the reason I ask is I was curious as to who is (like me ) a Firefighter and if the you have incorperated the Job intoo your layout. I use my modeling time as a stress relief and it is something I really enjoy. I have thus far built a Firestation that after assembly will probly get dimantled and kitbashed after my own station and will try to pick up some engines and aparatus to mimic my own Dept. I know this must be twisted but it is real life and I want to have a building fire or accident. I am very proud of my job and just wanted it to be part of my hobbie.
If any one else is a Firefighter or Medic or Police Officer feel free to speak up. I want to hear from you,even if your not in the U.S…Or even if you have something modeled after police or Fire speak up I want to hear what you have done.
You do not have to be any of the above to respond.
I am looking for Ideas for scenes on my railroad…
i’m not one personally. i don’t think i could handle what you see with those jobs. my cousin is a volunteer. just joined a couple months ago. he said he hasn’t seen to much stuff yet, one motorcycle accident really messed with him thats about it.
i do however plan on buying some fire trucks and and what not for my layout. i just like the way they look. i’m weird like that. if i find something that i like the looks of i’ll buy it.
Polzi–not now, but I put myself through college working as a firefighter for the US Forest Service. And yes, I’m incorporating that into my Yuba River sub in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I have a ranger station complex ready for installation, plus a forest service lookout on the Yuba Buttes, and a late 1940’s fire suppression crew, plus some some essential 1940’s equipment (tankers, Jeeps, cats and graders), and I just might put in a forest fire scene when I get really going on the scenery. Firefighters? Just substitute the word Hero and leave it at that. That’s my opinion.
Tom
Well thanks for the reply Hawkso5. As I stated earlier you dont have too be to speak up. This job is just something that pick you I could never be a accountant or banker or come to think of it anything else. It has its moments like any job but for me well worth the time and effort to pursue the job.
twhite thank you for the sentiment on the use of “Hero” but I do not now nor ever have I felt that I should be labeled a Hero I am just an ordinary person doing ordinary things at extraordinary times. But 343 men and women who died 9-11-01 are Heros and my inspiration.
What company(ies) built your apparatus? About the only modern fire engines and fire trucks are made by Boley. They are S&S, they also have pumpers, ladders, and tankers mounted on International chassis/cabs. If you are looking for Pierce, American LaFrance, Ferrara, Beck, KME, LTI, or FMC you’ll have to do some kitbashing or scratchbuilding. NJ Interational used to import some late 80s/early 90s Pierce rigs from England (made from metal).
If you can find the NJ Internation kits, they would probably pass for the Pierce. Williams Brother is discontinuing a 1992 Explorer (so I would buy it now), Boley make a tanker that would probably be a very close match.
All that stuff is such small fry compared to my baby. P-23. 3300 gal of water, 500 gal of foam, 500lbs of dry chem, three handlines of 2 1/2" pumping at 200 psi, bumper turret at 250 gpm and the main gun on top, 750/1500 gpm at 200 PSI. THe best thing is that one person can fight the whole truck, freeing up additional people for rescue. I used a smaller version at the fire shown above. About 1000 cars were on fire and a nice 25mph wind to get them really going. They were losing it till our little truck showed up. It only has a 750 gpm cannon and a 1000 gal tank. Still it did a fantastic job. Thats a real firetruck. LOL BIll
Is that the 166th Airlift Group? If so, why is there a C-5 decal on the side of that cra***ruck? Also, what is going on with the C-130 in the background? It appears to be missing its wings and paint.
Very good, that isa P-23 from dover, that i drove for a year. My P-23 looks exactly the same, just didn’t have a picture right handy. Can’t wait to see it when it finally gets repainted in a couple of years. Going red and white, should look good. Bill
I was a volunteer for about fifteen years. Out here in the “sticks” of SouthJersey all we have is volunteers. I live in the second largest city (area wise) in NJ, about Fifty-three square miles with only about 1700 residents. Served as senior safety officer, a term as vp, and a couple terms as treasurer. Had to back out because of family problems plus involvement in too many other things. Was very proud of being a fireman, and proud of the other volunteers I served with.
crossracer1001 very nice but come on whats with the mine is bigger then yours…lolol
Besides we have several trucks and I get to play in the fire, in structures and car fires brush fires, rescues and we handle all the EMS for our little town of around 30,000
but hey at the end of the day we are all Brothers of the Fire Service.
I have been a career firefighter for 28 years now. I have been at the rank of Asst. Chief for the last 12 years. I used to build 1/25 scale fire rigs, mostly scratch, but was envious of all the items available for RR modelers. At the time there was 3 model fire kits in that scale. A rig would take up to 400 hours to build and when you spend 1-2 hours at a setting, it would take a long time.
Anyway notw into railroading, HO scale, and building my first layout. I plan to build our old station built in 1900, and maybe some of the rigs used here, all Mack, in 60’s and 70’s.
I normally do not discuss my profession, but here I feel I will.
I am a Security Specialist. Started in the Air Force and am still
in the field today ( CIVILIAN ) as a High priority officer.
My actual job now is Federal Security . I have modeled and
incorporated this into my layout. I love to collect the scale ( HO )
police cars and will switch them out around the scenes when I
get to that point. You are very couragious in what you do. I enjoy
knowing that I perform a service of keeping people safe from harm
and they thank ( us ) at our posts.
I 'd like to keep my scenes whimisical even if they are “bloody.”
I did one where a guy is bleeding on a rail platform, but the two
young lovers who are kissing on the bench right across from the
bleeding man, never notice. Actually what happened is that I went to
paint the man’s tie
thanks eastcoast for sharing something you keep close to the vest as they say.
I was a Cop for a while (then I came to my senses lol) I dont want anything really grusome just stuff from the job. I was for a time collecting police cars myself the ones made by roadchamps I have or 150 of the things and no where to use them there too big for my HO layout my son can have them when he is older.
our club layout has an accident scene in the country, with police and ambulance etc; and in another “downtown” area the community theatre is burning up - active smoke through the building’s broken windows and roof, and firefighters everywhere, water hoses and the fire truck
working in corrections MY layout will eventually have a courthouse, jail, police station, convicts, bank and train robbery, purse snatch, grafitti …
