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Big Elk Meadows VFD

Sat Dec 16, 2023 2:38 am

While looking at fire trucks on Marketplace, I spotted this. I'm not sure if it's a rarer siren or a something else. Big Elk Meadows is southeast of Estes Park, Colorado.

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Re: Big Elk Meadows VFD

Sat Dec 16, 2023 4:08 am

Looks sorta like a Fedelcode Model 2 that's covered in snow.
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Re: Big Elk Meadows VFD

Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:59 pm

Snowpix wrote:
Sat Dec 16, 2023 4:08 am
Looks sorta like a Fedelcode Model 2 that's covered in snow.
I'm not sure if that is a Fedelcode model 2, the deflectors are way too small and packed together to be so. It could possibly be a modified Fedelcode or any other siren.
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Re: Big Elk Meadows VFD

Sat Dec 16, 2023 2:27 pm

Snowpix wrote:
Sat Dec 16, 2023 4:08 am
Looks sorta like a Fedelcode Model 2 that's covered in snow.
The quality of the photo doesnt help, but mentioning the snow could be what was messing with me, making the shroud look off. Maybe next summer a road trip is in order!

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Re: Big Elk Meadows VFD

Sat Dec 16, 2023 4:34 pm

I was looking around on google maps, and found another photo of the siren in the summer:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Volun ... ?entry=ttu

Another picture shows a Whelen 4004/Vortex in the background, so it might be inactive or used for calling in the fire fighters:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Volun ... ?entry=ttu
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Re: Big Elk Meadows VFD

Thu Dec 21, 2023 5:28 pm

That's a Canadian Model 2. Quite literally listed as that in the catalogues.
Nice truck, too...
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Re: Big Elk Meadows VFD

Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:56 pm

championsiren wrote:
Thu Dec 21, 2023 5:28 pm
That's a Canadian Model 2. Quite literally listed as that in the catalogues.
Nice truck, too...
Also called the Model "2-3Z" on the tags on later models.
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