Fire Engines Photos

Another great photo of a great truck by George! I thought the European engines, particular the Dennis was a fab one to look at, but chapeau. The US trucks, particular these, beat them. Impressive!

Added by Marcel Gommers on 18 August 2005.

I like the different colours of the Fire trucks in the States. In the Netherlands most of the Fire trucks have the same standard colour (red) and striping... Sadly for photographers.....

Added by Marcel Sloover on 22 August 2005.

At Newark Liberty Airport they run Port Authority of NY & NJ Crash Trucks.
Newark F.D. Engine 19 is the first due pumper outside of the airport. Engine 14 is stationed in Newark's Ironbound neiborhood also referred to as Down Neck.
In late 1997, Newark started ordering their rigs in the white paint scheme.
They started that color as a part of what they called the Renaisance City.
They were putting new signs all throughout the city and they changed the color of their apparatus as part of the change. The color of Newark Fire Apparatus used to be White over Lime Green with red stripe. The big color now in New Jersey for the past several years is Black over Red usually with black or silver stripes. Similar color like Chicago, but Chicago has white stripes on their rigs.

Added by George A. Fen on 22 August 2005.

Newark City FD have at least four colour schemes in operation that I know of. There's the horrid yellow, this not-too-bad white with blue, a decent red and white, and a very attractive red and silver. I do love the different liveries in use in the US but FOUR within one brigade is a bit much I think!

Added by Yelp Bullhorn on 29 March 2011.

When I lived in New Jersey back in the '70s, the "horrid yellow" Yelp is referring to was just starting to be used. I think it was lime-yellow, and was considered to be a saftey enhancement. The idea was to make fire trucks more visible to other vehicles. I had heard after a while the lime-yellow tended to fade after a few years compared to red. Most volunteer and career personnel didn't care for it. Some trucks were eventually repainted, or when replaced, went back to red.

As an additional note, the town next to mine back then, Boonton, NJ, had cream colored fire trucks, unique in that part of the state. They still do today. I think they have a website.

Added by David L on 30 March 2011.

Ok, so I was wondering what the diamond plate bucket type object is on the Officer side corner. Can anyone shine a little light please?

Added by MJ on 29 December 2011.

That is actually the air intake for the motor, as I was told the air intake on those engines were too low an didn't allow for the vehicle to cross high water. Not that these vehicles are designed crossing for excessive water, but some neighbourhoods had poor drainage and roads flooded often.

Added by Jeff Beall on 30 December 2011.

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