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One of BFIs Firetrucks

I have posted a few photos of the fire trucks at Boeing Field over the years (including one quite recently!). While awaiting the movements of the F-15s, we were alongside one of the taxiways when one of the fire trucks drove towards us. There was no way I wasn’t going to grab a picture of the truck. It was quite interesting when looking at the images on my computer to see the various tools on the machine including the perforated spike that can punch a hole in the side of a burning plane to spray water inside. Probably a little scary but very welcome!

Inside An Airport Fire Truck

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I was chatting with one of the King County Sheriff team that looks after King County Airport (Boeing Field). We were standing by one of their fire trucks for airport operations and he suggested I take a look around the cab. We didn’t have a load of time but it was very cool to see the configuration of the vehicle. There is a central seat with controls on one side for the vehicle and on the other for the firefighting equipment. There are seats either side of the cab for additional crew. They have facilities for their breathing equipment so the crew can be strapped into the tanks while in their seats and ready to deploy as soon as they reach a fire. It would have been fun to chat further with the guy about their operations but the event we were both there for started up so we both had somewhere else to be.