Some Jasper VA fire trucks
Admittedly, I don’t know a lot about fire trucks, but I take pictures of them whenever I run across them. We were coming back from a long, tiring day of scrabbling up hillsides tracking down old coal mines in Kentucky when my buddy noticed all these trucks parked at the Jasper Volunteer Fire Department in Virginia. As it turned out, the VFD was having training and had all their trucks out in the sun.
This is a Ford F600, 1989, I think
Here’s the pumper control panel. The truck was modified by EEI, out of Raleigh.
This is a Sanford truck. I’m not sure of the year.
Here’s the pumper control:
And this is a ?1984? Grumman Fire Cat. The guys said it runs great!
And thanks to all the men of the Volunteer Fire Dept. They’d had a long day, but took time to talk with us.
The top truck is a 1976 Ford F-900/ EEI body 500/1200. It was sold to Jasper by the Hunterdale Vol. Fire Dept in Franklin Va. The rig ran a homemade body before the EEI body was installed. I was in that dept from 86-95. FYI 5 speed with straight pipe.
Thank you very much for the valuable information. And thank you for your service. bob