Philadelphia Fire Department in action.

Philadelphia Fire Department extinguishing a fire inside an end of row row house. Getty Station one hell of an exposure!

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• Philadelphia Fire Department
• Pipeline 61
• Tower Ladder 22

[str4tegix]

Thoose trucks are way more badass then "ours"... :)

[A10PANG]

@str4tegix Thanks. This is down the street from me.

[BCTHS2011]

how many tower ladders does philly have? i have only ever seen tillers in philly

[A10PANG]

@BCTHS2011 3 I think. 1 in North, 1 South and 1 in West.

[nyshortline]

What intersection was this? I saw Ladder 18 so I figure it's in the Northeast and my wife's from Oxford Circle.

[A10PANG]

@nyshortline Front st and Champlost ave. The big ladder truck is Tower 22 from Front st and Luzerne st. Ladder 18 is from 22nd and Hunting Park.

[laepa08]

@Firefighter5130 nope, just 2 towers, 2 snorkels, the rest are tillers, 85 ft snorkels and 100 ft tower ladders, 100 ft tillers

[rrobertsnot5150]

@BCTHS2011 Two. Ladder 6 West Philly and this oneLadder 22 in Hunting Park.

[Firefighter5130]

@BCTHS2011 They have way more then 3 Towers, theres more then 100 Houses in Philly the tillers are only in Center City and tight areas in the city, the rest have 95 and 102 Tower Units 3 Towers, yeah maybe in just Center City.

[Mustang5Speed]

I can't wait to be a philly fireman! Go PFD.

[nyshortline]

@A10PANG Thanks. I didn't look at the bucket closely enough.