Links Page

Updated May 12, 2007

Apparatus Photos

• Bill Friedich -  Bill is a Battalion Chief with the Downers Grove FD,IL. I am a apparatus manufacturer historian. I specialize in fire apparatus photos from the City of Chicago, the suburbs, all other areas of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.

• California Fire Apparatus

• Fire Rescue  Photos - Photos of the Dallas Fire-Rescue by Jon Freilich - Truly some of the best photographs I have seen!

• The Spotters Guide - Dave Organ's American LaFrance, Pierce, and Seagrave Spotter's Guide. I t is the goal of this project to familiarize the reader, through words and photos, with the differences between the principal models built by ALF, Pierce, and Seagrave.

• Indiana Fire Trucks -  Over 300 pictures of fire apparatus from around Indiana. They also have over 80 department patches as well as links to most every official department site in the state. They update it monthly and try to offer some brief background on the departments and apparatus from 35 different cities and towns.

• Apparatus for The City of Rochester, NY

• Chicago and Suburban Fire and Apparatus Photos - Chief Gordon J. Nord Jr. presents us with some great photos!  This is a must see for all Chicago fire buffs!

Collectors Sites

• European Code 3 Collectors site

• Police Canada - Canadian police vehicles

• First Gear Collector

Firefighter Art

• Fire●e●scapes  - Fire fighter art, firefighter paintings, fire art.

Kit Bash Sites

• 10-8 Hobbies - Great site for hard to find parts

• Hot World Customs - One of the best resources on kit bashing around!

• Metropolitan Miniature Fire Apparatus Association

• Mike's Fire Barn

Model Clubs

• Central New York Emergency Modelers & Collectors

• The Metropolitan Miniature Fire Apparatus Association

Model Police Cars

• Grant Safety Gear - Great site of model police vehicles.  Has a wide selection of Texas police agencies.

Custom Badges / Crests

• Thistle Productions - Thistle Production's foundation is the design of Police, Firefighter, EMS, Corrections, Customs & Immigration and Regimental Pipe Band Badges/Crests. 

Research Sites

• American LaFrance Aero Chief Project - a 12 year project to document the ALF Aero Chief

• Collecting Guide by Mike Legeros

• Denver Public Library - Over 95,000 photos covering Colorado history - great apparatus photos

• Mike Legeros - One of the best sites to research your diecast collection

• Los Angeles City Fire Department History - The BEST LAFD Historical site on the net!

• US Copyright Office - Great site to research logos

• US Library of Congress - Great site for researching apparatus and firefighting history - Great photos!

• US Patent  Office - Great site to research equipment - Look at patient # 1772499

Other Site

• Incident News Alerts - INA is for Scanning Enthusiasts, Firebuffs, EMS Workers,
  Traffic Road Crews, News Media Outlets, all over the United States, Alaska, Canada,
  and Mexico. INA sends Incident Alert Notifications to your E-mail account, cell phone,
  blackberry, pager, and other wireless devices.

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