Page 102 - History of the Colton Fire Department
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Over the years, the department started to double or triple their call
load and it became more apparent that running calls with less than
3 on an engine would put the public and the crew at risk.
This is a motor home fire along side of I-10 in 2001. Engine 211 was converted
from to an engine from the American LeFrance truck after the 75’ aerial ladder
was damaged and removed. The damage was a slight dent on the underside
that was discovered by the annual ladder testing. So we attempted to create a
catastrophic ladder failure by fully extending it and wenching it down from the
tip of the ladder. It bent most of the way down and then twisted side ways but
we could not get it to collapse.
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