Progress ... hanging sheetmetal!!
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Fleet Mechanic
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I posted this a few pages back. This is what we are recreating although a nicer version of it. This bin was from a different truck body builder.They may have hung the folding stretcher there. Notice the brackets on the outside. The original one's were missing so we really don't know how the Schukraft Company built them. Here is a cool color photo of a different Patrol rig on a fire scene. You can see how the bins held the 44 covers in place. I think I see the stretcher on the outside of the left bin. Ron, didn't exactly remember where they stored it. He thought it might of been stored in the rear jump cab. That's another thing I have to do. Make it look like I have 44 covers (11 in each bin).
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We got the completed bins fitted today. I definitely lost some bed space with all the bins in. I shot a little video. See the link below: They should be painted and re-installed by the end of the week.
Fire Patrol 5 bed bins - YouTube
Fire Patrol 5 bed bins - YouTube
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The "covers" were 14x18 canvas salvage covers. The most important tool of a fire patrolman. The covers were used during a fire on merchandise or any type of property of an insured business or homeowner. The Fire Patrol was run by insurance companies and it was their goal to reduce damage at fire scenes, which in turn saved them money on smaller claims.
You can see the covers in the photos above. Here is a photo covers used at a furniture store in the 1950's.
You can see the covers in the photos above. Here is a photo covers used at a furniture store in the 1950's.
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Wow! I never saw that done at any fire I saw (for summer entertainment when we were teens we'd listen to my friend's scanner and "chase" larger fires to spectate. There were quite a few in certain sections of Buffalo then. I think many of the building owners really didn't want the contents (or the buildings) saved... I can't recall any separate organization like your Fire Patrol that responded to fires in Buffalo, Only the City FD.
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One of the most interesting thingsI saw at one fire, someone had parked their car in front of the fire hydrant across the street from the fire. The firemen didn't hesitate a moment, they used an axe to bust out the windows on both sides and ran a 6" hose right thru the car. 
