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.

FDIC 2010 Lucas Oil Stadium

photo by Larry Shapiro

FDIC 2010 Lucas Oil Stadium

photo by Larry Shapiro

HME Ahrens Fox introduced a CNG powered engine on the 1871 SFO chassis with a complete vinyl graphic wrap.

HME Ahrens Fox CNG powered fire truck

photo by Larry Shapiro

HME Ahrens Fox CNG fire truck

photo by Larry Shapiro

HME Ahrens Fox CNG fire truck

photo by Larry Shapiro

There was also an interesting helicopter training prop for fire extinguishment.

fire training prop

photo by Larry Shapiro

Crimson introduced a new pumper design with a Darley pump which appears to compete with the Pierce PUC.

Crimson Transformer pumper

photo by Larry Shapiro

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