I didn't even know the train was making a station stop @ Western Springs ILL.

Pleasantview FD. engine.#1511

Photos from my first trip to Japan in April of 2001. Tokyo.

The Elk Grove Police Department shuts off the road for the Veteran's day parade.

Command unit

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Delaware State Park Ranger Truck at DE Seashore State Park.

On April 9, 1994, my son & I took the Path Tubes Train under the Hudson River to New York City & walked to the Jacob Javits Convention Center to see the New York Auto Show This Photo shows my son sitting on a New York City Police Motor Cycle, which was on display at the show. The Convention Center is located in "Hells Kitchen" on Eleventh Ave. between 34th St. and 40th St. on the West Side of Manhattan,

I took these photos with my Minolta Maxxim 5000 35 mm SLR Film Camera with Slide Film and I scanned the slide to generate this Electronic Image. I also optimized this photo With Photomatix Essentials™.

Disclaimer: Since I took this photo while I was still learning Photography, some of my original slides are of poor quality in both Exposure and Sharpness, which I could only partially correct with Adobe Photoshop™ and Photmatix™. Unfortunately, this a very Busy (aka: Cluttered) Photo, which is common for an Auto Show.

The train stopped in the tunnel between stations and obviously the power supply was switched off as all except the battery powered emergency lighting went off for a while.

An experience which can be somewhat disconcerting!

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1989 Pierce Dash

Goodwill Fire Company

West Chester,PA

1990 Autocar/4-Guys Stainless Steel Elliptical Tanker equipped with a Hale QSMG 1000 gallon per minute pump, a Feecon around the pump foam system, 1 10" Newton electric dump valve (90 second water off load)

Tanker 52 carries 3000 gallons of water and 180 gallons of Universal Class B foam and has a 3500 gallon fold a tank.

The light From MARS Late 1930's

10/76 answering a call.

Snow is a rare thing in Brighton. This brief blizzard happened around Easter 2008.

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Samsung digital camera

Fire engine lights reflected off of a fence the other night. Two images, combined.

Volkswagen T5 -Bundespolizei-

A house burnt down behind where I live and when I went out to check on my neighbor I saw this leaking fire-hose with wonderful back-lighting. I only had my Iphone, but I snapped the image anyways. I love firemen!!

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The lights were out in most of the U-Street station with one entrance being closed entirely and the other with minimal emergency power as most of the neighborhood went down.

PEPCO announced stop of load-shedding for 2 dyas only...........

My nephew playing during load-shedding with emergeycy electric lantern (2007).

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Aug. 28, 2017) Aviation Structural Mechanic Juan Diaz, a native of Mcallen, Texas, assigned to the “wildcards”of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), installs rescue lights on an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter in the ship’s hangar bay as part of regularly scheduled maintenance. America, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the Indo-Asia Pacific region to strengthen partnerships and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Vance Hand/Released)

Long exposure to capture the full array of police car lights. 12MP camera.

Long exposure to capture the full array of police car lights. 12MP camera.

Made in Chicago IL. The first emergency Light in Motion in 1953.

(c) PHOTO BY BILL DEVER, COMMERCIAL POLICE PHOTOGRAPHER, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Click here to see a color picture of this ambulance

Photo by Bill Dever, Hot Springs, Arkansas, Commercial Police Photographer, Hot Springs, Arknsas - The ambulance drivers for Gross Mortuary referred to this yellow Superior van ambulance as the "bread truck" and they much preferred to run calls in one of the firm's Cadillac smooth-riding, hease-ambulance combinations.

Instead of a squad bench, the van ambulance (officially called Car 6) carried two full wheeled stretchers side by side. When there was an accident call, they grabbed the van -- when it was a sick call, they took one of the combinations. This ambulance served Gross Mortuary until April 1973 when both Hot Springs funeral homes terminated ambulance service. A city/county service took over, and Red Hughes, shown above, became assistant manager. The van was sold to A1 Ambulance Service in Little Rock where it served until it was wrecked. Mouse over the picture for more details.

Click here to view hundreds of historical photographs of undertakers, funeral homes, professonal vehicles, and early ambulances collected since 1967 by Jim Moshinskie (Dr. Mo), PhD, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA. This also includes Special Interest Groups for several individual states.

red squirrel and man with a fire brigade truck

Mercedes Benz Vito -Polizei Baden-Württemberg-

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Thankfully no deaths - But one heck of an impact.

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Mercedes Benz Vito -Polizei Baden-Württemberg-

Ambulance travelling over the Wearmouth Bridge using a slow exposure technique. One of my first photos whilst experimenting with the different settings on my camera.

This is latest restoration, an 80's-vintage Whelen 5200 Strobe Commander beacon. The base, electronics and retaining ring are genuine Connecticut State Police issue, the dome a replacement unit.