The Homewood Fire Department in MABAS Division 24 is about to take delivery of a 2011 Pierce Arrow XT HD 105′ rear mount quint. The truck was spotted this week at Pierce by Ryan Wyckoff. Matching the rest of the Homewood units it is painted black over red, but instead of a white ladder as they had previously, the new ladder is painted black and the breakaway fly-section is bright green. According to Ryan …
… I found out that this is the last one to have a black ladder since NFPA no longer allows ladders to be painted black.
Homewood is taking delivery of this 2011 Pierce HD 105' rear mount quint on an Arrow XT chassis. Ryan Wyckoff photo
Ladder 550 is replacing a 1987 Pierce 105′ rear mount quint on a Lance chassis with an extra long cab.
#1 by chris on May 29, 2011 - 9:50 PM
because the guy that sells white paint gives alot of money to the NFPA
#2 by Brian on May 29, 2011 - 5:49 PM
Not sure why but all aerial ladders must be white in color moving forward.
#3 by Wayne on May 29, 2011 - 12:19 AM
Why did the NFPA ban black aerials?
#4 by Ryan Wyckoff on May 26, 2011 - 8:21 PM
It also has green LED rope lights that run up the ladder walkway while extended. The black ladder is pretty cool looking but all I can say is good luck with the water spots and scuff marks from tree branches.
#5 by Brian on May 26, 2011 - 12:40 PM
I can imagine how awesome that ladder looks with the running lights NFPA requires when the ladder is in operation.
#6 by Mike on May 26, 2011 - 10:11 AM
That thing looks killer with the black ladder. Something you don’t see too often, and I guess won’t be seeing anymore.