[38 YEAR OLD LADDER TRUCK!] - Fort Worth FIRE Department | STATION 2 responding to 4 incidents!

[@Critical911]

Absolutely incredible seeing a big city running a old apparatus like that truck! Amazing catches!

[@Firescue112]

Thank you very much! Yeah that was indeed very surprising! 😁

[@Bobsbugs86]

It's a spare truck truck 2 is a tower lader

[@Kjoseph1982]

It was truck 14 for the longest time and was eventually replaced by a new velocity. Old truck 14 was going to serve as a reserve for the city. That didn’t last very long because tower 2 wrecked. So they assigned her to stay at 2 for a while! But Fort Worth currently also runs a really nice FMC reserve from the 80’s! here’s a link if you want to see it in action kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmaZo6hqlrWFo6Msi=Eg5m2wxR37JAcyN7

[@chakagillis]

When you run pierce you better make damn sure that you have adequate spares ready to go at all times.

[@freddykagin]

What a true blessing, all those Firefighters are and all the Rescue Workers.

[@christian-jakobgrasl]

she looks like a brand new rig :-) absolutely awesome and lovely maintained... what a great looking fire truck

[@martinmcmullen]

Truck 2 still looks awesome and sweet looking for a olded but a goody. After all these years still going strong.

[@Firescue112]

Absolutely! 👍👍

[@lablaine1981]

Since 1986 St Paul MN FD has had 10 E1 ladders/platforms,good 20+yrs service in brutal 🥶❄️,million tons of salt,3'deep potholes,👍👍

[@Firescue112]

Yeah I guess Minnesota is rough terrain 😆

[@chriss1666]

It honestly look and sounds much better than many apparatus on the road today. Very very nice truck

[@FirePhoenixEmergencyVideos]

That old E-One goes well with the majestic looking station! Nicely made video! I also see a new outro with plenty of new clips, I will be looking forward to some of those!

[@Firescue112]

Jep that is one of the oldest Fire Stations in the city and definitely the oldest fire truck currently in service :D - Thank you for watching till the end, I figured these videos need their own outro :D

[@AZFireRecord]

Very nice catch!! Love seeing old E ones!!

[@Firescue112]

Thank you very much! 🤩

[@LakesRegionEmergencyPhoto]

Video proof the old trucks are far more reliable than the new ones!

[@Firescue112]

In this case: Yes, absolutely!

[@dogma39-c4j]

Thanks to the government and their insistence on DEF systems.

[@ericthesoldier]

yea sir

[@samcaban7229]

I'll bet that E-One will outlast the Pierce engine, I noticed too that the aerial ladder has 5 sections,must be a 135-37' Aerial ladder truck.Great video.

[@jessnunez7556]

Wow that’s a long ladder

[@PghDon]

That is amazing, that old beast still got it!

[@ATF1985]

No winters and weather like in Michigan , u can make rigs last down in Texas for a long time , love the old rig ❤ I love old equipment with a modern touch ❤

[@Firescue112]

Agreed! 😁

[@alexchampagne1]

Great looking ladder! We have a very similar 1988 E-One as our reserve ladder!

[@Firescue112]

Very nice!

[@CreightonRabs]

I wonder if that engine was retrofit. It sounds like a Detroit Diesel Series 60 engine or a Cummins ISM when fire trucks of that era typically had a 6V92 or 8V92 engine.

[@scharfvehiclemedia]

Superb video! Wow, what a beautiful old rig!!!

[@Firescue112]

Thank you very much! 🤩

[@tucobenedicto109]

You don't need a storm it has a 2 stroke Detroit Diesel. Love it.

[@firevike2420]

Truck is probably older than those in it… Cool catch!

[@Firescue112]

Thank you very much! :)

[@jessnunez7556]

What a beauty

[@kcemergencyresponse]

Love the old rigs. Good catch

[@Firescue112]

Absolutely! Glad I was able to capture this.

[@QuebecBuff]

Nicely done man! What a sick and awesome outro too!🙌🔥

[@Firescue112]

Thank you very much!! 🤩

[@trainglen22]

It looks fantastic for a truck that old

[@trob0914]

Nice video, some awesome catches!!👍🏽🇺🇸

[@Firescue112]

Thank you very much!

[@Bobsbugs86]

This is just a spare the original truck 2 is a rear facing tower. The only reason that Fort Worth is keeping this is because its their only 135-foot spare.

[@HFDfirebuff2022]

Awesome nice catch

[@Firescue112]

Thanks man!

[@HFDfirebuff2022]

@@Firescue112 welcome bro

[@adrianh2353]

As the saying goes, "if it isn't broke, don't fix it" The cost of a new one is eye watering.

[@wyattwesterfield4553]

Is this very recent footage? I visited the station a few days ago, and Engine 2 had the pink stripe decals for Breast Cancer Awareness month instead of the blue.

[@Firescue112]

I shot these videos on September 8th, so it's not super recent :)

[@Redbird45]

It’s nice they decided to do a lighting upgrade from halogen’s to LED’s

[@keithpeacock9703]

"Masters of Disaster" Old Truck 14 Fort Worth Fire Department fire apparatus history Truck 14 goes down in the record books as the longest serving front line Truck in the history of the FWFD. For 37 years, Truck 14 answered thousands of calls for help and fought some of Fort Worth's biggest fires. The original Truck-14 was a 1986 E-ONE 135ft Stratospear 5 Section Aerial Ladder. Truck-14 is part of some of the United States fire apparatus history, because it's one of only 20 or less 135ft Aerial Ladders every built by the E-ONE fire apparatus company in Florida. In the mid 1990's Truck-14 was sent back to the E-ONE plant in Florida for a major refurbishment. A new 4-door cab and chassis was added, and the only thing that was left of the original Truck-14 was the 135ft 5 section ladder.

[@Firescue112]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing!

[@AidensFirePhotography]

Very nice truck!

[@alle_emergency]

Awesome video

[@Firescue112]

Thank you!

[@thenussbaum44]

Is that a 135 foot stick?

[@Firescue112]

Yes!

[@XuBenhong]

It's so cool i like

[@Firescue112]

Thank you!

[@GaryMP4.8]

Hey FDNY keeps incredibly old trucks for reserve use. If it works,it works.

[@johancoetzee1225]

Hi to all we also have a e one ladder truck this is very very old perhaps oldest still in service at fleet street fire station East London or now buffalo city i think that it is a mid 1980s e one ladder truck

[@Firescue112]

So it's pretty much the same age as this one - crazy!

[@johancoetzee1225]

​@@Firescue112more or less 32 years old still working as it alawys did

[@captured911]

Krasse Ladder ... ist aber nicht so üblich LED und strobes zu kombinieren oder? :O

[@Firescue112]

Nein, das habe ich eher selten gesehen. Der LED Blaulichtbalken wurde natürlich nachträglich montiert, die Strobes aber vermutlich nicht angepasst

[@emt5330]

That truck went into service two years before I graduated from high school.

[@trob0914]

Youngster! I was still riding “tailboard” back then!👍🏽🇺🇸

[@MattytheKrabbyPatty]

Sounds like a Series 60. Was this beast refurbished at one point?

[@Firescue112]

Yes it was refurbished (as mentioned in the video and in the video description 😉)

[@MattytheKrabbyPatty]

@@Firescue112 Gotcha. Didn't mean to not read the description. Beautiful beast overall.

[@TimIvins]

Thats what I miss doing is being on the dept

[@XuBenhong]

What do you think is the difference between American fire trucks and German fire trucks

[@Mister_mn]

Pls go to Bratislava fire brigáde pleasee

[@MrBonafida]

Older than most of the crew😂

[@Firescue112]

Somehow, yes! It was 9 years in service when I was born 🤣

[@danieldowning7319]

This truck has been rehabbed and updated. It is not oroginal.

[@Firescue112]

Yes, that is right. I guess an open cab wouldn't meet the standards of today.

[@mr.wilson8340]

This makes me even more pissed about the fire department in my community. They keep apparatus on average 8 to 10 years before it goes into reserve status, sometimes sooner. We are taxed to death to pay for the trophy’s that are parked in our fire stations. My buddy designs the apparatus and makes the purchases from an open checkbook. Everything is over the top. Our fire chief needs to see this video and be ashamed.

[@Firescue112]

But it is also not a solution to always wait until a vehicle stops working. It can sometimes take years before a replacement can be procured. I also think there are far worse cases of wasting taxpayers' money than investing in the fire department, to be honest.

[@hihfty]

10 years front line and 10 years in reserve is the standard. If you live in an area along the coast or with winters it is even less. Just because you see a ladder truck in perfect weather with no salt in the air or on the roads doesn't mean you can apply that to your local department. There are other variables at play of course but what your local department is doing is the exact service life recommendation from the NFPA and manufactures.