Apr 20
This from Larry Shapiro:
There was no apparatus on display this year from the northern Illinois area. The image shows the Lucas Oil Stadium exhibits. With Pierce finally moving their booth to the convention hall with all of the other apparatus, the stadium had a much different look and feel than it has since it opened in 2008.
Larry Shapiro photo
The FDIC was located in two seperate buildings; The Indianapolis Convention Center and the Lucas Oil Stadium across the street. Most of the major apparatus vendors took space in the stadium including Pierce, EONE, Rosenbauer, KME, Sutphen, Ferrara, Seagrave, Marion, Hackney, Alexis, Fort Garry and HME. In the convention center were Spartan, Crimson, Smeal, SVI, Summit, US Tanker, Toyne, Semo, Danko, Rescue 1/PL Custom, and Custom Fire Apparatus plus Darley and Snozzle.
photo by Larry Shapiro
photo by Larry Shapiro
HME Ahrens Fox introduced a CNG powered engine on the 1871 SFO chassis with a complete vinyl graphic wrap.
photo by Larry Shapiro
photo by Larry Shapiro
photo by Larry Shapiro
There was also an interesting helicopter training prop for fire extinguishment.
photo by Larry Shapiro
Crimson introduced a new pumper design with a Darley pump which appears to compete with the Pierce PUC.
photo by Larry Shapiro
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