Weather Resouces
Last Updated:
08.06.2007
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| The truck pictured above was B16 in the 1964. During this year this truck and B3 were retrofitted with the steal bars to change the way forest fires were attacked. During this time Wardens Ricky Haines and William Hagerthy turned their concept into reality in the Vincentown shop. At first the trucks were the laughing stock of the forest fire service. Less than one year later the all of the wardens wanted their trucks retrofitted. They spent a year trying to keep up with B3 and B16 when they went into the woods. Most trucks could not follow and quickly learned the advantage. The staff in Trenton also realized the advantage and funded the entire fleet in Division B and Division A to be retrofitted. The idea reached all the way to the federal government and plans were developed with accurate measurements and weight ratios for the United States Forest Service. Today all of the trucks are built with the same concept and have proven that direct fire attack would not be possible without the bars. |
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