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Posen Fire Department history

This from Mike Summa for #TBT:

For TBT- The Posen Fire Dept.’s first aerial, Truck 2804.  A 1984 Pierce Arrow/LTI 100′ rear-mount X-Kansas City, Kansas.

Mike Summa

Mike Summa photo

And from our files:

Karl Klotz photo

Bill Friedrich photo

Tags: #TBT, 1984 Pierce Arrow LTI 100' aerial ladder truck, Bill Friedrich, Karl Klotz, Mike Summa, Posen Fire Department history, throw back thursday, throwbackthursday, vintage fire truck

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4 Comments

• #1 by Mike L on September 8, 2022 - 4:44 PM

  

  I always get a kick out of the ladder pipes and cages at the tip that pretty much impede and render the ladder difficult if not impossible to use as a means of making a roof or rescue from a window.

• #2 by Mike on September 8, 2022 - 12:42 PM

  

  Crabby who doesn’t like the picnic table for a bumper..LOL… retired, I think when LTI was building these the ladders were interchangeable with regular ladders and baskets. Same design

• #3 by Retired FF on September 8, 2022 - 10:52 AM

  

  LTI did build some heavy duty ladders back in the day.

• #4 by crabbymilton on September 8, 2022 - 9:06 AM

  

  That looks great. This was in the days when bumpers were short as opposed to now with some being so excessively long.

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