, FX aluminum body, Robinson roll up doors, side mount pump panel, Whelen LED warning light system, Rosenbauer 3-section 78’ rear mount Smart Aerial ladder controls, Aerial Command Seat, hot dipped galvanized ladder sections, Spartan Metro star MFD cab/chassis, aluminum custom cab , Cummins ISL 450 HP diesel engine, Allison 3000EVS transmission, seating for four (4), 56,000 lb.gvw. Thanks to Ed at Daco Photo 1 :

2013-10-29 Ellis County Hall-Mark Fire Apparatus received an order from Ellis County ESD#6 for an E-One Custom Pumper. Link 1 :

2013-10-29 Fort Worth NAS JRB Naval Air Station Fort Worth just received a Pierce Impel Rescue. Rescue 1261 is a non-walkin with a comand cab that includes a high resolution tower camera, a vehicle stabilization system, 9,000 watt Will Burtan light tower, 4 bottle cascade system, 25k generator, David Clark wireless head sets and a 9000lb Warn winch that can be moved from the front receiver to the rear. It also has an access ladder to the 4 coffin compartments on the roof of the body. It will be a combined Haz-Mat / Heavy Rescue that will eliminate multiple trailers now in use. Thanks to Captain Ron Sten Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-10-29 North Richland Hills Has a Frazer/Dodge ambulance on the agenda as well as a lift system for working on fire apparatus. There's also a Tahoe and Suburban on the agenda for the FD and 6 Tahoes for PD. A fire apparatus is also mentioned in regards to a bond. Link 1 :

2013-10-29 Texarkana,Morgan's Point Hall-Mark Fire Apparatus received orders from Texarkana FD for 2 E-One HP78 decked out ladder trucks, Morgan’s Point Resorts for an E-One Typhoon pumper and Malakoff VFD for and E-One Watermaster. Link 1 :

2013-10-27 College Mound College Mound FD took delivery of an E-One Tradition Pumper in August. For more information see the specification highlights in the 2014 Hall-Mark Texas calendar. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-10-27 Eustace Area Eustace Area FD took delivery of an E-One Tradition Pumper in June. For more information see the specification highlights in the 2014 Hall-Mark Texas calendar. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-10-27 McKinney E-ONE HP-100 ladder with Cyclone II cab refurbished in 2013 from a 2007 truck company with no tank and no pump to a quint. It was delivered to McKinney in August. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-10-27 New Boston New Boston FD took Delivery of an E-One Tradition Pumper in September. For more information see the specification highlights in the 2014 Hall-Mark Texas calendar. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-10-27 Rockwall Rockwall received an E-One Cyclone II HP100 Platform and a pumper back in April. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-10-27 Wylie Wylie Fire-Rescue will soon take delivery of two new Quints. They are equipped with Rosenbauer Commander cabs, Cummins ISL 450 hp engines, 1750 gpm Waterous pumps with (CAFS) compressed air foam systems, 68’ Rosenbauer Roadrunner ladders, and 8 KW generators. The units will be put into service at stations 1 and 3. The current units will both go to reserve status. Thanks to James Photo 1 :

2013-10-12 Bedford Bedford showed off two of their newest vehicles at the open house today. Rescue 15 pulls Swift Water 15, and there's a new Medic 151 in service. Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2013-10-12 Grapevine Grapevine had "The Big One" tonight. 5 Alarms for 3 story apartments under construction, next to Grapevine Mills Mall. What a huge number of agencies on scene. They'll be there all night, I'm sure. I actually had more photos of fire than apparatus in this bunch. Link 1 :

2013-10-12 Plano The Plano Fire Department build crew recently inspected the three (3) Rosenbauer Commander pumper chassis and one (1) Rosenbauer tandem axle 109’ aerial chassis at the Rosenbauer Motors plant in Wyoming, MN. The department has made the change too the Rosenbauer 4000 series commander cab/chassis and have gone to single color cabs. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 :

2013-10-07 Flint-Gresham Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's Star Series Body with smart storage, Cummins ISC 380hp engine, Waterous 1500GPM pump, 1000 gallon UPF water tank, Spartan ERV Rapid CAFS w/30 gallon foam tank, SVI Knight Light II telescoping scene light and Whelen 600 series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star X MFD chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-10-07 Forest Hill Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's Star Series Body with smart storage, Cummins ISL 400hp engine, Waterous 1500GPM pump, 750 gallon UPF water tank, Spartan ERV Rapid CAFS w/30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, and Whelen M6 series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star EMFD chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2013-10-05 Bedford Here are some photos from a house fire on Shady Lane in Bedford, last Sunday evening 9/29/2013. Hurst Engine 201 responded mutual aid. Link 1 :

2013-10-05 Grapevine Medic 565 went into service several months ago. It's a 2013 Horton on a F-450 chassis Photo 1 :

2013-10-03 Arlington Station 5 will be demolished and be replaced with a 10,000 sqft, two story station according to this Fort Worth Star-Telegram article. 5's crew and engine will work out of station 11 during construction. Completion is expect November 2014. Link 1 :

2013-10-03 Irving There's a City Council Agenda item requesting Approving the Purchase from Siddons-Martin Emergency Group in the Amount of $2,991,363.00 for Three Fire Engine/Pumpers, an Aerial Ladder Truck, and an Air/Light Utility Vehicle through the Houston- Galveston Area Council of Governments (H-GAC) Interlocal Cooperative Purchasing Program. Thanks to Will, Please see photo for a .pdf with details Photo 1 :

2013-09-30 White Settlement Has a new Pierce Velocity 105', rear mount, painted white over red and marked "Truck 18". It was previously a demo unit. Thanks to Travis @ Siddons-Martin Link 1 :

2013-09-28 Euless Has a Pierce Impel engine in the works at Pierce. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-09-28 Wylie Wylie Fire Rescue recently completed construction of their new water rescue package for urban flooding events. The reconfiguration of the existing package was designed and built by the members of the Wylie swift water rescue team. The package features storage for equipment, a 2013 Neoteric 65HP Hovercraft, Brunswick 14’ RIB with 40HP ETEC, and custom built Performax double decker trailer with custom lift system. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2013-09-23 Parker $20,000 CoServ grant to help Parker Volunteer Fire Department purchase off-road EMS vehicle. Please follow the link to the Star Local News article for more details. Link 1 :

2013-09-23 Waco Has 2 new Pierce Dash PUC engines at Siddon-Martins being prepped for delivery. They be Engines 7 and 11. Thanks to John for the photos and info. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2013-09-22 Alvin Alvin - Just placed an order for their first SuperVac heavy rescue from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features SVI's aluminum 18' rescue body, Cummins ISC 380hp engine, 25kw Onan PTO generator, SVI Command light, all on a Spartan Metro Star MFD 10" raised roof chassis. Delivery is expected in April 2014. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-09-22 Azle/Crowley/Tarrant Co Tarrant County ESD#1 (Azle/Crowley) - Just took delivery of two Spartan ERV tankers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Azle's is a 3000 while Crowley's is a 2000 gallon. The 2000 gallon is on a Spartan Metro Star EMFD with APS (Advanced Protection System) air bags that includes drivers and officers knee bags, drivers steering wheel and complete anti ejection side curtains for all occupants. The 3000 gallon is on a Spartan Gladiator EMFD chassis with APS. Both will have a Waterous 1250gpm pumps, Spartan ERV's One-Touch CAFS systems with a 75 gallon foam tank for the 3000 gallon and 50 for the 2000 gallon. Both will have Xtreme duty interiors with Sparliner spray on bedliner, Whelen M6 emergency lighting and Pioneer scene lights. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 :

2013-09-22 Bay City Bay City - Just received their first SuperVac heavy rescue from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features SVI's aluminum 18' rescue body, Cummins ISL 450hp engine, 30kw Onan PTO generator, SVI Command light and Knight light II, all on a Spartan Metro Star LFD 24" raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2013-09-22 Devine Devine - Just received their first Spartan ERV Legend Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's Legend Series Body, Cummins ISC 380hp engine, Waterous 1500GPM pump with top operators panel, 1000 gallon UPF water tank and Whelen 600 series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star MFD 10" raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-09-22 Nevada Nevada - Just received their second Spartan ERV Legend Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's Legend Series Body, Cummins ISC 380hp engine, Waterous 1500GPM pump with side operators panel, 1000 gallon UPF water tank, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, and Whelen 600 series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star MFD 10" raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-09-20 Fort Worth The Police Department will purchase compact medical kits and replacement supplies needed to provide initial first aid to the general public. These kits are the continuing effort of the Police Department to upgrade the level of first aid training and the tools needed to render emergency care to an injured or ill person. This will enable them to take the first steps to identify problems, stabilize and prepare a person for further treatment by emergency medical personnel. Link 1 :

2013-09-20 North Richland Hills The 9/23/2013 city council work session agenda mentions the purchase of an ambulance and an engine, but no other details. Link 1 :

2013-09-14 Plano Here's an article the the Star Local News about Plano adding 2 EMS squads next year. Please follow the link for the whole story. Link 1 :

2013-09-09 CareFlite CareFlite Ground has taken delivery of 2 Frazer Ambulances. They will receive a total of 12 by the end of the year for their 911 divisions. Thanks to Jordan Photo 1 :

2013-09-07 Haslet Has a new Pierce being built. It's job #27039. It's a Ford 4 door pickup chassis. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-09-02 Euless I finally got to see the new Squad 55 in person. They worked an accident at Mid-Cities and 157 this morning. Photo 1 :

2013-08-29 Carrollton The Carrollton City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday night to call of $75 million bond election for Nov. 5. Proposition 3: The issuance of $14,500,000 general obligation bonds for public safety facilities (New police station facilities and a fire training facility). Please see the link for more details. Link 1 :

2013-08-24 I visited my aunt and uncle in Chicago last week and was able to visit Fire Rescue International 2013. I saw a few Chicago apparatus as well as a scene from Chicago Fire being filmed. Check out the photos at the link below. Sorry, I don't have time to caption them all. Link 1 :

2013-08-24 Lake Cities Has a new Pierce being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-08-22 Fort Worth From the city council agenda. It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of a bucket truck from Philpott Motors, LTD d/b/a Philpott Ford in the amount of $90,211.00, using the Texas Association of School Boards Cooperative Contract No. 358-10 for the Police Department. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-08-22 Grand Prairie Has ordered a Pierce 75' ladder according to the Siddons-Martin Facebook page. Link 1 :

2013-08-22 North Texas North Central Texas College regents voted to approve a new fire science degree and certificate at their regular meeting Monday. Please follow the link for the full story from Star Local News. Link 1 :

2013-08-22 West Not only have Ada Michigan firefighters raised more than $12,000 to support a Texas fire department, they're also giving them a fire truck. Please click the link for the full story from WZZM. Link 1 :

2013-08-10 Garland Truck 5 went into service two months ago. It's a 2013 Pierce Arrow XT 1500-500-75' RM (Pierce Job # 26274; Garland Shop # 1300457)Thanks to Lindsay for the photo and info! Photo 1 :

2013-08-04 Denton From KXAS Channel 5 News, "PHI Air Medical already operates four helicopters throughout Dallas - Fort Worth, and will now add a fifth later this month in Denton." Please follow the link for the complete story Link 1 :

2013-08-02 Addison Has a new Engine 101 expected in service 8/5/2013. It's a 2013 Sutphen Monarch 1500-750-30A (Sutphen # HS-5253). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2013-08-02 Farmersville Engine 182, went into service this past Spring. It's a 2013 International DuraStar by Deep South Firetrucks, Inc. 1250-1000 (Deep South # A653). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2013-07-22 D/FW Airport Has two new Oshkosh Strikers being built. I believe these two will have Snozzles. They are job #s 1526 and 1530 Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 : Link 2

2013-07-22 Midlothian Here's a photo of Midlothian's great looking, new Engine 2. Two other engines just like this went into service at Station 1 & 3, also. Engine 2 is a 2013 Pierce Dash CF PUC 1500-750 (Pierce Job # 26511-02). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2013-07-22 Waco Has a new Pierce apparatus being built. It's job #26592-01. A second engine is also on order. They'll go to Engine 7 and 11. Thanks to John Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-07-19 Argyle "The newest fire station in the Argyle Fire District is about six weeks away from being complete." Please see the Star Local News article at the link. Link 1 :

2013-07-19 Fort Worth Fort Worth has an new ARFF for Meacham Airport on the city council agenda. There's also an item about mutual aid with Saginaw. Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2013-07-19 Garland, Mesquite "The rehab vehicle will be used by the volunteers of the Garland Fire Club to provide support to Garland firefighters at various scenes and events." Please see the link for the full story from Star Local News. Link 1 :

2013-07-13 Fort Worth I haven't been to a fire in Fort Worth in a while. This wan't much of one for photos, but it did require a 2nd alarm for manpower. It happened at 7301 Trinity Blvd, in a large warehouse roof top unit, around 17:00. I didn't have a great view, so I walked up to the freeway overpass for the highground. Link 1 :

2013-07-13 Southlake Has a Pierce engine being built. It's job #26748 Link 1 : Link 2

2013-07-13 Weatherford Has a new Pierce Dash CF engine being built. It's job #26546. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-07-08 Keller "Keller Fire Department Administration recently vacated its building in Old Town Keller and moved into Keller Town Hall at 1100 Bear Creek Pkwy." Please see the Keller Citizen online article for more details. Link 1 :

2013-07-05 Frisco From the StarLocalNews.com "Frisco City Council members unanimously voted in favor of the issuance of $20 million in general obligation bonds at its regular meeting Tuesday. The bonds will be used for the construction of Fire Station No. 8". Please see link for more complete article. Link 1 :

2013-07-05 West Texas Ranagers Baseball player, Lance Berkman, has donated a refurbished Pierce Arrow to the West Fire Department. Arlington Fire helped in the process. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-06-30 Azle, Crowley, Tarrant C Tarrant County ESD#1 - Just did the final inspection on two Spartan ERV tankers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. One is a 3000 and the other a 2000 gallon. The 2000 gallon is on a Spartan Metro Star EMFD with APS (Advanced Protection System) air bags that includes drivers and officers knee bags, drivers steering wheel and complete anti ejection side curtains for all occupants. The 3000 gallon is on a Spartan Gladiator EMFD chassis with APS. Both will have a Waterous 1250gpm pumps, Spartan ERV's One-Touch CAFS systems with a 75 gallon foam tank for the 3000 gallon and 50 for the 2000 gallon. Both will have Xtreme duty interiors with Sparliner spray on bedliner, Whelen M6 emergency lighting and Pioneer scene lights. The Crowley Fire Department will be receiving the 2000 gallon and Azle the 3000 gallon. Both will be displayed at the Texas A & M Fire School show on July 21st. Thanks to MFAS. Photo 1 :

2013-06-28 CareFlite Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today an agreement for the supply of four Bell 407GX helicopters to CareFlite®, a nonprofit 501(c) 3 corporation providing fully integrated medical transport across North Texas. The aircraft will transport ill or injured patients to critical care facilities, serving more than 100 counties within a 150-mile radius of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The new Bell 407GXs are slated for delivery in 2013. Follow the link for more information. I'm also told they are getting 2 EuroCopter EC135's the 2 135 for IFR and specialty flights (neonates). Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-06-24 Bedford Bedford worked a 2 Alarm fire the other night(6/21/2013), in the 2100 block of Reliance. D/FW Airport assisted with Fan 38, several other cities also helped, including the Hazmat team. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-06-24 North Richland Hills Has just placed an order for their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum Star Series body with smart storage, Hale QMAX 1500 gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, Danhard 110v AC, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen Led warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Deliver is expected in March. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-06-22 D/FW Airport Has 2 new 2013 Pierce/International Rapid Intervention Vehicles numbered EZ19 and EZ29, featuring 500G water, 60G foam, 500 dry chem, PyroLance, too many cameras to count, pump-and-roll turret, FLIR, and more. Thanks to Jeff for positioning the apparatus for good lighting, and telling me about the apparatus. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 :

2013-06-19 Addison Has a new Sutphen for Engine 101 according to the Sutphen Facebook page. Link 1 :

2013-06-16 Colleyville Has a new 2013 3/4 ton Chevrolet suburban for Battalion 24. Thanks to John Photo 1 : Photo 2 :

2013-06-16 Dallas Station 2 (Northaven and Midway) is riding a new Spartan ERV engine identical to others recently placed in service. 2012 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 1500-500 (Spartan ERV # 212090-04; Dallas Shop # 12084) Thanks to Vincent and Lindsay Photo 1 :

2013-06-16 Houston Just did the final inspection on five Spartan ERV pumpers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. These units feature Spartan ERV's Star Series Body with Smart Storage, Cummins ISC 450hp engine, Hale QMAX 2000GPM pump, 500 gallon UPF water tank and Whelen "M" series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Gladiator EMFD 10" raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-06-15 Grapevine Has a new Pierce in production according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job #26555. I believe this will be a Dash CF 100’ Platform that is due in August. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-06-10 Irving Has two new Ford F-350 XLT Super Duty pick-ups for Battalion 1 and 2. They are configured like Dallas Fire Rescue Bat Chiefs. Thanks to Chief Porter for showing me Battalion 2. He says it will soon have a winch on the front, and the command area will be configured for a computer. They now have more room to carry SCBA and an MCI command kit. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 :

2013-06-04 Fort Worth City Council agenda item: Purchase of four Rosenbauer pumper fire trucks from Daco Fire Equipment, Inc., in the amount of $2,693,688.00 using Houston-Galveston Area Council Cooperative Contract No. FS12-11 for the Fire Department. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-06-04 Fort Worth City Council agenda item: Purchase of a quint fire truck from Scott Fire Apparatus, Inc., in the amount of $808,347.00 using Houston-Galveston Area Council Cooperative Contract No. FS12-11 for the Fire Department. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-05-30 Colleyville Here are a few photos from a 2 alarm fire in Colleyville on 5/30/2013 around 20:00. I finially got to see the green LED ladder pathway lights on Truck 243. Very cool! Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-05-27 Frisco Truck 603 went into service on May 21, 2013. It's a 2013 Pierce Velocity 2000-250-100' RM (Pierce Job # 26293). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2013-05-27 Frisco Quint 604 went into service on May 21, 2013. It's a 2013 Pierce Velocity 2000-500-75' RM (Pierce Job # 26294).Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2013-05-22 Dallas Engine 44 that went into service on May 16, 2013. It's a 2012 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 1500-500 (Spartan ERV # 212090-04; Dallas Shop # 12082). Thanks to Lindsay Dye Photo 1 :

2013-05-22 Euless Has a Ford Attack in production at Pierce. It's job 26575. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-05-22 Lancaster Has a new Engine 3, it's a Pierce Impel chassis, 450 ISL Cummins, 1250 gpm Waterous, Husky 3 A/B Foam, Whelen warning / scene lights. Similar to their 2004 Arrow XT pumper at station 2. Thanks to Russell Photo 1 :

2013-05-22 Sherman Has a new Engine 83, a Pierce Impel top control pumper, 1250 Waterous, 750 tank, Husky 3 foam, Hercules CAFS, Hydraulic generator / light tower, Sherman is now 100% Pierce Mfg. Fleet: 4 front line Pierce Engines, 1 95' Arrow XT MM Tower. Thanks to Russell Photo 1 :

2013-05-21 Fort Worth From the city council agenda "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of a Ford F-550 fire attack patrol unit for the Fire Department from Chastang Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Chastang's Bayou City Ford, in the amount of $200,168.00 using the Houston Galveston Area Council Cooperative Contract No." Photo 1 :

2013-05-21 Fort Worth From the city council agenda "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of a Ford F-450 brush truck for the Fire Department from Chastang Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Chastang's Bayou City Ford in the amount of $158,485.00 using the Texas Association of School Boards Cooperative Contract No. 323-09 for the Fire Department.." Photo 1 :

2013-05-21 Utah Not all fire related, but there's an apparatus or two in these photos from my vacation to Utah that past 5 days. I now understand what "Utah Rocks!" means. What a beautiful place. Link 1 :

2013-05-12 Dallas On December 5, 2012, Truck 50 was placed into service. The truck and crew moved over from Truck 26. The Truck Company at Station 26 is no longer in service. 2011 Spartan Gladiator Classic-Crimson 103' RM (Crimson # 210067-01; Dallas Shop # 11212) Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2013-05-11 Bedford Here are a few photos after Bedford tapped out a garage fire on Schumac last Saturday night. Link 1 :

2013-05-11 Duncanville E V E N T - 2013 Fire Truck Pull - It’s the ultimate tug of war challenge…and a GREAT team-building event. Gather a team of 12 and join the fun. Your team will play “tug of war” with a 55,000 lb. fi re truck to compete for prizes and bragging rights...all for a great cause! Bring all of your biggest fans to cheer you on during your pull - it’s excitement for all ages! Link 1 : Link 2

2013-05-10 Arlington Just took delivery of three more Spartan ERV Pumpers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. These units are exact replicas of all previous units and features Spartan ERV's Stainless steel body with Smart Storage, 750 gallon water tank, 1250gpm Waterous pump, Foam Pro 2002 foam system, SVI Knight Light II LED telescoping scene lights and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star Chassis. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-05-10 Copperas Cove Has just placed an order for their first Spartan ERV 103' rear mount quint. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum body with smart storage, Spartan ERV's 103' greaseless steel ladder with Roll Assisted slide pads, cab and body avoidance, Waterous 1500 gpm pump, 400 gallon water tank, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen Led warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Deliver is expected in December. Link 1 :

2013-05-10 Houston Has 5 pumpers in production at Spartan ERV. They also have 3 103' aerials in production at Spartan ERV. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Link 1 : Link 2

2013-05-10 Houston Just took delivery of their third SuperVac breathing air apparatus from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features SVI's aluminum body, Bauer compressor and fill station, room for spare air bottles and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Ford F550 chassis. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-05-10 Mesquite Just placed an add-on order for another Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This one will be identical to the one ordered in December.

2013-05-07 Early VFD recently took delivery of a 3000 gallon Rosenbauer commercial tanker built on a Peterbilt 2-door cab/chassis. The truck has a Hale mg 750 GPM pump system, stainless steel plumbing, front bumper discharge, speedlays, hose reel, Foampro 1600 system, 3000 gallon poly tank, 10” rear dump valve, CT aluminum body with rescue style compartments, Robinson roll up doors, Whelen LED warning light system, Q2B siren and ladders stored in the body with right hand rear access door. Photo 1 :

2013-05-06 Dallas Engine 19 went into service on April 29, 2013. It's a 2012 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 1500-500 (Spartan ERV # 212090-03; Dallas Shop # 12081). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-05-04 Benbrook E V E N T - Public Invited to Benbrook Fire Station Ribbon-Cutting. The City of Benbrook invites the public to a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the renovation and expansion of the Benbrook Fire Station, 528 Mercedes Street. The event occurs on Saturday, May 4, 2013*, from 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m.. Please follow link for more details. Link 1 :

2013-05-04 Colleyville, D/FW Airpor Here are some photos from Colleyville Fire Department's open house at station 1 today. D/FW Airport had their brand new Oshkosh Stiker, EZ 21 on display. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 :

2013-05-03 Fort Worth From the 5/7/2013 City Council Agenda - "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of eighty police interceptor vehicles from Philpott Motors, LTD d/b/a Philpott Ford, using Tarrant County Cooperative Contract No. 2012-151 for the Police Department in the amount of $2,039,360.00." Link 1 :

2013-05-01 Dallas Here are a couple of links regarding a new station 27. The second link, from a 2 year old document indicates the station should be finished July of 2013, and that the current station will be replaced, not moved. If you have any updates to this information or status, please let me know, and I'll post it here. Thanks to Zack Link 1 : Link 2

2013-04-29 Dallas On December 5, 2012, the USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) unit was transferred to Station 33 from Station 15. Along with the apparatus transfer, the crews were switched as well. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2013-04-22 Dallas Truck 53, a 2012 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 103' RM (Spartan ERV # 212093-01; Dallas Shop # 12212), went into service about a month ago. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2013-04-22 Smith Co. Smith County ESD #2 has a CAFS pumper in production at Spartan ERV. This truck is going to Flint-Gresham Fire Department. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Link 1 :

2013-04-22 Sugarland Sugarland has a 103' quint in the final stages of production at Spartan ERV. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Link 1 :

2013-04-22 Tarrant, Azle, Crowley Tarrant County has two tankers in production at Spartan ERV. The 3000 gallon is going to Azle and the 2000 gallon is for Crowley. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Link 1 : Link 2

2013-04-20 Frisco "The May 11 municipal election will ask Frisco voters to consider an $8 million bond for an eighth fire station. The city of Frisco is proposing the fire station, which will service the city's southeast side, be built at the intersection of Independence Parkway and Rolater Road." from Star Local News. Please visit link for full article. Link 1 :

2013-04-15 Dallas Truck 43 was placed into service about a month ago. It's a 2012 Spartan ERV Star Series Gladiator Classic 103' RM (Spartan ERV # 212092-01; Dallas Shop # 12211). This is part of the first delivery to Dallas under the Spartan ERV brand. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2013-04-15 Irving Here's a WFAA Channel 8 News story on Irving's Rescue 6 and its response to the charter bus accident last week. Thanks to DFWScanner on Facebook for pointing out the story. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-04-12 San Jacinto County ESD Daco Fire Equipment is in the process of delivering three (3) Rosenbauer commercial pumpers to San Jacinto County ESD. The trucks have the Rosenbauer CT aluminum bodies, Robinson rollup doors, 1000 gallon tanks, 1250 GPM pumps, electric ladder rack, booster reel mounted under the crew cab area, Akron Scenestar LED lights, Freightliner M2 106, 2-door cab/chassis with Cummins engines and Allison transmission. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2013-04-09 Fort Worth Has a Ford F-450 Brush and an F-550 Attack truck on the city council agenda. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 : Link 2

2013-04-09 Fort Worth Here's a story that WFAA Channel 8 News aired last night about Fort Worth using more Attack trucks. Thanks to DFWScanner on Facebook for pointing out the story. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-04-05 Hewitt Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's star series aluminum body with smart storage, 1500gpm Waterous pump, 750 gallon water tank, Waterous Advantus 3 foam system with 30 gallon tank, Safe Drive video recording system, Akron Scene Star scene lights and Whelen emergency lighting all on a Spartan Metro Star EMFD chassis with a Cummins ISC 400hp engine. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-04-05 Los Fresnos Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's star series aluminum body with smart storage, 1250gpm Waterous pump, 750 gallon water tank, Harrison 6KW generator with SVI KL-450 telescoping scene light and Whelen "M" series lighting all on an International 7600 4-door chassis with Cummins ISC 350hp engine. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-04-05 Scenic Loop Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's Legend Series aluminum body, 1250gpm Waterous pump, 1000 gallon water tank and Whelen "M" series lighting all on an International 7600 2-door chassis with Cummins ISC 330hp engine. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-03-30 Midlothian Has three new Pierce engines being built. They are job numbers 26511-01, 26511-02, and 26511-03. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Link 1 : Link 2

2013-03-28 D/FW Airport 2 More Oshkosh Strikers via Siddons-Martin are on the board agenda. Also on the agenda is a new MICU(Ford), 15 police sedans(Dodge), and some Chevy Police Package Utility Vehicles. The ARFF Replacement program is outlined in the document under Photo 1. Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2013-03-22 Coppell E V E N T - The Coppell Fire Department will host a Fire Truck Pull benefiting Relay For Life on Friday, Mar.22, at noon in the parking lot of Wagon Wheel Park, 345 Freeport Parkway, Coppell. Community and corporate teams are invited to battle for the strongest as they pull a 55,000-pound fire truck to raise money for Relay for Life, supporting the American Cancer Society. The teams with the Fastest Team Pull and Most Money Raised will be named the 2013 Fire Truck Pull Challenge Champions! Please visit the first link for more details. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-03-22 D/FW Airport This is one of four Oshkosh Striker 4500 series ARFF units that are being delivered this month (by lowboy direct) to DFW Airport. There are also (2) IHC Chassis RIV units with water/foam and dry chem as well as a Pyrolance system that will deliver in May. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-03-22 Euless Has a Pierce/Ford 550 Attack on order. Thanks to Travis at Siddons-Martin Link 1 :

2013-03-22 Grapevine Has a Dash CF 100’ Platform that is due out in August. Thanks to Travis at Siddons-Martin Link 1 :

2013-03-22 Midlothian Has 3 Dash CF pumpers due out in May. Thanks to Travis at Siddons-Martin Link 1 :

2013-03-22 Parker County ESD 1 Is receiving two Impel pumpers with 1500 hale pumps, 1000 water and Hercules CAFS. They have ISL 450 engines and seating for 5. These trucks have TAK-4 suspension and hydraulic rescue reels in the rear compartment and Akron LED lighting. They will be at the Silver Creek and Springtown stations. Thanks to Travis at Siddons-Martin Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-03-22 Weatherford Has a Pierce Dash CF engine due around August. Thanks to Travis at Siddons-Martin Link 1 :

2013-03-21 Killeen Just took delivery of three more Spartan ERV pumpers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's star series stainless steel body with smart storage, 2000gpm Hale QMAX pump, 1000 gallon water tank, Hale Foam Logic foam system with 30 gallon tank, Built in Elkhart foam educator with 30 gallon foam tank, Harrison 10kw generator and Whelen "M" series lighting all on a Spartan Gladiator LFD chassis with Cummins ISX 500hp engine. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-03-21 League City Just took delivery of another pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's star series aluminum body with smart storage, 2000gpm Waterous pump, 500 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 2002 foam system with 50 gallon tank and Whelen "M" series lighting all on a Spartan Gladiator LFD chassis with Cummins ISC 450hp engine. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-03-21 League City Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV 100' aerial from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's 100' 1500lb tip load greaseless steel ladder with Roll Assisted Slide Pads (RASP), auto level, auto outrigger stow, star series stainless steel body with smart storage, 2000gpm Waterous pump, 300 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 2002 foam system with 50 gallon tank, Harrison 10kw generator and Whelen "M" series lighting all on a Spartan Gladiator LFD chassis with Cummins ISX 500hp engine. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-03-21 Tyler Has just placed an order for their 10th Spartan ERV engine and their first two Spartan ERV 103' rear mount quints. The engine will be a replica of all previous units with the exception of a Waterous Eclipse CAFS system. This engine features Spartan ERV's stainless steel body with smart storage, 500 gallon water tank, Harrison 8kw generator and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Deliver is expected in December. The aerials will be the first new aerial in Tyler since 2000 and will feature an aluminum body with smart storage, Spartan ERV's 103' greaseless steel ladder with Roll Assisted slide pads, cab and body avoidance, Waterous 1500 gpm pump, 300 gallon water tank, Harrison 10kw generator, Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen Led warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Deliver is expected in December. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Link 1 :

2013-03-20 D/FW Airport Here's an article/video/blog from the Star-Telegram Sky Talk section about the new training facility upgrades. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-03-18 Denton Took delivery of a new Pierce Velocity engine, that will be assigned to Station 4. Thanks to Zack Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2013-03-16 Haltom City, Grapevine, Thanks for the firefighters at Haltom City and Grapevine who were so helpful and generous with their time today. I got to try out my new Nikon D7100 camera on some shiney new apparatus, and one very important old one from FDNY. Please visit the link to see all of the photos. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 :

2013-03-09 Grand Prairie Here's a link to a Dallas Morning News article on some potentional restructuring. Link 1 :

2013-03-09 Red Oak Has just placed an order for their first Spartan ERV 103' rear mount quint. This unit will feature Spartan ERV's aluminum body with smart storage, 103' greaseless steel ladder with Roll Assisted slide pads (requires no greasing), cab and body avoidance, Waterous 2250 gpm pump, 400 gallon water tank, Harrison 10kw generator, Whelen Pioneer LED scene lighting and Whelen LED M series warning lights all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Deliver is expected in December. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Photo 1 :

2013-03-03 Arlington Just placed an order for another Spartan ERV Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit is an exact replica of all previous units and features Spartan ERV's Stainless steel body with Smart Storage, 750 gallon water tank, 1250gpm Waterous pump, Foam Pro 2002 foam system, SVI Knight Light II telescoping scene lights and Whelen LED warning lights all on a Spartan Metro Star Chassis. Delivery is expected in October. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Link 1 : Link 2

2013-03-02 Fort Worth Here are few photos of Fort Worth apparatus at the Bass Performance Hall after a small fire involving drapery near the stage this evening. The trailer-mounted "Super Fan", (SVI/SuperVac) was called in to help ventilate. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-03-01 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of two quint fire trucks from Scott Fire Apparatus, Inc., in the amount of $1,605,694.00 for the Fire Department, using Houston-Galveston Area Council Cooperative Contract No. FS12-11. The quint fire trucks will be used in daily operations by firefighters to transport personnel and equipment to fires, hazardous incidents and other emergency situations. The two units will be 2013 Spartan Gladiator model custom trucks with 750 gallons per minute pump systems, water tanks, hose storage areas and 105 foot rear mounted aerial ladders, for a cost in the amount of $802,847.00 each and a total cost in the amount of $1,605,694.00. One unit will replace a truck that can no longer be economically maintained and will be traded-in. The second unit is an addition to the fleet and will be assigned to Fire Station No. 24 located at 3101 Forest Avenue in Council District 5." Link 1 : Link 2

2013-02-27 Prosper Has a new Engine 1. Its a Pierce Impel PUC. Thanks to Scott for the photos and information. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2013-02-18 Frisco "The Frisco City Council will consider calling a special election in May to ask for voter approval for $9.65 million in bonds to fund Fire Station No. 8 on the city’s east side." Thanks to Dallas Morning News Frisco Blog Link 1 :

2013-02-16 D/FW Airport Has two new Pierce apparatus being built. They are based on an International chassis. They are job numbers 26278-01 and 26278-02 Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 :

2013-02-12 Fort Worth Here's a link to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram Article - "Fort Worth breaks ground on $97.5 million police, fire complex". "City officials broke ground Tuesday on a $97.5 million police and fire training center and headquarters in south Fort Worth." Link 1 :

2013-02-11 Plano Recently purchased three Rosenbauer custom rear mount pumpers to be built on the Rosenbauer Commander R611 raised roof tilt cab chassis. The units will have Waterous CAFS and will have the Rosenbauer Green Star “IRT” system. Thanks to Ed at DACO Fire Equipment Link 1 :

2013-02-11 Plano Purchased their 4th Rosenbauer 109’ rear mount Smart Aerial that will be built on a Commander R608 raised roof tilt cab chassis and will feature the Green Star “IRT” system. Delivery should be january 2014. Thanks to Ed at DACO Fire Equipment Link 1 :

2013-02-10 Bedford Here are some photos from a 2, possibly 3 alarm, fire in the 1400 block of Shady Lane in Bedford. Link 1 :

2013-02-02 Lancaster Has a new Pierce apparatus under construction according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's Pierce job #26430. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-02-02 Medstar From a Fort Worth Star-Telegram article: "MedStar Mobile Healthcare broke ground Friday on a 60,000-square-foot facility in southwest Fort Worth that will double its size." Please visit the link for the full article. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-02-02 Parker County ESD 1 Has a new Pierce Impel pumper under construction according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's Pierce job #26426-01 Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-02-02 Parker County ESD 1 Has a second new Pierce Impel pumper under construction according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's Pierce job #26426-02 Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-02-02 Sherman Has a new Pierce apparatus under construction according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's Pierce job #26422 Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-01-29 Fort Worth It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of three Rosenbauer pumper fire trucks from Daco Fire Equipment, Inc., using Houston-Galveston Area Council Cooperative Contract No. FS12-11 for the Fire Department in the amount of $2,020,766.01. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-01-29 Fort Worth It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of fifty police pursuit SUVs from Baby Jack II Automotive LTD d/b/a Caldwell Country Chevrolet, using the Tarrant County Cooperative Contract Number 2012-151 for the Police Department in the amount of $1,371,450.00. The pursuit SUVs are four door, high output 5.3 liter V8 powered, with a six speed performance automatic transmission designed specifically for law enforcement applications. Link 1 :

2013-01-26 Keller E V E N T Open House. Details are being finalized, but the Keller Fire-Rescue Department is planning an open house at Station No. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. That station, at 455 Keller Smithfield Road South, is the new home of their latest addition to the fire department fleet: a $1.2 million fire truck. For more information, contact the Keller Fire-Rescue Department at 817-743-4400. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Link 1 : Link 2

2013-01-25 Garland Has a new Pierce apparatus under construction according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's Pierce job #26274. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-01-22 Bedford Here are some photos of the Kwik Kar Lube fire at 2812 Central today. Arriving units reported heavy fire conditions and explosions. Later a dog was rescued from the building. I'm waiting to hear how it's doing. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-01-21 Denton Has several new MICUs. Thanks to Christian and Zack Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 :

2013-01-21 Hamilton Has a new 2012 HME-Ferrara Intruder 2 1500-750 (Ferrara # H-5165) for Engine 301. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2013-01-19 Oklahoma Atoka, OK fire truck parade celebrates world record. Man, I wish I had known about this. I might have to make a roadtrip up to see the next one, or maybe we'll have something like it in D/FW some day! Link 1 :

2013-01-18 D/FW Airport The 4th of an order of 4 Oskosh Strikers is in production at Pierce/Oshkosh under job #PA1459 Link 1 :

2013-01-18 Texas AP Article on Fort Worth Star-Telegram site: Texas agency seeks millions more to fight fires. "The Texas agency responsible for fighting wildfires has asked the state Legislature for an additional $27.2 million to hire about 90 more firefighters and buy equipment as a rapidly growing population coupled with drought has increased the threat of devastating fires." Link 1 :

2013-01-13 Denison Has a new E-One according to KTEN and KXII news sites. Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2013-01-11 D/FW Airport The 3rd of an order 4 Oshkosh Striker 8x8s has entered production. It's job #PA1454. They'll have the unique fireant goldleaf pinstripe separating the white over safety green paint scheme. Link 1 :

2013-01-11 Highland Village Has a Ford chassis on the production line at Pierce under job #26443. Link 1 :

2013-01-09 Mansfield Has a new Brush 1 from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists on a Ford Super Duty chassis. I'll post more details when I receive them. Thanks to Brantley Link 1 : Link 2

2013-01-08 Arlington Purchase of an Aerial Fire Apparatus (MO#01082013-004) Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of an aerial fire apparatus with Scott Fire Apparatus of Houston, Texas, through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Cooperative Purchasing Program, in the estimated amount of $810,790, and execute any and all documents necessary to carry out such purchase. Link 1 :

2013-01-08 Arlington Purchase of a Fire Pumper Apparatus (MO#01082013-005) Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of a fire pumper apparatus with Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc. of Houston, Texas, through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Cooperative Purchasing Program, in the estimated amount of $515,433 and execute any and all documents necessary for such purchase. Link 1 :

2013-01-08 Arlington Purchase of Two Brush Fire Trucks (MO#01082013-006) Authorize the City Manager or his designee to purchase two brush fire trucks with Chastang Enterprises, Inc. of Houston, Texas, through the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (TLGPC), in the estimated amount of $305,320, and execute any and all documents necessary to carry out such purchase. Link 1 :

2013-01-08 Fort Worth City Council Agenda Item: It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of a paratransit bus from Alliance Bus Group, Inc., using Houston Galveston Area Council Cooperative Contract No. BT01-11 and Homeland Security Grant funds for the Fire Department in the amount of $88,870.00. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2013-01-07 Mesquite Just placed another Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's Star Series Body with smart storage, Cummins ISL 450hp engine, Hale QMAX 1500GPM pump, Foam Pro 2001 Class "A/B" foam system w/20/30 gallon tanks, 500 gallon UPF water tank, TFT Hurricane RC deck gun, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, and Whelen M6 series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star EMFD chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Link 1 :

2013-01-05 All I've added a photo gallery for all of the images on this site. Check it out when you have a chance. There are tons of photos, so it takes a while for all of the thumbnails to show, but it should be easier to see a LOT of fire apparatus pics/photos/images this way. Link 1 :

2013-01-04 Denton Has a new Pierce being build according to the Siddons-Martin website. It's job 26314. Link 1 : Link 2

2013-01-04 Fairfield Just received their first Crimson Legend Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Crimson Legend Series Body, Cummins ISL 425hp engine, Waterous 1500GPM pump, 1000 gallon UPF water tank, Waterous Aquis foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, and Whelen "M" series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star MFD 10" raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2012-12-30 Eagle Lake Just received their Metro Fire Apparatus brush truck from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Metro's aluminum Body, Ford Powerstroke engine, Hale HP 200 pump, 500 gallon poly water tank, CET class "A" system, Akron Scene Star scene lighting and Whelen M6 series emergency lighting, on an Ford 2-Door chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-12-30 Rio Hondo Just received their first Spartan ERV Legend Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's Legend Series Body, Cummins ISC 330hp engine, Waterous 1500GPM pump, 1000 gallon UPF water tank and Whelen 600 series emergency lighting, on an International 4-Door chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2012-12-30 Southlake The new DPS North fire station/training facility is going up at Dove and White Chapel Link 1 :

2012-12-28 Bedford Worked a garage/car fire on Shady Grove this evening. Hurst provided mutual aid. Click the link for photos. Link 1 :

2012-12-22 Richardson Has a new Engine 1. It's a 2012 E-One Cyclone II 2000-500 (SO # 137204), and went into service about a month ago. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2012-12-18 Keller Has new Smeal 100' rear mount platform, tandem axle, with a red aerial, white body, and very nice gold leaf. There's one photo on the Smeal Facebook page, but it's not a good angle. Here are some photos from 12/18/2012, when Keller Fire Rescue presented the new Truck 584 to the city council. I think this is my new favorite truck. The colors are awesome. Link 1 :

2012-12-17 Arlington Took delivery of another SVI rescue from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc(click here for photo). This unit features a 20' aluminum body, specialized storage for air shores, panels, lumber and a hydraulic power plant. It has Whelen Pioneer scene lighting and Whelen LED lighting all on an International Dura Star chassis. This truck will take the place of the truck trailer combination that currently serves the Trench Rescue portion of the Technical Rescue team at Fire station 8. Their current 30' trailer will be retired and the F550 rescue chassis/body will serve as their high angle rescue vehicle. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2012-12-17 Forest Hill Just placed an order for their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Spartan ERV's Star Series Body with smart storage, Cummins ISL 400hp engine, Waterous 1500GPM pump, 750 gallon UPF water tank, Spartan ERV Rapid CAFS w/30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, and Whelen 600 series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star MFD chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists

2012-12-16 Frisco and Prosper - Both have apparatus under construction at Pierce according to the Siddons-Martin website. Frisco's has job 26293 and 26294, and Propers has job# 26145 Link 1 : Link 2

2012-12-13 Haltom City Recently took delivery of a Rosenbauer 78’ rear mount aerial ladder(click here for photo). The truck has the Rosenbauer fx aluminum body, with Robinson roll up doors, side stacker style hose bed, 1500 GPM Waterous single stage pump, 400 gallon poly tank, full complement of ground ladders, rear mount 3-section 78’ hot dipped galvanized ladder, built on the Rosenbauer Commander R600 custom cab/chassis powered by a 450 hp Cummins engine, Allison automatic transmission. Thanks to Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 :

2012-12-08 Hurst I took a few photos at a 2 Alarm fire at TCC NE Campus this afternoon. Hurst had help from North Richland Hills, Bedford, Fort Worth, D/FW Airport, and maybe some others that I missed. Link 1 :

2012-12-08 Hurst Tarrant County College Northeast Campus fire, 828 Harwood, Hurst, TX Link 1 :

2012-12-08 Somervell County Has a new 2012 Spartan Gladiator Evolution-Crimson 2000-300-100' RM Platform (Crimson # 211123-01) for Ladder 1. It went into service in Glen Rose 12/4/2012. Here' s the official word from MFAS - Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV Heavy Duty 100' aerial platform quint from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Ladder 1 features Spartan ERV's star series body with smart storage, greaseless 100' 1000lb tip load ladder with RASP (Roll Assisted Slide Pads), ERV's smart hose loader, two (2) Task Force Tips Typhoon monitors, Harrison 10kw generator, Waterous 2000gpm pump, 300 gallon water tank, Holmatro EPU 60 Electric pump with front and rear core outlets, and Whelen LED lighting all on a Spartan Gladiator Chassis. In addition, The Somervell County Fire Department also bought a full complement of equipment all custom mounted by the Make-ready division of Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Thanks to Lindsay and Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc. Photo 1 :

2012-12-07 D/FW Airport Has two Oskosh Strikers being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. One is job #PA1450 and the other is #PA1452 Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2012-12-06 Bexar County Fire marshal office will be taking delivery of a new Rosenbauer “Smart Cab” walk-in rescue vehicle (photograph here). The chassis is a 2-door Kenworth with the Smart Cab option, seating for two (2) with high back swivel seats, a removable work table, air conditioning. aluminum 15’ Walkin rescue body with hinged doors. Loaded with exterior storage space with roll out trays, roll out tool boards, shelves and dividers. 25kw Onan PTO generator, Command CL-602 light tower with (6) Whelen LED lightheads, two (2) power cord reels. Whelen LED warning light system, extended front bumper with a Dederal Q2B siren. Walk-in area has five (5) cabinets with sliding plexiglass doors and adjustable shelves, 3-person flip down seat, map desk, console for a TV w/VCR/DVD player, magnetic grease board, 120 volt a/c unit for the interior rated at 13.5 cooling BTUs and 5.o heating BTUs. Thanks to Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 :

2012-12-01 Azle The City of Azle cordially invites you to a community Open House and Statue Unveiling for Azle Fire Station No. 52(click for photo), December 1, 2012,12:00 - 4:00 p.m., 900 Lakeview Drive (corner of Denver Trail and Lakeview Dr) ' (click here for .pdf version). Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-12-01 Prosper Has a new Pierce apparatus being built according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 : Link 2

2012-11-28 movie E V E N T - BURN(click for .pdf) is an action-packed documentary about Detroit, told through the eyes of Detroit firefighters. But BURN isn’t just about Detroit firefighters. It’s about ALL national first responders, whose budgets are on the chopping block. It’s about the people you hope will make it to YOUR house when there’s a fire. BURN is not fully funded for release. With your help, we can get BURN finished and in front of a wide audience, who can change the conversation for this country’s first responders. Produced & Directed by Tom Putnam & Brenna Sanchez detroitfirefilm.org | facebook.com/burnfilm DALLAS, TX NOVEMBER 28 @ 7:30PM TEXAS THEATER 231 West Jefferson Boulevard Dallas, TX 75208 - Thanks to Kim Link 1 :

2012-11-27 Prairie View A & M Just received their first Crimson Legend Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Crimson Legend Series Body, Cummins ISL 425hp engine, Waterous 1500GPM pump, 1000 gallon UPF water tank, Waterous Aquis foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, and Whelen 'M' series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star MFD 10' raised roof chassis. Click here for a photo of Engine 82. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2012-11-22 Haltom City Here's a sneak peak of the new Rosenbauer Truck or Quint 471. Thanks to Zack Photo 1 :

2012-11-16 Weatherford "Weatherford Fire Chief Paul Rust left council chambers with a big smile on his face after council members approved the purchase of a new fire truck." according to a Weatherford Telegram article. Link 1 :

2012-11-12 Fort Worth Has a new Mobile Thermal Treatment Unit from NABCO, Inc., for the Fire Department on the city council agenda. 'The Fire Department will use this Mobile Thermal Treatment Unit (MTTU) to destroy live ammunition, pyrotechnics, illegal drugs, and other confiscated materials. The MTTU utilizes radiant burn design, eliminating direct burning of ammunition and has an active multi-staged filtration system that meets the Clean Air Act regulations for brass ammunition. The unit is designed to contain an accidental high-order detonation of up to two pounds of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) explosive. This capability is due to specialized use of United States Military Specification Steel and proprietary construction procedures. Link 1 :

2012-11-08 Temple Just took delivery of their fourth Spartan ERV Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Engine 8 features Spartan ERV's star series body with smart storage, SVI Knight Light telescoping scene light, Waterous 2000gpm pump, 1000 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 1600 Class A system with 30 gallon foam tank, TFT Hurricane RC remote control deck gun and Whelen LED lighting all on a Spartan Gladiator EMFD Chassis. In addition, The Temple Fire Department also bought a full complement of equipment all custom mounted by the Make-ready division of Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Thanks to MFAS Photo 1 :

2012-11-06 Fort Worth It's not a fire truck, but worth mentioning. It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of a police rapid deployment vehicle from The Armored Group, LLC, using General Services Administration Cooperative contract number GS-30F-0020W for the Police Department in the amount of $61,343.00. Click here for the complete city council agenda item. Link 1 :

2012-10-23 Travis County ESD #11 Will be taking delivery of two (2) Rosenbauer custom pumpers in the upcoming weeks. The trucks(click for photo) are built on the Rosenbauer Commander 3000 series custom tilt cab chassis. 11” raised roof 3/16” aluminum cab, seating for six, Cummins ISL engine, Allison EVS3000 automatic transmission, CT aluminum rescue style body, Robinson roll up doors, ladder tunnel with rear access, 750 gallon poly tank, side mount control panel, Waterous 1500 GPM single stage pump. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 :

2012-10-22 Athens Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV Heavy Duty 103' aerial quint from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Quint 1 features Spartan ERV's star series body with smart storage, greaseless 103' 750lb tip load ladder with RASP (Roll Assisted Slide Pads) and Elkhart wireless monitor, Harrison 10kw generator, Hale 2000gpm pump, 600 gallon water tank, and Whelen LED lighting all on a Spartan Gladiator Chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2012-10-22 Red Oak Just took delivery of their second Spartan ERV Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Engine 181 features Spartan ERV's star series body with smart storage, SVI Shadow telescoping scene light, Waterous 1500gpm pump, 750 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 1600 Class A system with 30 gallon foam tank and Whelen LED lighting all on a Spartan Metro Star EMFD Chassis. In addition, The Red Oak Fire Department also bought a full complement of equipment all custom mounted by the Make-ready division of Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2012-10-07 Grand Prairie With some help from Arlington, fought a 3 Alarm apartment fire this morning. Here are a few of the photos that I took. Link 1 :

2012-10-07 Grand Prairie 3 Alarm Silverbrook Apartment Fire photos 2806 S Highway 360, Grand Prairie, TX Link 1 :

2012-09-27 Celina Here's a StarLocalNews.com article about 3 new vehicles Celina recently purchased, a Suburban for a Command vehicle, a Chevy 1 ton Brush truck, and Dodge/Frazier ambulance. Link 1 :

2012-09-27 Haltom City Recently purchased a Rosenbauer 78’ rear mount aerial ladder, complete with green star “IRT” generator system, with Rosenbauer’s new commander custom cab. This unit will replace the departments 2000 model American LaFrance that recently burned. Delivery to be mid November, 2012. They also purchased a 100’ Rosenbauer “Smart Ladder” mid-mount aerial platform. The unit will be built on the Rosenbauer commander cab/chassis, aluminum body, and four section mid-mount platform. Delivery to be October, 2013. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment

2012-09-25 Arlington Here's a Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about Texas Rangers Baseball player, Nelson Cruz, AMR, and the Rangers donating a fire trucks and ambulances. Cruz purchased an all terrain pickup chassis type engine, to donate to his hometown in the Dominican Republic. AMR ambulance service heard about it, and decided to donate a couple of ambulances, and the Rangers are helping with shipping them there. On a similar note, Arlington FD is donating an old engine to the Arlington ISD for their high school firefighting academy. Photo 1 :

2012-09-24 Fort Worth The Bolt Street shop is preparing a new Pierce/Ford 550 crew cab for Attack 29. It's a copy of Attack 33, and should enter service next week. It will replace Brush 29, which will likely be reassigned to another station. Several engines will once again be temporarily striped in pink and have the Breast Cancer Awareness Month ribbon and graphics for the next couple of months. The new Engine 22 is one of them. The old Engine 40's pink stripes remain, and is stored at Bolt Street. Attack 35, a Rosenbauer Panther 4x4 1500 GPM/Gallon ARFF is in service at Alliance Airport. The Ambulance-Bus that Medstar will operate and store at Station 5, was at Bolt St for final preparation(see the article mentioned below for more details). Here are a couple photos of the inside, 1, 2, 3. In addition to a 40KW portable generator stored at Bolt Street, there is a new cooling trailer for use at large brush fires or other prolonged incidents in the heat. Thanks to Jeff Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-09-22 Paris Has a new TIFMAS Type VI engine in service. It's marked 'E6-63' as seen in this photo. It will be stationed at the Central Fire Station in Paris, on N. Main Street. It will respond to fires inside Paris as well as mutual aid responses per the agreement with TIFMAS. It's a 2012 Ford F-550 Super Duty/Skeeter Brush Truck with 250GPM pump, and 400 gallon booster tank, and 9,500 lb winch. Thanks to Matthew Photo 1 :

2012-09-21 Westlake Will be taking delivery of their new Rosenbauer Mini-Rescue with a CAFS skid. Photo 1, 2. The Rosenbauer Mini Rescue, has a 12’ aluminum body with hinged flush mounted doors, ladder and backboard storage, two (2) hose beds, Whelen LED warning light package, Daco replacement front bumper with Akron remote controlled bumper monitor, winch mounted on a Ford F-550 4x4 2-door Super Cab with two-tone paint, diesel engine, automatic transmission, 19,500# GVW., department furnished the CAFS skid. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-09-16 Flower Mound Here's a photo of the new Engine 505, that went into service 9/14/2012. It's a 2012 Pierce Velocity 1500-400-75' RM (Pierce Job # 25384). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2012-09-15 Parker County ESD 1 Recently purchased two Pierce Impel pumpers and an IHC Responder. Thanks to Travis at Siddons-Martin

2012-09-14 Grand Prairie Has an apparatus being built at Pierce, according to the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2012-09-07 Fort Worth Medstar in association with FWFD and local hospitals, now has a Multi Patient Vehicle/15 patient bus described in this Fort Worth Star-Telegram article. It will be housed at station 5. Link 1 :

2012-09-04 Arlington Has a couple of city council items on the agenda of interest. 'Purchase of a Fire Technical Rescue Truck (MO#09042012-004) Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of a fire technical rescue truck with Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc. of Houston, Texas, through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Cooperative Purchasing Program in the estimated amount of $299,994, and execute any and all documents necessary to carry out such purchase. Funds are available in the 2010 UASI CDWG Grant Fund account 228881 68200 228878. Purchase of Two Chevrolet Silverado Trucks (MO#09042012-005) Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of two 2013 Chevrolet Silverado trucks with Caldwell Country Chevrolet of Caldwell, Texas, through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Cooperative Purchasing Program in the estimated amount of $100,030, and execute any and all documents necessary to carry out such purchase. Funds are budgeted in Fire Department account 220801 6

2012-08-27 Arlington Just did a final inspection on a new Dive/Swift water rescue(Rescue 7) apparatus built by SuperVac from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist, Inc. This features SVI's custom interior with space for wet suits to hang and dry, SCUBA seats, a work desk with built in tool/part cabinet, Carefree awning, Dometic RV AC, Whelen LED lighting and 8kw Onan generator all on a Freightliner chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2012-08-21 Bicycles, Inc. Has a former NYPD paddy wagon in service as a 'pedal wagon'. We'll use it for rider support at events, deliveries, etc. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-08-21 Corsicana Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV 100' platform quint from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Here are some photos (1, 2). This unit features Spartan ERV's star series body, greaseless 100' platform ladder with RASP (Roll Assisted Slide Pads) and dual TFT Monsoon guns, Harrison 10kw generator, Waterous 2000gpm pump, 500 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 1600 Class A system with 30 gallon foam tank and Whelen LED lighting all on a Spartan Gladiator Chassis. In addition, The Corsicana Fire Department also bought a full complement of equipment all custom mounted by the Make-ready division of Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-08-21 Ennis Has a new truck in service. It replaces the truck that was destroyed at a fire last year. The replacement 'Truck 2' is a 2012 Sutphen 2000/400 100ft mid mount platform. Thanks to Michael Photo 1 :

2012-08-21 Fort Worth Awarded a contract for design and construction of the new police and fire training facility to be located at the former federal depot on Felix and Hemphill. Please visit this Star-Telegram blog for more details. Photo 1 :

2012-08-13 Bedford Is looking for recruits for it's Citizens Fire Academy. They need people to sign up so they can have a class this fall. If you are like me and not a firefighter, but want to learn more about the fire service, a Citizen's Fire Academy is a great way to know more. If you live or work in Bedford, you are eligible. Please visit the CFA Alumni Association's website for more information, and an application. Please sign up by 8/25/2012. Photo 1 :

2012-08-12 Electra Vol. fire department will be taking delivery of their new Rosenbauer commercial Firestar 1250 GPM pumper(pictured here) on Monday, August 13th. The truck is built on a 2-door 4400 Series International cab/chassis, diesel engine, Allison automatic transmission. The Rosenbauer FX aluminum body with hinged doors has a 1000 gallon poly tank, Hale DSD 1250 single stage pump, stainless steel plumbing, front bumper discharge, (2) crosslays, three (3) 2-1/2” discharges, one (1) 3” right side discharge, top mount control panel, FRC focus D15 HID pole lights, Whelen led warning light package. Thanks to Ed Beene of Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 :

2012-08-12 Grand Prairie Has a new 2012 Pierce Arrow XT #25392 (1500/475/20f-A/CAFS) in service for Engine 2. Thanks to Eric Photo 1 :

2012-08-12 Irving Worked a 3 alarm apartment fire in the 5000 block of Courtside this evening. Here are a few of the photos that I shot. Link 1 :

2012-08-12 Irving 3 Alarm Broadmoor Villa Apartment Fire Photos, 5000 block of Courside, Irving, TX Link 1 :

2012-08-07 Frisco Here's an NBC 5 online story about Frisco's growth, the newly opened Station 7, and the first steps towards building Station 8. Link 1 :

2012-07-29 Burleson I'm not sure how new this Rescue 171 is, but it is new to me. Thanks to Jordan Photo 1 :

2012-07-27 Rio Vista Just took delivery of their first Spartan ERV tanker from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. It's marked Tanker 176. This unit features a 3000 gallon poly tank, 750GPm Hale pump, storage for a dump tank and two hard suctions in the rear and all Whelen LED lighting all in an International chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2012-07-25 Sanger Has a new brush truck running as Brush 671. Thanks to Zackery Photo 1 :

2012-07-22 Cedar Hill Has a new 2012 Pierce Dash CF 1500-500 (Pierce Job # 25027) running as Engine 213. It should be in service within 1-2 months. The engine will be on display at the IAFC Convention in Denver next month. This is also the first Dash CF to be built and sold to a department. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2012-07-22 Pierce Will be featured on American Factory, on the Destination TV channel Sunday morning, at 9:30, Trek Bicycles will be featured at 10:30AM.

2012-07-20 Sheppard AFB Has a new P-24 Rapid Intervention Vehicle in service, described at this link. Thanks to David Link 1 :

2012-07-15 Plano Here's an article about Plano adding a second brush truck. 'The new brush truck is the property of the Texas Forest Service, which is lending the truck to Plano with the understanding it will be available for regional and state-wide use.' Link 1 :

2012-07-13 Fort Worth Recently took delivery of 4 new Rosenbauer engines featuring rear pumps with CAFS, they are Engine 14, 17, 19, and 22. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-07-12 Tarrant County ESD#1 Just placed their first order for two Spartan ERV tankers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. One will be a 3000 and one a 2000 gallon. The 2000 gallon will be on a Spartan Metro Star EMFD with APS (Advanced Protection System) air bags that includes drivers and officers knee bags, drivers steering wheel and complete anti ejection side curtains for all occupants. The 3000 gallon will be on a Spartan Gladiator EMFD chassis with APS. Both will have a Waterous 1250gpm pumps, Spartan ERV’s One-Touch CAFS systems with a 75 gallon foam tank for the 3000 gallon and 50 for the 2000 gallon. Both will have Xtreme duty interiors with Sparliner spray on bedliner, Whelen M6 emergency lighting and Pioneer scene lights. Delivery is expected at the beginning of the year. Thanks to Brian

2012-07-10 Fort Worth There's mention of $77M for a Police and Fire Training Facility as well as $4M for fire equipment in this city council agenda item. Here's an article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the center. Photo 1 :

2012-07-10 Fort Worth and Arlington Have joined the Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System, according to this Fort Worth Star-Telegram Article. Link 1 :

2012-07-05 article Insurance Companies Sending Crews to Protect homes - Fort Worth Star-Telegram Article Link 1 :

2012-07-05 Farmers Branch Has a new 2012 Pierce Quantum 1500-500 (Pierce Job # 25316) in service as Engine 132. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2012-07-05 Fort Worth The new Smeal 105' rear mount Quint 9 is in service. I'd like to visit Station 9 soon, and get some photos, but until then, here's a link to the Spartan Chassis site with a couple of photos. Brush trucks for 13, 29, 36 are in make-ready. Thanks to Captain Robertson Link 1 :

2012-07-03 Joshua The city of Joshua has started construction of a new fire station located on N. Main St. Thanks to Jordan

2012-06-26 American Eurocopter Had a flight demonstration of their new X3 helicopter for public safety customers today, at Grand Prairie Municipal Airport. Thanks to my friend Mark for the heads-up. I had a good view of the demo and their fire apparatus. Photo 1 : Photo 2 : Photo 3 : Photo 4 : Link 1 : Link 2

2012-06-26 Little Elm Fire Department has a new Medic 621, a Frazer Bilt Ambulance with a Dodge 4500 cab. Thanks to Christian

2012-06-25 Keller Administration will from it's current location on Main St. to the new Town Hall, according to this Times-Register article. Photo 1 :

2012-06-23 Plano Is celebrating its 125th birthday according to this online article. June 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Heritage Far mstead Museum, 1900 W. 15th St., Plano. Free. 972-881-0140. heritagefarmstead.org. Photo 1 :

2012-06-21 Fort Worth Has a Pierce being built according to the Siddons-Martin website.

2012-06-18 Aubrey Has a Pierce Velocity SLT on the way to replace an old Ford. Thanks to Travis

2012-06-18 Cedar Hill Should receive the first Pierce Dash CF soon. Thanks to Travis

2012-06-18 D/FW Airport Has 4 Oshkosh Striker 8x8s (without Snozzels) on order that should be ready by the end of the year. Thanks to Travis Link 1 :

2012-06-18 Frisco Has a new station 7 at 330 W Stonebrook Parkway. They went into service 6/7/2012. There's a new 2012 Pierce Velocity 1500-400-75' (Pierce Job # 26020) running as Engine 607. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-06-18 Grand Prairie Has a new Pierce Arrow XT for Engine 2. Thanks to Travis Photo 1 :

2012-06-18 Grapevine Has a new Pierce Velocity PUC for Engine 563, and here's another photo. Thanks to Travis and Brad Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-06-18 Union Pacific Railroad Added (2) Peterbuilt/Pierce HAZMAT units to their fleet. One will cover this side of the Rocky Mountains and the other is going to California. Thanks to Travis

2012-06-11 Dallas Here's a photo of the new Engine 46. It's a 2011 Spartan Gladiator-Crimson 1500-500 (Crimson # 211046-04; Dallas Shop # 11093). With this one, all 11 new engines received in late 2011 are now in service. These are at 8, 13, 15, 18, 22, 28, 37, 38, 46, 50 & 57. The 3 new trucks received at the end of 2011 are at 11, 34, & 41. Thanks to Lindsay for the photos and facts. Photo 1 :

2012-06-09 Bedford I was at station 1 today for CFAAA Rehab team training, and saw the new Zodiac - SW15. Photo 1 :

2012-06-09 Hewitt Just placed an order for their first Spartan ERV pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Crimson Star Series Body, Cummins ISL 400hp engine, Waterous 1500GPM pump, 750 gallon UPF water tank, Waterous Advantus 3 foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, and Whelen 600 series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star MFD 10” raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists

2012-06-04 Dallas Here's a photo of the new Truck 11, a 2011 Spartan Gladiator-Crimson 100' RM (Crimson # 211048-01; Dallas Shop # 11213). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2012-06-04 Early Vol. fire department has purchased a 3000 gallon Rosenbauer CT aluminum body with hinged doors, commercial tanker, 750 GPM PTO pump, Foampro system with 30 gallon tank, front bumper discharge, booster reel and two speedlays, a 10” rear Newton dump valve with a 2-1/2” rear direct tank fill. All Whelen LED warning light system. To be built on a Peterbilt 6x4 2-door cab/chassis, Cummins ISX diesel engine, Allison 4000EVS automatic transmission. Thanks to DACO Fire Equipment

2012-06-04 Eustace Area Took delivery of a new 4 Door International Pumper(photo of Engine 1) this week. This is Eustace Area Fire Department's first new Pumper. This unit will allow a crew of 5 to respond to an emergency with 4 being able to step off the unit fully 'dressed and packed out' and ready for rescue/firefighting. The E-One pumper has a 1250 gallon per min pump, 1000 gallons of water, scene lighting, foam capability and much needed equipment to do their job. Thanks to Randy Harley, E-One Sales, Hall-Mark, Texas, Van Alstyne Photo 1 :

2012-06-04 Southlake Here's a Star-Telegram article about Southlake's 3rd public safety station, which will be built at the northeast corner of Dove and White Chapel. The article states 'The $13.1 million DPS North facility is expected to open in fall 2013 with a fire station that will include a garage for the fire trucks and living quarters for the firefighters as well as an underground gun range and training classrooms for fire and police. Here's another article from the Southlake Times Star. Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/06/04/4007224/new-fire-station-will-be-built.html#storylink=cpy' Link 1 :

2012-05-23 Ford Here's an article about a 'concept fire truck' that was used after the Arlington tornados earlier this year Link 1 :

2012-05-23 Rowlett Has a new ambulance at station 4 It appears to be the same Dodge style as the others, but marked 'M4'. Thanks to Jesse

2012-05-19 Briaroaks E V E N T - Will be hosting a grand opening ceremony on Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 11:00pm - 6:00pm to commemorate the opening of their new fire station 2. The new station is located at 8232 County Road 528 just off of East Renfro. Click here for more information. Thanks to Jordan. Photo 1 :

2012-05-18 Dallas City Council member Ms. Monica Alonzo, Fire Chief Louie Bright III and members of the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department are proud to announce the opening of Fire Station #50, located at 841 South Walton Walker Boulevard. The brand new fire station will go into service for emergency operations, at 12:00 noon, on Friday, May 18, 2012, and will be staffed with an engine (2011 Spartan Gladiator-Crimson 1500-500 (Crimson # 211047-01; Dallas Shop # 11090)) and rescue unit. Thanks to Terry and Lindsay Photo 1 :

2012-05-17 Arizona & Utah Here are photos of some of the apparatus I saw on my vacation trip to The Grand Canyon and Zion National Parks. It's beautiful out there, and I hope everyone gets to see it some day. Link 1 :

2012-05-07 Grapevine Will be getting Opticon GPS. Check out the Grapevine Courier article for details. Photo 1 :

2012-05-07 Watauga Has a new Pierce Impel 75' Quint 311 in service. They also have a piece of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center at their great looking new Central Fire Station. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-05-06 Dallas Here's another new Crimson in service as Engine 38. It's a 2011 Spartan Gladiator-Crimson 1500-500 (Crimson # 211046-05; Dallas Shop # 11094). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2012-05-05 Bedford Worked an apartment fire this evening. They made a great knockdown. Here are some photos that I took. Link 1 :

2012-05-05 Bedford Apartment fire photos from 1304 Sierra Springs, Bedford, TX Link 1 :

2012-05-05 D/FW Airport Has a new Airbus 380 Mockup for the fire training facility, according to the SkyTalk blog of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Photo 1 :

2012-05-05 Little Elm E V E N T - Saturday, May 5th at 1:30 will be the grand opening ceremony for Little Elm Fire Department's new Central Station/Public Safety Center. Everyone is welcome to attend. There mention of it at this link as well. Thanks to Christian

2012-05-03 Fort Worth I heard Attack 44 checking radios on a new apparatus today.

2012-04-30 Arlington Fire station 17 opened today at 4016 N. Collins. This is a temporary station provide by the Huffines group for their Viridian Housing Community. The permanent station will be build further east of the current location once more infrastructure is developed. The station will house E-17’s new 2011 Spartan ERV 1250gpm pumper, Brush 17 and Rescue 17, a Polaris ATV used for River Legacy Park. Thanks to Brian and Bob Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-04-30 Dallas Truck 34 went into service 2/2/2012. It's a 2011 Spartan Gladiator-Crimson 100' RM (Crimson # 211048-02; Dallas Shop # 11214). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2012-04-30 Dallas Here are the new Engines 50 and 57 (Went in to service 5/3/2012. It's a 2011 Spartan Gladiator-Crimson 1500-500 (Crimson # 211046-09; Dallas Shop # 11098)). Thanks to Joseph and Lindsay Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-04-28 Fort Worth E V E N T - Will have a grand opening ceremony for the new Station 5. Check out the press release here. Here are a few photos I took. Thanks to Captain Robertson for greeting me. He mentioned that the new Quint 9 will probably be ready in a few weeks, Station 5 will house the new Engine 5 as well as EMS 99. He also said that Attack 35, a 4x4 Rosenbauer Panther is now in service at Alliance Airport. He confirmed that the old Rescue 14 is now running as Rescue 38. Thanks to Terry Photo 1 :

2012-04-25 Dallas Station 50 will open at 0700 hours on Friday, May 18, 2012. address is 841 S. Walton Walker Blvd. It will be in Battalion.6's District and house Engine.50 and Rescue.50. Thanks to Michael Photo 1 :

2012-04-25 Dallas The city has purchased a vacant lot and a pool hall just down the street from 37's current location, and they are supposed to be responding from there late next year. Thanks to Thomas

2012-04-23 Dallas Here is a shot of the new Engine 37 which went into service 4-19-12. Lindsay says, 'Thanks to Lt. Weaver and 'B' Shift for their assistance in staging the apparatus.' 2011 Spartan Gladiator-Crimson 1500-500 (Crimson # 211046-10; Dallas Shop # 11099). And here's another new engine, 18. 2011 Spartan Gladiator-Crimson 1500-500 (Crimson # 211046-06; Dallas Shop # 11095). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-04-19 Fort Worth A new Quint 9 has arrived at the Bolt St. Shop. Thanks to Don

2012-04-18 Parker County ESD #6 has taken delivery of their 3rd “Brushfighter” series small CAFS brush truck from Daco Fire Equipment. The unit is built on a Dodge 5500 4x4 2-door cab/chassis, 84” cab to axle, diesel engine with automatic transmission, 19,500# gvw. The extruded aluminum body has a front gated work station area with push in gates. Waterous DS100-50 CAFS skid, 400/20 gallon poly tank, Hannay hose reel with a front Akron brass bumper monitor, remote controlled in the cab. aluminum treadplate body storage compartments. The body is built at the Daco fire fab shop located in Lubbock. Thanks to Ed Photo 1 :

2012-04-14 Dallas Here's another view of Truck 41 a 2011 Spartan Gladiator-Crimson 100' RM (Crimson # 211058-01; Dallas Shop # 11215). and also Engine 13 a 2011 Spartan Gladiator-Crimson 1500-500 (Crimson # 211046-08; Dallas Shop # 11097).. Thanks to Lindsay. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-04-13 Grand Prairie Add them to the list of units in production at Pierce from the Siddons-Martin site.

2012-04-12 dealer Crimson now Spartan ERV - Here's a press release. I kind of like the Crimson logo better. Link 1 :

2012-04-11 Hutchins Fire Rescue just took delivery of a new Frazer Bilt Ambulance. This is their second Frazer ambulance. It unit replaces a 12 year old Wheel Coach Ambulance. Info about Ambulance: Delivered on 4/9/12. Put into service 4/11/12 at Hutchins Fire Rescue Station #2 as unit 701. Frazer Bilt Type I Generator Powered 14' Module Mounted on a 2012 Ford F-450 Diesel. Module powered by a Onan 5.5 Gasoline Generator. Has Whelen M6 LED warning lights and Whelen LED Traffic Advisor. Carson Amplifier with dual 100Watt Sirens. LED Interior Module lights. Has Pioneer LED scene lights mounted on both sides of unit and one mounted on the front of the box. Thanks to Kyle Photo 1 :

2012-04-10 Dallas Here's what appears to be another new one for Dallas. A Rosenbauer Panther ARFF marked '1' for Dallas Love Field, that Thomas caught being delivered by flatbed. And here's confirmation and a clean shot from the Rosenbauer site. Thanks Thomas and John Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-04-10 Dallas Has 3 new Crimson engines on Spartan Gladiator chassis, 1500/500. Engine 8, Engine 22, Engine 28. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-04-08 Dallas Has new Truck 41, similar to the new Truck 11, and here's a photo. New Truck 41 Shop #: 11215. Funny tidbit is that this Truck sits 3' shorter than the other new build rear mounts due to the low clearances at Station 41. And even then, the clearance is inches. Sounds like there's not much room in or around this station. Thanks to Jordan & Joseph Photo 1 :

2012-04-08 Fort Worth The new station 5 is now open on Evans. Thanks to Don

2012-04-07 Flower Mound , Grapevine, Cedar Hill, Farmers Branch - All Pierce apparatus being built now, according to the Siddons-Martin site.

2012-04-03 Arlington Squad 4 went into service on 4/2/2012 out of fire station 4 on the city's west side, with their new specially equipped 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe. Squad 4 will provide EMS first response duties staffed with two people. This is the second squad placed into service in Arlington. Squad 2 has been providing EMS first response duties on the east side since March 4, 2011. Squad 2 also received their new 2012 Tahoe yesterday. It replaces a 2005 Chevrolet suburban. Thanks to Brian Photo 1 :

2012-04-03 Mansfield Has a new Horton ambulance designated as Medic 3. Thanks to Brantley

2012-04-02 CareFlite CareFlite Ground division in Johnson County took delivery of the first of five new ambulances today(click for photo). All units will look alike when delivered. The new units feature 2 forward facing seats vs. standard bench seat, rear air dumps for easier patient unloading, retractable side step that actuates with side door, new designed ALS stack compartments, 360 degree Whelen Super LED lighting package, dual siren with growler low tone all on a 2012 Ford F450 Chasis. Thanks to Jordan Photo 1 :

2012-03-30 D/FW Airport Has some more 6 more ARRF apparatus coming from Siddons-Martin. This according to the 4/5/2012 board agenda. 'Approve Authorization to Award Purchase Order 263459, for Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Apparatus, to Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC, in the amount of $6,397,762.80.' 'Existing apparatus will be traded'in on the new apparatus. Four (4) 2004 Oshkosh 4500 at $62,000.00 each (Total: $248,000.00) Two (2) 1999 Ford F550 RIV at $5,500.00 each (Total: $11,000.00)' Link 1 :

2012-03-30 El Paso Is preparing to put into service a Rosenbauer 78’ rear mount 3-section aerial ladder as Quint 18. The truck was purchased thru HGAC cooperative purchasing from DACO fire equipment. the truck is built on a Spartan Metro Star chassis, Rosenbauer aluminum body, side load hose bed, 1500 GPM pump with a Waterous 200-SP CAFS system. Thanks to Ed Photo 1 :

2012-03-29 Arlington Here's an interesting agenda item from the city council. In accordance with the Viridian Project Finance Plan and Development Agreement the Viridian Municipal Management District is delivering to the City at no cost a fire engine for the sole purpose of providing fire fighting capabilities and emergency services to serve the area of the VMMD and surrounding area. The proposed Fire Engine Lease Agreement shall continue until the City’s final inspection and approval of a permanent fire station, at which time, the Lease shall terminate and the fire engine will be conveyed to City. During the term of the lease the City will be responsible for all operational, preventative maintenance and repair costs associated with the fire engine. You can read more at this link.

2012-03-24 Farmers Branch Has a new apparatus being built by Pierce. Link 1 :

2012-03-18 Dallas Has a new Engine 15, a 2011 Spartan Gladiator-Crimson 1500-500 (Crimson # 211046-01; Dallas Shop # 11080). They also have taken delivery of 11 other new engines. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2012-03-18 Fort Worth Here's a link to a Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about new public safety headquarters and training facilities. Photo 1 :

2012-03-18 Rosenbauer A cycling friend sent me this photo of a Rosenbauer Viper Smart Aerial demo that he saw at DACO/Emergency Vehicles of Texas. Thanks to Bill Photo 1 :

2012-03-16 Cedar Hill has an apparatus(what appears to be an engine) being built at Pierce. Link 1 :

2012-03-16 Watauga has a Pierce Velocity 75' Quint, unit Q311, that appears to be complete at Pierce. Link 1 :

2012-03-05 Wylie Has a new Battalion Chief vehicle. It's a 2012 Chevy 2500 4x4 with Duramax Diesel Here's a youtube of it. Here's a photo of the right, front, and one of the rear. It was constructed by WFR personnel, and will be used by the shift commander on duty. It was placed in service on March 2nd. Thanks to Brian, Jesse and Gary Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-03-03 Farmers Branch Will have a grand opening of their new station 1 at 13601 Webb Chapel, from 10AM to Noon. See this link for more details. Thanks to Mark Photo 1 :

2012-02-29 D/FW Airport Siddons-Martin/Pierce Road Rally Southwest photos Link 1 :

2012-02-27 dealer E V E N T 2/27/2012 to 3/15/2012 - Pierce Road Rally Southwest - at D/FW Fire Station 6 on the 29th. Tell them you heard it about it here, and maybe they'll hook me up with some good swag! Here are my photos from today. It was good to see Russell, Roger, Travis in person. Thanks for the goodies and meal. Link 1 :

2012-02-26 Irving I was visiting the Irving Firefighters Memorial in Irving this morning, since they had asked to use a couple of my photos. On the way back, I heard a call for a car fire, and I was able to catch Engine 6 in action. Here are a few photos. Link 1 :

2012-02-25 Southlake E V E N T Has a safety fair from 10AM to 1PM at Bob Jones park. See the Southlake Journal article for more details.

2012-02-12 Arlington Just did the final inspection on three Crimson customer pumpers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. These units are exact duplicates of the previous orders with some technology enhancements. One of these engines will serves as engine 17, the newest fire station to open in North Arlington in April. The other two will replace 2003 and 2004 model Crimsons at FS’s 3 & 7. Three more identical units have been ordered with delivery expected in October. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists

2012-02-06 Allen Here are some nice shots of Allen's Station 5 and their new Truck 5, that should go into service in March. It's a 2011 Pierce Arrow XT PUC 1500-300-100' RM (Pierce Job # 24466). They're running a reserve until then. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2012-02-01 Alvarado Fire Department recently received a new Squad 1 to replace their current unit. Unit is a 2012 Ford F250 Diesel with a slide-out and cover with side compartments for equipment storage. The new unit will serve as EMS/Rescue response. Thanks to Jordan Photo 1 :

2012-02-01 Arlington I came across this info in the city council agenda, regarding the Viridian Planned Development: A temporary fire station, which is currently under construction at 4020 North Collins Street, will provide protection to this site. The estimated fire response time is less than five minutes, which is in keeping with recommended standards.

2012-01-27 Haltom City Has plans for relocating Station 2 from 4900 Waldemar to a new station at 5700 Midway. Thanks to Zack Photo 1 :

2012-01-24 Azle Has just received a replacement unit for an older 2004 year model Frazer unit. The new unit is designated the same as the old - Medic 252. It is a 2011 Frazer on a Dodge 4500 chassis. The engine is a 6.7 liter Cummins diesel and the patient compartment is powered by a Onan gasoline generator. Interior and exterior LED lights and rear safety striping are standard. M252 utilizes a Sigtronics headset and audio/visual camera system to provide safety when in reverse and allows communication with the crew member attending to the patient in the rear compartment. Thanks to Steve Photo 1 :

2012-01-20 D/FW Airport The Oshkosh Strikers are featured in another TV show, called Heavy Metal Task Force, on The Science Channel. 'The world's most powerful backhoe dredger digs up New York Harbor to clear the way for bigger cargo ships, a revolutionary new firetruck protects an international airport, and a mobile factory rushes against the clock to rebuild a railroad.' It was originally aired, last night, but I'm sure it will be on again, many times.

2012-01-18 McKinney Here's a press release describing some new wildfire resources and training. Thanks to Terry

2012-01-16 Maps I just added the Allen stations to my Google maps. If you know of any departments that have closed, moved, or opened new stations in the area, please let me know, and I'll update the map with the new information. Thanks to Mark for letting me know about Allen's new Station 5. Photo 1 :

2012-01-13 Watauga Has a new Pierce PUC on the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2012-01-12 Fort Worth Here are a few photos of Engine 18. The apparatus is not new, but the company logos for the USS Fort Worth(G R E AT Video!) are. Also check out this link for more info on the USS Fort Worth. Thanks to the crew for pulling it out on a cold day for me. Link 1 :

2012-01-12 Grand Prairie CareFlite opens training center for nurses, paramedics, and other emergency medical personnel. Read more of the Star-Telegram article here. Link 1 :

2012-01-03 SVI Here's an article about Supervacuum Manufacturing, better known as 'SVI' and 'Supervac', moving their facility from Loveland, CO to Fort Collins. Link 1 :

2012-01-01 D/FW Airport Has $1.6M road on the board's agenda. 'This road will allow for the tug transport of decommissioned and stripped aircraft to the Fire Training Facility for use in fire training exercises. The road provides DFW Fire Services with increased functionality to provide training on actual aircraft instead of mockups.'

2012-01-01 Lewisville Here is the new Engine 162 which recently went to service(2011 Pierce Impel 2000-750 (Job # 24463-01)). There are two more just like this now in service as Engine 163 and Engine 166. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2012-01-01 Little Elm Has a new central fire station. If you have any details, articles, or photos, please send them to share. Thanks to Christian

2011-12-31 Bedford Here are some shots of my home town's newest engine, a Crimson Spartan Gladiator. The black stripes are actually reflective. That's probably been around before, but I had never noticed it. Check out this photo taken with a flash. Thanks to FF Stoval and the crews for the tour. Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2011-12-20 Plano Here's an article on the Plano Courier Star site about some interesting station 4 renovations. Photo 1 :

2011-12-20 Rockdale Just received their first Crimson Legend Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Crimson Legend Series Body, Cummins ISL 425hp engine, Waterous 1500GPM pump, 1000 gallon UPF water tank, Waterous Aquis foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, and Whelen “M” series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star MFD 10” raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-12-18 Mansfield The Mansfield Firefighters Association # 3599 is having a benefit concert for one of their members in need. Photo 1 :

2011-12-13 Arlington Included in the city council agenda is mention of the Light Response Vehicle AKA "Squad" program and two Tahoe. Search for "Light Response" in this document for further information. In another document, two unmanned helicopters are being purchased for the police department.

2011-12-10 League City Just took delivery of an SVI rehabilitation unit(RE-1) from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, inc. This unit features SVI’s 18’ aluminum body, Lima 40kw PTO generator, Bauer 13cfm air compressor with 2-bottle fill station, Knight Light II telescoping scene light and Whelen “M” series LED lighting all on a Spartan Metro Star MFD chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-12-10 Paris Just received their first Crimson Legend Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. Engine 1 features Crimson Legend Series Body, Cummins ISC 360hp engine, Waterous 1500GPM pump, 1000 gallon UPF water tank, Waterous Aquis foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, and Whelen “M” series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star MFD 10” raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-12-01 Arlington From the 12/6/2011 city council agenda: "Purchase of Three Fire Apparatus (MO10182011-009):Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of three fire apparatus with Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc. of Houston, Texas, through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Cooperative Purchasing Program, in an amount not to exceed $1,542,299"

2011-11-30 Wilmer Just took delivery of their first Crimson Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist, Inc. Engine 461 features Crimson Legend body, Hale 1500gpm pump, Foam Logic foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, 1000 gallon water tank, Cummins ISC 380 engine and Whelen LED lighting all on a Spartan Force Chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-11-28 Frisco Here's a story with photo of a new ambulance bus, similar to the one mentioned for Sherman recently. Link 1 :

2011-11-24 Dallas Here's a video and another on the new Pierce Dallas Hazmat unit. Thanks to Bob, Seth and Lindsay Link 1 :

2011-11-23 Frisco Has a new 2011 Pierce Velocity 1500-400-75' RM (Pierce Job # 23650), that went into service as Engine 603 on 11/11/2011. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2011-11-23 Red Oak Just placed an order for another Crimson Star Series pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit will feature Crimsons Star Series aluminum body with smart storage, Waterous 1500gpm pump, 750 gallon water tank, Foam Pro 1600 Class “A” foam system, SVI Knight Light II telescoping scene light, Cummins ISL 450hp engine, and Whelen LED lighting all on a Spartan Metro Star chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists

2011-11-23 Rio Vista Just placed an order for their first Crimson Classic Series custom tanker from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit will feature Crimsons custom Poly wet-side tank, 750gpm Hale pump, crosslays, hard suction storage, Newton Quick Dump rear dump valve, Whelen LED lighting all on a International 7400 series 2-door chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists

2011-11-17 Grapevine The city council is considering a new public safety facility, according to this Star-Telegram article.

2011-11-09 Fort Worth The Bolt St. shop is preparing the new Engine 40. It's a Rosenbauer, like the other frontline engines, but with some differences, so that it fits in the smaller bay of Station 40. Some of the differences are the front bumper is noticeably smaller, the cross lay area is smaller, over a mid-mount/side panel pump, instead of the usual rear mount pump, with a command light. The overall length is shorter. Here are several photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Engine 8 is also being prepared. Thanks to Jeff, Homer, and Ed Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2011-11-09 Somerville County Just ordered their first Crimson Rear Mount Platform from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Crimsons 100’ rear mount aerial platform with blue LED rope lighting, Whelen Pioneer 2 LED scene lighting, TFT Monsoon monitors, body avoidance system, Waterous 2000GPM pump, 300 gallon water tank, aluminum body, Onscene LED compartment lighting, Bauer Cascade bottle fill station, Harrison 10kw generator, Whelen “M” series lighting all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists

2011-11-07 Dallas Here's a photo of the new Hazmat 3, by Pierce. According to Lindsay, it is the first Pierce in the fleet since a 1981 Pierce Tower that served as Truck 18 and Truck 20. This 41' long truck went into service on 11-2-11.Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2011-10-31 College Station Has 3 new Pierce apparatus. The 100' Rear Mount platform will be replacing the American Lafrance Mid-mount at station 2. One of the Engines will go to Station 5, and another engine will be put on reserve until station 6 (info below) opens up next year. Also, the City of College Station has began construction on a new Station 6, that will be on the Corner of University Drive and Tarrow Street. It is scheduled to open in late 2012. Here's a photo of T752. Thanks to Billy Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2011-10-31 Parker County and Waco both of new apparatus in production according to "Your Truck on the Line" at the Siddons-Martin website. Link 1 :

2011-10-26 Mansfield Has a new ambulance and several police cars in a new budget, according to this Star-Telegram article.

2011-10-25 Bedford The new Crimson/Spartan Gladiator 1500GPM, 500 gallon, engine is almost done, and getting finished out with graphics, radios, etc., and should be entering service in November.

2011-10-24 Lancaster A visitor of this website is looking for information on any new MICUs placed into service recently. If you know the brand, unit numbers, which station(s) they went to, or have photos, etc. please sent them my way, and I'll post the info to share. Thank You, Ben

2011-10-22 Fort Worth Has a Pierce Contender Patrol unit on a Ford F550 4x4 chassis on the city council agenda(It'll will likely be numbered Attack 9). There are also 2 Ford F350 4x2 units for canine(explosive detection) response trucks on the agenda. Link 1 :

2011-10-17 Fort Worth I had the great opportunity to visit with a couple of the guys at the Bolt St. shop today. They have several new apparatus they are preparing and that crews will be trained on soon. Here are a few photos. Utility 6 (and another shot), Truck 1, Engine 8(without any stripes yet), Engine 15(with pink stripes for October - Breast Cancer Awareness month(here's another photo of E15 at an event at Baylor All Saints on 10/8/2011), Attack 44 (without any stripes yet, for Meacham Airport). A new engine is due soon for Engine 40(it'll be a couple feet shorter in length than the other engines to fit Station 40). Thanks to Homer and Jeffrey Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2011-10-17 North Richland Hills Has a new Dodge/Frazier MICU running as Medic 222. Thanks to Erik

2011-10-12 Arlington Has 3 new apparatus(totaling about $1.5M from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists on the city council agenda, along with two Chevy Tahoes, and "up-fitting" of the dive-rescue van.

2011-10-08 Fort Worth The new Truck 1(a 100 foot, Smeal/Spartan Gladiator ) and Utility 6(by SVI) are in town. Thanks to Anonymous Link 1 :

2011-10-08 Fort Worth Has 3 new Rosenbauer rear mount CAFS along with one side mount engines they're about to receive. Here's a photo of the new Engine 5. Thanks to Ed

2011-10-08 Highland Park Has a new 2011 Pierce Impel PUC/1500/750 as Engine 331. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2011-10-04 Bedford Had a 3 Alarm apartment fire today. I was able to get a few photos.

2011-10-04 Bedford 3 Alarm Apartment Fire, 3028 Bedford Road, Bedford, TX Link 1 :

2011-10-03 Ennis I'd much rather report the start of service for an apparatus, not the end. This Sutphen's last call, in Waxahachie, was caught on video by WFAA. Link 1 :

2011-09-26 Grand Prairie American Eurocopter has a new KME ARFF running as Rescue 2. It compliments a smaller Ford F550 Rescue 1. Both are based at Grand Prairie Municipal Airport. Thanks to James Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2011-09-26 Haltom City Has purchasing a Zodiac swift water rescue boat discussion on the city council agenda.

2011-09-23 Fort Worth Has several fire department items on the city council agenda for 9/27/2011. Remotec Robot upgrade. An X-ray system for viewing suspicious packages. 2011 Spartan Aerial (I assume a Smeal). 4 Rosenbauer Engines. 3 Ford F-550 Brush Trucks(with CAFS and front bumper monitor, for stations 13, 29 and 32) . 1 Ford F-150 crew cab for the primary medical officer. Link 1 :

2011-09-21 Dallas Here's a report on Dallas fire station construction from May 2011. Thanks to David Photo 1 :

2011-09-21 Keller Has approved a new fire truck in the budget, according to this Star-Telegram article.

2011-09-21 Sherman Has a new ambulance bus. See the article from KXII here for some details. "It can hold up to 24 patients, and is fully-equipped with statewide communications and remote EKG monitoring equipment." Thanks to Terry Link 1 :

2011-09-19 Dallas Has a new 100' rear mount, Crimson Gladiator for Truck 15(Crimson # 210067-02; Dallas Shop # 11211) as well as a Crimson Gladiator for Engine 20(Crimson # 210066-05; Dallas Shop # 11085). Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 : Link 1 :

2011-09-15 Dallas The new Pierce Hazmat 3 is being prepared for delivery at Martin Apparatus in Denton. Expected delivery to Dallas is after the first week of October. Thanks to Roger

2011-09-15 Fort Worth The air and light Utility 6 by SVI is complete and features a lot of neat stuff. Check out the youtube video. Thanks to Kyle Link 1 :

2011-09-09 Fort Worth Has a new bomb disposal unit on the city council agenda. A female restroom for station 15, and public art for Station 27 are also on the agenda. Photo 1 :

2011-09-08 Arlington Has a this on their 9/13/2011 city council agenda, "Up-Fitting of Dive Rescue Van (MO09132011-004) Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the up-fitting of a Dive Rescue Van with Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc. of Houston, Texas, through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Cooperative Purchasing Program in an amount not to exceed $199,709, and execute any and all documents necessary to carry out such purchase. Funds are budgeted in Fire Department Fire Operations account 220201 68200 and subject to FY2012 budget approval." http://www.arlingtontx.gov/citycouncil/agendas/agenda_evening_091311_full.pdf Link 1 :

2011-09-04 Seagoville Has a new 2011 Pierce Contender (1250GPM/1000Gal) as Engine 2. Thanks to Michael Photo 1 :

2011-08-27 Trophy Club Will have an open house at their new fire station 10AM to 1PM, this Saturday. Here's a Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about it. It's at the 100 Municipal at @ Trophy Club Dr. Photo 1 :

2011-08-26 Lewisville Has 3 apparatus on the Siddons-Martin Your Truck On The Line site. Link 1 :

2011-08-21 Plano Here's an article on the new Station 13, and a few photos, Station 13, Engine 13, Brush 13, Reserve Engine 85. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2011-08-16 Covington Volunteer Fire Department is about to complete construction on their new station. Their previous station caught fire earlier this year and was destroyed. The new station will feature 4 drive thru bays along with a day room. The new station is located on SH 171 just south of FM 67. Thanks to Jordan Photo 1 :

2011-08-16 D/FW Airport I visited station 3 the other day after crashing my bicycle. Truck 34's crew and Medic 601 did a great job cleaning up my road rash, and bandaging me up. They said Station 6 should open in a month or so. If I remember correctly, the current Truck 34 will go to 44, and station 3 will receive one of the new pieces being built at Pierce. They were not sure where the other 2 pieces where headed. Thanks Station 3 and Medic 601 from 8/14/2011 shift.

2011-08-12 Dallas Here's a document regarding the proposed truck relocations. Thanks to Justin

2011-08-12 Fort Worth Has an interesting item on the city council agenda for next week. This item concerns the Fort Worth shops handling repairs for Colleyville, Keller, and Southlake fire departments. "It is recommended that the City Council authorize the Equipment Services Department to respond to the Request for Bid to provide preventative maintenance and repair services for the City of Southlake, City of Keller and City of Colleyville fire vehicles and apparatus." Another item involves purchasing SCBA and other public safety items through the Texas Association of School Boards BuyBoard. Photo 1 :

2011-08-12 Waxahachie Has an engine on the Martin-Siddons/Pierce "Your Truck On the Line Site", along with several other North Texas departments.

2011-08-08 Dallas Is under going a lot of new apparatus assignments to stations. Truck 57 is moving to Station 9 as Truck 9. CBRNE 40 is moving to Station 54 as CBRNE 54. Truck 49 is moving to Station 40 as Truck 40. Booster 22 is moving back to Station 29 as Booster 29. USAR 19 and Truck is moving to Station 57 as USAR 57 and Truck 57. Thanks to Michael8/8/2011 Dallas - Has a Crimson 100' rear mount running as Truck 26 (Crimson # 210067-01; Dallas Shop # 11212). Thanks to Lindsay

2011-08-08 Terrell Has a new truck marked 5690. It's a 2010 Ford F-750 crew cab chassis 750gal/250GPM with C.A.F.S unit. Thanks to Michael Photo 1 :

2011-08-06 Arlington There will be a grand opening for the new Station 9. Click here for details. They moved 7/1/2011, from Cooper St. to Wimbledon Dr. They put their new Truck 9 in service also. Thanks to Chris Link 1 :

2011-08-03 Article I've often thought it would make more sense to use a highway construction/crash attenuator truck instead of a fire truck for blocking accident scenes on the highways. Here's an article/story about a fire department that's giving it a try. Photo 1 :

2011-07-31 Bryan Just received their first Crimson rear mount platform from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Crimson 100’ aerial platform with 6” waterway, Star Series Body with Smart Storage, Cummins ISM 500hp engine, Waterous 2250GPM pump with Hale Foam logic foam system and 10 gallon foam tank, 200 gallon water tank, Bauer cascade system with fill station, Harrison 10KW generator and Whelen “M” series emergency lighting on a Spartan Gladiator LFD 5” raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-07-31 Fulshear Simonton Just received their first SVI Heavy Rescue from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features SVI’s aluminum body , Cummins ISM 500hp engine, Waterous 250GPM pump, 288 gallon UPF water tank, Hale Foam Logic foams system w/ 10 gallon foam tank, Harrison 30 KW generator, FRC Scene lights, SVI Command Light and Whelen 600 series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Gladiator LFD 24” raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-07-31 Houston Just received their first Crimson Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Crimson Star Series Body with Smart Storage, Cummins ISL 425hp engine, Hale QMAX 2000GPM pump, 1000 gallon UPF water tank and Whelen “M” series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Gladiator EFD 10” raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-07-31 Houston Just received a SVI Breathing Air truck from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features SVI’s aluminum Body, Bauer air compressor, Bauer model CFSII-2S fill station, Carefree awning and Whelen “M” series emergency lighting, on a Ford F550 chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-07-31 Killeen Just received their first Crimson Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Crimson Star Series Body with Smart Storage, Cummins ISL 425hp engine, Waterous 2000GPM pump, 1000 gallon UPF water tank, Harrison 10KW generator, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, SVI Knight Light II and Whelen “M” series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Gladiator LFD 10” raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-07-31 Lubbock Just received their first three Crimson Pumpers from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. These units feature Crimson Star Series Body with Smart Storage, Cummins ISL 450hp engine, Hale QFLO 1250gpm pump, 500 gallon UPF water tank, Foam Pro 2002 A/B Foam system w/30 gallon foam tanks, Smart Power 6kw generator, SVI Knight Light II and Whelen “M” series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star MFD 10” raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-07-31 South Brazos County Just received their first Crimson Legend Pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This unit features Crimson Legend Series Body, Cummins ISC 360hp engine, Waterous 1500GPM pump, 1000 gallon UPF water tank, Waterous Aquis foam system w/30 gallon foam tank, Whelen Pioneer Scene lights, and Whelen “M” series emergency lighting, on a Spartan Metro Star MFD 10” raised roof chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-07-26 Watauga The city is getting their first Aerial truck, most likely in the spring. It will be a 75' Pierce Impel PUC from Martin Fire Apparatus. They will be trading in their KME Engine 313 towards the purchase. The total cost of the new truck is expected to be $799,885 after getting $40,000 on the trade in. City Council document. Thanks to Jeff and Bob Link 1 :

2011-07-25 Burkburnett Has a new apparatus on the line. Link 1 :

2011-07-25 D/FW Airport Has several new Pierce Velocity trucks due in September. They include a 105' ladder, 100' platform, and another PUC pumper. Link 1 :

2011-07-17 Dallas Has a new 100' Crimson/Spartan Gladiator, Tractor Drawn Aerial (TDA) in service as Truck 10. Here's a photo, courtesy of Lindsay Dye. Photo 1 :

2011-07-10 Frisco Here's a photo of Truck 601, it's a 2011 Pierce Velocity rear mount 100' platform, that went into service 1st quarter 2011. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2011-07-06 Johnson County ESD #1 has employed personnel to staff 2 ALS engines(click for photo) for the east and west sides of Johnson County. The engines are manufactured by Pierce on a freightliner chassis. They are equipped with a Waterous 1250 GPM pump, 1000 gallon water tank and a foam cell. They also have the latest technology equipment for fire and EMS calls. These crews had their official first day on duty on July 4th and operate Monday-Friday 7a-3p. Here's an online article on the Cleburne Times Review. Thanks to Jordan and Chris Link 1 :

2011-07-01 Bowie Received their new Rosenbauer non walk-in rescue truck. The rescue body features two (2) front transverse compartments with full slide out trays, rescue reels, Honda generator with tripod lights. The rear area is the open design with a 500 gallon skid installed with a Hale pump system, stainless steel plumbing, and a slide-out hose bed mounted below the skid. The chassis is a Ford F-750 4x2, 2-door cab/chassis with the Cummins engine. Thanks to DACO Fire Equipment Photo 1 :

2011-07-01 Seagoville Has a Contender On the Line at Pierce. Link 1 :

2011-06-26 Murphy Here's a photo of Murphy's new Quint 1, a Pierce 75' Rear Mount Aerial (RMA), Velocity PUC 1500/500, that went into service a couple months ago. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2011-06-25 D/FW Area Here are some photos from a frequent contributor to this site, Seth Granville, who was visiting the other day. Thanks Seth, nice work! Photo 1 :

2011-06-24 Frisco Has what appears to be an aerial apparatus being built on the Siddons-Martin site. Link 1 :

2011-06-23 Arlington There's some information about Arlington Police Department's small unmanned aircraft on the city council document here. Another document talks about the Public Safety CAD system. Link 1 :

2011-06-18 Mesquite Here's an article about the 135th Annual Training Conference and Convention hosted by The State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas. Link 1 :

2011-06-17 Highland Park Has a new Pierce on the Siddons-Martin Your Truck On the Line website. Link 1 :

2011-06-13 Arlington Has a new fire station, and remodel in a bond proposal, according to this Star-Telegram article. Photo 1 :

2011-06-11 Tarrant County College Texas Firefighter Roundup training, please see this link for details. Photo 1 :

2011-06-03 Watagua Is having a grand opening for their new fire station at 5909 Hightower Dr. "The City of Watauga invites all Watauga citizens and businesses to join us in celebrating the Grand Opening of the new Watauga Fire Station, June 3, 2011 from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m." Here are some of my photos from the event. Thanks to Mica Link 1 :

2011-05-26 Kennedale Pierce has another nice photo of the new Engine 59 on their flickr page. Thanks to Zackery Link 1 :

2011-05-25 Flower Mound Pierce has a nice photo of the new Engine 501 on their flickr page. Thanks to Seth Link 1 :

2011-05-24 Arlington From the city council agenda - Purchase of Two Fire Apparatus (MO05102011-002) Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of two fire apparatus with Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc. of Houston, Texas, through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Cooperative Purchasing Program, in an amount not to exceed $999,752, and execute any and all documents necessary to carry out such purchase. Funds are budgeted in Fire Department Fire Operations Account No. 220201-68200. Link 1 :

2011-05-24 Corsicana Just placed an order for their first Crimson 100’ rear mount platform from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist, Inc. This unit features Crimsons Star Series body, Waterous 2000gpm pump, Foam Pro 1600 foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, 300 gallon water tank, Onscene LED stik lighting, Harrison 10kw generator, Cummins ISX 500hp engine, Allison transmission and Whelen LED lighting all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Link 1 :

2011-05-24 Wilmer Just placed an order for their first Crimson Legend pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Crimsons Legend body, Hale 1500gpm pump, 1000 gallon water tank, Hale Foam Logic foam system with 30 gallon tank, side mount pump panel, Cummins ISC 380 engine, Allison transmission and Whelen LED lighting all on an Spartan Force Star chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists

2011-05-18 University Park Here's a press release about their new engine. UPFD to commission new fire engine, named the "Fighting Scot," the engine is adorned with HPHS mascot emblems. The University Park Fire Department will commission a new fire engine Wednesday, May 18. The ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m. at the fire station (3800 Universi ty Blvd.). Manufactured by Pierce and equipped to UPFD specifications, the new engine is replacing one that has been in service for 20 years. Named the "Fighting Scot," it is adorned with fire-axe-wielding emblems of the famous Highland Park High School mascot. While the new engine will certainly aid the department in its core objectives of protecting the lives and property of those who live and work in University Park, the department also saw its purchase as an opportunity to support the youth of the community and commend HPISD for its ongoing excellence. "Highland Park ISD is deeply honored to have this state-of-the-art fire engine named after our mascot, the Fighting Scot," said HPISD Su Photo 1 :

2011-05-17 Jenkins Located in east Texas, has a new 2000 gallon wetside Rosenbauer tanker. The truck has a 1250 GPM PTO driven Darley pump, 2000 gallon poly tank, aluminum body compartments with Robinson roll-up doors, two (2) speedlay discharges, thru the tank storage and Code 3 warning lights. The chassis is the M2 106 Freightliner, 2-door cab/chassis, 300 hp Cummins engine and Allison automatic transmission. The department purchased the truck with a texas forest service grant. Thanks to Ed at Daco Fire Equipment Photo 1 :

2011-05-16 Dallas Has a new 100' Crimson TDA as Truck 10 with a spinning LED light on the front. They also have 9 new 1500 GPM / 500 gallon, Crimson Spartan Gladiators(photographed here with the protective sheets still on from delivery), with EMS compartments in the cab. They also have two new Crimson 103' rear mounts headed to 15's and 41's. Thanks to Michael

2011-05-12 Anna Has a new E-One Typhoon that was dedicated recently. Here's an online article with more details.

2011-05-10 Fort Worth Has an item on the city council agenda regarding the potential purchasing of federal property near Felix and Hemphill for a new Public Safety Training Facility. The current facility at 1000 Calvert will be affected by the Trinity River Vision project. There's also an item about a whole bunch of money going to Motorola for radio stuff.

2011-05-07 Dallas 20th Annual Texas Fire Museum-North Texas Historical Fire Society Muster Fish Trap Park, Dallas, Texas

2011-05-06 Frisco Here's an online article about Frisco's new station 7 to be built at Stonebrook Parkway just west of F.M. 423. Link 1 :

2011-05-05 Arlington Has two new apparatus from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists on the city council agenda. "Authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve the purchase of two fire apparatus with Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc. through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) Cooperative Purchasing Program, in an amount not to exceed $999,752." Link 1 :

2011-05-04 Highlands Just took delivery of their first Crimson Transformer Pumper. This unit features Crimsons Transformer body (photo from back), a Darley PSP 1250gpm pump with CAFS, 750 gallon water tank, Onan 8KW generator, SVI Knight Light II light tower, all Whelen LED lighting all on a Spartan Metro Star Chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-04-24 D/FW Area Some of my fellow diecast collectors were in town last week for a photography tour of the area, and some of the photos are available at this link. They got some great shots. These guys came a from all over the country. I wasn't able to join up with them, but while I was out on a bike ride, noticed Keller had their apparatus out, and two groups of guys were walking back to their cars. Sure enough, out of all of the fire stations they visited(they photographed 180 apparatus), I stumbled across them. Photo 1 :

2011-04-24 Dallas Has a new Hazmat truck on the line at Pierce for Station 3. Link 1 :

2011-04-24 Irving In March, received a $100,000.00 Assistance to Firefighters Grant to purchase a medic cleaning unit. Check out the video and information at this link. Link 1 :

2011-04-22 Arlington Has a new Truck 9, a 2011 Smeal 105'. It features 300 GPM/300 Gal, with a bumper line, and will require an engine for aerial master streams. It and station 9 are expected in service mid June. Thanks to Bob and Chris Photo 1 :

2011-04-16 Azle, DFW Airport, Troph STATION ALERT : Azle has a new station planned that has some opposition from its neighbors. I meant to post this after seeing a TV news story recently and forgot. Here's an article someone else sent in. Thanks to Anonymous. I was at a tour of the DFW Airport EOC/AOC the other day, and in one of the presentations, there was mention of a Station 7. It appeared to be at the SE corner of S Airfield and International, and will be developed if/when they develop the south side of the airport for more commercial use. Trophy Club's new station is shaping up nicely. Photo 1 :

2011-04-13 Dallas Has a new Ford F Series pick-up for EOD. Thanks to Seth Photo 1 :

2011-04-12 Bedford Has a Crimson engine on the city council agenda, as well as a maintenance contract with First Vehicle Services, Inc. Updated: Just placed an order for their first Crimson Star Series Pumper. This unit features Crimsons Star Series body with smart storage, a Waterous 1500GPM pump, Foam Pro 2002 class “A” foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, Onan 7.5kw Quiet Diesel generator, SuperVac Knight Light II and Whelen LED lighting all on a Spartan Metro Star Chassis. Sounds like it'll have a black top too. Thanks to Metro Fire apparatus Specialists Link 1 :

2011-04-12 Fort Worth There's a Rosenbauer 4x4 ARFF on the city council agenda for Alliance Airport.

2011-04-12 Texas "The Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS) will deliver on Tuesday, Feb. 15 more than $800,000 worth of equipment to eight fire departments as part of a grant program administered through Texas Forest Service. The awarding of this equipment is the first of its kind and is part of a long-term strategic plan to develop TIFMAS resources around the state." See more here. Thanks to Seth Link 1 :

2011-04-01 Coppell Has two units on the line at Pierce. There's lots of other local stuff on the line for Pierce. Link 1 :

2011-04-01 Fort Worth There's an item on the city council agenda for the Police Air Support Unit's move to Meacham Airport. Link 1 :

2011-03-21 Carrollton Has a new Engine 111 that should enter service today. It's a 2011 Ferrara Inferno 1500-500 Model CSU/C2-OC Production Number H-4518. Thanks to Lindsay Photo 1 :

2011-03-19 Flower Mound, Kennedale, Have a new Pierce apparatus on the line at the Martin website. Link 1 :

2011-03-19 McKinney Received a donation of two Segways. See this Star Local News online article for details. Link 1 :

2011-03-16 Pierce and Bronto "Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS), a leader in environmental, safety and transportation solutions, announced today that its Bronto Skylift Oy Ab ("Bronto") subsidiary has entered into exclusive supply and distribution agreements with Pierce Manufacturing Inc. ("Pierce"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK)." This quote from PR Newswire (click for more details). Thanks to Seth Link 1 :

2011-03-14 Lake Cities Recently took delivery of their new Pierce Arrow XT Engine 591. It features a Darley midship, top mount, 1500GPM pump and 750 gal. tank. Thanks to Christian - I really like the color scheme. It kind of matches my new Trek Madone 6.7 Bicycle.

2011-03-12 Duncanville Has a new Pierce running as Engine 271. It is a PUC pumper on an Impel chassis. 425 Hp Cummins, 750 water and foam. Husky 3 foam system. Bumper turret with front bumper discharge. 1500 gpm PUC pump, Wireless Firecom headsets, roll top hosebed cover, camera on light pole with monitor at pump panel for the operator. Thanks to Travis Photo 1 :

2011-03-08 Venus Just took delivery of their first Crimson Legend pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features Crimsons Legend body, Waterous 1500gpm pump, 1000 gallon water tank, top mount pump panel, Waterous, Cummins ISC 360 engine, Allison transmission and Whelen “M” series LED lighting all on an Spartan Metro Star chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-03-01 Frisco Here's a Dallas Morning News article about the upcoming TWH replica of Engine 606. Photo 1 :

2011-03-01 Tarrant County Medstar, which handles EMS for Fort Worth and several surrounding cities, is switching to a heavier duty chassis(from Ford to Chevy) according to this Star-Telegram article. Link 1 :

2011-02-26 North Richland Hills Has a new Frazer ambulance on the city council agenda for Station 2. Link 1 :

2011-02-20 Coppell Approves change order to fire apparatus purchase according to this Coppell Gazette News article. Link 1 :

2011-02-19 Lewisville Has a new brush truck thanks to a Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System grant. See the Lewisville Leader article for more details. Link 1 :

2011-02-16 Dallas has several apparatus being built at Crimson including 9 engines and 2 103' ladders. There should also be a 103' TDA coming soon as well. Thanks to Michael Link 1 :

2011-02-15 University Park has a Pierce showing up on Your Truck On the Line. Link 1 :

2011-02-14 Lindale Just took delivery of their first Crimson pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Inc. This engine features Crimsons Star series body with smart storage, Hale 1500gpm pump with CAFS Pro, 1000 gallon water tank, Hale Foam Logic foam system with 30 gallon foam tank, Harrison 8kw generator, SVI Shadow telescoping scene light, Pak Trac, Lista tool box and Whelen LED lighting all on a Spartan Gladiator chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist Photo 1 :

2011-02-07 Arlington Here's a Star-Telegram article about plans to start a two year vocational program along with Tarrant Coun ty College and Arlington ISD. Photo 1 :

2011-01-31 Haltom City Has an RFP For: Architectural Design Services for new station 2. Photo 1 :

2011-01-30 Grayson County "commissioners will consider Monday allowing the county fire department at North Texas Regional Airport-Perrin Field to purchase a new fire truck. " Online Article. Link 1 :

2011-01-26 Frisco Seth Granville sent this link to some photos he took of Safety Town. Thanks to Seth Link 1 :

2011-01-26 Terrell VFD is proud to announce the receipt of a 2010 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) award. FEMA/AFG will contribute $38K of a total $40K purchase price for a new high-pressure SCBA compressor/cascade fill system. An RFQ will be sent out by the end of the month, and the department hopes to have the unit in service by April. Thanks to Terry

2011-01-24 Euless Here's a Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about a neat idea to cut down on noise, pollution, and fuel costs. "With help from an electrician, McAdams designed a "power pedestal" and submitted it to the North Central Texas Council of Governments with a grant application. Ultimately, the council of governments responded with a diesel idle reduction grant. " By the way, I stopped by DACO Fire Equipment around the holidays to pick up a calendar, and they had a "green" engine they were getting ready to show off. As I recall, it basically has a smaller generator that kicks in, after the engine is automatically shut off, after a certain time, assuming no pumping is taking place. It's enough to keep the AC and other equipment going, without using the engine.

2011-01-21 Duncanville and Gatesvil Both have new Pierce apparatus showing up on "Your Truck On the Line"

2011-01-17 Combine Took delivery for their first Crimson Legend pumper from Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc. This unit features, Crimsons Legend body, Waterous 1500gpm pump, 1000 gallon water tank, side mount pump panel, Waterous Aquis foam system with a 20 gallon foam tank , Cummins ISC 360 engine, Allison transmission and Whelen “M” series LED lighting all on an Spartan Metro Star chassis. Thanks to Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Photo 1 :

2011-01-15 Bedford And several other cities worked a 2 Alarm fatality fire this morning at 3020 Bedford Rd. Here are some photos. Here's an article on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

2011-01-15 Bedford 2 Alarm Apartment Fire, 3020 Bedford Road, Bedford, TX Link 1 :

2011-01-01 All For older news, please visit this link. Link 1 :

2010-05-20 Oregon Fire Related Photos from Oregon Vacation 5/20-25/2010 Link 1 :

2009-12-31 Hurst Apartment fire photos, 1656 Campus Dr, Hurst, TX Link 1 :

2009-12-12 Dallas Texas Fire Museum Christmas Open House, Dallas, TX Link 1 :

2009-12-12 Irving Car fire photos, 400 block of Airport Freeway, Irving, TX Link 1 :

2009-11-27 Fort Worth Fort Worth Christmas Parade of Lights Photos Link 1 :

2009-11-27 Irving 3 Alarm Apartment Fire, 4100 block of Pleasant Run, Irving, TX Link 1 :

2009-10-30 Arlington Texas Spartan Firefighters Combat Challenge, Arlington, TX Link 1 :

2009-10-14 Fort Worth Tarrant County College Northwest Campus Fire Service Training Center Tour photos Link 1 :

2009-09-28 Dallas Crash Fire Rescue Tour photos Link 1 :

2009-08-28 Dallas Fire Rescue International 2009, Dallas, TX Link 1 :

2009-08-09 Grapevine 3 Alarm House fire photos, 4400 block of Timber Crest Ct, Grapevine, TX Link 1 :

2009-05-20 South Dakota Fire related photos from Mount Rushmore Area vacation 5/20/2009 Link 1 :

2009-04-24 Bedford House Fire, 1500 block of Shirley Way, Bedford, TX Link 1 :

2008-12-4 D/FW Airport I had a great opportunity to see live fire training at D/FW's burn pit 12/4-5/2008 Photo 1 : Link 1 : Link 2

2008-11-21 Irving 3 Alarm Apartment Fire Photos, 3808 Esters, Irving, TX Link 1 :

2008-11-21 North Richland Hills House fire, 6700 block of Inwood, North Richland Hills, TX Link 1 :

2008-10-18 Bedford Bedford Citizen's Fire Academy Field Day Photos Link 1 :

2008-10-13 Bedford Bedford Citizen's Fire Academy Extrication Demo Link 1 :

2008-08-10 Colleyville 4 Alarm House Fire photos, 7100 block of Belle Meade, Colleyville, TX Link 1 :

2008-05-7 Colleyville House fire photos 5800 block of Ballantrae Link 1 :

2008-05-03 Dallas Texas Fire Museum Muster at Dallas Fish Trap Park Link 1 :

2008-02-22 Fort Worth Fort Worth Station 2, D/FW Fire Training, Stewart & Stevenson, Texas Fire Museum SPAAMFAA Winter Convention Tour Photos Link 1 :

2008-02-21 Dallas Dallas Fire Rescue Department Maintenance/Training/Supply Facility Tour 2/21/2008 Link 1 :

2008-02-18 Colleyville 2 Alarm House fire photos 4108 Pembrooke, Colleyville, TX Link 1 :

2008-01-19 Bedford Apartment Fire photos 1505 Tennis, Bedford, TX Link 1 :

2007-11-26 Irving 2 Alarm Apartment Fire Photos, 400 block of Irby, Irving, TX Link 1 :

2007-11-16 Bedford Fire Photos from 800 block of McCurry, Bedford, TX Link 1 :

2007-08-20 Irving 2 Alarm Apartment Fire Photos, Ohio and 8th, Irving, TX Link 1 :

2007-06-11 Desoto Concrete truck rollover accident photos, Desoto, TX Link 1 :

2007-05-30 Colleyville 3 Alarm house fire, Vintage Court, Colleyville, TX Link 1 :

2007-05-14 Bedford PHI/EMS Helo/Air Medical Landing Zone(LZ) photos, 3000 block of Martin, Bedford, TX Link 1 :

2007-05-07 Denton Martin Apparatus/Pierce Open House, Denton, TX Link 1 :

2007-04-01 Irving 3 Alarm Apartment Fire Photos, 4220 W Northgate, Irving, TX Link 1 :

2007-03-25 Bedford 2 Alarm Apartment fire photos, 1900 block of Park Place, Bedford, TX Link 1 :

2007-03-03 Granbury Granbury Volunteer Fire Department 100th Anniversary/Parade Celebration photos Link 1 :

2007-02-24 Irving 4 Alarm Apartment Fire Photos, 1115 Esters, Irving, TX Link 1 :

2007-01-08 Arlington Photos from a 2 alarm fatality fire in the 1000 block of Bland, Arlington, TX Link 1 :

2007-01-06 Arlington Photos from a 3 Alarm Apartment fire at 757 Washington, Arlington, TX Link 1 :

2006-12-16 Dallas Texas Fire Museum Holiday Photos Link 1 :

2006-10-07 North Richland Hills North Richland Hills Fire Department Open House Photos October 7, 2006 Link 1 :

2006-09-15 Dallas Fire Rescue International Dallas, TX 2006 Link 1 :

2006-08-20 Euless Multi Alarm Apartment Fire Photos, 2001 Highway 360, Euless, TX Link 1 :

2006-06-05 Washington Pacific Northwest vacation fire related photos June 5-10, 2006 Link 1 :

2005-06-01 Chicago, IL Savannah, Georgia vacation fire related photos June 2003, and June 2005 Link 1 :

2005-05-07 Dallas Texas Fire Museum Muster Photos, Dallas, TX Link 1 :

2005-04-09 Irving Irving Fire Department Training/Family Day at TCC NW Campus Fire Academy photos Link 1 :

2005-03-11 Georgia Savannah, Georgia vacation fire related photos Link 1 :

2005-01-10 Bedford Multi Alarm House Fire photos, 300 block Quail Crest, Bedford, TX Link 1 :

2004-08-13 New Orleans Fire Rescue International New Orleans 2004 Link 1 :

2004-08-02 Irving "The Big One" - Multi Alarm Apartment Fire Photos The Lofts 5215 N O'Connor, Irving, TX Link 1 :

2004-06-07 Colorado, Wyoming Colorado and Wyoming vacation fire related photos Link 1 :

2004-01-04 Lousiana Ferrara Factory Tour Photos Link 1 :

2003-10-03 Houston Houston Fire Fest and Mass 2003 photos Link 1 :

2003-08-24 Dallas Fire Rescue International Dallas, TX 2003 Link 1 :

2002-12-02 Boston, Mass Boston Area Fire Related Vacation Photos June 16-20, 2008 Link 1 :

2002-12-02 Dallas Texas Fire Museum Holiday Photos 2002 Link 1 :

2002-09-15 Grapevine Grapevine's E-One Bronto photos Link 1 :

2001-10-03 New York New York City vacation fire related photos, October 3-5, 2001 Link 1 :




D/FW Area Fire Equipment News Archives 2002-2012

*Local Dealers/Manufacturers

*Bicycles, Inc. ( Where I work. We sell bicycles and accessories for law enforcement, security, and EMS, and anything else bicycle related.)

Colet Vehicle Special Design (ARFF)

*DACO Fire Equipment

E-One

Ferrara

Fire Trucks Unlimited

Frazer Bilt

*Global ARFF

KME

LDV

*Metro Fire Apparatus (Crimson, Spartan, SVI, US Tanker, Metro Fire Brush)

*Neel Fire Protection Apparatus (Waco)

Nexus Emergency Group

Oshkosh

Pierce

Rosenbauer America

Rosenbauer (European)

*Scott Fire Apparatus (Smeal)

Seagrave

*Siddons-Martin Appartus ( Pierce)

Smeal

Spartan Chassis

Spartan ERV

Sutphen

SVI

US Tanker

*Wildfire Truck & Equipment