North Maine District Chief Mike Fox sent a few recent images of the refurb being done to their Pierce engine by Alexis. It will be picked up next Monday and will be sent locally for radios, lettering and mounting of equipment. Engine 1 is expected to go into service shortly thereafter.
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Engine 1 showing the new striping. Alexis photo
Black and red rear chevron. Alexis photo
Oct 1
North Maine District Chief Mike Fox has updated us again on the progression of Engine 1R into Engine 1. The 1992 Pierce Arrow reserve engine has been undergoing rehab and upgrades at Alexis Fire Equipment for several months. As mentioned in a previous post, when it is completed, it will move up as the front line engine replacing the 2003 American LaFrance Eagle. General body work, the addition of high sides on the officer’s side, air conditioning, and an extended chrome bumper with front intake represent several areas being worked on in addition to the changeover from a white cab roof to black. Previous posts can be seen HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE (or simply enter North Maine into the search field at the right)
The unit recently came out of the paint shop and the folks at Alexis took some photos which are shown below.
Driver's side view of Engine 1 with the new color scheme. Alexis photo
Rear view of the driver's side after coming out of the paint shop. Alexis photo
Officer's side of Engine 1 showing the completed high side compartments, Alexis photo
Thanks again to North Maine District Chief Mike Fox for sending photos showing the progress of the refurb of Engine 1 by Alexis.
Officer's side of Engine 1 with new high side compartments. This side will also feature a hydraulic ladder rack. Alexis photo
Driver's side of Engine 1 before heading to the paint shop. Alexis photo
Rear view of the officer's side. Alexis photo
A worker sands the the rear compartments to ready Engine 1 for the paint shop. Alexis photo
Another view of the rear showing the reconfigured storage. Alexis photo
Alexis Fire Equipment has been refurbishing and updating a Pierce Arrow engine for the North Maine Fire Protection District as reported HERE and HERE. District Chief Mike Fox recently returned from inspecting the progress of the unit and submitted the photos shown below.
Chief Fox offered the following notes on the work:
The rig will be in the paint shop next week. After that, three and a half to four weeks before we get it back. Ladder rack is a single arm instead of a double. The 5 inch re-piping is all done. The rear lights will be modified and lowered. Many of the doors are already in the paint shop getting primed. There will be monster gauges on three sides of the vehicle. The wireless Firecomm system is ordered. The artist is coming along on the lettering.
While visiting the Alexis facility to inspect a refurb for his department, North Maine FPD District Chief Mike Fox took these pre-delivery photos of the new Spartan Metro Star/Alexis rescue squad for Carol Stream in Division 12 (Dupage County) which was scheduled for delivery yesterday.
A head-on shot of the Spartan cab on Carol Stream's new squad 235. Mike Fox photo
Carol Stream's new walk-around squad with a stubby Spartan Metro Star cab. Mike Fox photo
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