Here are the more modern fire engines that I found at the Wrights Corners Volunteer Fire Company in Lockport, NY. Carrying the unique colors (in different ways) that match the antique fire engine, the newest is a Pierce Velocity and the…
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While traveling through western New York this fall, I passed the Wrights Corners Volunteer Fire Company located in Lockport. I had to stop and peek at the apparatus through the bay doors and I spotted several beautiful pieces. Their rigs are…
I was invited to stop by the Wheeling Fire Department yesterday to document charity event where firemen give winter coats to children in need. Firefighters amassed over 100 coats for children in their community with the help of Operation Warm…
I took in a fire the other night in Island Lake (IL). I got there well over an hour after the initial units arrived, and not surprisingly, most of the fire had been extinguished. I took some shots around the scene…
Traveling yesterday between Chicago and St. Louis, my view from the window seat offered some beautiful imagery, beginning with a sunrise glow and ending with Chicago’s south side at night.
A short visit today to the St Louis area to photograph a few fire trucks.
I had reason of late to look through some older fire scene images in search of a Tele-Squrt at work. I came upon these images of a Mack CF Tele-Squrt from the Clarendon Hills Fire Department (IL) after working at a…
Here are a few images from a house fire in Prospect Heights (IL) from early this morning (11-2-14). It was a devastating fire that destroyed the house. There were minor injuries to a police officer and the mother and father,…
Sites while driving recently included some interesting signage in NYC. It’s always fun to look up … while in heavy traffic with the light about to change … and see a reassuring sign which at a quick glance tells you exactly…
Just a quick shot from a recent trip to the big apple … Parking near the United Nations in NYC